Week 2 - Genesis 20-35

I hope that all of you that are following along are being blessed by reading through God’s word. As we continue through Genesis, the thought that comes to my mind is this; even though the characters in the Old Testament (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) continue to make mistakes, God intervenes. He has a plan to preserve the seed that he told even will crush the serpent. He has a plan to fulfill his promises to Abraham and accomplish HIS purpose.

Here are some thoughts from this week:

Genesis 22 - One of the greatest prophetic stories in the Bible, where the

father (figuratively) sacrifices his only son, and receives him back alive 3 days

after receiving the command from God. This all took place on Mt Moriah, where

God’s Only Son would be sacrificed almost 2,000 years later, and rise from the

dead on the 3 rd day. Abraham knew that God’s promises through Isaac could not

fail, and he knew that God had to raise him from the dead if he was going to be

sacrificed in that place.

Genesis 31 - After 20 years Jacob flees from Laban, but even in his fear God

intervened to protect him from harm

Genesis 32 - After 20 years Jacob is still terrified of his brother, which is

multiplied when he learns that Esau is going to meet him with an army of men.

God wrestles with Jacob, but He does so in order to bless him, after bringing

him to the end of himself. God blesses him with a new name, which means “God

prevails”, in place of his old name, which is not good