Red Letter Day Attribute/Name of God ~ Outstretched Arm   What is an example of the LORD God’s ‘outstretched arm’ in Jewish history? The LORD talked with Moses in the wilderness…giving him instructions and encouragement about what He would do through Moses in Egypt.  The LORD would free 2-3 million Hebrew slaves and bring them […]

What is striking about the genealogy of Jesus Christ?  From Adam to Lamech (father of Noah), each man had one son who was named in this genealogical record of Christ Jesus.  These men “had other sons and daughters” – the earth was peopled through Adam’s children.  (See Genesis 5:3-31) Jesus Christ’s lineage goes back to […]

Genealogies have become popular for many people.  Courthouse records and records in cemeteries all yield valuable information for the searching sleuths. Tracing ancestors back, back, back to the roots of the family tree…is fascinating for many.  Sometimes ancestors are discovered to be notable people, others are found to be notorious. Chapter five of Genesis lists […]

The Bible states that God created man in His own image.  Man in this sense includes women.  Male and female God created them. (NASB) Genesis 5:1-2 “THIS IS the book of the generations of Adam.  In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male […]

(NASB) Genesis 4:25-26 “Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him. 26 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh.  Then […]

Cain had killed his brother Abel, but had been given the opportunity to repent by God Himself…Cain rejected God and His offer.  Have you?  (See Genesis 4:8-9) Cain went out from the presence of the LORD.  (See Genesis 4:16) Then Scripture tells of Cain and his wife having a child, a son named Enoch.  Cain […]

(NASB) Matthew 6:9-10 “…‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven…”

The LORD God judged Cain for murdering his brother Abel.  What was Cain’s punishment?  To be a wanderer on the earth, for the blood of Abel had soaked into the ground and would no longer produce crops for him. (See Genesis 4:9-12) Cain told the LORD that this punishment was greater than he could bear…he […]

The LORD God gave Cain the opportunity to confess to the crime of taking his brother’s life.  But he did not, he became instantly defensive: (NASB) Genesis 4:9 “Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘Where is Abel your brother?’ And he said, ‘I do not know.  Am I my brother’s keeper?’” Cain’s anger had been […]

(NASB) Genesis 4:6-8 “Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry?  And why has your countenance fallen? 7 ‘If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up?  And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.’ […]