Deep Dive 11/6
Genesis 10, 11, 13, 14, 18
Tower of Babel (Chiasmus)
Scripture repeats itself, if you can't
understand the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th time.
You can even take individual
people and take their story.
Chiasmus (Chiasm)
Climax of story.
Verses are structured in parallels,
and other.
Fig tree represents Israel (Jesus story
in temple).
Tree that was blessed one day
was withered (cursed) the next day.
When Peter points this out to
Jesus, Jesus gave told Peter, have
faith in God Center, Climax of story.
Chiasmus kinda is like a story
built weird. Not A C. B, C, A, etc.
"But God remembered Noah"
Genesis 18–19 parallels: 2 angels, in both
city, night / days.
God separates light from dark.
He is the source, sun came later.
Story is about good and
bad, light / dark.
Uses water for cleanse, return,
renewed. Baptism, God uses water.
Even earth has been thru a
baptism, cleanse, flood.
Genesis 11:24, 25
Fathered other sons and
daughters. Family tree referenced,
linked to Noah.
Hebrews, later Israelites.
Rhythms in Hebrew (language).
Some were in poems.
Written on animal skin, slabs.
Written from same kind of
people, but in different time
periods. 1400 period of years.
40 authors.
John 5:39, 40
Jesus says the scripture
is Him, but people go to
it, but not Him.
The scripture has Jesus
in them, not telling me what
to do.
Jesus "I Am Life"
(Also said it's a mirror, but
I don't think that's the message.)
Scripture is about finding
Jesus within them.
All Scripture is
2 Peter 1:20–21
Holy Spirit worked thru the
writers and essentially wrote it.
We all think wrong
because we don't think
like Glenn.
Light and dark runs thru
the entire Bible.
So, continue to search for
Him, forever.
It's easy to make the
Bible about ME. It's not, tho.
Genesis 11:24–
Lot?
"Ur" debated where this
is.
Age of Conscience: before the
Law, which was before Grace.
No legs??? Half-sisters. Oh.
Ur Canaan. Haran.
Abram Abraham (renamed)
Instructed to leave family from
God. Haran is a city and
a name. Some people
named cities after themselves.
So, different name, different
dude basically.
Genesis 13
(Abram) They got rich after
they left.
Too much money,
increased problems.
They chose to separate.
They were worshiping their stuff,
not God. They separated when they shouldn't
have.
Hospitality is giving something up to
help others.
Greed.
Lot was offered and
he chose more than what
he could even see.
Journey east. (Akin to garden
story.) God made them leave.
Tree was there for protection.
Tree of knowledge, when eaten,
you can now die and go
back to dust. A new perspective
on that story for me. Planned,
basically. The snake was a
part of the plan after all.
When Lot started making
his own choices, everything
started going wrong.
"We have a choice"
Story is a warning.
Story is like story of
Jesus and people not listening to
His way.
Story of Lot starts here,
where he starts to see.
God sends angels to
save Lot from a city.
Abraham prayed for him,
that's why. God's righteousness, not
Abraham's.
God told us to spread
out and cover a the earth,
but we only made cities and
stayed. Makes me think
of how prophets and other
important people in history
have covered distance and
their message got heard, and
we know them even today.
What important Bible characters
have stayed in a city, or
stayed still???
"Life will come through
Death," very common message
in the Bible.
Abram got everything because he
gave up everything. Not Lot.
Then Abram still worshiped
the Lord in the mountains
and built an altar for
Him. He was given everything.
But, still, chose God.
Romans 12:10
Galatians 5:13
"Abram took up his cross"
Matthew 16:24
John 5:30
2 Corinthians 8:9
John 17:5
It's not what you do
or what you did, but
how you treat others.
What it means to
follow Christ.
Easy to see others go
through something. But very hard
to go through it yourself.
Genesis 14
"Give me the people," keep the goods.
Abram turned down the rewards
for himself.
Abram is a symbol to
see what Jesus is going
to do.
Gen 18:1–12
Abraham Jesus
Father of the Jews
Isaac means laughter.
Abraham was given a gift
of a child and laughs,
and so does Sarah.
Laughing could be a sign
of disbelief (or nervousness?)
Maybe it's happiness.
Why did Sarah deny laughing?
Genesis 18:15
Bcs maybe she did actually believe
and IDK. I feel like her
denying laughing is a sign that
she DOES believe!
She laughed to herself.
Her heart wasn't right.
Kinda like a knee-jerk reaction.
Continue to see things through
their own eyes.
Depression
Old Testament shows
flesh.
God makes a way
constantly to reveal Himself to
us.
Continue Lot's story
– Routine prayer life.
– Reading to hear.
– It doesn't happen right away. It
takes time to build a relationship.
– Desires heart, and to know Him and Him
know me.
– If I continue, it will strengthen,
very obviously.
Next Friday
When Glenn prays you can hear
the relationship he actually has with
Him. It was very personal and
you can feel the history.
if you want to keep going…