Life Looks Different Now

In this chapter three messengers visit Abraham and tell him that Sarah will have a son within the year. The messengers also tell Abraham that they were sent to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of the wickedness of the cities' inhabitants.

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God further his promises to Abram and  the responsibilities pertaining to the Abrahamic covenant. In connection with this covenant, the Lord changed Abram's name to Abraham and Sarai's name to Sarah. Circumcision became a sign of the covenant between God and Abraham and all of his descendants.

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Genesis 16 demonstrate an important contrast between man's proclivity to choose his own, sinful way and God's steadfastness. In this chapter Sarai and Abram attempt to receive God's promised child through their own scheme. In this case, by having Abram lay with an helpless Egyptian servant girl.

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In Chapter 15 God appeared to Abram once more. Abram desires offspring—The Lord promises him seed in number as the stars—Abram believes the promise— His descendants will be slaves in Egypt for many generations. Then, after four generations, they will inherit Canaan

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This chapter is the tale of war between different kingdoms and the captivity of Lot, Abram’s nephew who was living near sodom and Gomorrah.  Abram then rallies a small army and goes to rescue Lot, successfully defeating the enemy and freeing the captive people.

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Abram settles in Hebron and builds an altar to the LORD. God appeared to Abram and reaffirms the promise he has made to him. The promise includes both land and offspring to fill the land—two elements of a great nation. Yet, so far, Abram remains childless, which raises the question of how God will fulfill his promise.

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God instructs Abram to leave his homeland and promises to make him a great nation, to bless him, and to bless all families of the earth through him. And despite Abram's shortcomings endangering his wife Sarai, God remains faithful to His promise. 

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This chapter describes how God scattered the peoples of the world, confusing their language to stop the building of Babel and its tower.

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Genesis Chapter 10 is sometimes called the table of nations. It describes the generations that followed from Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with the nations that came from them and the regions in which they settled after the Tower of Babel.

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Table of nations:  the sons of Noah repopulate the Earth and formed  their own nations. 

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After the flood and destruction of everything here on earth, God begins to dry out the earth. The waters receded, Noah and the animals finally leave after a year aboard, and Noah offers animal sacrifices in worship to God. God commits to never again strike down all life on earth at once.

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Genesis chapter 7 recounts the torrential Flood that wiped out almost all of humanity. Only Noah, his wife, his three sons, their wives along side several pairs of animals of every species survived inside the ark.

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In Genesis chapter 6 God declares His intentions to destroy every one on the land with a great flood to Noah. However, he will not wipe out His creation entirely. He will spare Noah and Noah's family. In addition, He will spare a male and female pair of every kind of bird, "creeping thing," and animal. 

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This chapter is the genealogy of Adam. It’s the family tree of the world. It describes the continuation of the human race beginning with Adam and ending with Noah and his three sons. 

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Genesis chapter 4 tells the tragic tale of two brothers, Cain and Abel. The story of how birth and death entered the world. 

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This week we dive in Genesis chapter 3. This chapter is titled “The Fall” because it demonstrates how human kind blatantly disobeyed God’s commandment, which led to our falling  out of grace with God, our creator. 

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Have you ever read something and never really thought much about, then you read it again and something just clicks? I believe the more we read the word of God, the more we are likely to understand and apply its principles in our daily lives. Join me every Saturday at 3:00pm Eastern time in reading  one chapter of the Bible and reflecting upon God’s words. 

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Have you ever read something and never really thought much about, then you read it again and something just click?  This where I found myself this week while reading Genesis chapter 1. Join me every Saturday at 3:00pm Eastern time for Audio reading of  one chapter of the Bible and commentary. 

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