SERIES A --- YHVH’S PIONEERS --- LESSON 15
HUMAN FAILINGS
ABRAHAM DECEIVES ABIMELECH
From Genesis 20
Later Abraham left Mamre and moved southward again to the Negeb, settling between Kadesh and Shur. On a visit to Gerar, Abraham said that Sarah was his sister so Abimelech the king of Gerar sent for her. But YHVH appeared to Abimelech in a dream that night. [You are marked for death because you have taken that man’s wife,] YHVH told him. At this time Abimelech had not even come near Sarah. [Adonai will You destroy innocent people?] he asked. [Didn’t Abraham tell me that she was his sister? And didn’t she say that he was her brother? My heart and hands are clean in this matter.] [I know that you are innocent,] YHVH continued in the dream. [But it is I Who restrained you from touching her. Now give her back to her husband, for he is a prophet. He will pray for you and you will live. If you do not return her, you and your household are marked for death.] When Abimelech arose in the morning, he told his servants about the dream and they were very frightened. Abimelech called for Abraham to talk with him. [What have you done to us?] he demanded. [And what sin have I committed against you to cause you to bring this upon me and my kingdom? What you have done is very wrong! Why did you do it?] [I thought that you people did not fear YHVH and that you would kill me because of my wife,] Abraham answered. [She is my sister, for she is my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s. But she is also my wife. When YHVH caused me to travel far away from my father’s land, I asked her to show kindness to me by saying that I am her brother.] Then Abimelech gave Abraham sheep, oxen, and male and female servants and he returned Sarah his wife to him also. [You may settle anywhere you wish in my land,] said Abimelech. To Sarah he said, [I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It will compensate you for whatever trouble I have caused you and your family. You are clear now before all men.] Then Abraham prayed to YHVH and He healed Abimelech and his wife and the other women around them, so they could have children again. For Adonai had caused all of these women to be barren as long as Sarah remained in Abimelech’s household.
COMMENTARY
THE JOURNEYS OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC
It is a mistake to think of Bible heroes as different from men and women today. Even those with towering faith still had human failings. Abraham’s weakness was fear. Again, we see Abraham lie about his relationship with Sarah. Why? [I thought these people did not fear YHVH at all.] The people of the land might not know YHVH, but YHVH was there. And His power was unlimited. The journeys of Abraham and Isaac were not tourist trips for pleasure and sight-seeing, but migrations of a tribal leader with his people. Often these were ordered by YHVH. Abraham’s journeys, as recorded in the Bible, began at his hometown of Ur, then part of Sumer. At YHVH’s Command, he and his family went up through the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys to Haran. After some time at Haran, Abraham left for Canaan, where he stayed first at Shechem, in the Plain of Moreh. Bethel was Abraham’s next stop, and then [the south,] the Negeb. But a famine forced him to leave with Sarah and his family for Egypt. After a short stay in Egypt, they returned to Canaan, living first at Bethel, then at Mamre, then Gerar, and finally at Beersheba. Abraham made one other journey, far to the north to Hobah, near Damascus. There he and a select band of armed men defeated a raiding party led by four kings from the north, rescuing Lot. He returned past Salem, which is modern Jerusalem, and gave a tenth of the spoils to its king, who was also a priest. The travels of Abraham’s son Isaac were much more restrictive. As the solid line on the map shows, Isaac never left the general area of his birth. Gerar, Beersheba, and Beer-lahai-roi were the three principal places on his itinerary. When one realizes that journeys such as these meant the movement of herds and flocks, tents and children, often on foot, it is not surprising that people went so seldom.
If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
Obadiah 1:5-6
God's judgment is complete and thorough. No deed or thought can be hid from him and no possession can be kept from him.
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Luke 4:16 WEB He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
Acts 17:2 WEB Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
A point of confusion that may come up after looking into the Sabbath is when it was. I know I once held the belief it was Sunday. I distinctly remember listening to a podcast once and a person was telling a story about meeting someone on an airplane. That person mentioned he was excited for sundown as it was the Sabbath, to which the person mentioned it was Friday night. I turned it off and thought to myself "idiot, the Sabbath is Sunday."
However, if you look into the history of the Sabbath, you can quickly see that it isn't Sunday, but Friday night to Saturday night, often just shortened to say Saturday. Many historical records show the Jews of the time of Jesus were keeping a Saturday Sabbath. There are even Roman historians (Cassius Dio, Frontinus, & Tacitus) of the time stating the Jews were resting on Saturn's Day. When you look into the word for Saturday in other languages, you will find many that have a word very similar to Sabbath or Shabbat (the Hebrew word for Sabbath), including the Greek word for Saturday (Sabbato). The Roman calendar at that time was already a 7-day week, as it was once an 8-day week. A few hundred years later when it was switched from Julian to Gregorian, the 7-day cycle did not change. A Saturday today would still have been a Saturday back during Jesus' time.
Couple these facts with Scripture and we see that Jesus and Paul were observing a Saturday Sabbath. I point out Paul because many will take Acts 20:7 to say they were doing Sabbath on Sunday now. If that was the case, how could Paul visit the synagogues to reason with the Scriptures? No one would be there. If there was a Saturday crew and then a Sunday crew, why would Paul reason with the Sunday crew? Wouldn't those be the ones already believing in Jesus?
These historical records also put away any arguments saying the Sabbath changes month to month. If this were the case, these historical records would indicate that. Which also brings up the point of "any day could be Sabbath in Jesus". There is no Scripture, or historical evidence to back this up. We see time and time again that when Sabbath is mentioned, it was Saturday.
Jesus tells us to follow him and do what He did. He rested on Saturday. Paul tells us to imitate him as he imitates Christ. He rested on Saturday. Are you doing what these are asking?
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Malachi 3;6, “I am the LORD. I do not change. So you descendants of Jacob are not destroyed.” Far too many people who claim to believe the Bible are teaching that the Creator has changed and retracted His sacred word. That is exactly what they are saying when they teach the law of Moses has been nailed to the cross.
SERIES A --- YHVH’S PIONEERS --- LESSON 14
JUDGMENT AND MERCY
THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM
From Genesis 19
Lot was sitting by the gate of Sodom that evening when the two angels arrived from Abraham’s tent. As soon as he saw them, he stood up to greet them, bowing with his face to the ground. [Please come to my house tonight,] Lot said. [You may spend the night with me, then rise up as early as you wish and be on your way.] [No, we will spend the night in the street,] they answered. But Lot insisted, so they went with him to his house where he prepared a feast for them with baked, unleavened bread. The angels ate the dinner, but before they lay down to sleep, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. There were young men and old men, from every part of the city. The Sodomites called out to Lot: [Where are those men who came to your house tonight? Bring them out so we can know them.] Lot stepped outside the house, closing the door behind him. [Please, my brothers, don’t do such a wicked thing,] he said to the villagers. [You may even have my two virgin daughters, but don’t bother these men, for they are my guests.] [Stand aside!] the men of Sodom ordered. They grumbled among themselves, [This fellow moved into our city and now he acts like a judge. Let’s treat him worse than his guests!] The Sodomites pushed so hard against Lot that they almost broke down the door. But the two angels reached out, pulled Lot to safety, and bolted the door. Then they blinded the Sodomites so they grew tired trying to find the door. [Find your relatives in the city and get them out of here,] the angels warned, [for we will destroy the city completely. Get your daughters, sons-in-law, sons, or other relatives away, for the cry of evil has grown loud to Adonai and He has sent us to destroy the city completely.] Lot first went to the young men who were about to marry his daughters. [Get out of the city, for Adonai is about to destroy it,] he warned. But the young men looked at him as though he were joking. By dawn the angels began to insist that Lot get out of Sodom. [Take your wife and two daughters and get out of here!] the angels urged. [Otherwise, you will be destroyed when the city is punished.] But Lot still lingered; so, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and daughters, for Adonai had compassion on them. The angels led Lot and his family outside the city. [Now run for your lives!] one of the angels said. [Do not look behind you and do not stop in the valley. Escape to the mountains or you will be carried away with the destruction.] [Oh, please, no,] Lot pleaded. [You have been gracious and kind to me, but if I escape to the mountains, I am sure some harm will come to me there. Look, there is a small village over there. Please let me go there, for it is nearby. It is a small village, and my life will be spared there.] “Hurry then, escape to that village, for I cannot do anything until you are safe there,” the angel said. The name of that village was Zoar, which meant Little Village. The sun was rising by the time Lot reached Zoar. When he had almost reached the village, Adonai began His destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, raining fire and brimstone upon them. Adonai destroyed those cities, the valley, and the other cities and villages of the surrounding plain. Everything was destroyed, including people and plants. Lot’s wife was lingering behind him. Longingly she looked back at Sodom, and she became a pillar of salt. Early that morning Abraham arose and hurried to the place where he had talked with Adonai. As he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the land of the valley, he saw the smoke from the destruction rising like the smoke of a great furnace. But YHVH had remembered Abraham’s request and had rescued Lot from the cities He destroyed. Later Lot left Zoar and went to the mountains with his two daughters. One day the older daughter spoke with the younger. [There is not a man in this part of the country that our father would permit us to marry,] she said. [If we are to have children, we must have them through our father and he will soon be too old. Let’s get him drunk with wine and have children by him so that our family may continue.] They gave their father wine that night until he was drunk. And the older daughter went and lay with her father. But Lot did not know when his older daughter came to him or when she left. The next day the older daughter said to the younger, [Last night I lay with my father. Tonight, we will give him wine again and you can lie with him so that our family will continue through him.] That night they made Lot drunk again so that he did not know when his younger daughter lay down or when she arose. Both daughters conceived this way. The older daughter had a son and called his name Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moabites. The younger daughter also had a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He became the ancestor of the people known as the Ammonites.
COMMENTARY
THE LAND OF PALESTINE
The wickedness of Sodom is clearly portrayed in the Bible. YHVH’s terrible judgment of fiery destruction was well deserved. But even in His anger, YHVH remembered mercy. Lot and his family were led out of the city to safety. The land known as [the Holy Land] has changed names and borders many times since the days of Abraham. Israel, the Promised Land, Canaan, and Palestine are all familiar terms. From west to east, this land has a fascinating pattern, moving upward in steps until it drops abruptly into the Jordan River Valley on the eastern side, far below sea level. Starting at the west, the land begins at the shore of the Great Sea, now known as the Mediterranean Sea. Moving eastward, the next step upward is the broad, level Plain of Sharon. Next comes the Shephelah, the lower foothills. After that, the hill country, a mountainous region stretching from north to south. From these mountains, the land drops to the Jordan River Valley, with the Dead Sea at the southern end and the Sea of Galilee and Galilee at the northern end. These steps are interrupted in the north by a great valley, known as the Jezreel Valley, Plain of Megiddo, or the Plain of Esdraelon. In the south they are interrupted by a great wilderness known as the Negeb, gentle in the west and rugged in the east.
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