The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other; and the older will serve the younger.” -Genesis 25:23 During Rebecca’s childbirth, there appeared to be a violent struggle in her stomach like two animals clawing and […]
25-6: Does the soul really depart from the body at death?
This is a followup to one of my recent posts titled “25-2: Where did the Old Testament Saints go after death?“, which turned out to be one of my most popular posts ever. (Thank you everybody for reading and your support!!!) The reason for this followup is that I was kindly shown an alternative viewpoint […]
25-5: Who or what exactly is a Hebrew?
Before we move into the third and final part of Chapter 25, I need to talk about how exactly the first Hebrew came to be and what defines a Hebrew today. Let me start with a fact that while obvious might give some folks pause for reflection. Abraham, as we all know, was born a […]
25-4: Understanding Islam
The Muslims claim that Ishmael is the founder and father of Islam. We have been carefully studying the Torah from chapter one of Genesis and have already read for ourselves that not only is Ishmael not the father of Islam (a religion that wasn’t even in existence), but Ishmael is not even the father of […]
25-3: “Anti-Semite” means “against the Sons of Shem”
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah,Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. -Genesis 25:13-15 The second part of Genesis chapter 25 deals with Ishmael and his descendants. As a reminder, the first point I want […]
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