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Readings: Feb. 1, 2025

Genesis 18 explores Abraham’s growing faith, hospitality and intercession. Abraham’s faith matures as he trusts God’s promise of a son, a foreshadowing of the Messiah’s miraculous birth. Abraham’s radical hospitality reflects God’s love, shown through Abraham and Lot’s care for strangers. God’s revelation of Sodom’s fate underscores His justice and mercy, inviting intercessory prayer. These moments point to Yeshua (Jesus), who embodies divine compassion, intercedes for humanity, and fulfills God’s promises. Believers are encouraged to deepen their faith, emulate God’s love, and participate in His redemptive plan through prayer and action.

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Readings: Jan. 25, 2025

Genesis 17 emphases God’s covenant with Abraham, which is foundational to the arrival of the Messiah. The circumcision covenant serves as a physical and spiritual marker of the promised Seed through whom all nations would be blessed, pointing to Yeshua (Jesus). The renaming of Abram to Abraham (“father of multitudes”) and Sarai to Sarah (“mother of nations”) reflects their roles in the divine plan to bring forth the Messiah.

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Readings: Jan. 18, 2025

Genesis 16 has important messianic connections through the appearance of the “angel of the Lord,” which has a number of hallmarks of a divine manifestation. Hagar’s encounter with Elohim, where she names Him “El-Roi” (“the God Who sees”), foreshadows the Messiah’s ultimate role as God among humanity. The chapter and parallel passages in Isaiah 64 and Galatians 4 contrast human efforts to fulfill divine promises (through Sarai and Hagar) with God’s sovereign plan, emphasizing that salvation and fulfillment come through divine intervention, not human actions.

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Readings: Jan. 11, 2025

Genesis 15 highlights Abram’s faith in God’s promise of descendants and land, which God credits as righteousness. This faith becomes the foundation of Israel’s mission to bring light to the nations. Abram’s trust in God’s covenant foreshadows the Messiah, Who fulfills these promises by fulfilling God’s blessing to all people. The chapter underscores the centrality of faith in God’s plan, linking Abram’s belief to the redemptive mission of Israel and the Messiah.

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Readings: Jan. 4, 2025

Genesis 14 introduces Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High, who blesses Abram. This encounter prefigures Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), who embodies both kingly and priestly roles. Melchizedek’s offering of bread and wine parallels Yeshua’s Last Supper, symbolizing His sacrificial covenant. The Epistle to the Hebrews identifies Yeshua as a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek, emphasizing His eternal and superior priesthood.

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Torah reading for Dec. 28, 2024

Genesis 12–13 is the start of Abram’s journey of faith, initiated by God’s command to leave his homeland for an unspecified land, promising to make him a great nation and a blessing to all families on Earth — ultimately fulfilled in the Messiah. Abram’s obedience leads him to Canaan, where he builds altars to God. A famine drives him to Egypt, where he deceives Pharaoh by claiming Sarai is his sister, resulting in plagues upon Pharaoh’s house. After returning to Canaan, Abram and his nephew Lot separate to accommodate their growing herds, with Lot choosing the fertile Jordan Valley, while Abram remains in Canaan, reaffirming his covenant with God.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions Prophets and Writings

Toppling the tower of self: Rediscovering true greatness through humility before Heaven (Genesis 11; Isaiah 28; 1Corinthians 14)

This study dives into some powerful biblical themes: pride, self-importance and the need to walk in humility and obedience to God’s commands. We explore the stories of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11, the prophecy against Ephraim in Isaiah 28 and Paul’s parallel teachings in 1Corinthians 14. The big takeaway from the Torah passage and companion readings is that the Messiah wants to replace our human pride with Himself as the true foundation and source of wisdom. It’s all about finding that balance — childlike faith combined with mature discernment, leaving behind self-exaltation to humbly submit to the Messiah’s lordship.