Daily Bible Portion (Tuesday)
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"GENERATIONS"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 25:19-28:9, 1 Samuel 20:18-42, Romans 9:6-16, Hebrews 11:20; 12:14-17)
They will stay weak and grow faint like immature babes still on milk who need support. Believers who learn to walk in obedience to Yeshua’s/Jesus ways will mature and be blessed knowing Him as their Deliverer and Redeemer (Lamentations 5:16-17; James 2:18-26).
Yahweh said that anyone who eats from the Tree of Life will live forever, but anyone who ate the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil would surly die (Genesis 2:16-17).
Jacob served Esau bread and drink. This sealed the passing of the birthright to the second son, Jacob. As mentioned earlier, bread and drink symbolize the sealing of a vow and/or a covenant. The kinsman-redeemer, one who is related by blood, is the only one who can redeem a birthright.
She is My Sister
(Genesis 26)
Isaac and Abimelech
Isaac traced his father Abraham’s footsteps when a famine came upon the land. He journeyed to the territory of Abimelech, King of the Philistines in Gerar, and there Yahweh warned Isaac not to journey beyond the boundaries of the land. As the promised seed, Isaac had to stay in the Promised Land. He was the unblemished offering to Yahweh, a living sacrifice.
Yahweh confirmed to Isaac, the Covenant of Promise given to his father Abraham.
Isaac and Rebekah stayed in Gerar, but just as his father Abraham before him, Isaac lied to Abimelech about Rebekah being his sister for fear of his life. In time, Isaac showed marital affections of love to his wife that exposed them both to Abimelech. Knowing full well Abraham’s God, Abimelech feared for his life and so allowed Isaac and his family to live in the land. Yahweh blessed Isaac and that year he planted and harvested a huge crop making him a very wealthy man. He also owned large flocks, herds and servants (Genesis 20:11-12).
As Isaac became more and more powerful, Abimelech asked him to leave. The king’s servants made it more difficult for Isaac to stay in the land by filling in the wells established by his father Abraham. Filling in a well was considered a very serious crime, especially in the desert. Wells sustain physical life in the desert; they also represent the Living Spirit of Yahweh. The king’s servants wanted nothing to do with the Living Water of Yahweh. Isaac was not deterred and after digging the third well, the fighting stopped. Yahweh gave Isaac enough room and he was able to flourish in this wilderness land again.
In time, Isaac left the Gerar region and went up to Beersheba. He settled at the same location where years before, at the time of Isaac’s birth, his father Abraham had dug a well and where he also made a treaty with Abimelech (Genesis 21:25-32). Now Yahweh appeared to Isaac saying,
At Beersheba Isaac worshiped Yahweh and built an altar, calling upon the Name of Yahweh. There he pitched his tent while his servants started to dig a new well. King Abimelech came to him there and suggested an agreement between the two of them over this well, just as had been done with Isaac’s father Abraham, before him. (At this point the well was still dry). Isaac agreed to make a treaty with him and prepared a feast with eating and drinking that sealed the treaty between them. Only after Abimelech left did Isaac’s servants find the living water! The well of Living Water that sustained and gave life to the next generation was found! They called the well Shibah, reviving the name it had been given originally, meaning the well of the sevenfold offering or well of seven.
At this time also, Esau who was forty years old, married two Canaanite women. This was a source of grief for his parents Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 26:34-35).
continues tomorrow...
"GENERATIONS"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 25:19-28:9, 1 Samuel 20:18-42, Romans 9:6-16, Hebrews 11:20; 12:14-17)
They will stay weak and grow faint like immature babes still on milk who need support. Believers who learn to walk in obedience to Yeshua’s/Jesus ways will mature and be blessed knowing Him as their Deliverer and Redeemer (Lamentations 5:16-17; James 2:18-26).
Hebrews 5:12-14 “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
Acts 7:38-39 "This is the one[Moses] who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel[Yeshua] who spoke to him[Moses] at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He[Moses] received living oracles to give to US. Our fathers refused to obey him[Yeshua], but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt"
John 5:46-47 For if you believed[obeyed] Moses, you would believe[obeyed] me; for he[Moses] wrote of me[/Jesus/The Word made Flesh]. But if you do not believe[obey] his [Moses] writings [The Torah / Instructions for Life], how will you believe[obey] my words?"
Acts 7:38-39 "This is the one[Moses] who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel[Yeshua] who spoke to him[Moses] at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He[Moses] received living oracles to give to US. Our fathers refused to obey him[Yeshua], but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt"
John 5:46-47 For if you believed[obeyed] Moses, you would believe[obeyed] me; for he[Moses] wrote of me[/Jesus/The Word made Flesh]. But if you do not believe[obey] his [Moses] writings [The Torah / Instructions for Life], how will you believe[obey] my words?"
Yahweh said that anyone who eats from the Tree of Life will live forever, but anyone who ate the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil would surly die (Genesis 2:16-17).
John 6:35 And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes[obey] on Me shall never thirst.
Deuteronomy 8:2-3 And you must remember the entire trip that the LORD your God has led you through these 40 years in the desert. He was testing you. He wanted to make you humble. He wanted to know what is in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands. He humbled you and let you be hungry. Then he fed you with manna--something you did not know about before. It was something your ancestors had never seen. Why did the Lord do this? Because he wanted you to know that it is not just bread[physical] that keeps people alive. People's lives depend on what the LORD says[spiritual].
John 6:36 "But I said to you that you have seen me and do not believe[disobey, just like our ancestors in the wilderness]".
John 6:48-51 "I am the bread of life[The Word of God]. Your fathers ate the manna[received] in the wilderness and they died[by disobedience]. This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven[Commands/Oracles spoken at Sinai] . If anyone eats from this bread, he will live forever....
John 6:63 "The Spirit[Jesus/God's Word] is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life."
Isaiah 55:1 “Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Revelation 3:15-16 "I know what you are doing[works]: you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm[mixing holy and profane], neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth!
Deuteronomy 8:2-3 And you must remember the entire trip that the LORD your God has led you through these 40 years in the desert. He was testing you. He wanted to make you humble. He wanted to know what is in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands. He humbled you and let you be hungry. Then he fed you with manna--something you did not know about before. It was something your ancestors had never seen. Why did the Lord do this? Because he wanted you to know that it is not just bread[physical] that keeps people alive. People's lives depend on what the LORD says[spiritual].
John 6:36 "But I said to you that you have seen me and do not believe[disobey, just like our ancestors in the wilderness]".
John 6:48-51 "I am the bread of life[The Word of God]. Your fathers ate the manna[received] in the wilderness and they died[by disobedience]. This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven[Commands/Oracles spoken at Sinai] . If anyone eats from this bread, he will live forever....
John 6:63 "The Spirit[Jesus/God's Word] is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life."
Isaiah 55:1 “Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Revelation 3:15-16 "I know what you are doing[works]: you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm[mixing holy and profane], neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth!
Jacob served Esau bread and drink. This sealed the passing of the birthright to the second son, Jacob. As mentioned earlier, bread and drink symbolize the sealing of a vow and/or a covenant. The kinsman-redeemer, one who is related by blood, is the only one who can redeem a birthright.
She is My Sister
(Genesis 26)
Isaac and Abimelech
Isaac traced his father Abraham’s footsteps when a famine came upon the land. He journeyed to the territory of Abimelech, King of the Philistines in Gerar, and there Yahweh warned Isaac not to journey beyond the boundaries of the land. As the promised seed, Isaac had to stay in the Promised Land. He was the unblemished offering to Yahweh, a living sacrifice.
Yahweh confirmed to Isaac, the Covenant of Promise given to his father Abraham.
“Yahweh appeared to him saying, ‘Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. Dwell in this land and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath, which I swore to Abraham your father. And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws’” (Genesis 26:2-5).
Isaac and Rebekah stayed in Gerar, but just as his father Abraham before him, Isaac lied to Abimelech about Rebekah being his sister for fear of his life. In time, Isaac showed marital affections of love to his wife that exposed them both to Abimelech. Knowing full well Abraham’s God, Abimelech feared for his life and so allowed Isaac and his family to live in the land. Yahweh blessed Isaac and that year he planted and harvested a huge crop making him a very wealthy man. He also owned large flocks, herds and servants (Genesis 20:11-12).
As Isaac became more and more powerful, Abimelech asked him to leave. The king’s servants made it more difficult for Isaac to stay in the land by filling in the wells established by his father Abraham. Filling in a well was considered a very serious crime, especially in the desert. Wells sustain physical life in the desert; they also represent the Living Spirit of Yahweh. The king’s servants wanted nothing to do with the Living Water of Yahweh. Isaac was not deterred and after digging the third well, the fighting stopped. Yahweh gave Isaac enough room and he was able to flourish in this wilderness land again.
In time, Isaac left the Gerar region and went up to Beersheba. He settled at the same location where years before, at the time of Isaac’s birth, his father Abraham had dug a well and where he also made a treaty with Abimelech (Genesis 21:25-32). Now Yahweh appeared to Isaac saying,
“I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake” (Genesis 26:24).
At Beersheba Isaac worshiped Yahweh and built an altar, calling upon the Name of Yahweh. There he pitched his tent while his servants started to dig a new well. King Abimelech came to him there and suggested an agreement between the two of them over this well, just as had been done with Isaac’s father Abraham, before him. (At this point the well was still dry). Isaac agreed to make a treaty with him and prepared a feast with eating and drinking that sealed the treaty between them. Only after Abimelech left did Isaac’s servants find the living water! The well of Living Water that sustained and gave life to the next generation was found! They called the well Shibah, reviving the name it had been given originally, meaning the well of the sevenfold offering or well of seven.
At this time also, Esau who was forty years old, married two Canaanite women. This was a source of grief for his parents Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 26:34-35).
continues tomorrow...