| And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.  ______________________________ Famine is often a result of war, sin, and other human conditions. It sometimes accompanies a dearth in spiritual leaders, and the word of God, as well. When we're faithful, we are given the rain in season. We learn, in Genesis, how God establishes His power over human conception. He did this first in Abimelech's household, when he didn't know Sarah was Abraham's wife. He withheld conception from Sarah, until she was 90 years old. He withheld conceptions with Rebekah, too, as he will with Rachel. He can ordain anything, even conception in a young virgin like Mary. It's obvious that this is His way of showing us HIS supreme power over life, from conception. During other struggles, we learn to trust God, and ask him for our daily needs. Is this a burden for us? Not for me. For me, the greatest meaning in my life, is that I believe God sees me, and is my Savior.  "Abimelech" is a title, (melek means king, Ab means father) for the King of Gerar **(this is the genesis of Pharoah, the sungod King.) This Abimelech may have been the first one's son. The beginning of the LORD's great JEALOUSY is clearly in view, even though Abimelech treated Abraham and Sarah decently, all their lives. Righteous kings have sons who have their own virtue or demons, and the land changes radically, the way it did when King Solomon's son terrorized the nation of Israel, and splintered the dynasty, removed the right to succession in Christ. Mary was the ancestor of Nathan of David, not Solomon of David (Joseph was son of Solomon)...  | |
| And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: | |
| Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;  | |
| And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; | |
| Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. | |
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: | |
| And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.  | |
| And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac [was] sporting with Rebekah his wife.  | |
| And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. | |
| And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. | |
| And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. | |
| Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. | |
| And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:  | |
| For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.  | |
| For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.  | |
| And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. | |
| And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. | |
| And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. | |
| And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. | |
| And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. | |
| And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. | |
| And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. | |
And he went up from thence to Beersheba. | |
| And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I [am] the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. | |
| And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. | |
| Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. | |
| And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? | |
| And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; | |
| That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD. | |
| And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. | |
| And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. | |
| And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. | |
| And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day. | |
| And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: | |
| Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. There are normally peaceful and reasonable spirits, among each tribe, who want to dwell in peace, next to their neighbors, with no homicides on either side. But, those whose hearts are full of hatred and jealousy, there is nothing but darkness. The original mark of Cain, is visible on Esau's jealous frowning forehead, and he vows to kill Jacob and wipe him out forever. The wilderness inhabitants of Southern Palestine, and Havillah (Egypt) was comprised of assorted Hittites, Canaanites and bedoin tribes. They grieved Sarah, and Rebeka, because their culture was more vulgar, in their eyes, and many were cult of Isis worshippers. The Hittites and aboriginal tribes didn't want Isaac's clan to live with them. They blocked their wells. They were too successful, and wealthy, too clever, and God blessed them. They hated them for that, just like today many hate Christians and Jews just for being who they are. It's hard to rejoice when your children marry them, like Esau did.  In Esau's case, his agenda against his birthright,for selling it for so little, became a powerful thing. Esau lost his birthright, and lost what little light, he had, and turned to darkness, like a black hole, where no light shines. Eventually, his kin produced Pharoah, a figure of the antichrist. This is no shock to us, because, these seeds of jealousy and hatred, are revealed by the way literally all nations feel towards little Israel today. This is evident of a supernatural event, because, nothing the Jews have done have warranted perpetual hatred and persecution. Israel is the most hated nation on Earth. That was the news today, on this very day, in 2007. This is startlingly prophetic. It made my skin tingle hearing this. The hairs on my skin stood up, and I got that fiery rush. God will stun the world. One day, our world will see what hard-hearted Pharoah saw. Reading about the Patriarchs also gives us a scope of the genesis of the tyrants in Egypt, and Southern Palestine, who hated the children of Abraham, with devout murderous hatred and revenge. That is like today, isn't it? Wouldn't the world have forgiven Hitler, if he at least finished the solution to all the world's eternal problems, the scapegoat Jew, and Spirit-filled Christian? The Third Reich is even bigger today, goose-stepping all over the world, in the name of HATRED, murder, and the revenge of Esau. How blind are the blind who think their philosophy of death and murder is light, and whose religion honors cutting the throats of missionary children! How utterly satanic does it need to get down here on this polluted planet that man defiled? Life means nothing to millions of children, who like the Hitler Youth, are deliberately raised on mantras of hate and murder, murder and revenge. They are lining up to use their bodies as weapons of mass destruction, to kill a Jew, to kill a Christian, to kill an atheist, to kill anyone who doesn't bow to their dark god, esau. (Isn't this a parable of what we heard happened in heaven when lucifer had seething jealousy for the LORD?) In 2007, the religion of the masses is pornography, selfishness and greed, seven out of seven sins. This is progressing into more depravity and violence against women and children, many who are bought and sold to be raped and murdered. Indonesia is documented to be one of the harbingers of child prostitution, and Al Qaida training centers. They are so viciously antisemitic, that after their tsunamis, they refused mercy aid from Israel. The hatred of Esau. Hatred, depravity, disregard for life, and kiddie porn is bigger than ever because people are so depraved, that only bigger taboos, and behavior, as satanic as possible, appeals to them, for the most demonic, torture, rape and murdering innocent children. Isn't that what the devil is all about? Pornography isn't free speech, it's the doorway to death eternal, and certainly the betrothed of AIDS, and ALL PLAGUES, we are experiencing, as a precursor of DEATH ETERNAL, where the worm dieth not, unless we repent. What a world. This is the world that has always been. This is why we needed God as our SAVIOR. The doxology of grace that the Prophets and Apostles knew in their heart is our salvation. Jesus Christ, the promised seed, in whom all seed of Abraham and the world is blessed. Am I my brother's keeper? That question will determine the fate of nations, who war against little Israel, brought back from the Nations, from the ashes of millions of witnesses. Our world has been set up to create exactly the same spiritual paradigm as ancient Egypt, today, and the last Exodus will be an eye-opener for mankind. It will be the end of the world, as we know it, but, it will be the start of the new world, where the carnal will does not compete or war against God. We should pay attention as well to the next four books of the Bible more than EVER, because it's coming down fast! |
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