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Idolatry is on full display as the sons of Jacob are named based on two sisters' struggle against one another for the love of their husband and the prestige of bearing the most sons.
Jacob experiences God in a desolate place - receiving the promise by the proclamation of God. Yet, Jacob reveres the place more than the promise and we also look at the fulfillment of Jacob's ladder from Jesus' own words
Although Isaac fails in the same way as his father Abraham, God protects him and provides for him, showing that He is faithful to His promise in all things.
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Abraham acts to secure Isaac a wife while trusting in God's providence to work all things out to fulfill His promise
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Lot and his daughters are delivered out of Sodom, but the effect of Lot's life remains ingrained in them. Lot is indeed a righteous man but his life of compromise with the world has taken its toll on his family.
Lot is delivered from God's judgment upon Sodom because he is united with Abraham, God's covenant bearer - even though Lot is compromised, hesitant, and obstinate.
God explains to Abraham what He is about to do in bringing judgment down upon Sodom. He does this so Abraham can rightly understand God's justice and teach his children and household what justice and righteousness look like.
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Abraham demonstrates a heart of hospitality to three visitors, which is in stark contrast to how the visitors will be received in Sodom. Here the Lord reaffirms the promise and this time allows Sarah to hear it from His own mouth, as he exposes her heart.
Abram comes off the heels of an formalized covenant promise from God, yet he still doesn't have an heir. Sarai and Abram decide to help God's promise along by using a custom of the day to have a child. Instead of waiting on the promise of God, they use worldly means to accomplish what they think is God's purpose.
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Abram questions God's promise which has yet to be fulfilled years after it was made. God responds by making a covenant with Abram in the most dramatic way imaginable. In this the gospel is foreshadowed.
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Abram is embroiled in an international war in order to save his nephew Lot. This leads to an interaction with two kings that shows Abram is growing in his faith according to the promise.
God disperses the people who have united around their sinful quest to defy God's command to fill the earth.
God establishes His covenant with Noah and creation. He gives a law to protect human life.
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Noah finds grace in the eyes of the Lord, though the entire earth is plunged into violence and wickedness. Even the line of Seth has intermarried and been corrupted. Yet God declares both judgment upon the wicked and a covenant with Noah.
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Wickedness fills the earth and now even the godly line of Seth is corrupted by intermarrying indiscriminately. Yet even now, Noah finds grace and God's promise is not revoked.
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Genesis presents to growth of both lines - the serpent's seed and the seed of the woman. These lines show starkly different characteristics. Cain's line is characterized by self effort, pride, and sinfulness - Seth's line is characterized by godliness, humility, and dependence.
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In the story of Cain and Abel, we see sin increase and spread. The infection of the fall is growing and takes hold of Adam and Eve's first born. The war between the seeds sees the first blow struck.
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The man and woman are exiled from the garden - this is perhaps the most tragic scene is all of human history, yet in the midst of their judgment, God shows an incredible amount of grace.
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God pronounces the curse upon the couple and the serpent, yet in the middle of this, He also gives the first gospel promise
An intruder inters the garden and tempts the first couple to rebel against their creator. Through this we see the pattern of temptation, sin, and the tactics of the tempter that still exist today.
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God Himself performs the first marriage ceremony as He gives mankind the universal pattern of marriage
A focusing in on the creation of man as well as a description of Eden as a garden temple where God dwells with man. Genesis narrows its focus here as we begin laying the setting for the rest of God's redemptive story
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Discussion of what the image of God means and the ramifications of it.
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We discuss true and false views of the Genesis creation narrative - and the importance of rightly interpreting Genesis as a foundation for the rest of Scripture.
We discuss true and false views of the Genesis creation narrative - and the importance of rightly interpreting Genesis as a foundation for the rest of Scripture.
We discuss true and false views of the Genesis creation narrative - and the importance of rightly interpreting Genesis as a foundation for the rest of Scripture.
The genealogy of Esau is given showing the prosperity and blessing of the Edomites in opposition to the suffering and trials of Israel. Esau and his nation look like they have everything in the world, but they do not have the promise of God.
Jacob returns to Bethel after the horrible events of chapter 34. He finds that God is faithful to His word and the promises are reaffirmed. However, we also see that though Jacob is back in God's will, the effects of the curse are still active and the seed of the woman who will deliver has not yet come.
Jacob's passive attitude in leading his family to follow God has disastrous consequences. There are always consequences when we become indifferent in our striving for God.
Jacob has been changed by God and God answers Jacob's prayer to be protected from Esau. Jacob demonstrates a true repentance for what he has done to Esau. But Jacob also still shows us that his sinful nature is not yet abolished. Jacob lies to Esau and settles in Shechem rather than returning to his father - which will cause Jacob's family incredible grief in the next chapter.
Jacob finally comes to the point where God wants him. He is terrified and alone when he has an encounter with God. He finally learns and accepts his insufficiency and need. He is forever scarred by his encounter with God, but he is also forever changed from Jacob to Israel.
God has been working on Jacob. He is not the same man that he was when he left home twenty years ago. He demonstrates humility, love for others, and even repentance as God prepares him for a confrontation. God is backing Jacob against the wall so he will have nothing but God to trust in, and this will culminate in God coming to Jacob himself - and changing him.
God doesn't allow Jacob to just slink away from Laban secretly. God desires His name to be glorified and feared by Laban and He is pushing Jacob toward a confrontation with Himself.
God continues to protect Jacob and commands him to leave Laban's household. There is some question as to whether Jacob demonstrated faith or not in his departure. However God is consistently moving Jacob toward Himself as He pushes Jacob to trust Him. The escape of Jacob will inevitably lead to God Himself meeting Jacob on the way home
Laban does everything in his power to keep Jacob to stay with him, and to keep Jacob from prospering. He lies, he deceives, and cheats. But God has promised Jacob a great nation, a land, and a multitude of descendants. Nothing can stop God's faithfulness to keep His word.
Leah and Rachel (along with a few handmaidens) produce sons for Jacob. They fight for Jacob's love and the status of being the better child bearer. Both elevate family status and victory in their baby race to the status of an idol - but God continues to fulfill His promise in the midst of their sin.
Jacob is disciplined by God's providence when he is forced to take some of his own medicine. Just like he deceived Esau to gain the blessing, he is now deceived by Laban. He is shown the consequences of sin and his new family faced with many of the same problems that plagued his old family. God doesn't let his people continue in sin without sanctification.
Jacob is running for his life. He is in a very desolate place and the promises of God don't look like they are possible now. Even though Jacob's heart does not yet belong to God, God is faithful to His promise and reaffirms His promise to Jacob. Jesus interprets the vision of Jacob's ladder for us in the New Testament.
Esau, Jacob, Rebecca and Isaac all face the consequences of their sins. Each has to deal with what they have done. Esau responds by trying to work his way back into his father's graces, while Isaac repents and reverses his position, coming in line with God's will that Jacob is the promised seed.
The "seed" promise is faced with more obstacles. Isaac is now old and has decided to subvert God's will, while Rebecca and Jacob have decided to sin in order that good may come from it. Esau finally learns what he has forsaken when the blessing is denied him - and God's word and promise once again is fulfilled despite opposition and the sinfulness of His people
God reaffirms His promise to Isaac and promises to be with Him. The presence of God is with Isaac to bless him and the world can clearly see it.
The promise of Abraham has passed to Isaac. God reiterates the promise to Isaac by stating that He will be with Isaac. God protects His promise to Isaac through Isaac's own sin, and the persecution of the Philistines. Isaac is pushed further and further away from Gerar, but even in a famine, Isaac is blessed and prospers.
Esau sells his birthright for a bowl of stew. This wasn't just his inheritance of servants, money, and livestock - the inheritance from Abraham and Isaac came with a promise from God. The "seed" would come from the line of Abraham and Isaac. God already told Rebecca that Jacob would be the promised seed, but here we see Esau couldn't care less about his spiritual inheritance. He was a profane man (Heb. 12:17).
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At the close of Abraham's life, Genesis records the fulfillment of many promises God made. Abraham is given a long full life, his many children become "many nations," Isaac receives God's blessing, and Ishmael bears 12 princes. All these things were promised to Abraham by God. God keeps every promise, even those we think are small.
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Abraham realizes he will die before seeing the promises fulfilled. He acts strategically to provide a wife for his son. God providentially provides for Isaac in amazingly ordinary ways. Abraham trusts that God will provide, but he also acts responsibly, placing himself in the path of God's providence.
Sarah, Abraham's wife, dies before the promise of the land is fulfilled. Abraham must understand that the promises of God extend beyond death, and they do not come without suffering. Abraham trust that the land promise will be fulfilled and buys a family burial ground, signifying that Canaan is now his ancestral homeland.
Abraham has finally been given the promised son. Now God asks him to do the unthinkable. He is asked to sacrifice his son Isaac. God is asking Abraham to give up what is most precious, but if Abraham obeys God, the promise of the seed will be nullified. Will Abraham trust and obey God when His command just doesn't make sense?
Finally, after 25 years, God brings forth Isaac from Abraham and Sarah. The family rejoices as God's promise comes to pass. Also, the threat of Ishmael is removed so the "seed" has no rival. Likewise, Abraham makes a covenant of peace with the king of the land and worships his God there in peace. Everything has worked out. Life is good - until God asks Abraham to do something crazy in chapter 22
Faithful Abraham's sinful unbelief is revealed as he falls into the same sin as before. Instead of trusting God's promise, he tries to protect himself with deceit. It is also revealed that Abraham and Sarah have engaged in this faithless deception every place they went.
The end of Lot's story illustrates the consequences of compromising with the world. Lot is called "righteous" in the New Testament, but Lot's attitude of compromise has cost him everything and it has infected his family.
Lot has repeatedly compromised by living among the wicked in Sodom. This compromise with the world will have unfortunate consequences on Lot and His family. However, Lot is righteous (2 Pt. 2:8-9) and God will rescue him for Abraham's sake.
God tells Abraham about the impending judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah so he will teach his children about walking in "the way of the Lord." This means to do justly according to God's standard, and love mercy. Abraham intercedes for the people testing the mercy of God, who declares He will spare the city if 10 righteous people are found.
The Lord visits Abraham and repeats His promise to provide a son within a year. This time, He speaks the promise in Sarah's hearing, giving her assurance that the promise will be fulfilled
God further explains His covenant with Abraham by showing him the proper response and God gives him the sign of circumcision
Abram comes right off the heels of God formalizing His covenant and instead of trusting in faith and waiting upon the Lord, he listens to Sarai and takes Hagar into his bed. They desired to see the fulfillment of the promise and figured the ends justify the means. They simply traded waiting in faith for what was easy and expedient.
God reassures Abram the His promises will come to pass and He counts Abram righteous because of his faith in God. Then God cuts a covenant with Abram after informing Abram of how the people will come to possess the land. But instead of binding both Himself and Abram to the covenant stipulations, God swears by Himself showing that this covenant is unconditional on Abram's Part
Abram is faced with yet another test of his faith. After rescuing his nephew Lot, Abram is greeted by two kings. One, Melchizedek is a foreshadow of the great High Priest Jesus Christ. He offers Abram bread, wine, and a blessing. The other, the king of Sodom, offers nothing but seeks to ally himself with Abram. Which will Abram honor?
Abram has learned a lesson in Egypt. Now, back in the land, Abram does not selfishly strive to keep what is his. He trusts the promise of God and graciously allows Lot to choose which part of the land he wants. God expands Abram's blessing by faith, while Lot walks by sight.
Abram experiences a famine in his new land and responds with a lack of faith in God's promise. He journeys to Egypt and pretends to be Sarai's brother. He will endanger not only his marriage, but also the promise of God. Yet, God is faithful to His Word and steps in to deliver Abram from his own stupidity.
God calls Abram out of Haran and away from his family, promising him that he will become a great nation and through him the earth's nations will be blessed. Paul quotes Genesis 12 in Galatians showing us that this is a foreshadowing of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Mankind again becomes united in their rebellion against God. God disperses and confounds the language of man to keep the new world of Noah from becoming like the old world. From now on, God will focus his redemptive purposes on a single family - that of Abram
Noah falls into sin, and his son Ham exhibits the characteristics of the seed of the serpent. Both the lines of the seeds still continue in Noah's sons.
John's visions culminate in the picture of the new heavens and earth which the prophets pointed to. This is a return to the beginning of Genesis in the garden. John also is given exhortations and commands for the church now that the prophecy has been given.
God re-establishes the creation mandate (with some differences). Human still bears the image of God and is held as sacred to the Lord. God establishes the Law of retaliation against murder, and promises a covenant with all creation never to destroy the earth again by flood.
Paul thanks the Philippians for aiding in the gospel mission by their gifts and shows us what a heart of faith looks like. They valued the advance of the gospel over temporary things.
Paul thanks the Philippians for their gift to him, but also teaches them that he is content in Christ regardless of the circumstances he endures. He truly can do all things in Christ.
John sees the fulfillment of everything salvation history has been leading up to. The perfect eschatological city where God dwells with His people in perfect fellowship.
Paul begins winding up his letter to the Philippians by pointing to a particular situation in the church. Paul admonishes two women to put aside their differences for the gospel's sake, and exhorts the church to help them for the sake of Christ. Their fight is not with an outward enemy, but with pride and self.
John's vision moves into the reality of the church age throughout history and to the end of history...culminating in the judgment at the white throne.
Paul examines two types of people, one is chasing after Christ, pressing for the mark of the high calling. The other group is chasing after their goodness in their own works of the flesh and the world.
Paul demonstrates the gospel focus of the Christian life. He focuses on a single goal. He presses for the mark, which is to perfectly know Christ. Forgetting everything behind, he strives to grow in Christ
John sees God's people rejoice over Babylon's fall and the marriage supper of the lamb. He is also shown the feast of the birds on the judged and the coming of the white rider
Adam and Eve are given the punishment for their sin. The creation is corrupted and their rolls with regard to creation and to each other are effected. But in the midst of the fall, we see grace, hope, and the first gospel promise.
Paul shows the Philippians that all righteousness gained by the law must be forfeit in order to win Christ and his rightoeusness
John shows the pronouncement of Babylon's fall and the call of believers to come out from among her and not participate in her sins. The early church (both Jew and Gentile) were continually exhorted not to return to the types and shadows of the Judaic religion now that Christ has fulfilled the covenant.
Paul gives the Philippians the origin and cause for their rejoicing and warns them not to allow any works based understanding of their salvation in Christ
An angel gives John the interpretation of the judgment he has seen on the harlot. He sees a harlot riding a beast and that imagery in explained.
Paul shows two living examples of those having the mind of Christ that he commands the church to have. He presents Timothy and Epaphrodites as men who should be imitated and honored. They aren't perfect, but they are striving toward the goal.
Paul continues to exhort the Philippians to unity in the body saying that unity is a vital part of the testimony of Christ.
John sees the culminating vision of the seven bowl judgments. These judgments are the culmination of what God promised in Deuteronomy 28 and Leviticus 26 to those who refused to keep His covenant. By rejecting the covenant fulfillment of Jesus, they have brought down the wrath of God.
Paul exhorts the Philippians to continue their obedience in his absence by urging them to work out their salvation. In the context, he is exhorting them to be invested with one another and have unity in the body of Christ.
Paul uses Jesus as a sermon illustration demonstrating how believers are to value and love one another. Jesus voluntarily humbled himself for us in an astounding way, therefore we should esteem each other better than ourselves. The Carmen Christi is a beautiful and theologically rich passage of scripture
John sees the culmination of the covenant wrath of God as the people of the Lamb cross the sea in a new exodus
Paul explains the personal application of loving one another and being united together in the body of Christ
Paul defines the life lived worthy of the gospel and applies it to the church at Philippi
Paul continues his introduction to the Philippian letter. He demonstrates what it means to stand for Christ through trial and also where the power to stand comes from.
Paul demonstrates that his purpose is the advancement of the gospel rather than his personal well-being. He is joyful in his circumstances
Paul gives the Philippians the content of his prayers for them. He prayed that their love would grow more and more.
John sees the true Lamb and His people standing on Mount Zion. John also sees the angels and the Son of Man pronouncing the gospel, judgment, and the fulfilling of the harvest.
Paul trusts in the providence and promises of God, even when everything looks like it is falling apart.
The beast from the sea and the beast from the land are given authority to make war against the saint. John also speaks of the mark of the beast.
John gives us a overarching contextual look at the fulfillment of the promise of Satan's defeat by the seed of the woman. The gospel has conquered.
Paul gives the Jews in Jerusalem the testimony of the fulfillment of the covenant in Jesus
John shows us the measuring of the Temple, the Two Witnesses, and the blowing of the 7th trumpet.
Paul lays aside his Christian freedom for the sake of unity in the body of Christ between the Jews and Gentiles
Paul decides to obey the Spirit and go to Jerusalem despite everyone's insistence that he should not
The vision John sees of the mighty angel that swears an oath that the mystery of God's fulfillment will delay no longer
John sees two demonic forces pour forth upon the land. The demonic plague of locusts from inside and the demonic army marching on them from the outside
The judgment of God is finally released as the last seal is opened and the seven trumpets begin to sound
Paul continues to comfort the believers in Ephesus, Macedonia, and Troas as Eutychus is raised from the Dead
John demonstrates the reality of the believer's salvation and the assurance of that salvation
John shows us who can stand against the wrath of the Lamb. It is those who have been sealed by God, but what does that mean?
The sons of Sceva try to parrot Jesus' name and are beaten by a spirit. But the handkerchief Paul wears defeats the spirits
The Lamb begins breaking the seals on the book he received from the one who was on the throne, calling forth covenant judgments.
Paul brings the gospel to some disciples of John, fulfilling the final stage of the movement of the gospel to all peoples
Jesus, the slain lamb, appears in the heavenly tabernacle and receives the kingdom from the one on the throne. The lamb is worshiped by all creation just as the Father on the throne.
John is taken to the heavenly tabernacle and shown the vision of God on the throne being worshiped.
Got sidetracked in our exposition of Acts 17 and ended up talking about God's sovereignty in the wake of the Dallas shootings and the chaos in the world
Paul preaches to the Greek philosophers on the Aereopagus in Athens. The sermon is interesting in that Paul changes his approach here from his normal approach in the synagogues. These Greeks have no Old Testament background so Paul begins wit God as creator and Lord of all men.
Paul and Silas Witness in Thessalonica and Berea. Two different peoples respond differently to the gospel. The gospel will have opposition always
Paul is a witness through suffering and asserts his rights only when it benefits the church
God oversees his mission by calling Timothy, directing the missionaries, and calling converts in Philippi
The Apostles are Miraculously Delivered in order to Suffer More
Job schools his friends on wisdom and God's sovereignty
Paul lays out the case that nothing can separate the believer from Christ's saving love