we all read about abram and consider him to be a Biblical superstar. he's pretty much the guy who started it all. God makes more covenants with abram than any other person in the Bible. he's like the michael jordan of the old testament. but here in chapter 16, we see his lack of faith and impatience in allowing God to fulfill his promises. just before this, God promises abram that his offspring will be more than the stars of the sky and more than the sand on the beach. that's a LOT of babies. but at the start of chapter 16, abram is thinking to himself, "man... i'm getting kind of old... and my wife is barren..." then with his wife, they decide that maybe God actually meant i'd have my offspring through hagar. so, they decide to go ahead with it.
result: ishmael is born.
God promises that he will also make ishmael into a great nation. Bible scholars believe that the arabic people are descendants of ishmael because of location and geneologies. these people would war with the israelites time and time again in history (and even to the present). consider the far-reaching consequences of abram's impatience. now consider our own instances of impatience.
ps. starcraft II just got an official release date. 12/03/08
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Biblical superstar??? uh..okay
also, Abram was really important and it was he who really showed a lot of faith by following God even though he didn't really know (cross that: even though he didn't have one heck of a clue) of where he was going, he followed. and he was told to kill his only son too! 'o' so...yeah...then how come Abraham didnt appear with Jesus like Moses and Elijah? ah...what a random question -_-
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