JUNE 19, 2020 Genesis 19:12-14 “Whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place! For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” So, Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out […]
JUNE 18, 2020 Genesis 19:1-2 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night […]
JUNE 17, 2020 Genesis 18:22-23 Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?” From here until the end of this chapter, Abraham intercedes for the five cities of the plain. In this, we see Abraham’s compassion […]
JUNE 16, 2020 Genesis 18:20-21 And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.” This is a fascinating verse of […]
JUNE 15, 2020 Genesis 18:19 “For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” The greatest gift a parent can […]
JUNE 14, 2020 Genesis 18:16-18 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way. And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?” It’s […]
JUNE 13, 2020 Genesis 18:9-10 Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So, he said, “Here, in the tent.” And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” After receiving his angelic visitors, Abraham had a meal prepared for them of which […]
JUNE 12, 2020 Genesis 18:1-2 Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So, he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself […]
JUNE 11, 2020 Genesis 17:18-19 And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.” Why did Abraham petition God on Ishmael’s […]
JUNE 10, 2020 Genesis 17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” The Hebrew word translated as “and laughed” is va’yitzhak or we could say, “and Isaac.” Consequently, […]
JUNE 9, 2020 Genesis 17:15-16 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.” You may recall […]
JUNE 8, 2020 Genesis 17:9-10 And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.” Can you imagine being told this? Wouldn’t you […]
