14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: All pagan religions have identified their gods and associated them with the Sun, in doing so they have separated themselves from... Continue Reading →
Genesis 1:6-10… firmament
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Dividing waters from waters, on the surface {no pun intended} seems to be an impossibility to the human mind. When we look at the properties of the world we live in we... Continue Reading →
Genesis 1:1-2 …. Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The word “beginning” or Be-re’shyit contains the Hebrew letters Bet, resh, aleph, shin, yod and tav. These were pictographic letters with each creating their own word. These are similar compound words to our words like “goodhearted” or “soft-spoken” only more complex. The {Bet, resh, aleph,... Continue Reading →
Genesis 15:9 … salted, sealed and delivered
Genesis 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece... Continue Reading →
Genesis 15:9-10 ….cutting to the quick
Genesis 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece... Continue Reading →
Genesis 13:17 …walking about
Genesis 13:17 "Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee." “Chazakah”, the walking the length and breadth of a land, was a widespread legal custom of that era. It was known by many early civilization, the Egyptians, as well as... Continue Reading →
Genesis 7:11 deep and wide
Genesis 7:11 "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened." Make note of the timeline marked out here it will be useful later. We have... Continue Reading →
An Overview of Genesis
In the study of Genesis there are two things that caught my attention this time unlike any before: - the narrow path. Yeshua states in the book of Matthew “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the... Continue Reading →
Birth of an Opportunist – Laban
The 29th Chapter of Genesis exposes the birth of the opportunist Laban. Laban is from the house of Nahor who is the brother of Abraham. In prior chapters we see the seed of this behaviour planted in the encounter Laban has with Eliezer the servant of Abraham. Nahor means “snoring”, while these people were descendants of... Continue Reading →