Israel & The Body of Christ
Volume 2, Number 4Vol 2 - No 4, February 20, 2005Israel and the Body of Christ:Here we digress from the study of Moses' faith and examine an aspect of God's dealing with the Nation of Israel and lessons learned there from. In Exodus 4:22 & 23 God tells Moses: "And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn." Clearly stated; God viewed the Children of... Continue reading →
The Faith of Moses Falters
Volume 2, Number 3Vol 2 - No 3, February 3, 2005Moses' faith falters:After fleeing Egypt and arriving in Median Moses met seven (7) daughters of the priest of Median who were attempting to water their father's flocks at a well but were being harassed by rival Shepard's. Moses assisted the girls and they introduced him to their father who is referred to by three (3) names: Reuel (Exodus 2:18); Jethro (Exodus 3:1); and Raguel (Numbers 10:29.) According to Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries, Raguel means "friend of God" in Hebrew. According to the George Williams Student Commentary, this priest of Midian was a... Continue reading →
Moses' Education in Faith
Volume 2, Number 2Vol 2 - No 2, January 19, 2005The education in faith of Moses:Moses was named by Pharaoh's daughter. In Egyptian, Moses means "water saved" and in Hebrew it means "drawn out of the water." After he was weaned from his own mother he became as Pharaoh's daughter, Exodus 2:9 & 10 and Acts 7:20, and lived as part of the king's household for 40 years. There he received the best education possible, learning all the wisdom of the Egyptians, which would have been even the secrets of the Egyptian religion because education was handled by the priests of Egypt (Companion... Continue reading →
Faith in the Word of God Persevers
Volume 2, Number 1Vol 2 - No 1, January 1, 2005Faith in the Word of God perseveres:The book of Genesis opened with God's creation and a man and woman in paradise with the provision of eternal life for the taking. However, they chose not to believe the Word of God and brought death on them and all that followed. Genesis closes about 2369 years later with Joseph being placed in a coffin. "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac,... Continue reading →
Eight Borne Witness to by their Faith in Genesis
Volume 1, Number 21Vol 1 - No 21, December 9, 2004Eight borne witness to by faith.The first 20 studies in this series have had to do with people living during the time described in the book of Genesis. We began with Adam and Eve who because of their lack of faith in God's Word introduced sin into the world and brought death on all their progeny. Then we examined the lives of a number of people, including eight (8) people named in Hebrews 11 that lived during that time who believed God's Word and thereby were borne witness to by their faith.Hebrews the... Continue reading →
Israel - God's Blessing to the Earth
Volume 1, Number 20Vol 1 - No 20, November 25, 2004Faith and The Children of Israel:As has been observed, God promised Abraham the land of Canaan; that his offspring would be numbered as the sand of the sea and that they would be a blessing to the earth. His son Isaac was the immediate answer to the promise of progeny and blessing and he was a type of and pointed to God's own son Jesus Christ. God then chose Isaac's son Jacob as the vessel through which the blessings would flow. God changed Jacob's name to Israel and thus the descendants of Abraham,... Continue reading →
Joseph - A Type of Jesus Christ
Volume 1, Number 19Vol 1 - No 19, November 12, 2004The Faith of Joseph:God answered the prayers of Jacob's wife Rachel and she bore a son named Joseph (Genesis 30:22 - 24) but the Word of God does not introduce him until he was 17 years old and feeding his father's flocks (Genesis 37:2.) The record of Joseph's life forms a remarkable type of Christ. As Joseph fed his father's flocks Christ fed His father's sheep, the multitudes. Joseph was loved by his father and clothed so as to show his equality with his father. The "coat of many colors" was said to... Continue reading →
Jacob - Israel's Faith
Volume 1, Number 18Vol 1 - No 18, October 24, 2004Jacob's (Israel's) faith:The last two studies summarized some of what the Word of God reveals about Jacob's life, as found in Genesis 25:24 - 34 and from 27:1 through 35:29. Jacob contended with Esau for the birthright and succeeded - Genesis 25:29 - 34. He contended with Esau and Isaac for the blessing and succeeded - Genesis 27. He contended with Laban and succeeded - Genesis 31. In all his contentions with men he succeeded but when he contended with God he failed. God crippled his hip and changed his name to Israel.... Continue reading →
Jacob - The Ladder to Heaven - Rachael
Volume 1, Number 17Vol 1 - No 17, October 2, 2004Jacob becomes Israel:God promised to bless Jacob and he was intelligent and talented, a winning combination for success. He prospered greatly and his wealth increased but time after time he became embroiled in conflicts with others. However, God protected, reassured and pulled him through each crisis.After Jacob tricked his father into giving him the blessing instead of to Esau to whom it belonged, Esau purposed to kill him. As a result Jacob had to flee Beersheba and go to Heran. He stopped to sleep at a place called Luz, which means "separation." There,... Continue reading →
Jacob the Supplanter
Volume 1, Number 16Vol 1 - No 16, September 22, 2004Jacob the supplanter:Jacob is the most controversial, humanly speaking, of all the men examined in these Faith Studies to date. Conflict, deceit and contradiction filled his life but God chose and blessed him and he responded by faith in God's Word.God's election and plan for Jacob's life was evidenced before he was conceived. His mother Rebekah had no children after 19 years of marriage. Isaac prayed for her, the Lord answered his prayer and Rebekah conceived twins, Esau and Jacob. The grasping and conflict that marked Jacob's life started before he was born... Continue reading →