Old Testament Flesh Circumcision and New Testament Spirit Circumcision – Genesis Chapter 17by Sabrina Dawkins When Abram was 99 years old, God appeared to him and told him to be perfect. The same word, “perfect,” was used to describe Noah (Genesis 6:9). Abram is renamed Abraham, and he will be the father of many nations.

What Happens When We Don’t Wait on God – Genesis Chapter 16by Sabrina Dawkins In Genesis 16:2 Abram listened to his wife, and in Genesis chapter 3 Adam listened to his wife instead of God. And when such an important patriarch fails to listen to God, it can have far-reaching consequences. Convinced that God would

A Smoking Furnace and Burning Lamp Went Between Divided Animal Pieces – Genesis Chapter 15by Sabrina Dawkins After Abram asked God how he could be sure that he would inherit the land given to him, God told him to take a turtledove, a young pigeon, and a three-year-old heifer, she goat, and ram. Abram cut

Abram, the Confident Warrior and Man of God – Genesis Chapter 14by Sabrina Dawkins Rephaims were giants that existed after the flood. And King Chedorlaomer and his allies defeated them in battle in the days of Lot. The king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, and their allies went to war with Chedorlaomer and his

Abram Goes back to Canaan and Separates from Lot – Genesis Chapter 13by Sabrina Dawkins After having been sent away from Egypt, Abram actually traveled back to where he had pitched his tent in the beginning: in the land of Canaan, where he had built an altar and called on God (Genesis 12:8). But the

Learning to Consult and Trust God – Genesis Chapter 12by Sabrina Dawkins God told Abram to leave his country, his kindred, and his father’s house to travel to a land he would show him. God did not speak to Lot, Abram’s kindred, but Lot left with Abram. And Abram was 75 years old when he

Babel and the Confusion of Tongues to Upset Satan’s Kingdom – Genesis Chapter 11 by Sabrina Dawkins We see in this chapter that the life span of man has drastically decreased. After the flood, initially there was only one language. In chapter 10, the earth was divided. Nimrod was mighty in the earth, and Babel

The Earth is Divided by Noah’s Sons and Giants still Exist – Genesis Chapter 10 by Sabrina Dawkins Genesis chapter 5 gives the generations of Adam, and in Genesis chapter 10, we are given the generations of Noah after the flood. The children of Noah created different nations in the earth post-flood. Japheth’s sons are

Man is Permitted to Eat Flesh but not Blood – Genesis Chapter 9by Sabrina Dawkins After the flood, God told Noah and his sons to populate the earth with their seed to refill it. Although in Genesis 9:11 God says he will not kill every living creature again by flood waters, he will now allow

Sacrifice to Burn Away Beast Nature – Genesis Chapter 8by Sabrina Dawkins Living creatures are used in sacrifices to act out the consequence of sin: death. But living creatures also represent man, who is also a beast (Ecclesiastes 3:18). After the flood, when Noah exited the ark, he made an altar and sacrificed of the