He said, “I will certainly return to you around this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” -Genesis 18:10 So one of the three mysterious visitors informs Abraham that he is coming back in a year, and that when he returns Sarah will have given birth to a son. There is […]

 “And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground.-“Genesis 18:2 So who were the three men who visited Abraham? The first simple fact that cannot be ignored is that […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 18. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Bible, click here. And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre -Genesis 18:1 We are going to come head to head with a most controversial issue right from verse one. Verse one says “the Lord appeared to […]

“Abraham said to God, “If only Ishma‘el could live in your presence!” -Genesis 17:18 Let’s talk a little bit about Abraham pleading with God to let Ishmael be his heir. I think many of us tend to adopt a very condescending attitude towards Ishmael, if not outright demonize him because in our minds we associate […]

You are to be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; this will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. -Genesis 17:11 Today I want to discuss the covenant of circumcision. In Hebrew it is called Brit Milah. In the first covenant God made with Abraham, Abraham didn’t have to do anything […]