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If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After Joseph prepares his brothers to meet Pharaoh, they are set before him. He inquires of their occupation; and they tell him that they are shepherds. The pharaoh welcomes them into Egypt and tells Josephs to set some of them as caretakers of his...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, he tells them to return home and bring his father back to Egypt. There are still five years of famine left; so, if they all come to Egypt, there, Joseph could provide for them. This same gracious invita...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After the brothers returned to Joseph again for the third time, in tears he revealed that he indeed was their brother. They were taken aback and dumbfounded at his declaration. But, he commanded them to return to Canaan and bring his father and all...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 Joseph’s brothers went down to Egypt a second time to buy food; but this time they took their youngest brother. Remember, Jacob was extremely reluctant to send his youngest son. But Joseph had strictly warned them that if they did not bring him, the...

Answering a great question from a commenter, Justin McKenzie in response to a video I made on whether a person can lose their salvation. You can watch that video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxEDGPTonqg Justin believed that Hebrews 6:4-6 taught that a person COULD lose their salvation. In this video I explain why this is NOT the case and the meaning of that passage. 05:21 - Hebrews 6:4-8...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 The famine persisted in the Land of Canaan; and Jacob’s tribe was pressed sore on account of it. So, he reluctantly allowed his son Benjamin to accompany his other sons back to Egypt to buy grain for the family, placing him in Judah’s care. Once the...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 Not only did the famine strike Egypt, but also the Land of Canaan. So, Jacob sent ten of his sons to Egypt to buy grain. When they arrived, they found they needed to purchase from the governor of Egypt, who was their brother unbeknownst to them. Jos...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 Two years after Joseph interpreted the cupbearer and baker’s dream, he was left in prison. Then God gives Pharaoh two dreams that his magicians and interpreters could not interpret. The cupbearer finally remembered Joseph and told Pharaoh how Joseph...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After he was sold into slavery, Joseph became a slave in Potiphar’s household, where he noticed how that God made everything that Joseph did to prosper - a great benefit to Potiphar. So, he made him the chief steward over all that was his. Then Poti...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 Genesis 38 affirms the wisdom of God in preparing to send the Jewish people into Egypt to maintain their religious and ethnic purity by noting how Judah had began to intermarry with the Canaanites. So, chapter 39 continues with God’s preparation, re...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers, Judah departed from the family clan and dwelled in Adullam and married a Canaanite woman. They had three sons, who clearly seemed to have adopted the ways of their pagan mother; and two of them are...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 Genesis 36 ends with the “toldot” (what had became of) Esau. And his genealogical history is outlined to indicate his material prosperity and greatness. But there is an even greater spiritual significance of these things, showing how that the world...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 When Jacob’s two sons, Simeon and Levi, killed all the men of Shechem, he became fearful that his small tribe would be attacked in vengeance from the surrounding Canaanites. God commanded him to return to Bethel; but before he could leave, he had to...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After the rape of Dinah, Simeon and Levi, her brothers, took revenge and killed all the men of Shechem. Jacob reprimanded his two sons for their violent acts and feared the destruction of his clans by vengeful Gentile neighbors. God once again rescu...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After Jacob encounters his brother Esau in peace, Esau returns to Mt. Stir bu Jacob settles outside of Shechem. In time, Jacob’s daughter Leah decides to socially interact with the daughters of the Canaanite city-state of Shechem. She is discovered...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After wrestling with God and receiving a new name to reflect his changed character, Jacob proceeded towards the Land of Promise. His faith was strengthened; but he was still fearful of meeting his brother Esau. So, once again he devised a plan of es...

Jacob Wrestles With God - Genesis Chapter 32 If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 After Laban departed from Jacob and returned home, Jacob’s thoughts focussed on his most pressing concern - meeting his brother Esau. Twenty years ago when Jacob left his father’s home to go to Haran, he...

If these teachings have been a blessing to you, please consider supporting this channel:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=F3UNXXWFRHAG4 Jacob has been working for Laban by keeping his flock for six years now - that’s after having done this for fourteen years previously as a dowry for his two daughters. Laban has been very deceitful and has not dealt fairly with him. Plus, Jacob not...

After Jacob has arrived in Haran, he meets Rachel his uncle’s daughter at a well. He tells her who he is and she takes him to her father’s house. Jacob after seven years marries Leah and Rachel, Laban’s daughters. Jacob loves Rachel, but is not so loving of Leah. So, God graciously opens her womb and she bears him four sons in the hope that Jacob would love her too. In this chapter we see where th...

After receiving a visitation by God in a dream, Jacob's spirit is revived and he journeys onward to Haran. When he arrives, he meets some shepherds at a well who tell him that Rachel, his uncle's daughter, is headed to the same place. He introduces himself to Rachel; and she thereby introduces Jacob to her father Laban. Laban welcomes Jacob. After working for him for a short period, Jacob...

After Jacob deceives his father into blessing him with the birthright, his brother Esau plans to kill him after his father dies. Their mother Rebekah learns of this and makes another plan that will send Jacob away to take a wife from her brother's house. Isaac openly and rightly blesses Jacob with the Abrahamic blessing and sends him to his uncle Laban's house to get a wife. On his long jo...

In this chapter we return our attention back to Jacob. Isaac fears that his death may be near, so he determines to bless his favorite son Esau, although he knows this is contrary to the will of God. Rebekah, his wife who's favorite son is Jacob, plots to deceive Isaac and obtain the blessing of the birthright for him. The plot is successful and Jacob deceives Isaac into giving him the blessing...

There are times when God's children suffer hardship and turmoil. And sometimes things look quite bleak. However, we are never forgotten, as we are dear to our Lord. And we should always take comfort that God will provide for all of our needs according to His goodness and mercy. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

When the angels of God told the shepherds of Bethlehem how they would be able to identify the baby Messiah (Christ), they gave them a sign. That they would find the baby wrapped in cloth in an animal feeder (manger). Was it more to it than just a sign to point him out? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What is baptism? 1.         Greek meaning of the word 2.         the Jews would baptize converts to Judaism 3.         New Testament baptism 4.         distinctiveness in Christian Jews and Gentile baptism 5.         Is baptism required to be saved? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy