The part where Abram is talking to God and God says "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it." Abram says, "O Sovereign lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"
Now in Matthew, where Jesus calms the storm, he yells at his disciples, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" God in Genesis, doesn't say that, but instead, he creates a covenant to Abram promising him all this land. There are several more examples in the New Testament where Jesus uses faith to teach his people. Was faith not an issue back then because God is like right in front of your eyes? Even so, he is God, why ask him if you really are going to be king of all this land? And even after that, God creates a covenant to promise him. The example from Matthew might not be the same situation, but faith applies to both.
Another question. I know the 10 Commandmants weren't written down back then, so was it ok to commit adultery? Sarai is just like, I'm not having babies, so go ahead and have a baby with our maid. And God doesn't intervene. Oh yeah, he blesses the child king of a few other nations. I noticed a few other times in our previous days of reading that several people had more than one wife like Lamech. The bible doesn't say anything about it and it sounds like it was ok. I mean guess that's how people multiplied in the beginning. They had more than one wife. But just cuz the 10 Commandmants weren't written down yet, it was ok?
Oh and one last short question. The description of Ishmael is a pretty insulting one: "A wild donkey of a man", but God later as he is talking to Abraham says that Ishamel will be blessed as "a father of 12 rulers and a great nation". Yup...
Donkeymannnn hahaha
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your pictures are HILARIOUS. here's what i got from that day's reading. God knows each of our weaknesses, and he assures us in the way we need to be assured. check this out. every time abram is having doubts, God reassures him. genesis 15:1, God says, "Do not be afraid, abram. I am your shield, your very great reward." you see, abram was nervous about not having any kids at this point so God reminded him that HE was the very great reward. then later in that chapter, there is a gruesome covenant with some animals cut in half. this was a cultural thing where two oath makers would walk down an aisle of animals that have been cut in half because the idea was to remind both parties that if they broke the oath, such a thing would happen to them. God could have made a covenant in any way, but He did so in a way that abram could better understand and relate to.
long story short, God teaches us each in such a way that we will best understand.
okay, i have to give you more props for your donkeyman picture. so good...
does anyone else other than me think chapter 19 is a really weird chapter?
"...all the men from every part of the city of Sodom-both young and old-surrounded the house. They called to Lot, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them'"
I really hope they all called no homo after that.
YEAHHHH!!!!
except you posted on the wrong day
jacked up! the guy was like..yo i have daughters you can have them...
no...we want the guys...
messed up...it's a good thing it rained sulfur on them
that part that even talks about really gives some insight as to how evil those cities were. sometimes we think detroit is bad, but it's not bad enough to get destroyed by sulfur!
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