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Abraham and Three Angels Jewish Museum 2024 Read the Bible in a Year January 7, 2024 +++ Please note! Dear partners in this study.  I need to catch up in the posting of reflections. I will be back-filling the past few days as I keep up with those following the calendar. So I will do one posting of the calendar reading and back-fill the past days that need reflections. Peace+  DE +++ Readings for Today: Genesis 18:1 - 20:18 Day 7 - Promises and the Sage Continues Prayer: O God, whose parental care reaches the uttermost parts of the universe:  We humbly ask you graciously to behold and bless those whom we love, now absent from us.  Defend them from all dangers of soul and body; and grant that both they and we, drawing nearer to you, may be bound together by your love in the communion of the Holy Spirit, and in the gathering of all your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord. In the holy name of Jesus, Amen Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer, Prayers and Thanksgiving...

Sarah and Abraham Israel My Glory 2024 Read the Bible in a Year January 5, 2024 Readings for Today: Genesis 12:1 - 14:24 Day 5 - Promises Prayer: Creator God, Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which will have the potential to turn a life around. Make us bearers of this kindness all our days. In the holy name of Jesus, Amen By Leo Buscaglia as posted on Facebook’s Clergy Coaching Network posting. Background & Reflections: We find ourselves at the beginning of one of the greatest stories ever told … God coming to Abram/Abraham and Sarai/Sarah to build a great blessing and the gift of land. God starts by asking Abram to go to a new place and promises blessing. God promises (Gen 12:1-3) that God will make him a great nation, make Abram’s name great, and this action will bless every family on earth. The second promise is that God will give Abram's descendants Canaan. The...

https://thetorah.com/vayera-vision-or-visit/ My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 1/7/2019 Day 7 Genesis 18:1 - 20:18 Reflection For Abe and Sarah it is about legacy; being old people and having the miracle of a son is mind blowing; God is pictured to Abe as 3 men standing before his tent; Sarah overhears the conversation and laughs and denies it. Abe medidates for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God takes Lot’s family (Abe’s brother) out of the city; Lot escapes to Zoar; Weird story on how Lot had grandchildren; a bizarre story of Abe and Sarah’s travels and passing off Sarah as his sister thinking that it would keep him safe. Meditation: In a post Christian era, how do we think of this kind of God vs the God of Jesus Christ? In any event the discussion between Abe and God about righteousness tells us how we can also communicate with God. Prayer: God, I want you to do justi...

Read  Genesis 18:1 – 21:7 Dates | 2066 BC | 1900 BC Background | Check this out | Source | John J Collins | Introduction to Hebrew Bible, 2nd Edition | Fortress Press (c) 2014 | ISBN 978-1-4514-6923-3 | Places on-line to purchase - Click here | Reading | God shows up to tent of Abraham & Sarah, announces birth of son, Sarah laughs then lied to God; Abraham negotiates for saving of Sodom - for 10 righteous - God agrees; but Sodom and Gomorrah  destroyed ; Lot and daughters escape, wife does not; Lot settles in mountains; Sarah as sister again; birth of Issac Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  for a place to purchase | pp. 20 - 24 Next | 1/7/15 | Day 7 | Genesis 21:8 – 23:20, Genesis 11:32, Genesis 24:1-67 +++ African Epiphany (Bénédite de la Roncière/Jesus MAFA) Collect of the Day:  The Epiphany  O God, who by the leading of a star manifested your only Son to the ...

Read  Genesis 11:1-26, 1 Chronicles 1:24-27, Genesis 11:27-14:24 Background | With the life of Abram and Sarai, the Chronological Bible gives two dates - a traditional chronology and one that is more recently rendered by scholarship. All dates are approximate (good guesses). Dates of Reading | prior to and including | 2166 BC | 2000 BC Reading | Tower of Babel answers the question of why there are so many languages and people scattered around the planet - the writer points to the  arrogance  of humanity to make a name for themselves; linage for Shem to Abram (long lifed people); Abram married Sarai and Sarai was barren (at this time); God calls Abram to go to a new land; Abram and Sarai  escape  a famine and got to Eygpt and a bizarre story of Abram protecting himself and  retribution for sin; Abram and Lot separate; Abram the Hebrew get a report of an upcoming attack on Lot and he saves Lot; Abram tithes and is blessed by the priest/king ...