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Not, Cursed art thou, as the Lord said to the serpent; but, Cursed is the ground for thy sake.. If you want the Lord to confide in you, and to trust you with his secrets, you must see that he is able to say of you what he said of Abraham, he will command his children and his household after him.. Six Turkish soldiers claimed to see the ark in 1916. vii. Oh, that you and I might possess the Abrahamic faith which thus practically obeys the Lord, and brings a blessing to all the nations of the earth! When she had but a handful of meal, she made a little cake for Gods prophet first, but then God multiplied her meal and her oil. The hand of justice was held back until Gods servant was safe. If Moses had meant to describe a partial deluge upon only a small part of the earth, he used very misleading language; but if he meant to teach was that the deluge was universal, he used the very word which we might have expected that he would use. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; These eight persons are very carefully mentioned. Those who read the Scriptures with a view simply to find out novelties that may tickle their fancy, read in vain. His was deliberate obedience; he could bear suspense, thinking over the whole matter for three days, and setting his face like a flint to obey his Lords command. And God called the firmament Heaven. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: No doubt, when they had heard the voice of the Lord before, they had run to meet him, as children do to a father when he comes home in the cool of the day. But now, how different is their action! And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. We must do everything that is included in the bounds of the divine command, and do it all with scrupulous exactness and care. Gen 9:17. This is almost a full year later, and in the second month of his six hundred and first year Noah left the ark. See him pulling out the large, rough, unhewn stones that lay round about the place, and then fling them up into an altar. Determine the structure of the passage Gen 7:20-23. Gen 8:10-11. Now I think I may freely say that this looks something like what we call a wild-goose chase. He was to go and find a wife for a young man left at home; he knew nothing of the people among whom he was to sojourn, but he believed that the angel of God would guide him aright. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. That I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. That tree of life in the midst of the earthly paradise was to be symbolic of another tree of life in the paradise above, from which the children of God shall never be driven as Adam and Eve were driven out of Eden. Gen 7:17. Blessed be the name of Jehovah-jireh! A man who does not obey Gods commands may talk about righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith, but it is clear that he does not possess it, for faith works by love, and the righteousness which is by faith is proved by obedience to God. Let us rather learn a lesson from them. Gen 22:9. Abraham is called the friend of God. It was not merely that God was his Friend; that was blessedly true, and it was a great wonder of grace; but he was honoured to be called the friend of God-one with whom God could hold sweet converse, a man after his own heart, in whom he trusted to whom he revealed his secrets. It was his own sufficiency that was wrestling with the God-man, Christ Jesus. Oh, what a blessing to learn the way of ample faith in God! There were giants in the earth in those days. And the evening and the morning were the second day. A certain structure of Genesis can be seen in the fact that eleven times the Hebrew word "toledoth" (generations, histories) is mentioned as conclusion - or introduction - of a report. Now we will read two short portions out of the Song of Solomon, from which you will see how love evermore craves for nearness to the loved one. Joel O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. a. What a rush of thoughts must have passed through their minds when they remembered all their unkind behavior toward him! Genre This passage is narrative. I have known him very strangely with his people, and when they thought they were quite forgotten, he has proved that he remembered them, and both the winds of heaven and the waters of the sea have had to work their good. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be eating nor harvest. It was a memorable discourse , A Family Sermon And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. Gen 49:10. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. Some creature had to die in order to provide them with garments, and you know who it is that died in order that we might be robed in his spotless righteousness. And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. Gen 22:16-18. Look till the tears are in your eyes as you thank God that you are rescued from so terrible a doom! He seems to have had some sort of mistiness of soul about this time which was far worse, and so he desired to give the blessing to Esau, whom God had determined should never have it. Had there been one more, there would have been no hand to lay hold of the fifth person; but these two angels, with their four hands, could just lead these four persons outside the doomed city. The face of the ground was dry in the first month; the earth was dried, the second month. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hand were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:). 1 Kings The timing and method of that death are completely in the hands of God. Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. Gen 32:24. Genesis 6:1-8 | Preaching Source Jacob was the prince with the disjointed limb, and that is exactly what a Christian is. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Ecclesiastes And he urged him, and he took it. God had been very gracious to him, and all his fears were gone, so he met Esau as a brother, not as an enemy, and the four hundred men were willing to become his protectors. He lets the scaffold stand until the building is finished; then, it will come down fast enough. Salem Media Group. WE shall this morning leave all discussion as to the creation of the world to those learned divines who have paid their special attention to that subject, and to those geologists who know, or at any rate think they know, a very great deal about it. Now comes the crisis which will make a change in the whole of Jacobs future life: He touched the hollow of his thigh.. There is a deal of wisdom in this sign, however. If there is a nation that has not yet heard the gospel, it must hear it, for so the promise stands, In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. We may look for a glorious future from the preaching of Christ throughout every land, for so the covenant was made with Abraham because he had obeyed Gods voice. Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy fathers children shall bow down before thee. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: That would have been a horrible thing, for man to be incapable of death, and so to continue for ever in a sinful world. Gen 12:1. Bravely said, O Jacob! According to an old tradition, not only Genesis (also called the first book of Moses), but the whole Pentateuch (from Greek pente - five and teuchos - container for scrolls) were written by Moses. If you are willing to suffer for Christs sake, it may be that you shall not be caused to suffer and if you are willing to be a martyr for the truth, you may be permitted to wear the martyrs crown even though you are never called to stand at the stake, the scaffold or the block. Gen 7:12-13. Gen 7:7-8. This is the counterpart of what will follow the preaching of the gospel those who are in Christ shall live, shall rise, and reign with him for ever but none of those who are outside of Christ shall so live. My brothers heart is still hot with anger against me. So, Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed.. Gen 19:18-21. Full often, we are hardly out of one trial before we are into another. In the person of David, in the long line of kings of the tribe of Judah, all this came true; and in the person of the great Son of David, the Lord Jesus Christ, all this has come true to a very high degree. 2 Samuel So a man may have great opportunities, and yet lose them. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Gen 15:18-21. It appears from these words that he was himself an archer, and that he was not in a hurry to shoot his arrows; his bow remained still. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.". His name was praise, and such was his history to be, for David came of that tribe, and great Davids greater Son, whom it is our joy to praise. Gen 33:1-2. What! Ay, he did not know that promise, While they are yet speaking I will hear; but God keeps his promises before he makes them, and, therefore, I am sure he will keep them after he has made them. Gen 49:4. Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. Gen 45:25-28. It may be that it will bring you something worth bringing one of these days, as Noahs dove brought to him. ix. c. Take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself: God also commanded Noah to take all the food he could. Jacob had just come out of a great trouble. He was glad to find himself at rest once more, though not yet at liberty. This narrative always comforts me I think that Zoar was preserved, not so much by the prayer of Lot, as by the greater prayer of Abraham which had gone before; yet the mighty intercession of the friend of God did not prevail until it was supported by the feeble petition of poor Lot. No doubt he was weary, though triumphant; and so, just then, the Lord sent him special refreshment, and, beloved, how sweet it is to us when the greater Melchizedek meets us! For a hundred and twenty years he pursued his theme, three times as long as most men are ever able to preach, and now at last Gods time of long-suffering is over, and he proves the truthfulness of the testimony of his servant by sending the flood that Noah had foretold. At the same time, there does seem to be a clashing between Abrahams question, What wilt thou give me? and the declaration of God, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. There is a great descent from the language of the Lord to that of the most stable believer, and when you and I are even at our best, I have no doubt that, if all could be recorded that we think and say, some of our fellow-believers would feel that the best of men are but men at the best, and that Gods language is after a nobler fashion than ours will ever be, till we have seen his face in glory. Gen 8:15-21. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 15. There is no food like the bread and wine that our blessed Melchizedek brings forth to us, even his own flesh and blood. And he said, I will not do it for fortys sake. Haggai Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary Our subject is the value of divine guidance, and we shall, therefore, read two passages of Scripture illustrating the truth which we hope to enforce. Jonah That was a very wonderful procession, it was the new beginning of everything upon the earth. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And unto him, to this very day, the people gather, and more and more shall gather in the latter days. xxxv. That has often been the request of Gods people, they have wanted to know Gods wondrous name. The mention of seven days, and the resting in between seems to look like it. Already in the Old Testament it often refers to the whole Pentateuch, the Thora, i.e., the first part of the Old Testament. Wherefore, submit yourselves to him: Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.. Gen 1:2. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. 2 Thessalonians He has a right to all his spoil; but he will not touch it, lest the glory of his God should thereby be stained. Gen 22:19. Gen 3:16-18. The waters were abated as far as the fruit trees; not only the tallest forest trees, but some of the fruit trees were uncovered from the water. This, said Christ, is the work of God, the greatest of all works, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. To trust, to believe, this shall be counted to us for righteousness even as it was to Abraham. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. It was not until 1858 that a boat bigger than the ark was built. Choose Book of Bible to Study The fault lies in trying to compress all truth under either of those two heads. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. So they went both of them together. Twice we are told this, for this incident is a type of the Father going with the Son and the Son going with the Father up to the great sacrifice on Calvary. They were all there, yet he could remember the time when he had said, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. Ah! Gen 24:15. the Holy Spirit does not write for the credit of man: he writes for the glory of Gods grace. If Abrahams seed was to be like the stars of heaven for multitude, there must be time for the increase to come. Gen 9:11-17. And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. Genesis xxiv. Gen 8:21. Now was his faith tried indeed, he had no child, he was himself old, and his wife also was old, yet the Lords promise was, So shall thy seed be as the stars of heaven. v. In 1876 a distinguished British statesman and author, Viscount James Bryce, climbed Ararat and reported finding a four-foot long piece of hand-tooled timber at an altitude of more than 13,000 feet (4,300 meters). Gen 8:14. The evil one suggested ambition to the womans mind, and imputed wicked designs to the ever-blessed and holy God. He remembers that lonely departure from the home country, and he cannot help contrasting it with his present prosperity. Of fowls also of the air by sevens the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Gen 45:1-2. Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). And Jacob was left alone; This was a very anxious time for him, the heaviest trial of his life seemed impending. He may have wondered if it meant that one born in his house, though not his son, was to be his heir; and that, through him, the blessing would come. It will come to an end; therefore wait, and be patient, and do not want to know the time of your deliverance. When he was first bidden to leave his country and his kindred, and his fathers house, he had to go to a land that God would shew him. Down from the top of earthly bliss Rebellious man was hurld; And Jesus stoopd beneath the grave To reach a sinking world.. Their spirit and temper constantly change; their pursuits are sometimes in one direction, and sometimes in another; they are everything by starts, and nothing long; and to each of them it may be said, Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.: It is a very remarkable circumstance, well worthy of notice, that this curse was turned into a real blessing, especially in the case of the tribe of Levi. StudyLght.org. God comes to judge his fallen creature, yet he deals kindly with him. Gen 1:3-4. The Lord will preserve his own. It was necessary that they should be , FAMILY REFORMATION; OR, JACOBS SECOND VISIT Luke But, dear friends, angels often come to meet us, though we know it not. Be not afraid; he can open the windows of heaven, and pour down abundant blessings for you, and he can let down the cellar-flaps of the great deep, and stop its flowing fountains. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen, Then I, and you, and all of us fell down; while sin triumphed over us; yet even the fall by Adams sin was not without the promise of a gracious recovery through the last Adam, the Lord from heaven. The needful test had been applied, and Abrahams faith had endured the trial. Gen 7:5. ii. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; God works upwards, and stops the windows of heaven. Gen 3:7. Kansas City, Missouri 64118, 2017 The Spurgeon Center and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The serpent does not dare to state a lie, but he suggests one: Has God refused you all the fruit of these many trees that grow in the garden?. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. And yet Abraham had his but, for as yet Isaac was unmarried, and perhaps he little dreamed that for twenty years afterwards he who was to build the house of Abraham was to remain childless. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. Gen 14:21. True emblems of the Church of God with her smoke and her light, her trying affliction, yet the grace by which she still keeps burning and shining in the world. If thou darest to plead his righteousness, his infallible justice, thou pleadest most powerfully. No. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his asss colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: his eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. God always lets his people know what is practically for their good. Gen 32:27. And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: They praised God for him, they praised God by him, they praised God in him; he is the type of Jesus, of whom we can say all this with great emphasis. It seems always more becoming to the worldling than the Christian. How there was light before there was any sun, for the sun was not created until the fourth day of the week it is not for us to say.

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