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Abraham: An example of hope and trust in God, part 2

Richard Agee
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This is a review of 11 examples of Abraham’s faith in God in Genesis 17-23. It culminates in his trusting God to resurrect the son of the promise, Yitskhak (Isaac), and in buying property in the Land to bury those also trusting in God to resurrect them. [read more]

Abraham: An example of hope and trust in God, part 1

Richard Agee
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This is the first part of a recap of Abraham’s life, looking at about two dozen key events that show why God picked him to be the start of a special group of people on Earth and to be a key example of trust in God being considered righteousness. [read more]

Genesis 23: Abraham buys grave cave from Hittites to bury Sarah

Richard Agee
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This chapter sounds like a drawn-out real estate transaction, but it shows two things: Abraham was so important that Hittites, people of a major international power at the time, had great respect for him. Abraham’s first title to land in Canaan was to bury Sarah, who was very significant as the mother of the promised son by way of God, Yitskhak. [read more]

Genesis 22: Binding of Yitskhak foreshadows Yeshua’s death, resurrection

Richard Agee
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Most of this account is God’s ordered sacrifice of Yitskhak (Isaac). This is a disturbing command until we see that the point was to show Abraham’s deep trust in God’s promises and power to resurrect as well as to show how heart-wrenching a future act against God’s “one and only son” would be. [read more]

Genesis 22:1-9: God tests Abraham and Yitskhak on Mt. Moriah

Richard Agee
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The binding of Yitskhak was more of a test of our belief than it was for Abraham or Yitskhak (Isaac). It’s also a “shadow” of the suffering in Gethsemane of the ultimate “one and only son,” Yeshua the Mashiakh (Jesus the Christ). [read more]

Genesis 21:22–34: Abraham makes seven-fold covenant with Abimelech at Beersheba

Richard Agee
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Abraham seals a contract with King Abimelech for a well and seals it with a seven-fold oath in the form of seven ewes. [read more]

Genesis 21:10-21: God sends Ishmael away to become a great nation separate from that of Isaac

Richard Agee
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On the surface, Paul’s message about Sarah and Hagar in Gal. 4:22-23 doesn’t make sense. After all, we all know how a man and woman come together to make a child. Sarah symbolizes Heaven, and Hagar symbolizes the Earth. In the last days, God will glorify Jerusalem. [read more]