The Bible (audio)

After 25 years of waiting for the son of promise to be born God finally fulfilled His oath to Abraham and Isaac was miraculously born to Sarah. Some thirteen to twenty years later when Isaac was at least in his teen years, God called Abraham to sacrifice his only son, the son he loved. How could God ask such a thing? Wouldn’t that have been murder? How was Abraham’s descendants going to be as many...

Abraham and Sarah held a party celebrating that their miraculously born child, Isaac, was weaned. I am sure 90 year old Sarah was very thankful that day had finally arrived. Hagar, Sarah’s maid, and Ismael, the son she bore to Abraham, were at the party. Ismael was probably around 16 years of age at this point. During the party Ishmael showed his jealousy by mocking Isaac. It is understandable tha...

At the age of 90, after being promised by God a child for at least the previous 25 years, Sarah gave birth to a son. It was a miraculous occurrence like no other mentioned prior to God creating Adam from dust, and Eve from a rib. Sarah was beyond child bearing age. Thus for her to give birth to a child was nothing short of miraculous. Impossible? Is anything too hard for God? Some question whether...

Abraham and Abimelech, Abraham Lies Again For reasons not revealed, after being given the promise that in a year’s time Sarah will have a son, and after sodom & gommorah were destroyed, Abraham moved his caravan south near Gaza. Abimelech was king in that area. Like Abraham did twenty years before, he lied (or half truthed) about Sarah being his sister. Abimelech took 90 year old Sarah as a wife....

A Lot of life The Bible gives us quite a bit of information about Abraham’s nephew Lot. We almost have to wonder why he is mentioned as often as he was. In this video we will review the entire historical record of this man, and the choices he made. His life started off with such promise, and the record ends as a widower living in a cave with two of his daughters, who basically rape him. Mirroring...

As in the days of Noah and as in the Days of Lot so Shall it be at the Coming of the Son of Man. History repeating itself The Bible clearly gives us examples of what has happened in the past that will be repeated in the last days. We can know we are in the last days because the situation is similar to the examples given. Two of the examples given are “as in the days of Noah,” and “as in the days o...

Remember Lot’s wife Lot’s wife While we are never told her name, she has been known for 3,500 year or so, to the time of Abraham. The Bible even encourages us to remember her. She is known as “Lot’s wife” and other than the recommendation to remember her, she is only mentioned in three verses, all in just one chapter of the Bible. Remember Unfortunately what she is remembered for is not flattering...

The Bible prophesied over 2,500 years ago that the final war for this world would start with Islamist attacks. We are seeing the fulfillment of that prophecy right now. We have seen the rise in attacks coming from Islamists, such as the brutal, inhuman, barbaric, satanic attack of Hamas against Israeli citizens on Simchat Torah, Oct 7, 2023, and the rise of ISIS in 2014 against everyone they came...

Genesis 19 - Sodom and Gomorrah - Example of Hell Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky Find more sermons and articles at shalomadventure.com

Many people are familiar with God’s judgment upon sodom and gomorrah – fire, brimstone, etc. But have we ever paused to consider all the ways God was merciful to sodom and gomorrah? Merciful? Fire & brimstone merciful? Well there is more to the historical account than just that. God was actually very, very good to sodom. There are several instances specifically mentioned in the Bible of God’s merc...

Abraham Prayed To the Lord In chapter 18 of Genesis Abraham very humbly, yet with persistency, talks God down to sparing Sodom if there are at least ten righteous people in it. Why did Abraham stop at ten? What was God’s original number that He would have spared the city for if Abraham had not interceded? While Abraham was very humble in his attitude in speaking with God, yet his requests are very...

Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky Three men In Genesis 18 Abraham had a very interesting encounter with three very interesting men. Who were these “men?” Before we even contemplate that question we should look at why they came to Abraham and what they do. Abraham’s Hospitality As soon as Abraham noticed these three men he ran over to them, bowed himself, and invited them to stop and rest the...

Sarah Laughs In Genesis 17 the Lord appeared to Abraham and told him that he and Sarah were going to have a child together. Abraham fell over laughing. In this chapter, chapter 18, the Lord again appeared to Abraham and repeats His promise. This time Sarah laughs within herself. When Abraham laughed the Lord did not address it, but with Sarah He called her out for laughing. Sarah’s response to bei...

3,500 years of Circumcising In Judaism circumcising a male child is as natural as changing his diaper. This procedure has been done since the time of Abraham almost 3,500 years ago. God threatened to kill Moses because he had not circumcised his sons. There are proven health benefits as a result of circumcision. Many hospitals in many parts of the world routinely offer circumcision to parents of b...

Sarah’s plan As a result of impatience with God fulfilling His promises, and in an attempt to “help” God fulfill His promises Sarah comes up with a plan that has caused trouble for millions of people for thousands of years all throughout the world. Why did God allow her plan to go through? What has been the results of her plan? How did Sarah react when the plan did not turn out how she expected? W...

Sins of the Amorites Not Complete. Have you ever wondered why a loving God would destroy innocent men, women, and children? Any reader of the Bible knows there have been times when God brought down fire and brimstone and destroyed cities, and that he instructed Moses, Joshua, Saul, David, and others to totally wipe out whole cities, villages, and nations with everyone in it regardless of their age...

Righteousness by Faith – which one? There are many interpretations to what Righteousness by Faith is. Some seem to teach it as if it was Righteousness by Wishful Thinking. Others as if it is Righteousness by Trying Really Hard. Often theologians throw other words into the mix such as sanctification, justification, imputed, imparted, making it even harder to understand. But it really can be simple...

Rich Abraham Is it wrong for people who believe in God to have wealth? Some people seem to think so. Others think that all true believers will prosper financially if they are really believing in God’s promises. Which is true? Or is there a third option? True prosperity: Abraham prospered in many areas of his life. He enjoyed a happy marriage for many years. He had good family ties with his father,...

Abraham and Melchizedek Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky When Abraham returns from saving his nephew Lot and the others from Sodom, Melchizedek, King of Salem, comes out to meet him with gifts. Verses There are only three verses in the book of Genesis concerning this encounter. About a thousand years after the meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek King David wrote one amazingly significan...

Lot was Abraham’s nephew. After Lot’s father died Lot followed Abraham from Ur to Hebron to Canaan to Egypt and back to Canaan. After all the kindness that Abraham showed to his nephew Lot allowed his herdsman to argue with Abraham’s herdsman. Being the elder and the one with the greater wealth Abraham could have settled the dispute by choosing the choicest land for himself, but instead he allowed...

Abraham and Lot Break Up Abraham & Lot were relatives, uncle & nephew. Lot’s father, Abraham’s brother, died young and Abraham became a father figure to him. They went through many experiences and challenges together that drew them even closer together such as moving, traveling together, working together, building up wealth together, grieving together, and living through draughts, famines, and the...

Genesis 12 - Abram in Egypt Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky Abraham and his family left his home in Ur of the Chaldees and stopped in the city of Charan, where his father died. At the age of 75 Abraham, with his wife Sarah, age 65, and their nephew Lot, and all of their possessions left Charan, according to the command of the Lord, and traveled to Canaan, which later became Israel. In Shec...

Genesis 11 and 12 - Abraham a Blessing to the World Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky Find more sermons and articles at shalomadventure.com

Genesis 10 - Peleg, the Divided Earth, and the Tower of Babel Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky Find more sermons and articles at shalomadventure.com

Genesis 9 - Drunk Noah Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky Find more sermons and articles at shalomadventure.com