There are many principles that God illustrates to us through the lives and actions of the people who populate the Old Testament. In Genesis 24:6,8 we see one of these principles enacted through Abraham’s servant Eliezer when Abraham sent him to the place of his extended family in Ur to seek a wife for his…
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Genesis 15:4-5; 16:7,10 – Angel of the Lord
The ancient Israelite understanding of God was different from what it is today. Religious Jews since the time of Jesus have actually rejected what their ancestors believed and knew about Yahweh. Since Jesus came, the Jews have clung to the Shema, Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one” and…
Abraham, Melchizedek, & Righteousness
We don’t hear a lot about righteousness these days, but it’s one of the keys to our relationship with the Lord. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines righteousness as “acting in accord with divine or moral law; free from guilt or sin.” Our moral law comes from God, so if we act in accordance with that, we…