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Old Testament

Abraham

Sixteen studies across Genesis 11:27–25:18, walking through Abraham's whole life in order — the call out of Haran, the covenant cut in chapter fifteen that Paul builds Romans four on, Hagar and Ishmael, the binding of Isaac on Moriah, and the long, uneven road between a promise made at seventy-five and a promise kept at a hundred. Apostolic interpretation — Paul, Hebrews, James, Galatians — is brought in at the point the text earns it; later tradition is flagged clearly as tradition, not Scripture.

Parts
16
Catalogue
No. 04
State
Complete
KeywordsGenesis·Covenant·Faith
Begin — part one

Contents

  1. 01

    The House of Terah

    A journey toward the promise that stalls before the call ever comes

  2. 02

    The Call — Lech Lecha

    Go, for yourself — a promise that starts with one man and ends with everyone

  3. 03

    The Descent into Egypt

    The Exodus, rehearsed four hundred years early through one man's fear

  4. 04

    Parting from Lot

    A generosity that only makes sense if the whole land is already yours

  5. 05

    War of the Kings and Melchizedek

    Bread and wine from a priest with no genealogy, centuries before Hebrews needs him

  6. 06

    The Covenant Cut

    The verse Paul builds Romans four on, and the God who walks alone between the pieces

  7. 07

    Hagar and El Roi

    The first person to name God in the Bible is a discarded slave woman in the desert

  8. 08

    El Shaddai and the Covenant Cut into the Body

    New names, an absurd promise, and a father who falls on his face laughing

  9. 09

    Three Visitors and the Intercession for Sodom

    Friend of God — a title earned by arguing God down over His own justice

  10. 10

    Sodom, Lot's Wife, and the Cave

    The most shameful origin in the patriarchal narrative becomes a thread in Christ's own line

  11. 11

    Gerar — The Same Lie, Twice

    Justification doesn't finish sanctification, even for the man called righteous by faith

  12. 12

    Isaac's Birth and Ishmael's Expulsion

    The doubting laughter of two chapters back, finally converted into a name

  13. 13

    The Akedah — The Binding of Isaac

    What God asked of Abraham and released him from, God did not release Himself from

  14. 14

    Sarah's Death and the Cave of Machpelah

    A century in the land, and the first piece of it he ever owns outright is a grave

  15. 15

    A Bride for Isaac

    The longest chapter in Genesis, and the least dramatic — a servant's prayer answered at a well

  16. 16

    Keturah and the Death of Abraham

    Two sons, divided for decades, bury their father together