11.4.23 Shabbat Service
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THIS WEEK
Chayei Sarah חַיֵּי שָֹרָה
Life of Sarah
TORAH GENESIS 23:1-25:18
PROPHETS I KINGS 1:1-31
GOSPEL JOHN 4:3-14
Portion Outline
TORAH
GENESIS 23:1 Sarah's Death and Burial
GENESIS 24:1 The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah
GENESIS 25:1 Abraham Marries Keturah
GENESIS 25:7 The Death of Abraham
GENESIS 25:12 Ishmael's Descendants
PROPHETS
1KI 1:1 The Struggle for the Succession
1KI 1:28 The Accession of Solomon
Forgiveness of sins and eternal life are gifts of God, granted by his grace alone. Nobody can buy or work their way into eternal life. Eliezer, Ishmael, and Isaac make a great illustration of God's plan.
Romans 4:4-5, Genesis 15:1-5, Genesis 17:15-21
https://rumble.com/v3tya0y-a-m....etaphor-of-grace-in-
"Bury your dead" is stated seven times in the story of Sarah's death and burial in #genesis 23, but the words are reversed in the seventh incident. This is perhaps a hint at the ultimate reversal of death at the final (7th) judgment.
Rabbi David Kaplan says that the six statements are about the six righteous people buried at the cave of Machpelah who are only *called* dead when they were buried, though they are truly alive, while the seventh is an allusion to the head of Esau who was *truly* dead before burial because of his unrighteous nature. This too is prophetic of the final resurrection.
#chayeisarah
PHARMACY MEANS WITCHCRAFT
Did you know that the word once used to describe witchcraft, sorcery & magic is the same word we use for the place we pick up our medications?
It’s true! You can even find it in the Scriptures (in Greek)
Witchcraft, magic & sorcery became pharmacy. Our modern word for pharmacy came from the Greek word, pharmakeia.
23. ... " For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for by your drug sorcery all the nations were led astray.
24. " And in her was found the blood of the prophets and Qodeshyim (saints), and of all who were slain on the earth. "
Revelation/Chazon 18:23-24
Post courtesy of: Esua Calaway