Daily Bible Portion (Tuesday)
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"GET YOURSELF OUT"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 12:1-17:27, Isaiah 40:27-41:16, Romans 3:19-5:6)
Abraham Continues…
Abraham journeyed on from Shechem toward the hill east of Bethel and pitched his tent. There he built an altar and called on the name(authority) of Yahweh. This altar again was in a very strategic location and remains so even today. These two altars, as the scripture says, were built in the future territory of the House of Ephraim in the Northern Kingdom, and belong to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 12:8).
From Egypt I Will Call My Son
A famine in the land became so severe that Abraham took his wife and Lot into Egypt, looking for sustenance. Sarah being a beautiful woman was at risk of being taken by force into an Egypt household. If she had a husband to claim her, the Egyptians would kill the husband to ‘free’ the wife to take ownership of her for themselves. Fearing those desiring Sarah would kill him, Abraham suggested Sarah protect him by saying that she was his sister. Sarah was indeed procured into Pharaoh’s household and Abraham was spared his life as her brother. However this half-truth turned sour when Pharaoh and his household came under great plagues as a consequence of abducting Abraham’s wife. A more serious consequence was the lack of confidence in Yahweh that Abraham had. Yahweh protected Sarah from harm in Pharaoh’s household and set her free with an admonishment from Pharaoh to Abraham for not having told the truth in the beginning. Sarah must have been exceptionally beautiful at sixty-five years old (Genesis 12:9-20).
The Return
Abraham returned home a very wealthy man, as Pharaoh allowed him to keep all the possessions he had acquired while in Egypt. This was a foreshadowing of Abraham’s descendants the twelve sons of Jacob/Israel, coming out of Egypt four hundred years later under the strong protection of Yahweh and with great wealth. These two stories are a foreshadowing of the Messiah and His life on earth, as He also lived in Egypt for a season before returning back to the land carrying gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The two stories also represent our lives. We were found scattered in the wilderness for a season, and there we come to know our Messiah and will one day return with Him to reclaim the land of our inheritance (Genesis 15:13; Exodus 12:40-41; Matthew 2:11; Acts 7:6).
In Hebraic understanding, the land not only represents the physical land of Israel; it also represents us, His people Israel, for we are made out of the dust of the earth. Thus the portrayal is symbolic of His people claiming the covenantal inheritance declared in His Word (Genesis to Revelation) and walking in it through obedience. For as the Hebrew people understand, the Land, the Torah and the People are all synonymous in scripture (Genesis 12:14-20; Exodus 12:31-36; Galatians 3:17)
When Abraham returned to the land with Sarah through the Negev, he went back to the place where he last made an altar to Yahweh. They settled in Bethel and there called on the name of Yahweh (Genesis 13:4).
Separation From Lot
Yahweh leads Abraham into a new season in his life but first he needed to return to the place where he last dishonored Yahweh, and there severe his association with Lot. Abraham allowed Lot to choose first where he would like to live. Lot did not inquire after Yahweh for direction, nor did he seek council from Abraham. Instead he relied on his personal preference and was drawn by the lust of his eye (the Olam Hazeh). Lot chose through his unredeemed nature, which led him toward the plains near the wicked city of Sodom. He and his herdsmen left for what appeared to be richer pastures and thus Lot’s choice of settlement changed his life and his generations forever. Abraham did inquire after Yahweh for direction and was told,
Genesis 13:14-17 “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you.”
Prophetically what Abraham saw would be the returning of his future generations (the Olam Haba), all twelve tribes of Israel from the north, south, east and west, back to the land of Israel (Genesis 13:15-16; Galatians 3:29).
Abraham Continued on His Journey…
Abraham traveled further into the land, stopping at the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to Yahweh. This was Abraham’s third altar and was in the future territory of the House of Judah, the Southern Kingdom (Genesis 13:18).
Melchizedek - Priest of God Most High
During this time Lot faced calamity, as the territory he chose to settle in was engulfed in war. The invading army carried off Lot, his whole family and all their possessions. When Abraham heard this news, he and his men set out in pursuit of Lot and rescued him, his family and all his worldly belongings. When Abraham returned home, the King of Sodom (representing the Olam Hazeh –unclean present world common/profane – the constant state of decay and passing away) approached him but it was the King of Salem named Melchizedek/King of Righteousness (representing the Olam Haba – clean future kingdom/set apart/restoration/resurrection life) who brought out bread and wine. He was the High Priest of Yahweh, and blessed him saying,
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"GET YOURSELF OUT"
(Weekly Reading>>Genesis 12:1-17:27, Isaiah 40:27-41:16, Romans 3:19-5:6)
Abraham Continues…
Abraham journeyed on from Shechem toward the hill east of Bethel and pitched his tent. There he built an altar and called on the name(authority) of Yahweh. This altar again was in a very strategic location and remains so even today. These two altars, as the scripture says, were built in the future territory of the House of Ephraim in the Northern Kingdom, and belong to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 12:8).
From Egypt I Will Call My Son
A famine in the land became so severe that Abraham took his wife and Lot into Egypt, looking for sustenance. Sarah being a beautiful woman was at risk of being taken by force into an Egypt household. If she had a husband to claim her, the Egyptians would kill the husband to ‘free’ the wife to take ownership of her for themselves. Fearing those desiring Sarah would kill him, Abraham suggested Sarah protect him by saying that she was his sister. Sarah was indeed procured into Pharaoh’s household and Abraham was spared his life as her brother. However this half-truth turned sour when Pharaoh and his household came under great plagues as a consequence of abducting Abraham’s wife. A more serious consequence was the lack of confidence in Yahweh that Abraham had. Yahweh protected Sarah from harm in Pharaoh’s household and set her free with an admonishment from Pharaoh to Abraham for not having told the truth in the beginning. Sarah must have been exceptionally beautiful at sixty-five years old (Genesis 12:9-20).
The Return
Abraham returned home a very wealthy man, as Pharaoh allowed him to keep all the possessions he had acquired while in Egypt. This was a foreshadowing of Abraham’s descendants the twelve sons of Jacob/Israel, coming out of Egypt four hundred years later under the strong protection of Yahweh and with great wealth. These two stories are a foreshadowing of the Messiah and His life on earth, as He also lived in Egypt for a season before returning back to the land carrying gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The two stories also represent our lives. We were found scattered in the wilderness for a season, and there we come to know our Messiah and will one day return with Him to reclaim the land of our inheritance (Genesis 15:13; Exodus 12:40-41; Matthew 2:11; Acts 7:6).
In Hebraic understanding, the land not only represents the physical land of Israel; it also represents us, His people Israel, for we are made out of the dust of the earth. Thus the portrayal is symbolic of His people claiming the covenantal inheritance declared in His Word (Genesis to Revelation) and walking in it through obedience. For as the Hebrew people understand, the Land, the Torah and the People are all synonymous in scripture (Genesis 12:14-20; Exodus 12:31-36; Galatians 3:17)
Hosea 11:1 “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.”
Matthew 2:13 “And when they were departed, behold, the angel of Yahweh appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, ‘Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.’ When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of Yahweh by the prophet, saying, ‘Out of Egypt have I called my son’” (Hosea 11:1).
When Abraham returned to the land with Sarah through the Negev, he went back to the place where he last made an altar to Yahweh. They settled in Bethel and there called on the name of Yahweh (Genesis 13:4).
Separation From Lot
Yahweh leads Abraham into a new season in his life but first he needed to return to the place where he last dishonored Yahweh, and there severe his association with Lot. Abraham allowed Lot to choose first where he would like to live. Lot did not inquire after Yahweh for direction, nor did he seek council from Abraham. Instead he relied on his personal preference and was drawn by the lust of his eye (the Olam Hazeh). Lot chose through his unredeemed nature, which led him toward the plains near the wicked city of Sodom. He and his herdsmen left for what appeared to be richer pastures and thus Lot’s choice of settlement changed his life and his generations forever. Abraham did inquire after Yahweh for direction and was told,
Genesis 13:14-17 “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you.”
Prophetically what Abraham saw would be the returning of his future generations (the Olam Haba), all twelve tribes of Israel from the north, south, east and west, back to the land of Israel (Genesis 13:15-16; Galatians 3:29).
Abraham Continued on His Journey…
Abraham traveled further into the land, stopping at the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to Yahweh. This was Abraham’s third altar and was in the future territory of the House of Judah, the Southern Kingdom (Genesis 13:18).
Melchizedek - Priest of God Most High
During this time Lot faced calamity, as the territory he chose to settle in was engulfed in war. The invading army carried off Lot, his whole family and all their possessions. When Abraham heard this news, he and his men set out in pursuit of Lot and rescued him, his family and all his worldly belongings. When Abraham returned home, the King of Sodom (representing the Olam Hazeh –unclean present world common/profane – the constant state of decay and passing away) approached him but it was the King of Salem named Melchizedek/King of Righteousness (representing the Olam Haba – clean future kingdom/set apart/restoration/resurrection life) who brought out bread and wine. He was the High Priest of Yahweh, and blessed him saying,
“Blessed is Abram of God the Most High, Maker of heaven and earth; and blessed by God the Most High Who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tithe of all” (Genesis 14:19-20).
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