The Lord Delights In People, O Lord, How Blest – As Day By Day, Jacob – From Bethel To El Bethel, His Name Was Called…
The name Jacob, from the Hebrew Ya’aqov, comes from the root of the word “to follow, to be behind’s name. It also means “supplant, circumvent, assail, overreach,’ or ‘heel’
Half of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, is somehow linked to Jacob. A few centuries after Noah’s flood, God caused the construction of the Tower of Babel to be stopped. He called Abram to leave that area, Ur of the Chaldees, located in present day Iraq.
The Spirit of God devotes two important verses to Jabez. He seems to be a descendant of the Kenites, who were later incorporated within the tribe of Judah (Jud. 1:16, 4:11; 1 Sam. 15:6; 1 Chr. 2:55).
The names Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are found throughout in Scripture. Each is an important link to God’s earthly people Israel. Readers of the Bible know Abram’'s wife Sarai was barren, and that having a child in her old age was a miracle of God. When God changed their names from Abram and Sarai
Jacob’s name means ‘supplanter’ or ‘deceitful’ and we will see that on many occasions he was true to his name. The same comment can apply to him as applied to the “scoundrel Nabal’ in David’’
I was afraid, and I wanted to cry. I wasn't sure I was going there. I was thinking of my mom and dad, far away at home. They knew they were going to heaven. The next thing I knew she was sitting on the edge of my bunk. “What's the matter? Why are
Grace & Truth Magazine The Lord Delights In People The Lord has ‘delight in the sons of men’ (Prov. 8:31 NASB 95) We see this appeal going out to people everywhere, as it has since creation. For a long time, Jacob failed to listen, seeking instead to do
passages such as Hebrews 6:1-6 and 10:26-31 speak about the impossibility of coming back to God. There is no mention of justification, sanctification, the new birth or regeneration. None of the normal terminology for one who has been saved or born again is used here.
Grace & Truth Magazine O Lord, How Blest – As Day By Day By day, O Lord. Sepember 2024 — Grace &truth Magazine OLord, Howblest – as day by day We pass along our pilgrim way – To know that we are Thine! Thine – through redemption’s
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