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Genealogy of Jesus: Abraham & Isaac · The Living Freed Podcast

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Hey, hey, I'm Hannah Liz, a coastal living, Jesus
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loving, NC native, and you're listening to the
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Living Freed podcast. This podcast is for the
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girlies. and where we discuss intentionally living
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our lives to the fullest that God has intended,
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having those late night open heart friend convos,
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not letting others, ourselves, or ideas hold
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us down, and allowing Jesus to set us free from
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the chains we didn't know we're holding on to,
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and of course, the Bible. Now let's dive into
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today's episode. Today we're going to start a
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monthly series going over the lineage of Jesus.
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So cool, right? I know for many of us, we start
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to read the who we got whom and get tired or
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find it overwhelming or boring. And if you're
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like me, you think I'll just get back to that
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next time. Well, next time came around for me
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eventually, as it always does. And I almost skipped
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it again, like I usually do, but decided to make
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myself read it. And I realized I actually knew
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some of the names I was reading in their stories.
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I found it kind of cool. I laid a Bible study
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on Wednesday nights and as I talked with my favorite
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girls in Wilmington, I found I wasn't the only
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one to find the task of reading the genealogy
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of Jesus daunting and not useful to my personal
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life. I had to find a way to get excited about
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it because I do love history and I love the Bible
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and Jesus, so why did I not enjoy reading about
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the lineage of Jesus? I came up with a plan.
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I was going to start at the beginning again for
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the hundredth time in my life. and every time
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I recognized a name from the genealogy of Jesus,
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I would flip to the first chapter of Matthew
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and highlight that name. It actually was kind
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of fun and became not just a checklist kind of
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thing, because your girl does love a checklist,
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but it also became almost like that hidden image
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game you'd find in a kid's magazine as a child,
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which I enjoy. Not past tense, enjoyed. Presently,
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enjoy. I don't know why, I just love these games.
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Now I know a lot of us get overwhelmed or lost
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when reading the Old Testament part of the Bible
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and we kind of find it boring sometimes. I'm
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starting this monthly series to break down the
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lineage of Jesus for you and me. Now with this
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series you can follow along just by listening
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or you can take the time to open your Bible and
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read along as well. We'll jump back and forth
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to a couple passages just so you can really get
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to know the characters that are going to come
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into play. but for now we're going to open to
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Matthew chapter 1 and read verses 1 through 16.
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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the
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son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was
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the father of Isaac and Isaac the father of Jacob
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and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers
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and Judah the father of Perez and Zarah by Tamar
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and Perez the father of Hezeron and Hezeron the
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father of Ram, the father of Amit and Adab. and
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Aminadab the father of Nashon and Nashon the
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father of Solomon and Solomon the father of Boaz
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by Rahab and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth
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and Obed the father of Jesse and Jesse the father
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of David the king and David was the father of
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Solomon by the wife of Uriah and Solomon the
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father of Rehoboam and Rehoboam the father I
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don't know how to say that name and Rehoboam
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the father of Abijah and Abijah the father of
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Asaph and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat and
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Jehoshaphat the father of Joram and Joram the
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father of Uzziah and Uzziah the father of Jotham
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and Jotham the father of Ahaz and Ahaz the father
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of Hezekiah and Hezekiah the father I don't want
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to say that name either and Hezekiah the father
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of Manasseh Ammonaza the father of Amos and Amos
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the father of Josiah and Josiah the father of
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Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the
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deportation to Babylon and after the deportation
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to Babylon Jeconiah was the father to Shealtiel
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and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel and Zerubbabel
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the father of Abed and Abed the father of Eliakim
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and Eliakim the father of Azar and Azar the father
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of Zadok So let's go back. Who was first? Abraham.
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Who is Abraham? Well, let's go back to his beginning.
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We first meet him as Abram, who is a 75 year
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old man who is married to Sarai. Genesis 12,
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God calls Abraham to leave his home country and
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family to a land God will show him. Not a land
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he knows or has an idea of, but will walk until
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God is like, yep, this is it, man. You can stop
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and pitch your tent here. So we're going to jump
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over to Genesis 12. We're going to read verses
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1 and 2 and then verses 4 and 9. Now the Lord
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said to Abraham, go from your country and your
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kindred and your father's house to the land that
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I will show you. And I will make you a great
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nation and I will bless you and make your name
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great so that you will be a blessing And then
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in verses four through nine it says So abraham
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went as the lord had told him and lot went with
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him and abraham was 75 years old when he departed
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from haran and abraham took sarah his wife and
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lot his brother's son so his nephew and all the
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possessions that they had gathered and the people
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that they had and the people they had acquired
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in Horan, and they set out to go to the land
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of Canaan. When they had come to the land of
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Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the
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place of Shechem and the oak of Morah. At the
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time, the Canaanites were in the land. Then the
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Lord appeared to Abram and said, To your offspring
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I will give this land. So he built there an altar
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to the Lord, who had appeared to him. From there
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he moved to the hill country, to the east of
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Bethlehem, and pitched his tent. After that,
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we see him continue to journey in verses 10 -20.
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And the famine hits the land, so he goes to Egypt.
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Now, when he gets to Egypt, he knows his wife
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is beautiful and that Pharaoh's men sure as hell
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gonna kill him so that Pharaoh can have Sarai
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for himself. So Abram tells her that they will
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need to pretend to be brother and sister until
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they can get out of there. In Shura's hat, Pharaoh's
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guys see Sarai and are like, oh, Pharaoh's got
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to have this woman. And Pharaoh gives Abram a
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bunch of livestock for Sarai, takes his new woman
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home with him, and goes about his life. But God
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plagues Pharaoh's household. Won't be the last
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time because he took Sarai and Pharaoh's like,
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hold up, something isn't right here. He calls
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out Abram and basically said, bro, if I had known
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she was your wife, I wouldn't have taken her.
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Get the heck out. Go ahead and take everything
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I gave you. Be on your way. So they leave and
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kept on with their journey. While Abram is going
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about his journey, God makes a covenant with
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him. We're going to jump over to chapters 15
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and read verses one through 18. Okay, chapter
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15, verse one. After these things the word of
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the Lord came to Abram in a vision. Fear not
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Abram. I am your shield. Your reward shall be
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very great. But Abram said, O Lord God, what
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will you give me? For I continue childless. And
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the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus.
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And Abram said, behold, you have given me no
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offspring, and a member of my household will
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be my heir. And behold, the word of the Lord
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came to him. This man shall not be your heir.
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Your very own son shall be your heir. And he
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brought him outside and said, Look towards the
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heaven, the number of the stars, if you are able
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to number them. Then he said to him, So shall
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your offspring be. And he believed the Lord,
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and he counted it to him as righteousness. And
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he said to him, I am the Lord who brought you
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out from the Chaldeans to give you this land
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to possess. But he said, O Lord God, how am I
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to know that I possess it? And the Lord said
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to him, bring me a heifer three years old, a
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female goat three years old, a ram three years
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old, turtle dove, and a young pigeon. And he
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brought him all these, cut them in half, and
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laid each half over against the other. But he
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did not cut the birds in half. And when the birds
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of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove
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them away. As the sun was going down, a deep
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sleep fell on Abram, and behold, a dreadful and
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great darkness fell upon him. Then the Lord said
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to Abram, Know for certain that your offspring
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will be soldier -owners in this land, that is
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not theirs and will be servants there. And they
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will be afflicted for four hundred years. But
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I will bring judgment on the nations they serve,
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and afterwards they shall come out with great
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possession. As for you, you shall go to your
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fathers in peace. You shall be buried at a good
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old age, and they shall come back here in the
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fourth generation. For the iniquity of the Amorites
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is not yet complete. When the sun had gone down
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and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and
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the flaming torch passed between these pieces.
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On that day, the Lord had made a covenant with
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Abram, saying, To your offspring I give this
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land, from the river of Egypt to the great river
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of Aphrodites. Land of the Canaanites, the Kinzanites,
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the Kadamites, the Hittites, the Prezorites,
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the Ephraim, and the Amharites, the Canaanites,
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the Gizetites, and the Jebusites. So here, God
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told Abraham to cut the animals but didn't tell
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him to walk through them because God Himself
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planned to pass through them. This act indicates
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that God promised to take the curse of the covenant
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upon Himself if Abraham broke it. This moment
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looks ahead to Jesus the Son of God and the lineage
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of Abraham would die on the cross so that we
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may receive the blessing of the covenant. We're
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going to jump over to Galatians chapter 3 verses
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7 through 9. Okay. So, verses 7 -9 says, In chapter
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17, God makes another covenant to set Abraham
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and his household apart by circumcision and changes
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his name to Abraham as to make him a new identity
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through God. And the promise of a child is given,
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aka Isaac. And in chapter 21, the promise of
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Isaac has been fulfilled. So who is Abraham?
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A man who acted and left the land he knew to
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wander to a land he'd never known by faith. Knowing
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his God can be trusted, a sojourner that knew
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his God would come through and not just provide
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a place for him and his wife to lay their heads
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down at night, but would also provide a child.
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He didn't know when he would get to settle into
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the land God had promised or when exactly God
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would give him his heart's dream of a child,
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but he knew his God and had not just faith but
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trust that God would be righteous and keep his
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promise. From Abraham, we go to Isaac. Isaac's
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name means laughter. He will laugh or he rejoices.
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We see the relation of his name in not only chapter
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21 but also in 1810 when it talks about Sarah
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waiting outside the tent door as she hears God
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speaking to Abraham letting him know that there
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will be a child. Sarah laughs herself thinking,
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me at my age? No way. But then she laughs and
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rejoices again when she has Isaac. In chapter
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22, we enter into the famous story of Abraham
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being asked to sacrifice Isaac his son. We're
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going to go over and read verses 1 through 18.
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After these things, God tested Abraham and said
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to him, Abraham, and he said, here I am. And
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the Lord said, take your son, your only son,
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Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Morah.
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and offer him there as a burnt offering on one
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of the mountains, of which I shall tell you.
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So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled
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his donkey, took two of his young men with him
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and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the
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burnt offering, and rose and went to the place
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of which God had told him. On the third day,
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Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place
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from afar. Then Abraham said to his young man,
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Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy
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will go over there and worship, and come again
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to you. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
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offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he
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took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they
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went both of them together. And Isaac said to
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his father, Abraham, my father. And he said,
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here I am, my son. And he said, behold, the fire
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and the wood, but there is no lamb for the burnt
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offering. And Abraham said, God will provide
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for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my
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son. So they went both of them together. When
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they came to the place of which God had told
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him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the
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wood in order and bound Isaac his son, and laid
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him on the altar on top of the wood. Then Abraham
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reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter
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his son. But the angel of the Lord came to him
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from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham, and he
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said, here I am. And he said, do not lay your
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hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now
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I know that you fear God, seeing you have not
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withheld your son, your only son from me. And
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Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and behold,
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behind him was a ram caught in the thickets by
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its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram
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and offered it up as a burnt offering instead
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of his son. So Abraham called the name of the
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place the Lord will provide. As it is said to
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this day, on the mount of the Lord it shall be
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provided. And the angel of the Lord called to
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Abraham a second time from heaven, and he said,
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by myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because
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you have done this in... And have not withheld
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your son, your only son, I will surely bless
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you. I will surely multiply your offspring as
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the stars of heaven, and as the sands that are
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in the seashore. And your offspring shall possess
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the gate of his enemy. And your offspring shall
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be the nations of the earth be blessed, because
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you have obeyed my voice. So Abraham returned
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to his young men, and they arose and went together
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to Bathsheba. And Abraham lived there in Bathsheba.
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I think this is a hard story to fully comprehend.
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Why would God ask this of Abram? The answer is
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that God wanted to be sure he wouldn't withhold
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anything from him, even his only son. We know
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that God had already made the commitment and
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promise to uphold his side of the covenant and
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promise he had made to Abraham. But now he sees
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the actions of how trusting and faithful Abraham
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is. Through Abraham's actions, he brought his
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son Isaac into the journey of not just trusting
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and knowing God, but also how to act in faith.
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We also see the correlation of Isaac to Jesus
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because Abraham was a starting place for us,
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just like God is a starting place for us. God
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used Abraham's faith and actions and made the
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covenant, but God also used Abraham's son. He
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had his son carry his own wood to his own sacrifice
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to be laid on, just like Jesus carried his own
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cross to be sacrificed on. We know that God had
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made the commitment and promise to uphold his
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side of the covenant and promise he made to Abraham.
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It's crazy the foretelling in this story and
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how far we see it come because he didn't know
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what because Isaac didn't know how he was going
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to be used in this faith journey. what he was
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going to represent in that moment but Jesus knew
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and now we get to see it hundreds of years into
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the future. Okay flash forward in time with me
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to chapter 24. Here we're gonna see Isaac's dad
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sends off a trusted servant from the household
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to go get Isaac a wife. Now in verse 1 we see
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it say now Abraham was old well advanced in years
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and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things
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and Abraham said to the servant the oldest of
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his household who had charge of all that he had
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Put your hands under my thigh that I will make
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you swear to the Lord the God of heaven and earth
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That you will not take a wife for my son from
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the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I
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dwell But will go to my country and my kindred
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and take a wife for my son Isaac there So then
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in verse 6 Abraham reminds the servant of the
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promise he made to God where it says Abraham
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said to him See to it that you do not take my
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son back there the Lord the God of heaven who
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took me from my father's house and from the land
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of my Kindred and who spoke to me and swore to
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me to your offspring I will give this land He
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will send his angel before you and you shall
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take a wife for my son from there But if the
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woman's not willing to follow you then you will
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be free from this oath of mine Only you must
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not take my son back there so the servant put
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his hand under the thigh of abraham his master
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and swore to him concerning this matter so the
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servant travels to the land of which abraham's
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from and finds rebecca by a well he's praying
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very specifically to the lord and the lord provides
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detail by detail as rebecca shows up so he brings
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rebecca back with him to where abraham and isaac
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are and rebecca she is everything she's not just
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abraham's great niece But she is beauty, she
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is grace. Rebecca makes the journey back with
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the servant, meets Isaac in a field, and in verse
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67 we see them get together ASAP, end quote.
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He loved her and he found comfort in her after
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his mother's death. Isaac was probably around
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26 when his mom died, so it's not that he was
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a total mama's boy, even though I personally
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am getting the vibe that he was. And he was around
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40 when he ended up marrying Rebecca. Isaac was
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also around 60 when him and Rebekah receiving
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gave birth to Jacob and Esau. Now Rebekah had
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been barren for many years and God heard Isaac's
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plea for a child and provided not one child but
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two nations. Later in chapter 26 we see a famine
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hit the land and Isaac leaves to find better
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land and like so many before him and many after
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he heads to Egypt. Big shocker right? But God
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stops him on his way there. and asked him to
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stay in the land he is traveling through. This
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land already has people in it and what's so interesting
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about this story is where we see history repeat
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itself because Isaac was afraid of his wife's
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beauty and asked her to pretend to be his sister
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in fear that the people of the land would kill
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him to claim Rebecca. Just like his father in
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the past, this didn't last long. He got called
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out, he did stay a while, did his thing, sowed
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the land. trusted God to have him prosper, and
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then he was asked to leave, just as his father
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had been. So who was Isaac? Isaac was the son
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of Abraham, the father of Jacob. He was conceived
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by faith of a mother who was a hundred years
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old. Isaac was a test of faith when asked to
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be offered as a sacrifice. He lost his mom at
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a young -ish age, got married, and even though
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they struggled to conceive, had faith that once
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again God would fall through on his promises
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and faithfulness. Abraham made the first physical
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step in his faith journey, made the covenant
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with God, and Isaac picked it up, trusting God
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with his life, wife, and future children. The
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whole lineage of Jesus is about the covenant
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being followed through on God's side. The follow
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through of one step of faith led to many steps
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of faith by many others. An almost sacrifice
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of a son to an actual sacrifice of the Son of
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God. How cool is that? Sometimes you don't realize
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the stories you're reading as it leads into this,
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but I hope that you're enjoying the lineage of
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Jesus as we conquered not one, but two people
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today, that being Abraham and Isaac. I hope you
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enjoy today, and I hope that you're excited to
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learn more as we go into the next couple of months.
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Let's pray. Father, thank you so much for this
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opportunity to learn about you and your history,
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to see you fall through on promises over and
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over and over again, to see your faithfulness
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and how you show up. when we show up how you
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ask us to make actions and take action and how
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you fall through on our actions as that we feel
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encouraged today by you that we feel uplifted
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by you that we don't feel held back by what's
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going on in this world because we are loved by
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you and we know that you fall through on promises
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and that we may have faith in you and in jesus
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name amen Thank you so much for listening to
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