A Deep Dive into Scripture
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar; this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 13:10 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, while Lot dwelt among the … Read more
“By myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only begotten son, I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven …” … Read more
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” … Read more
And [Abram] believed the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness … On the day the Lord made a Covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I will give this land …” Genesis 15:6, 18 The Abrahamic Covenant rests upon the four pillars of Chapters 12, 15, 17 and 22. In the last … Read more
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land which I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who … Read more
And I will make my covenant between me and you … Genesis 17: 2 The backbone of Holy Scripture and the unifying principle that binds Genesis to Revelation is the idea of covenant. We introduced this idea of covenant showing how the Noachian covenant organically grew out of the Edenic Covenant. Now we will show … Read more
Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there. (Gen. 11:31). Terah, the father of Abraham, was … Read more
Jubal was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe; Tubal Cain was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. (Gen. 4:21, f.) The Nephiim were on the earth in those days… (Gen. 6:4) The beginning of [Nimrod’s] kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land … Read more
“Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face … Read more
Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard; and he drank from the wine and became drunk … Gen. 9:20 Noah pleased God, was righteous and perfect, walked with God, and was obedient in carrying out God’s incomprehensible command to build a huge ship and collect animals. This does not … Read more