Wednesday Night Bible Study | Holy Week 2021 | 03.31.2021
Notes
Isaiah 41:8-10, 51:1-3
Galatians 3:8-9 & 28-29
Romans 4:16-17; Ephesians 2:11-22
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Genesis 1:26-31 & 5:2
Matthew 19:3-5
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Abram, son of Terah (of Ur of the Chaldeans).
av-rum/Avram – “Great Father.”
Joshua 24:2 - And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac. And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt….”
First use of “Hebrew” (“Ivri’) re Abram – in Gen. 14:13; cf.”wandering Aramean” (“Arami”) in Deuteronomy 26 [re Jacob].
Genesis 12-28ff. Abrahamic Covenant(s) –
including initial/calling commands & promises YHWH made to Abram of land, seed & blessing [Genesis 12:1-3].
1 Now the LORD said to Abram,
(A) “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
2 And (1) I will make you into a great nation, And (2) I will bless you, And (3) make your name great;
And (B) you shall be a blessing; 3 And (1) I will bless those who bless you, And (2) the one who curses you I will curse. And (3) in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
The LORD further specifically makes & cuts his covenant(s)with and/or for Abram and his seed & family. God confirms and expands on the promises as the story of Abram moves forward. See:
Genesis 15
the specific b’rit of 15:18ff. …
Genesis 17
the b’rit olam 17:7ff. and the SIGN of the covenant l-oth b’rit (17:11)… and
the LORD’s magisterial covenant oaths in 22:15ff.
See also, the LORD’s Reaffirmation of Covenant Oath/Promises
to Isaac… & Isaac’s Responses (Genesis 26),
and
God Almighty’s Calling of, Promises to, and Naming of Jacob as Israel (Genesis 35).
Genesis 12-14, setting up Genesis 15
Sarai, Lot, Sodom, kings, & Melchizedek
Melchizedek
Genesis 14:17-24 >
(1 Samuel 2:27-36, 2 Samuel 6:12-15)
¬ Psalm 110:4
¬ Hebrews 5:1-10, 7:11-28