OUTLINE OF LIFE OF ABRAHAM:
Leaving Ur
Went as far as Haran – `Halfway house’
Gen. 12:1-4 – Called farther out, but takes Lot
Gen. 13:14-18 – Lot leaves
Gen. 14:18-20 – Blessing of Melchizadek (First mention of tithing!)
Gen. 15: – The “cutting” of Covenant
Gen. 16:1 – God’s “failure” – 10 years and no son
Gen. 17:1-3 – Promise renewed (13 years later)
Gen. 17:11 – Circumcision introduced
Gen. 17:17-22 – Promise again renewed
Abraham pleads for Ishmael to stand before God as “son of promise”
Gen. 18:9 – Promise again renewed
Gen. 21:1-2 – 25 years later – “God did as He had promised”
Gen. 21:9-20 – Abraham rids himself of his own efforts
Sent Ishmael away
Note: Blessing to Ishmael
Gen. 22:1-2, 12 Abraham had learned something
Jehovah Jirah
Strong Covenant – Everlasting Covenant – Revealed in New Testament
Not terminated and replaced, but expanded into the fullness of its life.
- Example; Bulb – Flower
- Flower is what the bulb is planted for
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| ### TERMS OF ABRAMIC COVENANT | ### NEW TESTAMENT FULFILLMENT |
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| Gen. 12:2-3 – All Nations of the | Eph. 3:6-15; Gal. 3:6-14 |
| Earth shall be blessed | |
| | A matter of faith not blood |
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| Gen. 15:7 – Give this land | Heb. 11:9; Heb. 12:18-24 — |
| | “Looking Forward |
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| Gen. 17:9-14 – Sign of Covenant | Col. 2:8-23 |
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| Gen. 22:15-18 – “You will take | Matt. 16:13-20 “Gates will not |
| the enemies gate.” | withstand the onslaught of God’s |
| | Kingdom – Matt. 28: 16-20 |
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MOSES’ MOTHER
Male children were being offered as human sacrifices to the river Nile
She was unwilling to do so.
Floated child on river in a basket
Likely somewhat sneaky in that Pharaoh’s daughter may have been
superstitious enough to view a child carried by the river as a “god”
Final Note: Read Hebrews 11:1-22 to have insight into the faith the men
of this book exercised.
JACOB’S TWELVE SONS – GEN. 29 AND 30
Reuben – BEHOLD
THE LORD HAS SEEN my misery
Simeon – HEARING
THE LORD HAS HEARD I am not loved
Levi – He will love me now – JOINED
He will be “ATTACHED” to me
Judah – I will PRAISE the Lord
Dan – God has VINDICATED me
God has heard my plea
Napthali – STRUGGLE AND OVERCOME
Gad – What GOOD FORTUNE
God has blessed with a GREAT COMPANY
Asher – How HAPPY I am – JOYFUL
Issachar – God has REWARDED ME
The PRICE IS PAID
Zebulun – He will honor me by DWELLING WITH A DWELLING PLACE
Joseph – May He ADD, make me FRUITFUL
He has taken away my disgrace
Ben-Oni – Benjamin
Benoni – Son of my trouble
Benjamin – Son of my Right Hand
DINAH A DAUGHTER BORN FOLLOWING ZEBULUN
interesting story in Ch. 34 – Circumcised Sheckemites then attacked the
city to avenge Dinah’s being violated
THESE ARE THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:
Levites were not considered a tribe in terms of inheritance or
privileges
Joseph was replaced by his sons:
Ephraim – often used as shorthand for entire nation of Israel
Manassah – the firstborn, but didn’t receive first blessing
NOTE THE BLESSINGS OF THE FIRSTBORN: GEN. 27 / GEN. 48
Reversed for Jacob and Esau
Reversed for Ephraim and Manassah
The power of the blessing and impartation of laying on of hands. They
could not revoke their word.
LIFE OF JOSEPH:
One of the most classic cases of God turning adversity into blessing
Brothers sold him into Egypt
The result of that injustice became the salvation of the entire nation
of Israel
Joseph died in Egypt, and his “inheritance” was divided between his
sons Ephraim and Manassah.