GENESIS PART 6

Ishmael: Definition:
1. outcast in Bible: in the Bible, the son of Abraham, expelled into the desert after the birth of his brother Isaac, who was the forebear of twelve desert tribes. Muslims, who call him Ismail, regard themselves as his descendants. (Genesis 16-21).

Treachery by Rebekah Isaac’s wife, and Jacob his son concerning the birthright. This being done by outright falsehood and a boldfaced lie. Mystery being that God acts as if this never took place and honors the birthright by Isaac to Jacob under those conditions.

A real mystery to me. In reality, the birthright should not have been considered for either of these, Ishmael being the firstborn son should have been the rightful owner of it. God chooses who He considers the best I suppose regardless of circumstances.

Gen.25
[1] Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
[2] And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
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Abraham may have been sort of aged in years, but not in the bedroom, the old fellow had a lot of spark left in him after he was ninety, and even to the old age of 100.

Sort of brings to my mind my Father-in-law, that old fellow sure needed the handmaids and concubines. After he was in his 80s, and my wife’s mother had died, he had three wives before he died just a few months short of 100. Of course none of those wives were like Sarah, they did not become pregnant. ________________________________________________
[3] And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
[4] And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
[5] And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
[6] But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
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Abraham gave all he had to his son Isaac, something that I have already covered in another writing, (Gen. 25 and 27 Esau – Jacob (Israel). Will not go into that here. To see what actually took place one has to read my article listed above.

There was partiality shown, he, Abraham had not only his wives, but also his wives handmaids, but also his concubines. The sons of these handmaids and concubines were given a small portion of his monetary riches, and then sent off into a different country than his favorite son Isaac.

I personally feel that it is the descendents of these two different sets of sons that are warring among themselves in the mid-east today. Brothers not able to live with brothers, due to partiality being shown by the father.
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[7] And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
[8] Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
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Abraham lived to be 145 years of age, quite a life span. My Father-in-law liked about six months of reaching the age of 100. My parents died in their 70s.

Abraham was ‘Gathered to his people.’ I have often wondered what that actually means, a lot of room for speculation. I would like to be back with my parents, my brothers and sisters when the time come comes for me to go. It was always so comforting to be with my mother and father in my young years.

Abraham was buried at the same location that his precious wife Sarah was buried in.

A complete window of time from Noah to Israel. I wonder if there are any implications to that. A time of history that is long gone and forgotten. People lived and died during that time, and it is as if they never existed at all. Yet their lives at that time was just as real as ours is today.

Several hundred years from now, our lives today will just be a whisper of memory to those of that day, as if we did not exist. Hard to comprehend and understand when our every day life is so solid and real.
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[9] And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
[10] The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
[11] And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
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(Gen 25 and 27 Esau and Jacob,) It is hard for me to accept what happened at that time. How the blessing was received by deceptive means as it was. By rights the blessing was suppose to have gone to Esau. The blessing from Abraham went to Isaac which was not his first born, should the birthright have gone to Ishmael instead of to Isaac?

Now, the birthright has been accepted by Jacob under false pretenses, when it was rightfully to go to Esau. Esau sold his birthright to Jacob when he was first blackmailed by Jacob, and then again when Jacob lied to his dying father Abraham. Both times Jacob used very unethical means to obtain what was not rightfully his.

Yet, what is so very mystifying about the whole thing is that God honored Jacob after what he had done. It is a real mystery to me about God honoring what was taken under false pretenses.
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[12] Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
[13] And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
[14] And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
[15] Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
[16] These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
[17] And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
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Ishmael according to my dictionary is the father of the Muslim nations, possibly twelve of them. From what I gather in the local news both that which is suppose to be a trusted source, and that which I know is propaganda, the Muslim faith is against Christianity. They feel that all who do not accept their faith deserve to die by be-heading. Truth or not, I do not rightfully know.
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[18] And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
[19] And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
[20] And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
[21] And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
[22] And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
[23] And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
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Isaac was forty years old when he and Rebekah became man and wife. When she became pregnant, it was with two sons, who fought each other even before they were born. How strange it is that God, the Lord is able to tell before hand about such things. What happened today, I am able to relate tomorrow.

If I am in tomorrow, I am able to relate what happened the day before due to being a witness to it. I feel that everything that has and is happening must have happened before. Otherwise how can God be so accurate about all His knowledge. He knew all about the boys prior to them being born.
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[24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
[25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
[26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
[27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
[28] And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
[29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
[30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
[31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
[32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
[33] And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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(Verse 28, and Isaac loved his brother Esau, because he eat of his venison, but Rebekah loved Jacob.) Somewhat of a puzzle to me, if I loved my brother, I certainly would not have treated him as Jacob did Esau. How could that have been an act of love?

This to me was the first of two acts of treachery that Jacob committed against both his father Abraham and Esau his brother. Love, I see no love here. It is very understandable why Esau hated his birthright. Neither Esau nor Jacob should have even been considered for the birthright, neither one was the firstborn. Actually Ishmael should have been the rightful heir to the birthright. But who am I to question the actions of God?
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[34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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Gen.26
[1] And 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.
[2] And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
[3] Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
[4] And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
[5] Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
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Again God re-confirms his promises to Abraham, concerning all the part of the nations that were given to he and his descendants. A spoken promise from God such as this is not recognized by the world of today. Only that which is printed on volumes and volumes of paper, and even then it must go to a court of law to be finalized. In fact God Himself is not recognized by the world at large. So many other false gods are put in His place. The main one being the golden calf, the original sin of Lucifer.
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[6] And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
[7] And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
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Something I have missed time and again reading and re-reading the scriptures. Here Isaac doing the same thing that Abraham did concerning their wives while traveling through Egypt. Isaac is briefing his wife to claim she is his sister rather than his wife, due to her being beautiful, and the men of Egypt wanting her for obvious reasons. Men of that day did not seem to have much respect for their married spouse, to let strangers have sexual pleasures as was apparent.
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[8] And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
[9] And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
[10] And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
[11] And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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This is the same king that approached Abraham concerning Sarah his wife, and almost made a very sad mistake, and now again with Rebekah Isaac’s wife. It appears that God sort of overlooks sexual activities as long as it is not with a married woman which is not their wife. However on the other hand God could be very harsh if the woman should be married and not to the one who makes the advances.
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[12] Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
[13] And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
[14] For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
[15] For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
[16] And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
[17] And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
[18] And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
[19] And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
[20] And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
[21] And they digged another well, and strove for that also:and he called the name of it Sitnah.
[22] And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
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Even back then people fought among themselves concerning water. That is becoming a real problem in this present time within our own nation.

Isaac was, like Abraham his father, a peaceful man, rather than to strive over the wells he dug, he let the people have these wells. He dug wells until he dug one that no one gave him trouble about. Peace at all cost is worth the effort whether between brothers, nations or families.

Think of all the benefits for mankind if all the resources used for militaries, and wars was put to peaceful means. Life could be a paradise for one and all, if only brother could live with brother. It appears to me that the religions and greed are the largest factors in the actions of men against men.
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[23] And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
[24] And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
[25] And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
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Here is this altar thing again, at the point where God makes contact with man, an altar is constructed. As I have said before, I wonder what this altar looked like, did it have to meet a certain specification from God? These altars were constructed at all points whether in the wilderness, or in the middle of the desert.

I make contact with God all the time in my heart, even if the conversation is always one sided, I know that God hears my requests, due to most of them being honored by Him.

The only altar I have is that of my heart. It would be hard to build an altar at the busy intersections where I ask God to help me enter without incident, or in the crowded parking lots where I ask Him to get me a parking spot close to the entrance of the business I want to enter.
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[26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
[27] And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
[28] And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
[29] That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
[30] And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
[31] And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
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Now here is a very good example of the way things could be if all parties concerned desire peace and good will, all are able to live side by side and every one can be satisfied. Both the king, Abimelech, a very peaceable man, and Isaac a man of God, just as Abraham was, were able to arrive at good terms and even enjoy each other’s company.
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[32] And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
[33] And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
[34] And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
[35] Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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Esau is now again spoken of, he takes for wives, two women, and this is done when he is forty years of age, the same age Isaac was when he became husband to Rebekah. What did they do those years prior to that concerning women? I know the feelings young men have in those years, those seem to be the strongest for men concerning the desires for a woman.
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Gen.27
[1] And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
[2] And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
[3] Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
[4] And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
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Usually when one becomes old and is at that time of departing this life, food to eat is not much of a concern. Yet, to Isaac it was, he wanted some deer meat, prepared by Esau in the way that only he knew how. Back then killing a deer with a bow was an art, and Esau knew well how to do it. That would be to me termed as a real sport. Killing by a weapon such as we today have is not a sport.
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[5] And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
[6] And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
[7] Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
[8] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
[9] Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
[10] And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
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The first part to this treacherous scheme being that of preparing goat meat instead of deer as Isaac had wanted. Goat not deer, and having him think it was deer, an innocent lie, yet a lie because it is not true. Fooling Isaac into thinking one thing when it is entirely something different.
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[11] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
[12] My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
[13] And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
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The patriarchs of that day must have really had power, they both, Rebekah and Jacob knew that Isaac could pronounce a curse as well as a blessing. In this instance Rebekah stated for the curse to be on her rather than on Jacob.

I wonder if that curse holds true through all the generations of Rebekah’s descendants to this day. It is not recorded that Isaac took this action. Possibly he passed on before he realized how he had been hoodwinked into passing the blessing on to the wrong son.
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[14] And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
[15] And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
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Now for the second part of the scheme, they took Esau’s clothing and clothed Jacob to appear as Esau. Innocent in itself, yet false so that Isaac would not suspect a thing. Jacob was smart in that he figured his father would want to examine him since he could not see. They were very careful in building the falsehood.
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[16] And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
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Now for the third part of the total package, covering Jacob with goat skin so that should Isaac feel of him he would have the hairy feel of Esau. Isaac’s sense of smell must have been totally gone, as goat smells far worse than deer.
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[17] And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
[18] And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
[19] And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
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For the actual false act, Isaac asks Jacob, “Who art thou, my son?” Now, for the outright untruth, from the mouth of Jacob comes the lie in it’s entirety. “ I am Esau thy firstborn, I have done according as thou badest me.” First part of the lie, he states he is Esau, which his is not, second, he states that he has done what he, Esau was to do, get venison, which he did not do, he got a goat, which in itself was false.

Now to me that is lying outright in order to gain something which is not his to have. Stealing by lying. This of course was not his original idea at all, this came from Rebekah. She would have been a great politician in this day.
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[20] And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
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Old Isaac knew that to acquire a deer, dress and cook it took a certain amount of time, in this case it was all done too fast, and Isaac had the first hint that something may not be right. To cover that Jacob again lies, that the Lord God brought it to him, which of course He, God would not do. I do not think that God would be a part of this total falsehood. However God does work in very mysterious ways.
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[21] And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
[22] And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
[23] And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
[24] And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
[25] And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
[26] And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
[27] And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
[28] Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
[29] Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
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The dastardly scheme worked, and old Isaac was fooled, and the blessing that should have gone to Esau was given to Jacob instead. Fooling one’s own father in this manner did not show love in any sense of the word, this was not shown when Jacob got Esau to sell his birthright for a bowl of soup, and now this, nor was love shown by fooling an old man, and especially when that old man is the father. How low can a person get? Why I wonder would God honor such an arrangement as this.
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[30] And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
[31] And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
[32] And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
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Here comes the complete truth, no falsehood at all. Esau comes to his father with REAL VENISON THAT HE HAD PREPARED, and presents himself as Esau. There is one part to his statement however which is not true, he states that he is his father’s firstborn. Not true, Ishmael was the firstborn son.
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[33] And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
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Isaac wanted to know who it was that had made a fool out of him and stole a blessing which must be honored. He thought he had eaten venison, when it was not deer at all but goat. Of course this caused him great anguish, something which one who truly loved him would not have even thought of doing. Love has not been shown by either Jacob or his mother Rebekah.
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[34] And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
[35] And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
[36] And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
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Now, Esau is able to see the whole picture, what his brother has done to him two times, first took his birthright, and now has stolen his blessing. Isaac is now able to understand how ingenious was this play acting by Jacob. Slight as a serpent in the grass. Something similar to what Lucifer did to Eve in the Garden. ( Read my article Adam and Eve the Garden of Eden, this in the Matrix)
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[37] And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
[38] And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
[39] And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
[40] And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
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By this cowardly, mean, sneaky trick played on him by Jacob, Isaac is relating to poor Esau what this will mean to him and his descendants. Isaac is asking Esau what can he do for him now.

It appears to me that this is a feud in the making between two brothers, which I feel is exploding all around me in this present day. There is absolutely nothing any nation is able to do to subdue it. This battle has been raging from that day to this.
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[41] And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
[42] And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
[43] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
[44] And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
[45] Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
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As Eve did to Adam, so Rebekah has done to Isaac, and just as the women did to Solomon, seems to be a pattern of sorts here. Troubles start someplace when the woman, or women enter the picture. ( Read my articles in the ‘Matrix.’)
I will not apologize for any thing that I have written, because it is my opinion on what is very clearly stated in the scriptures. None of this have I made up myself, it comes directly from the Word of God, if there are any contentions to this, take it to God in prayer, because I did not author, or write the scriptures. I have no idea who did, I just know I didn’t.
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[46] And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

GENESIS PART 5

Complete and total faith of Abraham seals, and binds the covenant between God and Israel. Faith in God the Father that one and all should have. Abraham is the man.

Gen.21
[1] And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
[2] For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
[3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
[4] And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
[5] And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
[6] And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
[7] And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
[8] And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
[9] And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
[10] 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.
[11] And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
[12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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I wish that I had God sitting around, handy for giving me personal advice on all matters such as this. Must be nice knowing what one should and should not do straight from the highest source in all the universe. What to be sad over, and what not to be sad over.

He is not to give thought to the mother of his first son, that He, God will make of him a great nation, but that his primary concern should be over his second son, Isaac, whom He will bless. Read my article ( Gen Chapt 25 & 27 Esau – Jacob ) this will describe the whole dishonest and deceptive action that took place concerning the blessing from Isaac.
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[13] And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
[14] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
[15] And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
[16] And 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.
[17] And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
[18] Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
[19] And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
[20] And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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This should be an article of great interest in that it shows that even at that last moment when all hope is gone, God is not blind He sees all, and can take control when it is most needed. He came to the rescue of Ishmael and his mother out in the wilderness of the desert. He is there to help even when we fail to ask for it. He and his mother were able to live and have a good life. He was the first son of Abraham, however he was not chosen to receive the blessing.
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[22] And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
[23] Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
[24] And Abraham said, I will swear.
[25] And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
[26] And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
[27] And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
[28] And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
[29] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
[30] And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
[31] Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
[32] Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
[33] And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
[34] And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
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This proves that simple disagreements can be settled in peace, there is no need for friction, we are all brothers, and should react as Abraham and Abimelech did. Seems like Abraham was the type of fellow that could get along with everybody under any circumstance. To bad the politicians of the day are not like him. I admire Abraham, he is my idol, a man after my own heart.
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Gen.22
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
[2] And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
[3] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
[4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
[5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you,
[6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
[7] And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
[8] And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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Faith galore, wish I had faith that strong. Telling his son that he was going to offer a burnt offering to the Lord, telling his son that God would provide the lamb. To even think of offering your son as the Lord had instructed Abraham to do is beyond comprehension. Abraham was not doubtful at all about the outcome. What a person Abraham was.
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[9] And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
[10] And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
[11] And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
[12] And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
[13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
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Abraham knew without a shadow of a doubt that God would not let him slay his son, yet, he was willing to take the off chance that He, God, may not come through. Yet, his faith comforted him in that there was no doubt, and it proved true, God did come through, just as Abraham had told his son that God would provide a sacrifice (verse 8).

I feel my faith is strong, sure would hate to be put to the test to prove it in this manner. At the present moment I do not know what I would do under the same circumstances. God provides the words to say at that moment, and the actions to take. Therefore one must wait till the moment arrives, and depend on God completely for the answer. I feel that questions such as that can not be answered beforehand.
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[14] And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
[15] And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
[16] 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:
[17] That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
[18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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It is because of this blind obedience to God, that the covenant is permanently sealed. His seed shall be beyond the stars in number, and their homeland established forever on the earth.

As I have stated before, Abraham is to be my idol, my icon, I really would like to model myself after him. I am able to see how God has accepted him as the master of his Chosen Tribe.
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[19] So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
[20] And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
[21] Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
[22] And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
[23] And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
[24] And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
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I find that there are many things a person need in their home to make life comfortable. As great as they are in this day, they fall short of the distant past. We have many things, but two things we do not have.—–
HANDMAIDS AND
CONCUBINES. Yet if one makes a concentrated study of Solomon, they will find that there can be a downside.

In my studies, I have not seen yet where God has said much concerning this, I think He sort of overlooks it. Anther chain of thought, someplace it is written that we are not to look on the nakedness of any other than that of the legal wife or husband. Waaaaaaa!!!!!
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Gen.23
[1] And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
[2] And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
[3] And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
[4] I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
[5] And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[6] Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
[7] And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
[8] And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
[9] That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
[10] And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
[11] Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
[12] And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
[13] And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
[14] And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[15] My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
[16] And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
[17] And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
[18] Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
[19] And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
[20] And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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When Abraham’s precious Sarah died, he found a burial spot for her, and requested it of the owners. They begged him to take it for free, that they would be honored. But Abraham being the man he was insisted that he pay for it, and requested a price. When they gave it to him, there was no haggling over it, he simply weighed out the amount, and the deal was sealed. I did a rough estimate, and I think it was about 12.5 pounds of silver. Abraham was a rich man, but He richly deserved it.

I can sort of relate to Abraham. My wife’s name is Sarah, and we adopted a child at the age of 62, becoming parents in out old age, just as Abraham and Sarah did. Our little daughter is now 20, and we have had her since she was 2. We have a birth certificate as if she were actually born to us, at our age then of 62, we, my wife and I are now 78. We talk of Abraham and his wife quite often.
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Gen.24
[1] And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
[2] And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
[3] And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
[4] But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
[5] And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
[6] And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
[7] The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
[8] And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
[9] And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
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The custom of those days I suppose was for the parents to pick out the wives for their sons. I would not want that responsibility. Abraham did not want Isaac to have a wife from the local people, he wanted him to have a mate from his own people. This I feel is somewhat a slight show of racism. To each his own.

Abraham had his most trusted servant, the oldest, to make a promise to pick out Isaac’s wife, giving him a path to be free from that promise if things did not work out.

To guide the servant on his path, and angel would go with him. Abraham sure had power with God. He must have communicated with God in private on this matter, and God agreed to send and angel. What power, what influence, what faith.
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[10] And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
[11] And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
[12] And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
[13] Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
[14] And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
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God was in the center of the whole procedure, and the servant requested that he find the girl in a timely manner, this God honored this. Even the servants of Abraham had power with God, due to their relationship to Abraham, the father of faith.
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[15] And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
[16] And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
[17] And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
[18] And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
[19] And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
[20] And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
[21] And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
[22] And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
[23] And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
[24] And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
[25] She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
[26] And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
[27] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
[28] And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
[29] And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
[30] And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
[31] And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
[32] And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.
[33] And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
[34] And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.
[35] And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
[36] And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
[37] And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
[38] But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
[39] And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
[40] And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
[41] Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
[42] And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;
[43] Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
[44] And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.
[45] And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
[46] And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
[47] And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
[48] And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
[49] And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
[50] Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
[51] Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
[52] And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
[53] And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
[54] And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
[55] And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
[56] And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
[57] And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
[58] And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
[59] And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
[60] And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
[61] And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
[62] And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
[63] And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
[64] And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
[65] For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
[66] And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
[67] And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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What a beautiful story of love. God’s work is always done in such a most beautiful manner. Not only was the oath of the servant carried out, but done so in such a perfect manner. True love of both Rebekah, and Isaac, they were not miss-matched. Not only that, but she was a distant niece to Abraham. Abraham’s wish carried out perfectly. Wish that the happenings of this day could be solved so easily.

Of course riches help, riches that are accumulated in a legal manner, such as were Abraham’s. God does bless those who love Him and are true to Him, possibly not by riches of gold and silver, but blessings that are more precious than gold or silver.

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GENESIS PART 4

God’s promise to Israel, first the promise itself, then with a burnt offering, last with circumcision of the foreskin. With these three actions, God made a permanent covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel).

Gen.17
[1] And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
[2] And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
[3] And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
[4] As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
[5] Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
[6] And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
[7] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
[8] And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
[9] And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
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God is very serious about his promise to Abraham, He has now changed his name from Abram to Abraham. In this procedure, I just imagine that God Himself has come down as a human, and conversing with Abraham face to face, man to man.

This promise to Abraham has come to him in three sequences I have found, there may be more, but this is the three that I have recorded: (Gen 13:14-17, Gen 15:7-10, and now Gen 17: 8-9). Each one with a different environment. The first appeared to me as an announcement of the fact, the second, was when then Abram gave a meat and burnt offering, and now this time with an act taken in the male flesh. I would state off hand that this covenant would be as I have personally found, a sealed and done deal.
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[10] This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
[11] And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
[12] And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
[13] He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
[14] And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
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This covenant was sealed to the House of Israel by the circumcision of the skin. This of course is held under the Law, but not under the Law of Christ. It is under the Law of Christ, but of a much deeper incision, that of the heart, rather than in the flesh. (Rom 2:29), I am very glad of this as I have never had this procedure done on me, yet my heart has had it. I am very sensitive to pain, and especially in that one area of my body.
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[15] And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
[16] 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 of her.
[17] Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
[18] And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
[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.
[20] And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
[21] But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
[22] And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
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This covenant from God is to be passed from generation to generation. No other covenant such as this has been issued that I am aware of from God directly to man, concerning a geographical bit of territory. This was taken literally by the descendents of Abraham in this last century, when they inhabited that particular area of the globe. By this one action, I assume that we are indeed living in the last ages.

And after giving Abraham this list of precise instructions, He, God WENT UP from Abraham. Again, a scene from Star Trek. (“Beam me up Scotty”). Somehow I get the feeling that God is somehow within that society of Alien beings, which the UFO conspiracy on the web preaches of.

They are the God and Gods of our creation and guidance to the Ultimate plan of God which is in store for each of us. We as humans do not have the spiritual abilities that these Gods have, therefore when something of this nature is to be, we have to have accurate and very specific instructions, therefore He, God, must instruct us personally, face to face, and man to man.
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[23] And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
[24] And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
[25] And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
[26] In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
[27] And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
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Would take a very strong faith for one of 99 to have this little deal in the flesh done, don’t know if I at the ripe old age of 78 could or not. I would because I feel my faith is strong enough. I have had enough surgeries to know that they are, in this age almost painless, and I strongly feel that this would be equally as painless.
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Gen.18
[1] And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
[2] And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
[3] And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
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Again our visitors from outer space, come to visit Abraham, and the Lord brought with him three men, this proves that these ‘angels, advocates’ of God come as men, to talk and discuss face to face the actions to be taken, or not taken. Too bad we do not have that same sort of personal communications from God.

I suspect that on the other side, the silent rich of the world, those who sit at the very pinnacle of the richest of the rich do have a personal visit from their god, who is Lucifer. I have heard rumors of such.
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[4] Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
[5] And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
[6] And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
[7] And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
[8] And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
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Abraham hastened to the task of providing for these guests the best that he had, he knew by their appearance that they were of God. They, at that time as they appeared to Abraham had taken on the images of men, and therefore were able to eat and drink what was offered. This of course they possibly had no real need for, but to show to Abraham their approval of his kindness, they went through all the appropriate motions.
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[9] And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
[10] 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.
[11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
[12] Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
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When Sarah heard that she would become a mother at her age, she did what most would do, she snickered to herself, not out loud but to herself. Yet, the Lord, the Advocate, knew what she had done, and this again proves their hidden abilities, to know us, when we ourselves are not even aware.
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[13] And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
[14] Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
[15] Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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Why should God become annoyed at such an innocent reaction as this? It is a very normal thing that just about any woman would do. She of course denied it when asked about it. As stated before, some of the things of God are to me a great mystery.
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[16] And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
[17] And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
[18] Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
[19] For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
[20] And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
[21] I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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I have always assumed that God knew all and that nothing escaped Him. Yet, here He states that he will inspect the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah, to see if they have indeed done as is suspected, or not. If not then they will know for sure. More of the mystery of God.
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[22] And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
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The three that were with the Lord continued on toward Sodom and Gomorrah, however the Lord himself stay put in order to converse with Abraham. If such as this has happened here in this day and age, it has been kept as a very good secret, as I have seen nothing to compare this to.
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[23] And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
[24] Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
[25] That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
[26] And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
[27] And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
[28] Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
[29] And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
[30] And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
[31] And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
[32] And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
[33] And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
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The communication between the Lord and Abraham pertained to the circumstance of good men, from fifty down to the number of ten. The Lord has placed sentence on those two cities, and it is stated that should even ten good men be found that it would not be destroyed. This causes one to wonder, is that the reason this nation has not at this present time been destroyed because of those who are ‘good Godly people.’
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Gen.19
[1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
[2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
[3] And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
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Lot, just like his uncle Abraham was a very devoted man of God and he respected God and His angels when he saw them, and showed them the same hospitality that Abraham did. Insisting that they spend the night in his guest room, rather than in the street. They declined the offer, however after some haggling, they at last accepted.

I feel that this was part of the overall plan, to have what took place to actually take place. They knew well before hand what the plan was, Lot did not. This is to me, another of those examples, such as what happened in the Garden of Eden with the two forbidden trees. Using psychology in order for the plan to take place by playing on the feelings of innocent unknowing participants.
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[4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
[6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
[7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
[8] Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
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Has anybody ever seen such faith, Lot was willing to sacrifice his two daughters to the perverts of the town in order to save his guests. In the near future there is a very interesting incident concerning Lot and his daughters, but not now. What he did required a true faith in God. Yet, he knew that God was there dwelling personally with him, therefore He instinctively knew that no harm would come to his daughters. Who can know the inner workings of perverts such as these?
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[9] And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
[10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
[11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
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Just as was with Abraham and the sacrifice of his son Isaac, lot’s faith paid off, and at the last moment he and his household were saved by the high technology of the visitors from space. Those from without had no means to protect themselves from such modern non-lethal weaponry. Just as none of those of the civil war between the states era would have any defense from the weaponry that the world has now. _______________________________________________
[12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
[13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
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Now we have it straight from the mouth of authority, these two men, (angels) were sent to destroy the two cities. God did not do it himself. As mentioned above about present day weaponry, modern technology was at play then.

If two of our present day army or armed forces were to arrive on the scenes of the civil war between the states, they could have totally destroyed both sides with massive fire and brimstone, and could have done it in less time than going to the bathroom and flushing the toilet.

In the olden days those who read these passages assumed that all was done by some sort of magical power, and to them it would appear as such. Yet in this day, most everything can and is explained, very little if anything seems magical any more. ________________________________________________
[14] And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
[15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
[16] And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
[17] And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
[18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
[19] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
[20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
[21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
[22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
[23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
[24] Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
[25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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Lot’s two son-laws refused to listen to reason, just as the people of Noah’s day did, and a few relatives of mine are of the same nature. When people are dead spiritually no amount of arguing does any good.

I just imagined that those in the fighter jets, or space vehicles had radioed many hasty warnings to the two angels on the ground, to hurry and vacate the area. Any who were reluctant as the two sons-in law were, would just go up in flames.

At the precise moment the one or two jets zoomed in dropped their incendiary bomb loads, or possibly a small nuke, and of course the two towns became instant toast along with all who happen to be there. A very good ending to all who fall in that category of sexual perversion.

This should be a very stern warning to most of our world today. Of course like the two sons-in -laws, those who ridiculed Noah, and my brain dead relatives, when the time comes it will be to late for any rescue actions. They will all become crispy critters or just burned toast.
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[26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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This is a part that I am not able to either explain, or to reason out. The only thing I can say is, ‘possibly a small nuke had been used for the purpose of destruction, and the radioactive fallout cause this mysterious reaction.

They had been warned not to look back, (verse 17). So, those responsible for the destruction knew that there would be a reaction should one see at the point of fleeing with their eyes, a violent reaction to the human body. This reaction would only take place through the lenses of the eye.
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[27] And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the ORD:
[28] And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
[29] And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
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Remember the pact that Abraham and Lot had made prior to this, the agreement when they parted with all their holdings, and Lot took the best of the area due to the advantage offered to all his livestock. However, he by doing it had to accept the bad neighborhood that it was in, that of Sodom and Gomorrah. Now by cleaning out the bad neighbors it also had an effect on Lot’s holdings which were close by, so in respect for Abraham, God has gave to Lot some advice that he should look again for another place to resettle. God knew that if Lot stayed there, that there could possibly be friction between nephew and uncle.
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[30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
[31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
[32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
[33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.
[35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
[37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
[38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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What a very strange set of circumstances this turned out to be. The two daughters had lost their husbands in the destruction of the sinful cities. Also as an aftermath, Lot lost his wife, a very convenient set of circumstances for the action that took place.

The two daughters making their dad drunk, and then having sex with him in order to become pregnant. The actions seem so outlandish that it would almost appear as if this had been planned, and very carefully carried out, so that what took place was exactly what was planned to take place. This same sort of thing has happened before, strange circumstances so that a secretive sort of plan could come to fruition.

I have just about decided that is the reason things happen in our lives, sicknesses, pains, aches, disasters, calamities, even deaths, which bring about strange possibly unpleasant circumstances, it is all in the plan of God, so that a certain very secretive sort of plan is played out to a conclusion in our life.
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Gen.20
[1] And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
[2] And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
[3] But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
[4] But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
[5] Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
[6] And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
[7] Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
[8] Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
[9] Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
[10] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
[11] And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
[12] And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
[13] And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
[14] And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
[15] And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
[16] And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
[17] So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
[18] For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
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Again a half truth has been spoken, one half being the truth, and the half hidden, constituting somewhat of a lie. Abraham’s wife was indeed his sister by his father, but not his mother, what we term as ‘half sister, or brother.’

This is the second time that Abraham has done this, first (Gen 12: 10-16) when he was in Egypt, and now again here. It is very strange that God does not hold this against Abraham, although, He, God did the same thing when He confronted Adam about the forbidden trees of the Garden.

This happened to Abraham concerning his first son Ishmael, He Ishmael came from another mother, a surrogate mother.
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GENESIS PART 3

Chapter 10 of Genesis just lists all the generations of Noah, which I do not have that much interest in, therefore, I will just skip it.
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Gen.11
[1] And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
[2] And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
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All of the tribes of the earth had originated from Noah and his three sons, since they were all more or less together from the beginning, it is only logical that they would be speaking the same language. How convenient, how wonderful that would be. There is little or no loss of information due to not speaking the language of those whom you are communicating with. Wish it was that way today.
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[3] And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
[4] And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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Being scattered over the earth was one of the two things God was going to warn these people of, how did they know of it prior to their actions? Their tower to heaven was going to be of brick and mortar, ours today is of aluminum, various metals and fuels, both has the same goals, to reach far into the heavens. Does not God notice the actions of the world today?
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[5] And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
[6] And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
[7] Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
[8] So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
[9] Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 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.
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Just what the people suspected would take place, did. They continued with their actions, and God scattered them. A simple statement, yet it causes me to wonder. To scatter a people that had no means of transportation other than by foot, or by horse drawn drays, this action took some time. No mention of a time window is made.

I doubt that this was an instantaneous action, neither was that of confusing their languages. Just how long did this take? Seems like something of this nature would take hundreds of years.
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The scriptures from this point to the end of the chapter just lists lineages, which at this time is of little interest to me, therefore I have not recorded them.
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Gen.12
[1] Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
[2] And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
[3] And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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God to Abram made a wide spread promise, from him all the families of the earth will be blessed. At this particular time, God had not picked from all the peoples of the earth, one tribe to be blessed. Now, He is more or less stating that ALL tribes will be blessed, quite an overall statement.

I am always curious as to how God communicates to these of that day. Was it done from an advocate’s mouth, which we would categorize as an angel? Or was it from a address system in a space vehicle in the heavens above their heads, possibly by a dream or vision of some sort. No mention seems to ever be given as to how these communications are being admistered. ________________________________________________
[4] So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
[5] 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.
[6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[7] And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
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Here is one example of the Lord communicating to Abram, He just suddenly appeared, another (Beam me down Scotty Star wars scene). It is mentioned two times in the same scripture (Verse 7).

I just suppose that should I have been living at that time, and had one to suddenly APPEAR in front of me, I would take very seriously what he had to say. In fact if it should even happen now at this time, I would in deed take very seriously what he had to say.

Something seems rather strange, just about each time this action is taken, where God is communicating to man, an altar is constructed. Wonder what this structure looked like.
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[8] And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
[10] And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
[11] And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
[12] Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
[13] Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
[14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
[15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
[16] And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
[17] And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
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Abram sure took the easy way out, didn’t seem to have much loyalty to his wife, letting the king of that area have her as he did. Yet, God did not look at it so simply, the king was plagued because of her. Just how was the king notified that this was the reason he was being treated in this fashion? How did he know it was from God on high? ________________________________________________
[18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
[19] Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
[20] And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
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In this case, he, Abram got off light, the king could have done what Abram suspected he would do, and have him taken out of the picture, and then took his wife. Yet, that did not happen, lucky Abram.

Yet, I imagine that Abram had enough faith in God to know that he would be protected, how could great nations come from him if he had been done away with. Would have been a much stronger faith, if he had told the truth prior to the king taking his wife.
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Gen.13
[1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
[2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
[3] And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
[4] Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
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Here is that altar thing again, the first altar that Abram had constructed, Where he had called on the name of the Lord. I call on the Lord all the time, but I do not build any altars. Of course now under Jesus, that is not required.
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[5] And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
[6] And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
[8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
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I have mentioned earlier that we are all brothers due to having the same father, Noah, therefore there should be no contention between blood brothers. Here Abram confirms that with his actions toward Lot. He calls Lot his brother, and there should be no strife between them, he had the right outlook concerning this. How wonderful this world would be if we all could have the same love in our heart as did Abram.
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[9] Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
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Abram was willing to take which ever land that Lot did not want. Life would have been a great deal easier for us, if Cain had of had this same outlook as Abram. Strife and hate between brothers is not good regardless of the circumstances.
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[10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
[11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
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Lot on the other hand did not seem to have the same qualities that Abram had, he chose the best of the area for he, his family and his herds. Thus, the two brothers separated, Lot in one direction, and Abram in the other.
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[12] Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
[13] But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
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Both Lot and Abram were men of God, Lot however in reality chose the best of the land, yet as neighbors he had Sodom to contend with. As can be seen in (verse 13) those who were from Sodom were terrible sinners before God. Bad neighbors are not good company to have. They can ruin your whole day in many different ways. It is poor old Lot that God turned Satan loose on. I just imagine it could have been due to the neighborhood he existed in.
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[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
[15] For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18] Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
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This is that promise that God gave to Abram, the land of Israel and the surrounding countryside. It was a spoken gift, and since it was not in writing, the lawyers of this day do not recognize it as being legal. They recognize nothing which pertains to God.

The lawyers of this day were no different than those of that day, other than those of that day did law in God’s very complex and complicated set of rules. Today it is the same, except God rules, its the rules of man, which are far more complex and complicated than those of God.
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Gen.14
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
[2] That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
[3] All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
[4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
[5] And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
[6] And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
[7] And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
[8] And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
[9] With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
[10] And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
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All these tribes fighting among themselves, just like the day I now live in. Brothers are not able to get along, they desire what the other has, deep seated greed it has been handed down from generation to generation, all coming from Satan- Lucifer. I have an article concerning this lust and how it originated, (Matrix A-B-C-D), and what it did back then, and what it is doing now in our present world.
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[11] And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
[12] And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
[13] And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
[14] And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
[15] And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
[16] And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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Now here is a real show of brotherly love, Abram goes into battle in order to rescue his nephew Lot. In those battles it was man to man, face to face, brutal and cruel. Of course war in any age is the same, whether face to face or from airborne aircraft, or missiles. Death under any of those conditions is ugly. If only brotherly love would reign supreme.
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[17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
[18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
[20] And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
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A man of God stands out in any crowd, not by what he speaks, or what he wears, but by his actions, the true actions of the heart, these are the earmarks of a Christian, or rather in that day, a man of God. So Abram was recognized as such by king Melchizedek, and he showed him due respect for that outstanding quality. More about this outstanding king in future scriptures pertaining to our future. He plays a very important role in these matters.
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[21] And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
[22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
[23] That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
[24] Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
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Abram was surely a true man of God, he refused any riches which he did not acquire by legal means. He would not accept the smallest item from the sinners of the earth. Just as a man of God can be recognized by his heart felt actions, so also a sinner can be recognized by those same actions.
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Gen.15
[1] After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
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God, the word of the Lord, I am wandering what the difference is, God, and the word of the Lord. The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, now that is what I am searching for, the physical communication from God to man, and from man to God, the manner in which it was done.

The word of the Lord, and God are one and the same, it is just the action of the communications. At any rate, Abram had been notified that, He, God, Himself is his reward, and that it is ‘Great.’
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[2] And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
[3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
[4] And, 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
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Just as any man would be, Abram was concerned, he had great wealth and great holdings, but none to leave it all to, and he was not satisfied with that situation. The only one he could leave it all to was one in his household which was not of him.

God then reassured him that this will not be the case at all, that he will of his own body, have an heir.
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[5] And 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.
[6] And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
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To confirm what He meant, God had him to go out and look at the sky and try to number the stars, that would be the number of his descendents. In a word before God chose the tribe of Israel, that would have taken in all of the populations of the earth.
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[7] And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
[8] And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
[9] 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.
[10] And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
[11] And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
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Just as we are today, Abram wanted a sign to signify his inheritance. The Lord then proceeds to give specific instructions to be taken in order to seal the covenant. It to me is strange that He seems to always want some animals to sacrifice their lives for this sort of thing. They are to not only be slaughtered, but quartered and sliced apart. If not in that manner, they are to be burned as a sacrifice.

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[12] And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
[13] 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;
[14] And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
[16] But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
[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.
[18] 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:
[19] The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
[20] And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
[21] And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
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The covenant was signed sealed and delivered from God to Abram, and the borders were outlined. To this day it has not changed one iota, it belongs to the rightful owners. As I said before, lawyers of this age do not recognize anything of God, therefore to them, it is null and void. God also stated that there would be more or less continuing troubles for the people that would come from Abraham.
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Gen.16
[1] Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
[2] 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 hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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I bet that Abram’s wife did not have to beg Abram to do what she suggested, take her handmaid to obtain children. It is really nice to have a few handmaids around just for such emergencies. Never know when this would be needed.
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[3] And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
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Here is the clincher in the matter, Sarai Abram’s wife gave to Abram this handmaid to be his wife in this procedure. So legally the other woman became his legal wife, at least for a short time.

In this day what was taking place was, they were in a contract with the woman as a surrogate mother. It is done quite often in this present age. Much money is passed to the woman who agrees to the contract.

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[4] And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
[5] And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
[6] But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

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When the woman became pregnant, friction rose between her and Sarai, they were unable to face one another. This had to be settled somehow, so Sarai goes to Abram and asks that he should decide what should be done. Of course like all good husbands, he bows out and says woman, that is your problem you solve it. A true blue husband, he knew where trouble for him was brewing. We husbands have to be sharp and watchful so that troubles will not burden us.
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[7] And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
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Here is where God assigns and angel to handle this very delicate situation. He locates the woman in the desert where she found herself after being kicked out of the household.
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[8] And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
[9] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
[10] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
[11] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
[12] And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
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This son that the woman would bear, actually is the first son of Abraham, he has come from the loins of Abram, and should be acclaimed as the first born son. From this son will come a multitude, just as God had mentioned to Abram concerning his descendents. It appears that they may a bit on the wild side. _______________________________________________
[13] And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
[14] Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
[15] And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
[16] And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
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GENESIS PART 2

Gen 4:
Gen.4
[1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
[2] And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
[3] And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
[4] And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
[5] But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
[6] And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
[7] If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
[8] And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
[9] And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
[10] And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
[11] And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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Cain’s offering was not accepted, wonder what the sin was that was found to have caused this action by God. Yet, for Abel’s offering God had respect. I feel that God could see in Cain’s heart the sin of murder even though it had not been at that time committed, yet God was able to see it.

This would indicate the ability of God to search one’s heart, and see one’s real motives prior to them coming into being. Or before that person realizes them himself.
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[12] When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
[13] And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
[14] Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
[15] And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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It is at this point where I have quite a bit to discuss and apply some common sense. First we must know what the meanings of a FUGITIVE AND VAGABOND are.
Fugitive:
1. somebody who runs away: somebody who flees, e.g. from justice, enemies, or brutal treatment
Vagabond
1. homeless wanderer: a wanderer who has no permanent place to live
2. beggar: a beggar for food or money
Cain has been banished from his homeland out into the wilds of the world. He has become a ‘Fugitive and a Vagabond.’ Now comes the clincher that tickled my very insignificant brain, got those lazy mind waves to rolling.

According to God (Verses 14-15) Cain has said, “EVERYONE THAT FINDS ME SHALL SLAY ME,” these are trigger words, which should cause a thinking man to think, and start asking some very pointed questions. To add further to those trigger words, God has added His own. (Verse 15), WHOSOEVER slayeth Cain vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.

If the churchized traditions are correct, that Adam and Eve were the first humans, then who pray tell are the people that Cain is so afraid of, they are very real because he said they would kill him?

They have to be humans as old or older than he is, they just did not appear out of thin air all at once. They would have to be organized and knowledgeable enough to recognize Cain for what he is, a fugitive from law, and a useless vagabond.

God adds to that confirmation of existing peoples by saying that WHOSOEVER SLAYETH CAIN, vengeance will fall on him sevenfold.

What I am saying is this, Adam and Eve were not the first of humanity. The Garden was placed right smack dab in the middle that world (Ethiopia) which was filled with humanity. In face humanity had been in existence eons of time prior to the Garden. My articles in (Matrix A-B-C-D) covers this in greater detail. Concerning the people of that day and age.

Something else to chew your cud over, If by chance the first parents in the Garden were of the Negroid nature, which I have hinted at before, being the first of their kind, that would have made Cain of the same nature.

Could this have been one of the characteristics that marked him as a fugitive and vagabond, a black skinned man in a white population, which is outside the Garden? Possibly that was the very first hint of racism as it is known today, who knows, I certainly do not? All I know is what I read and find from the scriptures and my dictionary, which is of course is fairly old, and not censored so much for political correctness, it lists Ethiopians as a Negroid dark skinned people.

That is the reason it is a good thing to continue the reading, and re-reading of the scriptures, so much is hidden within the coded, paraphrased, and dark sayings which characterizes scriptural writing. How could peoples of old had the knowledge to have done that, and do it in such detail?
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[16] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
[17] And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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Here is another example which confirms the existence of other people that existed outside the Garden. Where did Cain get a wife, if Eve was the only other female at that time? There had to be organized tribes of people the same age, or older than Cain for him to find a wife, she would have to be a bit younger, his age or a bit older than Cain.

To be at the right age, her parents had to exist for the required length of time. Not only that, but what about the parents of the parents of his wife, her parents did not just suddenly come out of the thin air? That would have been the first ‘MIXED’ couple if Cain was ‘MARKED’ by being of the Negroid nature.

I say “no and no again” to the churchized version of humanity. The scriptures themselves prove otherwise. Adam and Eve were not the first of humanity, a long way from it.

I have another little barb of a question, in fact all of these first scriptures, ( Gen 4: 1-11) God had quite a conversation with Cain during that time, how was this conducted, man to man, person to person, or was it within a dream or vision. It was far to detailed to have been other than one person facing another.

Also, who was recording all of this so that we at this late date can read and analyze it as I am doing? Who in fact recorded all the scriptures pertaining to the creation of the heavens and earth etc? Something in all this seems rather odd and out of shape to me.

People of those ages did not have the knowledge, nor the materials to record all this in such detail. Drawings on cave walls, and scribbling on dried out animal skins do not hack it with me. If they did, they were far more educated and had more resources than what history portrays.
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Not reading or recording Gen Chapter 5, it is just the linage of Adam.
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Gen.6
[1] And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
[2] That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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What do we see here? The ‘sons of God’ really, I was not aware that God had OTHER sons, I had always assumed that there was only ONE SON- JESUS where did these come from? Who was their mother, or should we say mothers, since there seems to be far more than just one of these ‘sons?’
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[3] And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
[4] There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
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It seems evident that these ‘sons of God’ were men as men are today, able to see beauty in the women, and have the same sexual desires as the human male of today has. Their sperm was able to impregnate the women of that day. They were the pronounced ‘sons of God,’ yet, they were human.

Their offspring inherited the DNA from their fathers, which came from the heavens, and they were not only large in build and stature, but also were endowed with an extremely high IQ.
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[5] And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
[6] And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
[7] And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
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What exactly does the word used by God mean? ‘Reptented’
Repent – This word was used in two (verses 6-7)
Definition: 1. be sorry: to recognize the wrong in something you have done and be sorry about it
2. change ways: to feel regret about a sin or past actions and change your ways or habits
I have always been under the assumption that God made no mistakes, and that all he created was perfect. Yet, we see here that He is sorry about this mess, what about the mess the world is in today? Did God sin when He created this catastrophe?
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[8] But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
[9] These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
[10] And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[11] The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
[12] And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
[13] And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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God is telling Noah about the conditions of the world, and from the description it seems this was man to man, face to face. God either spoke through an angel, or He, Himself took on the frame of a man, and spoke these things.

The earth today is filled with the same thing, does he have the same thoughts concerning conditions of the world now?
Of course we as Christians know well the answer to that, yes he does know about the world today. If he knows when a small simple sparrow falls to the ground then He definitely has knowledge of the scourge that now fills the earth. Yes, He has plans to destroy mankind again, and Yes, there is an Ark being prepared for us, and that Ark has a name, Jesus. Not only that, but He is the only Ark, there are no others under the sun.
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[14] Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
[15] And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
[16] A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
[17] And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
[18] But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
[19] And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
[20] Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
[21] And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
[22] Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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Wisdom should be used, all should make preparations to enter into this Ark when the time arrives, as there is no other escape, as the waters rose up to the depth of about fifteen or twenty feet the earth over, all perished who happen to be on the outside looking in.

Outside looking in is not a wise choice at all, when the time suddenly arrives, it will be much too late. Preparations must be made before disaster strikes, and strike it will as lightening out of the dark night sky. One will find that SALVATION is so costly that the rich choose not to pay the price, yet cheap enough that the poorest of the poor can easily afford it. Better to believe there is a God, and find there isn’t, than to believe there isn’t and very sadly find that there is.
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Not recording chapter seven of Genesis, it is just about the statistics of the flood. The birds were gathered by the 7s – animals by the 2s – all creeping things by 2s, and of course, Noah his wife, his three sons and their wives. 7 days notice was given to Noah, and all hell broke loose water wise, and waters covered the earth, all the fountains of the earth sprung forth, and it rained for 40 days and nights.

The water rose to 15 ‘cubits’ Definition: ancient unit of length: an ancient unit of length, equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, approximately 43-56 cm (17-22 in). All of this took place when Noah was 600 years old, the 2nd month and the 17th day. Noah was 600 years old and had only three sons, what has he been doing all that time? Just three children, must have been some very effective birth control used during all that time. It is stated that the mountains were covered over. Must have been small mountains to have only about 15 feet of water to cover them.

Of course all life both human and animal perished, which was the original purpose. Wonder why the animals had to suffer the same fate as the sinful humans.

The flood lasted for 150 days. The Ark had been sealed by God, therefore, I wonder how Noah managed all the waste products from human and animal. Wonder if they had any air fresheners. Can you imagine trying to store enough food for all the humans, 8 of them, and all the animals. It would have been a logistic nightmare, and especially at that early date.

Again, I am curious as to how, and who kept such accurate records.
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Gen 8:
[1] And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
[2] The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
[3] And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
[4] And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat
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Ar·a·rat, Mount [ árrə ràt ] mountain in eastern Turkey, which rises in two peaks, Great Ararat 5,137 m (16,854 ft) and Little Ararat 3,914 m (12,840 ft). According to the Bible, it was the landing place of Noah’s Ark.

I have often been curious about the Ark, where in this wide world was it during all this time? Where did it finally come to earth? Now I know, it was atop a mountain peak in eastern Turkey. Noah and company drifted from South Africa, Ethiopia I would assume over to Turkey, and there decided to call it quits. It was precisely on time, the 7th month on the 17th day. Got to keep those numbers straight.

Two peaks to this mountain, little Ararat 12,840 feet, and Great Ararat 16,854 feet. I would assume that they landed on little Ararat. Still curious how 15 to 20 feet of water covered those two mountains. It must have because the scripture clearly states that the Ark rested on the mountain. To have rested on it, the water had to be above it, then recede down to that level. Sure is a lot about the actions of God that I am ignorant of. 20 feet of water covering mountains thousands of feet high Woooweee!!!

I suppose that this was the same sort of action that parted the red seas so that the Israelites could cross, and the Egyptians couldn’t.
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[5] And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
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Tenth month, on the first day, the waters RECEDED till the tops of the mountains could be seen, more confirmation that the waters were in fact above those two mountain peaks.

As a radio operator, on flights in my early Air Force career the altitudes of our missions were between 8 to 10 thousand feet. At those altitudes we did not need our oxygen masks, I wonder if oxygen was thin at those higher altitudes that the Ark was in. Hard to imagine a boat floating on waters at a height above those which I was in when on flight missions.

The scriptures do not lie, therefore as a truth I must accept the fact that the Ark did in fact float on waters above the 16,854 feet height. In this age, those at that altitude would need oxygen masks. Wonder how Noah managed that for he, his family and all the animals.
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[6] And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
[7] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
[8] Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
[9] But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
[10] And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
[11] And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
[12] And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
[13] And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
[14] And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
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Everything is by the numbers again, 40 days after coming to rest on the mountain peak, Noah opens the covering on the Ark. First the Raven was sent out, also a dove, both of which could not find dry ground. 7 More days, and again a dove is sent out, this time the bird returned with an olive leaf.
Another seven days, he sent out another dove, which did not return at all, proof positive dry land everywhere. Hooray!!!

In the 601st year, the 1st month, the 1st day of the month, the waters were completely cleared of water. On the 2nd month, the 27th day the earth was dry. I feel like I am back in the military, everything is by the numbers. Glad I am not one of those number freaks, this would drive me insane. _______________________________________________
[15] And God spake unto Noah, saying,
[16] Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
[17] Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
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Now after all this time, Noah is informed that his little joy ride has come to an end, that he must now come ashore, a bring with him all that were with him, both human and animal.

It is at this time that the whole thing starts all over again. In a sense, you could say that Noah and company were the first humans on the earth, they were after the earth was washed clean from the first vestiges which were on the earth. All the surrounding civilizations and the Garden of Eden, all that God had REPENTED OF DOING. Would it not be nice if we could clear all our problems this easily, just simply do away with them by destroying them. I believe that is exactly what the nations of the world are trying to do.
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[18] And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
[19] Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
[20] And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
[21] And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
[22] While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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It appears that one of the first actions of Noah was to offer up a burnt animal offering to God. God had to have those offering. I wonder how He could enjoy the smell of burnt animals.

When I was yet a child, in my earlier years, (read my article, A Glass of water) I am able to remember one thing that took place during that time. We were very poor, had nothing at all, and during that time, somebody gave us a cow so we could have some milk. As luck would have it, the cow died, and we did not get any milk.

Dad had the terrible problem of disposing of the carcass. We had no power tools of any kind. He and my brother managed to drag it up several hundred feet from were our shack was. Then he covered it over with dry brush, limbs and all that he could find that was flammable. He then set it all afire, it burned on and on and on. Dad kept stacking limbs, logs, whatever he could find to try and dispose of that horrible mess. To my dying day, I will never forget that horrible odor that surrounded all our area for days, weeks and months. How could God have found that a ‘sweet savour?’ To each his own I suppose.
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Gen.9
[1] And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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Oh Oh!!!!!! Here is that word again, REPLENISH remember what I said back then on it, (Gen 1:28). To replenish something which had been there before. All the civilizations up to the time of (Gen 1:28) God then told Adam and Eve to multiply and REPLENISH the earth, replace what had been previously completely destroyed.

With the flood of cleansing waters, God solved a very irritating problem by just washing the earth clean of all living flesh. Now comes Noah’s time to be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth, the very same words spoken to Adam and Eve, and for the very same reason.

So much to learn from the scriptures concerning everything, I am about to go into information overload. My brain being so insignificant is not capable of handling so much knowledge at the same time, what pray tell is a fool to do?
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[2] And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
[3] Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
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Here is where God is telling Noah what he can expect from all animal life, and which to and which not to eat. Seems like I can remember a similar conversation, (Gen 1: 29-30).

Just out of stupid curiosity, I wonder how many times this ritual has been repeated. The way I see things in this present day and age, it will not be long till it can again be given.

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[4] But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
[5] And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
[6] Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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I have often wondered how God felt toward those deranged people who love to torture poor little helpless animals, the two (Verses 4-5) tell just how He views such that do that sort of thing.

(Verses 5-6) also describe how God feels about one human killing another. If he feels this way towards the shedding of human blood, how do you think he views those that murder unborn babies? The political correct name for murder of the unborn is ‘abortion.’ Regardless of the title, the act in itself is the same, and God disregards beautiful political correctness.
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[7] And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
[8] And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
[9] And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
[10] 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 that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
[11] And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
[12] And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
[13] I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
[14] And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
[15] And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
[16] And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
[17] And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
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Sodom and Gomorrah was wiped out with fire and brimstone, the earth was barren at creation, in my eye, cleared of a former human population. Now it has again been washed clean with water, what will the earth be bathed with the next time to rid it of pesky humanity. The rainbow is our sign that water will not be again used for that purpose. ________________________________________________
[18] And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
[19] These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
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Populations prior to creation of the earth, populations during the time of the Garden, now populations from Noah’s three sons. Folks, no matter the color, race or religion, we are all brothers, we all have the same father — either Shem, Ham or Japheth, and they brothers of one father–Noah.

So like it or not, we are all kin, we are brothers, and as such there should not be any friction. Brothers are bonded by blood, and with love, therefore, let us all lay down our weapons and recognize each for what we are, —Brothers, not like Cain and Abel. But as my brother and I are, love a bond that no man can break.
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[20] And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
[21] And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
[22] And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
[23] And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
[24] And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
[25] And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
[26] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
[27] God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
[28] And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
[29] And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
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It can be plainly noticed what happened when one of the sons saw his father’s naked body. Try and imagine what the circumstances shall be in this day and age, where in the hospital, when a baby is being born from it’s mother’s womb, the whole family is invited in to watch the procedure. The mother’s womb is open for public viewing. An open stage of excitement, political correctness, educational values. How twisted is the logic of this age. God must be blind if He does not notice this horrific sin.

That is a long time for one person to live, and from that time have only three sons. Good birth control, are darn good self control. I have my on reasoning about these long life spans that those of those early years had. It is covered in my writings of the (Matrix). Also my reasoning would explain why the floods covered the mountains. To long to explain here.

I have heard in earlier years that Ham, due to the fact that he saw his father’s nakedness, and a curse was placed on him by his father Noah, this was the beginning of the Negroid race. I see no reason for this in the scriptures. I still hold to the speculation and that is all it is speculation, that possibly as a joke, just to be different that God made Adam of that race the negroid, this I assume, again just an assumption, because the garden of Eden was planted in Ethiopia, and that nation has a population which is Negroid. There is on the ground now in Ethiopia more clues to back my speculation than those concerning Ham.

Of course now another factor has just crossed my mind which may in fact may make the first of those assumptions by those of my earlier years correct, this just came to me. They may in fact be right, Ham due to this sin may be the father of the Negroid race. Why do I think this way. The flood, and what it did, it wiped all humanity from the face of the earth, this would have included those of the nation of Ethiopia.
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GENESIS PART 1

Gen 1:
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
[29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
[30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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I notice that when God spoke, He spoke in the plural. There must evidently be many in the God head. This I have covered in my articles (MATRIX A-B-C-D).

I am so clumsy I have just accidentally deleted about three hours work on these first few chapters of Genesis, now I must go back over what I have already been over. This is so very aggravating, this is not the first time, it has happened many times.

I have covered all this in earlier writings, I am just going over and reviewing it all. I find that each time I do this I find a lot that I missed the first time.

God created man in the image of themselves (plural), and both male and female, and that they had dominion over all the vegetation. Nothing was mentioned about two forbidden trees, over every moving thing on the earth.

He then told them to be fruitful and multiply, and then He told them to REPLENISH the earth. Replenish – to fill or make complete again, to become full again – to provide a new supply. This could possibly indicate that the earth was full prior to this. Has there been occupants of the earth, prior to this?
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Gen 2:
[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
[8] And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
[9] And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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Now why do you suppose He, God, planted those two trees in the Garden? All the other vegetation was there for the benefit of the man and his wife, however we know these two were forbidden, if they were then forbidden, why were they there? That would be on the same scale of putting a loaded weapon in a child’s room.
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[10] And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
[12] And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
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What purpose is gold and precious stones to this one couple who are all alone, and has no knowledge of clothing as they are naked as J-birds, or the babbles of jewelry? They we assume, know nothing about barter and monetary values, nor do they have any reason to. So, why was this even brought to light about the gold and precious stones?
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[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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It would appear at first glance that the Garden of Eden was established in Ethiopia. I have done a bit of research there due to what I found out about Moses, and found that the people there are ‘Negroid,’ now comes the million dollar question, were the first couple to grace this garden of this nature? Instead of being Caucasian as we have always assumed, were they not possibly of the Negroid, dark skinned type of people? Have we been mistaken all these centuries? Who can tell, I sure am not able. Were our first parents, that is the parents which were in the Garden actually of the black race?
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[14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
[15] And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
[16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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I am unable to help myself, I have to give an example of my speculations when I study the above (Verses 16-17). Should I have a bar of chocolate candy, and I place it on the living room table, and bring my seven year old son over show him the candy, and then warn him not to even think about getting it. I then leave the room, what will he do? He will heed my warning, and leave it alone.

Adam took the warning in stride, and left the trees alone. However, when a wife was given to him, the picture changed drastically. When she saw something which was forbidden, what did she do? You are absolutely right, she fell for it one hundred percent, and did exactly that which she was warned not to do.

Concerning the forbidden fruit, Adam’s life was cool, calm and collected, may have been a bit lonesome, but otherwise no problems. That is until— A rib was taken from his side, and a wife was given to him, and then all hell broke loose. I can just imagine how blue the air would turn should my wife happen to read this, of course she won’t.

As a side note, God warned Adam that he would die if he had anything to do with the forbidden fruit, which of course he didn’t die as God had warned. What God had warned of was not exactly a lie, and it was not exactly the whole truth. So how would you rate it. They did eat but did not die. It may have been a spiritual thing, I personally do not know.
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[18] And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
[19] And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
[20] And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
[21] And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
[22] And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
[23] And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
[24] Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
[25] And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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Here we are back again to the bare basics which Adam and his wife were not even aware of. A good example concerning the trees, if they had not been placed there, they would have never been known about. This is the same about clothes, nothing has been mentioned about body coverings until—.
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Gen.3
[1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
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I know that from what I read in these scriptures, that neither Adam nor his wife ceased life after eating of the fruit. It is possible that what God meant was, ‘ if you gain the knowledge of what is good and evil and become as the Gods, then one dies,’ if that be the case, why are the Gods alive, they have this knowledge? So how would one judge a half truth, and is it even a half truth?
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[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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Since when is one able to eat an apple and suddenly they have the knowledge of a college graduate? When I eat an apple, it suddenly, or rather gradually becomes something that must be disposed of and flushed down the toilet. What is taken into the mouth and swallowed into the stomach is not knowledge or wisdom, it is food of some sort. I have two very good examples of what I am saying (Mat 15:17-19 and Mark 7:18-23)
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Mat 15:17-19
[17] Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
[18] But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
[19] For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies

Mark 7:
[18] And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
[19] Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
[20] And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
[21] For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
[22] Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
[23] All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
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Straight from the mouth of Jesus, what goes in as food is not what defiles (Verse 18).

Due to this, I have arrived at my own conclusions as to these two trees, trees they are not. Super-duper computer systems such has never before been seen by man. The ‘food’ which was very pleasing to the eye was not food that we eat in any sense of the word, it was knowledge galore about sex, world and riches beyond measure. These ‘TREES’ were made to appear ‘TEMPTING’ that way on purpose to do exactly what was done, that is to tempt poor innocent Eve, which of course they did.

Now for the ‘REST OF THE STORY,’ Eve gained knowledge of good and evil, the good were the riches of the world, the evil I would assume meant sex. It is here where the world goes off course, they, the world assumes that the sin of the garden was SEX, which no doubt it was.

Just close your eyes and imagine this setting. Here is Eve, the most beautiful woman there has ever been, with out a stitch of clothing to cover what Dolly Parton would have been proud of. Standing in front of a hunk which would to the world now appear as Elvis in all his glory.

Now, He is in charge of these computers, and Eve has desire to learn of them. What do you think this hunk would demand in exchange for that knowledge. You are so right, yes, that was what he wanted, and got with all the trimmings.

Yes the sex thing was in the deal, however it is the knowledge of both the good and evil that would cause eventually a spiritual death, the half of the truth that God forgot to mention to Adam. All Satan-Lucifer did was teach Eve the physical mechanics of sex.

Another bit of bubble gum to chew on, has anybody ever seen a snake that had human vocal cords, where they could communicate with a human? No didn’t think so, and neither have I. Should I see one, I would shout at the top of my lungs for God to wake me from the nightmare. Eve did not see one either. Any with an ounce of reasoning would know that Satan-Lucifer would not present himself as a ‘serpent.’

He has the ability to change to whatever he wants. Therefore, he would dance out on the stage in his best finery, which of course poor dumb Eve would swoon over. Not ever seeing clothes before would floor her, and them covering the most beautiful male she could ever imagine.
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[7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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Now here is the part which was to give them away as to what had taken place. Neither of them, Adam and Eve had ever heard of clothing before until Eve was exposed to Satan-Lucifer in his finest outlay, which of course not only to the eye was very pleasing, but also hid those most embarrassing parts of the male human body.
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[8] And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
[9] And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
[10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
[11] And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
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Now here comes the part where both parties, God and Adam show to the world the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Wisdom is that ability to use knowledge wisely. Adam of course did not use wisdom concerning the knowledge he had gained, this by saying that he was naked. On the other hand God acted as if He was totally shocked at what they had done, when in fact He knew all along what had happened. That was the very reason he used wisdom by giving clear warning to Adam of His approach, so that Adam would react just exactly how he did, showing his ignorance, giving himself away, although God knew all along what took place. Of course God knew what had transpired. He then asked Adam about it, and just like a good Samaritan he blamed the whole thing on his wife, (Verse 12).
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[12] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
[13] And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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Go to any prison and ask the inmates whose fault it was that they have been imprisoned. About ninety percent will say the fault was not theirs at all, but somebody else. Not many in prison are guilty of their crime it was somebody else that caused it.

Same thing here, human nature is the same from then to now. Adam blames Eve and Eve blames the ‘Serpent.’ The blame game has always been, and will always be. No, No, not my fault at all.
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[14] And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
[15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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Due to their actions, sentence has been announced by God, old Satan has to slither his way through generation after generation till the end of time. I have some wild speculations concerning the seed of the woman and that of Satan. Will not be a bore with them now.

One of my speculations as of now is this, Christianity and Isam religions are diametrically opposite one from the other, one is for God, the other is for Satan, although they do not use the title of Satan as their God, but their belief betrays their words. Their actions as of late also betray their voiced intentions. Therefore as of now I feel strongly that Isam is the seed of Satan and Christianity is from the seed of Eve.
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[16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Till this time Eve was considered equal to Adam, but now she is to be subordinate to him, a step below him in the order of things. Also to give birth will be a procedure of aches and pains almost beyond endurance.
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[17] And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
[18] Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
[19] In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Thanks a bunch Adam, due to what you did, I have had a pretty rough life, it has been a rough and rocky road all the way to the present day, and even now it has not lightened up but very little. _______________________________________________
[20] And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
[21] Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
[22] And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
[23] Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
[24] So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
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I know that the way I think and reason seem out of order, but I have to glean from all that I have learned to come to a satisfactory conclusion. The whole episode of the Garden was part of God’s overall plan, the placing the trees so temptingly, the taking of the trees, the gaining of the knowledge placing mankind on the level of the Gods themselves, and last, the curse that was pronounced on mankind at the back door of the Garden.

If God had not wanted the knowledge to be known, the tree, computer would not have ever been placed as it was. He proves this by the action taken when Adam and Eve were evicted, He place a very effective guard so that the tree of life would not be exposed to man, by placing guards that would make it impossible for man to even accidentally come in contact with the forbidden tree of life. He could have taken this action at the very beginning when the trees were placed in the garden, or he could have just not placed them there at all. No, and again I say no to the idea that all was coincidental, it took place just as it was planned.
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SATAN LOOSED FROM HELL – GOG AND MAGOG END TIME NATIONS

Rev 20:1-10 [Read this one first]
Ezek 38:1-23
Ezek 39:1-29

I have seen many articles pertaining to prophecy, many of which are true to the scriptures, and likewise, many that fall short of the scriptures. I find that ignorance of the scriptures, and taking them out of context seems to be the main fallacy which causes these well meaning prophecies to fall short of the actual truth.

I take issue with those of this day who try to tie end time actions into the present day settings, which is the case here.
I have seen several articles that have tried to tie the names of Gog and Magog into this day and age nations. This is not the case at all. Gog and Magog are nations which cover the earth at the end of Christ’s reign on earth.

That is the reasoning used here to show the study of Revelation 20:1-10 before those of Ezek 38:1-23 and Ezek 39: 1-20. This is to prove the time line of these nations.

Rev 20:1-10
[1] And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
[2] And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
[3] And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
[4] And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
[5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
[6] Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
[7] And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
[8] And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[9] And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
[10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Ezek.38: 1-23
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
[5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
[6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
[7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
[8] After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
[9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
[11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
[12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
[13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
[14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
[15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
[16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
[17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
[18] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
[19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
[20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
[21] And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
[22] And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
[23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezek.39: 1-29
[1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
[3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
[4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
[5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
[6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
[7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
[8] Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
[9] And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
[10] So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
[11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
[12] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
[13] Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
[14] And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
[15] And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
[16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
[17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
[18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
[19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
[20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
[21] And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
[22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
[23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
[24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
[25] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
[26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
[27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
[28] Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
[29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.