Author name: Lloyd McDonald

We ended last week’s lesson up on the Plain of Mamre. There in the highlands, Abraham could live a separated life. Oh, he wasn’t ignorant of current events.  On the contrary, he had a very good idea of the world around him. For instance, he had a much better grasp of the real situation in Sodom than the […]

After 13 years of silence, God renewed His covenant with Abraham, and assured him that the son of promise would soon be his. Genesis 17:19  “And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and

The last verse of Chapter 16 tells us that Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael was born to him. In the very next verse, that is Genesis 17:1, we find that Abram had reached the ripe old age of 99. So as far as scripture is concerned, 13 years have passed in silence. Apparently

In Chapter 15, God made a covenant, giving Israel the title deeds to Canaan . Following God’s instructions, Abram sacrificed five animals in preparation for this most important event. Genesis 15:9-10 “And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old,

Abram’s determination to live a separated life had cost him a great deal. He had allowed Lot to choose the fertile plain of Jordan where great prosperity, but great wickedness, dwelt. He had refused the richess of Sodom in order to keep himself free of the world’s entanglements. Yes, he would follow God rather than earthly riches, and would

Abram had given Lot the choice of any spot in Canaan , and he had not been long in taking advantage of it. Genesis 13:10  “–Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD,

Last week we learned from Abram’s experience that God completely restores the penitent sinner to fellowship with Himself.  Yes, sin does have consequences both for ourselves and for those around us. However, just as the prodigal’s request to be made “a hired servant” was rejected by his father, so our Heavily Father will not accept His child

Hebrews 11 gives Abraham the well-deserved title of a man of faith. But when God first called him to Canaan , he certainly couldn’t have claimed that title. No, his faith had to develop over the years as God patiently dealt with him. We are first made aware of this weakness in faith in Genesis 12:1-2 when

Before the time of Noah’s flood, God had dealt directly with the Godly line of Seth. No doubt it was a large portion of the river of humanity that began with Adam and Eve, and grew into the vast Antediluvian civilization. But over time, Seth’s descendents lost their separation, and the evil of the world

Our last lesson in Genesis 9 was all about Noah and his three sons. As we pass on to Genesis 10, the very first verse makes it clear that this chapter is a record of the descendents of these sons. V 1  “Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: