“As the sun was about to set, a deep sleep fell on Abram; horror and great darkness came over him.” -Genesis 15:12  After driving away the birds of prey, Abram falls into a deep slumber and while asleep we are told that a “great darkness” came over him. The Hebrew word used for dark dread […]

“Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.“-Genesis 15:11 As Abram was laying out the animal parts into two groups on the ground in preparation for the covenantal ceremony,  it says that carrion or birds of prey swept down in attempt to carry away the dead animal carcasses. However, Abram […]

“Abram believed God, and God credited it to him as righteousness.” -Genesis 14:6 I know I said this before but I’m going to say it again. Grace is NOT a New Testament promise and this verse proves it. The definition of grace is if we trust God to save us, God will credit it to […]

A reminder that when studying the Bible it is vital to disassociate ourselves from our modern day ways of thinking and cultural prejudices in order to be able to view things through the prism of ancient Hebrew culture. When this is properly done, formerly difficult to understand bible stories and verses suddenly become clear. In […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 15. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. One reason the Bible is such a reassuring book is that both the good and bad sides of its characters, those who we now call the heroes of our faith, are depicted in such an […]