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Study Gem : Abrahams' Faith
Genesis 22 starts of with another big question – YHVH asks Abraham to offer his child! Here is a very interesting take I got on this :
The Ammonites were known for offering their children to their god Molech, so you might be wondering how could YHVH require such a thing.. just to ask it?!
Well, consider this. If YHVH had not asked Abraham to do this, that the nations would’ve all looked at Israel and said, “Yeah, okay, you guys do that because it’s easy. You’ve chosen the easiest god to follow, he doesn’t really ask you to do all that much. We actually sacrifice our children to our gods.”
Abraham had to prove that he was willing to do that. But when the actual moment came, YHVH stopped him, because YHVH does not want human sacrifice! Human sacrifice is an abomination to YHVH. He says that very clearly in a number of passages.
So here is the lesson.. FAITH WITHOUT ACTIONS ARE MEANINGLESS. Scripture says… Now YHVH knows! Abraham just obeys.. no questions asked.
Study Gem : To Bless
Here is an absolute gem of a pearl! — BARAK
Genesis 22:16 “By Myself I have sworn, declares יהוה, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies. 18“And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
The word bless in Hebrew is H1288 – bāraḵ. The root meanings of this word is bless, but also to kneel, and the word knee. And the knee is not just your legs’ knee – but the knee in a plants’ shoot to graft in. So it has to do with GRAFTING IN. So! Not only is Abrahams’ seed blessed with the shoots it gives, but those from outside can be grafted in! And this grafting in – you will see all throughout Scripture. This is a big theme from the beginning of Genesis too, and you will see become more prominent – where YHVH commands us to be nice to the gentiles and strangers around you! Yeshua also said – don’t think because you are part of the tree, that you cannot be removed! (John 15) And if you are not part of the tree, that you cannot be grafted in! HalleluYah!
IMPORTANT SCRIPTURES / PROPHECIES:
| Gen 22:1 We are tested We all have to go through trial & tests (put to the test). Interestingly Yeshua’s prayer of lead us not into temptation – is a way of saying, do not give us over to our temptations.. But deliver us from evil. Evil is another word for not fulfilling your purpose. For that we have to be tested. |
