ABRAHAM ā brə’ hăm (אַבְרָהָ֤ם). “The primary source of Abraham is the narrative account given in Genesis 11:26-25:18. Significant is the fact that throughout the rest of the Old Testament, he is mentioned by name more than forty times. The number of references by New Testament writers exceeds seventy. Numerous archeological discoveries, especially during the last century…
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Advent Day 12 – God Sent a Flood – Noah Was a Descendent of Adam and Eve & an Ancestor of Jesus – The Jesse Tree
Advent Is the Period Before Christmas — A Time When We Prepare to Celebrate the Birth of Christ. I create a Jesse Tree During Advent. A Jesse Tree Is Representative of the Family Tree of Jesus. The Family Tree of Jesus Begins with Adam and Eve, who had a son named Seth. Many years later,…
Advent Day 11 – God Created Families – God Created Diversity – We Are All Earthlings
The Biblical Book of Genesis tells us God filled the earth with seed-bearing plants and trees. Likewise, when God created people, He told them to “Be Fruitful and Multiply.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be…
Advent Day 10 – But of One Tree You Must Not Eat – The Fall of Adam & Eve
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you[f] shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 In Genesis 2, we read that God warned Adam not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. After that, God created Eve. Image Credit Christina Balit Treasury…
Advent Day 9 – The Creation of Eve
In a previous post, I talked about the fact that on Day 6 of His Creation, God Created Animals and People. If I stopped with that passage in the Bible, it would appear that God’s beautiful world was destined for glory. But the creation of people proved to be God’s Agony and Ecstasy. Life in…
Advent Day 8 – Today Is Peace Sunday – In Today’s Tumultuous World, Light A Candle for Peace
Today is Peace Sunday, and my Church experience today was the most peaceful of Sundays in my most recent memories. My peaceful day began when I walked into Bible Study and met a Rabbi who had come to speak to our church. Her visit was part of an outreach program designed to unite people of…
Advent Day 6 – The Sixth Day of God’s Creation – God Created Animals and Adam
On Day 6 of His Creation, God Animated His Perfect Garden of Eden. God Created the Animals 24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth…
Advent Day 5 – The Fifth Day of God’s Creation of the World – God Created the Birds and the Fish
20 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living [e]creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the [f]firmament of the heavens.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And…
Advent Day 4 – The Fourth Day of God’s Creation – God Created the Sun, Moon, and Stars – Morning Has Broken
Today is the Fourth Day of Advent, and We Will Talk about Day 4 of God’s Creation of the World. Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for…
Advent Day 3 The Third Day of God’s Creation of the World – Genesis – We Are All Earthlings
Today is the Third Day of Advent, and We Will Talk about Day 3 of God’s Creation of the World. On Day 3 God Created the Seas and the Earth 9 Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth,…