by David Keesling | May 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Genesis 14:23 “I will accept nothing belonging to you.” Observation: Abram had just returned from defeating a group of allied kings who had earlier routed the king of Sodom. In the original battle, the allied kings had taken captive Abram’s nephew Lot...
by David Keesling | May 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Genesis 15:12 “As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness fell over him.” Observation: Earlier in the day the Lord had told Abram in a vision that He would be Abram’s “shield and very great reward.”...
by David Keesling | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Genesis 7:11(b), 12 “…all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.” Observation: Noah and his sons had worked faithfully on the ark for decades, doing...
by David Keesling | May 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Genesis 6:14 “So make yourself an ark of cypress wood, make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.” Observation: Moments earlier God had revealed His heart’s anguish thus: “The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His...
by David Keesling | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Gen. 3:16(b) “Your desire will be for your husband and he shall rule over you.” Observation: Eve comes now before her Creator to receive sentence for her sin. He has already told her that pain in childbearing would be greatly increased; now He addresses...