What we are naturally should always be at the service of what we are spiritually. As I write this, I actually have two daughters expecting twins—one is having two boys, and the other identical twin girls! That hardly makes me an expert, but it has certainly inspired my thinking. I particularly want to look at […]
Read More… from June 11, 2021 — “The Older Shall Serve The Younger”
A lesson to remind us that the Bible is constructed in layers—line upon line, precept upon precept. Human gestation takes about nine months, so we still have a little longer to think about Rebekah’s pregnancy and the two boys in her womb! Remember the Lord had explained to her: “Two nations are in your womb, […]
Read More… from June 10, 2021 — The Two Boys And The Two Births
It’s hard enough having twins, but what happens when you find out two nations are in there? God had answered Isaac’s plea for a child by giving Rebekah two! But it was not an easy pregnancy. Movements in the womb are normal, but it seemed like a wrestling match in there! There were no prenatal […]
I think it’s beyond question that the greatest joys and deepest sorrows on earth reside in the hearts of mothers. Looking for baby boys’ names? Genesis 25 could provide some helpful research! How about Zimran, Jokshan, Ishbak, or Shuah? No? Well, there’s always Nebajoth, Adbeel, and Mishma. At least the folks four thousand years ago […]
Read More… from June 8, 2021 — Motherhood: Humanity’s Vital Link
Prayers Jesus prayed 2,000 years ago (for example John 17) are still being answered! Genesis 25 begins with one final flourish from the fruitful life of Abraham. “Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people” (v 8). But […]
Read More… from June 7, 2021 — The Gift That Keeps On Giving
It will be no Stranger who comes to meet us at that rapturous moment. We’ve been learning about Him all along the way. We closed our last study with a stanza from a hymn by Gerhardt Tersteegen, so let’s begin with a little more from the same hymn, based on our portion of Scripture today: […]
Here, try this on. You like it? The blessings we enjoy now are just a sampling of the treasures God has in store. At the well side, Abraham’s servant gave the young woman, Rebekah by name, a few pieces of jewelry (Rebekah means “captivating”). When she arrived home, her big brother Laban noticed the jewelry […]
Rebekah, just like us, had no idea what a quick trip on her daily chores would lead to—the Messiah! It was a long way from the home of Abraham to the land where the servant sought a bride, perhaps 700 miles distant. When his trusted servant with his caravan of 10 camels arrived at the […]
Read More… from June 2, 2021 — The Co-operative Plan At Work
Who actually made the choice? Abraham? The servant? Rebekah? Yes, yes, and yes! The love story in Genesis 24 about a bride who accepts her bridegroom, sight unseen, is clearly an exquisite pattern, carefully cross-stitched into the tapestry of history. Every detail is significant. And lest we miss it, one particular feature is underlined no […]