Jan 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today we finish reading the Book of Genesis. Jacob and Joseph die casting their faith upon the Keeper of the Promises. Israel’s tribe had increased from the original twelve (sons), to the seventy (when they come to settle in Goshen; Gen 46:27, Exodus 1:5), to the...
Jan 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
What are you learning from reading Genesis? I will list some sample responses we have heard and include Scripture references: “I have learned afresh that we were made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26). God originally created us to be like Jesus Christ. He is the...
Jan 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: GENESIS 46:1- 47:31 “Hear and understand!” (Matthew 15:10). This is what Jesus says to his disciples. Our prayer as we read God’s Word should be: “Let me hear and help me to understand!” In Genesis 46:2 God speaks to Jacob in the...
Jan 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- GENESIS 44:1-45:28 In Chapter 35 Joseph’s story comes to a climax. The sons of Jacob finally receive the revelation that the one they had betrayed, sentenced to death, abandoned to the pit, sold into slavery, now sits at the...
Jan 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: GENESIS 41:17 – 42:17 HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED FRUITFULNESS IN THE LAND OF YOUR AFFLICTION? After two years of being forgotten in prison, Joseph is finally recommended to interpret Pharaoh’s terrifying and mystifying dream. The...
Jan 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Joseph is really in the news in today’s Old Testament reading. Rookie Employee Promoted to CEO of Potiphar Enterprises. Third quarter profits rise (Business Weekly- Genesis 39:3-5). Joseph Jacobson’s picture is soon on the front page of Forbes Magazine, for his...
Jan 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today we come to the last major section of Genesis, the story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50). JOSEPH- IT’S NOT JUST THE DREAM COAT THAT IS AMAZING We have caught glimpses of the TRUE HERO of the story, the Messiah, who would reverse the curse upon fallen man, the PROMISED...
Jan 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT- Genesis 35:1-36:43 Jacob is instructed by God to return to Bethel, the place where God introduced Himself to Jacob in a dream. He made known Himself as Yahweh, the one true covenant-keeping God, when Jacob was fleeing Esau...
Jan 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
OLD TESTAMENT READING: GENESIS 32:13-34:31 JACOB- GOD CRIPPLED HIM TO CROWN HIM What a wonderful God we have! He is willing to get right down into the nitty, gritty, rough and tumble of our crazy lives. He meets with us in a personal way, comforts us, challenges us,...