Tag: promise
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A Final Word Before the Fall – Exodus 10:27-29
Exodus 10:27-29 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy…
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Not Egypt Forever – Genesis 50:24-25
Genesis 50:24-25 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall…
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A Great Company Going Up – Genesis 50:7-9
Genesis 50:7-9 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and…
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A Son Keeping His Word – Genesis 50:4-6
Genesis 50:4-6 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for…
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A Father Honored in the Land of Egypt – Genesis 50:1-3
Genesis 50:1-3 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for…
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Back to Leah, Back to Promise – Genesis 49:28-32
Genesis 49:28-32 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the…
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My Heart Is in Another Land – Genesis 47:29-31
Genesis 47:29-31And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me…… bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: But I…
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Even This Chapter – Genesis 36:1
Genesis 36:1“Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.” Most people would read that verse and keep moving. It looks like the kind of line you pass over on the way to something else. Just a heading. Just a name. Just the start of a family record. But it is Scripture, and that…
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What God Gives, No Man Takes – Genesis 35:12-13
Genesis 35:12, 13“And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.” Notice the certainty here. The land was not something Jacob negotiated for, discovered…
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Named Again by God – Genesis 35:9-11
Genesis 35:9-11And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be…
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The Ladder and the Promise – Genesis 28:13-15
Genesis 28:13-15 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac… … the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt…
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Stay in the Land – Genesis 26:1-5
Genesis 26:1-5And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn…
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Two Lines, One Promise – Genesis 25:11-17
Genesis 25:11-17 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according…
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Blessed Through Another’s Obedience – Genesis 22:15-18
Genesis 22:15-18 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy…
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What Aileth Thee – Genesis 21:16-17
Genesis 21:16, 17And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad; and…
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God Still Had Mercy on Ishmael – Genesis 21:13
Genesis 21:13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. This verse shows the tenderness of God. Isaac was the son of promise, but Ishmael was still Abraham’s son. And because he mattered to Abraham, he mattered to the Lord in this situation. God was not…
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Two Sons Cannot Share the Inheritance – Genesis 21:9-11
Genesis 21:9-11And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of…
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Laughter at Last – Genesis 21:3-7
Genesis 21:3-7And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah said, God hath…
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Laughing for Different Reasons – Genesis 18:9-12
Genesis 18:9-12 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.…
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Laughter, Not Striving – Genesis 17:19
Genesis 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. God’s answer to Abraham is tender, but it is also very clear. Ishmael would not be…
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From Contention to Calling – Genesis 17:15-17
Genesis 17:15-17And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be…
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I Will – Genesis 17:2-6
Genesis 17:2-6 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram,…
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Trying to Help God Out – Genesis 16:1-3
Genesis 16:1-3 Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children…… and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram…
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Every Inch of It – Genesis 15:18-21
Genesis 15:18-21 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, And the Amorites, and…
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He Walked It Alone – Genesis 15:17
Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. Abram had prepared the pieces. Abram had fought off the birds. Abram had done what he could do. But when the moment came for the…
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Before the Inheritance – Genesis 15:13-14
Genesis 15:13, 14 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out…
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Driving the Birds Away – Genesis 15:11-12
Genesis 15:11, 12 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. Abram has the pieces laid out before the Lord, and now he waits. But as he waits,…
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Between the Pieces – Genesis 15:9-10
Genesis 15:9, 10 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. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece…
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More Than Abram Could See – Genesis 15:5
Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. I love what the Lord does here. Abram is inside, talking about Eliezer, talking about what he does not have, talking…
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A Father So Patient – Genesis 15:4
Genesis 15:4And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. I love the patience of God here. The Lord had said to Abram, “I am thy reward.” Abram answered, “But what wilt…
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What Wilt Thou Give Me – Genesis 15:2-3
Genesis 15:2-3And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. I appreciate Abram’s honesty here. The Lord had…
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Standing Where God Said – Genesis 12:5-7
Genesis 12:5-7 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land…
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The Line Was Still Alive – Genesis 11:10-26
Genesis 11:10-26 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four…
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From Babel to Abraham – Genesis 11:9
Genesis 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Bab-El; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. What man called Bab El, the gateway to God, the Lord exposed as confusion. That is always…
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The Hebrews Begin to Come into View – Genesis 10:18-21
Genesis 10:18-21 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. These are the sons…
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The Bow in the Cloud – Genesis 9:8-17
Genesis 9:8-17 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all…
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Empty Arms, Greater Promise – Genesis 4:2
Genesis 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. That is a very short verse, but it carries a lot of sadness behind it. By now Eve has already learned something every parent eventually learns. Children do not come into the world innocent in the deepest sense. They come into the world needing grace. However…
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Acquired, But Not Yet – Genesis 4:1
Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. You can almost hear the hope in Eve’s voice. She has heard the promise of Genesis 3:15. She knows that through her seed would come the One who would deal the…
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The New Name – Genesis 3:20
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. There is more happening in this verse than a simple name change. Back in chapter 2, Adam called her Isha, woman, because she was taken out of man. The emphasis there was origin. She came from his side.…
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Above the Clock – 2 Peter 3:8
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. After speaking about the ridicule of scoffers, Peter now turns to the restraint of the Lord. Men say, “Why has He not come yet?” Peter…
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Taking Down the Tent – 2 Peter 1:14
2 Peter 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Peter speaks of death in a way that catches your attention. He does not sound frantic. He does not sound bitter. He does not sound like a man coming apart. He sounds settled.…
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He Comes Close – James 4:8
James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. This is one of the clearest promises in Scripture. It does not say, “Draw near to God, and maybe He will come near.” It does not say, “Draw near, and perhaps if your emotions line up, you will feel something.” It says,…
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Commended Before Completion – Hebrews 11:39
Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise. After all the names, all the stories, all the victories, all the suffering, Hebrews brings us to this surprising line: they obtained a good report through faith, yet they did not receive the promise. That is a remarkable sentence. These…
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See More Than What Is in Front of You – Hebrews 11:23
Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. Before Moses ever stretched out a rod, before he ever stood before Pharaoh, before he ever led anyone through the sea, he…
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Hope That Outlives You – Hebrews 11:22
Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. Joseph is standing at the very edge of death, and what is on his mind? Not Egypt’s power.Not his own achievements.Not even the comfort of the moment. He is talking about…
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Faith Believes Past What It Has Ever Seen – Hebrews 11:18–19
Hebrews 11:18, 19 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Picture Abraham at the foot of the mountain. The wood is ready. Isaac is beside him. The…
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God Counts the Child of Promise – Hebrews 11:17
Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. This verse lands with real weight because it brings Abraham to the place where faith costs him something deep. He is not merely asked to leave Ur now. He is…
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When Weak Faith Still Holds On – Hebrews 11:11–12
Hebrews 11:11, 12 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and…
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Held by His Faithfulness — Hebrews 10:23
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) At first glance, this verse sounds like a command about our stability. “Hold fast.”“Do not waver.” It almost sounds like the writer is saying the Christian life depends on how tightly we can grip our faith. But…