Abraham is known as the patriarch of the Israelite people through Isaac, the son born to him and Sarah in their old age and the patriarch of Arabs through his son Ishmael, born to Abraham and Hagar–Sarah‘s Egyptian servant.
Although Abraham’s forefathers were from southern Mesopotamia (in present-day Iraq) according to the biblical narrative, Yahweh led Abraham on a journey to the land of Canaan, which he promised to his children.
Genesis gives Adam and Eve three children, named Cain, Abel and Seth. A genealogy tracing the descendants of Cain is given in Genesis 4, while the line from Seth down to Noah appears in Genesis 5.
And we search for answers:
One of the most popular suggestions for the origins of the term ‘Africa‘ is that it is derived from the Roman name for a tribe living in the northern reaches of Tunisia, believed to possibly be the Berber people. The Romans variously named these people ‘Afri’, ‘Afer’ and ‘Ifir’.
So, where did the continents originate?
The San people of southern Africa, who have lived as hunter-gatherers for thousands of years, are likely to be the oldest population of humans on Earth, according to the biggest and most detailed analysis of African DNA. The San, also known as bushmen, are directly descended from the original population of early human ancestors who gave rise to all other groups of Africans and, eventually, to the people who left the continent to populate other parts of the world.
A study of 121 distinct populations of modern-day Africans has found that they are all descended from 14 ancestral populations and that the differences and similarities of their genes closely follows the differences and similarities of their spoken languages.
Earth formed around 4.54 billion years ago, approximately one-third the age of the universe, by accretion from the solar nebula. Volcanic outgassing probably created the primordial atmosphere and then the ocean, but the early atmosphere contained almost no oxygen.
We are jumping the gun! What was the “Big Bang”?
And we reference His-story: Our universe began with an explosion of space itself – the Big Bang. Starting from extremely high density and temperature, space expanded, the universe cooled, and the simplest elements formed. Gravity gradually drew matter together to form the first stars and the first galaxies.
Around 13.8 billion years ago, all the matter in the Universe emerged from a single, minute point, or singularity, in a violent burst. This expanded at an astonishingly high rate and temperature, doubling in size every 10-34 seconds, creating space as it rapidly inflated.
The Genesis creation narrative (Genesis 1–2) describes how God brings the Universe into being in a series of creative acts over six days and places the first man and woman (Adam and Eve) in a divine garden (the Garden of Eden). This story is the basis of creationist cosmology and biology.
Where did ‘language’ originate? A recent study conducted by Quentin D. Atkinson, a biologist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, suggests two very important findings: language originated only once, and the specific place of origin may be southwestern Africa.
How do animals communicate? Animals communicate using signals, which can include visual; auditory, or sound-based; chemical, involving pheromones; or tactile, touch-based, cues. Communication behaviors can help animals find mates, establish dominance, defend territory, coordinate group behavior, and care for young.
Man? And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him, male and female created He them. … In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him. Male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
14 Ways Angels Communicate With Us:
1. Flash Of Inspiration, Epiphany, Intuition
Angel kiss your head – and you’ve got a genius idea, a glorious plan. You find an extraordinary solution. You can see everything clearly and gain understanding. The moment of truth has arrived.
Sometimes a chunk of information is downloaded into your head, or you’ve got a sudden thought that feels strange for you. You wonder where on Earth it came from! Your Angel tries to reach you with an important message.
2. Feeling Of Touch Or Embrace
Angels let us know that we are never alone, they are near and care about us.
You can get a feeling of touch, for example someone puts a hand on your shoulder. You turn around – and there is no one! Your Angel patted you on the shoulder to say: “All is well. I’m with you, and we’ve got it all covered, mate!”
As I write it, my tablet lying next to me, suddenly lit up and turned itself on. I’m sure Angels wanted to say that they work on this article with me. The Angels essence is light – energy – electricity. They can interfere with the electrical devices ever so easily.
Another common sign from Angels is an etheric embrace.
I remember myself being really low. Suddenly I felt surrounded by the soft, feathery wings. It was so real and absolutely physical! Someone held me in an invisible tight yet gentle and loving embrace filling every cell with love and compassion.
Angels can provide us with much needed information and guidance in our dreams.
Sometimes we can recall dreams, and sometimes we just wake up in the morning in a happy and elated mood. Whilst our physical body was asleep, our spirit broke free and travelled up to consult with the Higher Beings of Light – Angels, Ascended Masters and Guides.
We still enjoy their wonderful light inside us when we wake up.
We often feel isolated from the Spiritual World at day time busy with the rat races of the material reality.
Genesis 181599 Geneva Bible
18 2 Abraham receiveth three Angels into his house. 10 Isaac is promised again. 12 Sarah laugheth. 18 Christ is promised to all nations. 19 Abraham taught his family to know God. 21 The destruction of Sodom is declared unto Abraham. 23 Abraham prayeth for them.
2 And he lifted up his eyes, and looked: and lo, three [b]men stood by him, and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the ground.
3 And he said, [c]Lord, if I have now found favor in thy sight, go not, I pray thee, from thy servant.
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be brought, and [d]wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may comfort your hearts, afterward ye shall go your ways: for therefore are ye [e]come to your servant. And they said, Do even as thou hast said.
6 Then Abraham made haste into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready at once three [f]measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran to the beasts, and took a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant, who hasted to make it ready.
8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set before them, and stood himself by them under the tree: and [g]they did eat.
9 ¶ Then they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he answered, Behold, she is in the tent.
11 (Now Abraham and Sarah were old and stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.)
13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, which am old?
15 But Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not: for she was afraid. And he said, [k]It is not so: for thou laughedst.
16 ¶ Afterward, the men did rise up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
17 And the [l]Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do,
18 Seeing that Abraham shall be indeed a great and a mighty nation, and (E)all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him [m]that he will command his sons and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham, that he hath spoken unto him.
20 Then the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is exceedingly grievous,
22 And the men turned thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
23 Then Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 If there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 Be it far from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be even as the wicked, be it far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the world [p]do right?
26 And the Lord answered, If I shall find in Sodom [q]fifty righteous within the city, then will I spare all the place for their sakes.
27 Then Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have begun to speak unto my Lord, and I am [r]but dust and ashes,
28 If there shall lack five of fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy all the city for five? And he said, If I find there five and forty, I will not destroy it.
29 And he yet spake to him again, and said, What if there shall be found forty there? Then he answered, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
30 Again he said, Let not my Lord now be angry that I speak, What if thirty be found there? Then he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31 Moreover he said, Behold now, I have begun to speak unto my Lord, What if twenty be found there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
32 Then he said, Let not my Lord be now angry, and I will speak but this [s]once, What if ten be found there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
33 ¶ And the Lord went his way, when he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned unto his place.
- Genesis 18:1 Or, oak grove.
- Genesis 18:2 That is, three Angels in man’s shape.
- Genesis 18:3 Speaking to one of them in whom appeared to be most majesty, for he thought they had been men.
- Genesis 18:4 For men used because of the great heat to go bare footed in those parts.
- Genesis 18:5 As sent of God, that I should do my duty to you.
- Genesis 18:6 Hebrew, Seim.
- Genesis 18:8 For as God gave them bodies for a time, so gave he them the faculties thereof, to walk, to eat and drink, and such like.
- Genesis 18:10 That is, about this time when she shall be alive, or when the child shall come into this life.
- Genesis 18:12 For she rather had respect to the order of nature, than believed the promise of God.
- Genesis 18:14 Or, hid.
- Genesis 18:15 Hebrew, No.
- Genesis 18:17 Jehovah the Hebrew word which we call Lord, showeth that this Angel was Christ: for this word is only applied to God.
- Genesis 18:19 He showeth that fathers ought both to know God’s judgments, and to declare them to their children.
- Genesis 18:21 God speaketh after the fashion of men: that is, I will enter into judgment with good advice.
- Genesis 18:21 For our sins cry for vengeance, though none accuse us.
- Genesis 18:25 Hebrew, do judgment.
- Genesis 18:26 God declareth that his judgments were done with great mercy, forasmuch as all were so corrupt, that not only fifty but ten righteous men could not be found there, and also that the wicked are spared for the righteous’ sake.
- Genesis 18:27 Hereby we learn, that the nearer we approach unto God, the more doth our miserable estate appear, and the more are we humbled.
- Genesis 18:32 If God refused not the prayer for the wicked Sodomites, even to the sixth request, how much more will he grant the prayers of the godly for the afflicted Church?
- Genesis 18:1 : Heb. 13:2
- Genesis 18:10 : Gen. 17:19,21; Gen. 21:2; Rom. 9:9
- Genesis 18:12 : 1 Pet. 3:6
- Genesis 18:14 : Zech. 8:6
- Genesis 18:18 : Gen. 12:3; Gen. 22:18
The 3 temptations lean heavily on these facts:
Jesus was tempted three times. The temptations were hedonism (hunger/satisfaction), egoism (spectacular throw/might) and materialism (kingdoms/wealth). John the Evangelist in his epistle calls these temptations “in world” as “lust of eyes” (materialism), “lust of body” (hedonism) and “pride of life” (egoism).