means that the earth deserved the same treatment it received during day. Noah’s But, instead of judgment, unmerited favor proceeds from God in torrents. This blessing is utterly undeserved. It is all of grace. Additional pointers to desire to bless lie buried in God’s Shem’s genealogy. Eber, the 14th generation from Adam (Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber) was the first person called a from the Hebrew. (The word “Hebrew” comes word, Eber). 7 is the biblical number for perfection. In other words, in two times seven, or in the fullness of perfect wisdom the Hebrew people began their God’s own identity with the descendants of Eber. In addition, Abraham is exactly the 21st generation from Adam. In Hebrew thought 3 is the number for emphasis and 7 is the number for perfection, completion, or fullness. 3x7 is 21. In other words, the blessing that came through Abraham was the perfection, fullness, or completion of blessings. God’s Exclamation point! Genesis is truly a book of blessing. It is a book about blessings received by grace through faith alone. Grace is unmerited favor. Genesis is about God favoring men with blessing that deserve it. don’t A genealogy follows a pattern, and the pattern is designed to speak Shem’s to us. After the birth of each descendant, this had other phrase appears, “_____ sons and So for genealogy reads, (11:12) daughters.” example Arphaxad’s Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad “When lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.” Moses, the author of Genesis, wants us to know that there were other children, but only the son mentioned was elect. Election is all of grace! This is what God’s the apostle John meant when he opened his gospel with these words. (John 1:12) "12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
means that the earth deserved the same treatment it received during Noah’s day. But, instead of judgment, unmerited favor proceeds from God in torrents. This blessing is utterly undeserved. It is all of grace. Additional pointers to God’s desire to bless lie buried in Shem’s genealogy. Eber, the 14th generation from Adam (Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber) was the first person called a Hebrew. (The word “Hebrew” comes from the word, Eber). 7 is the biblical number for perfection. In other words, in two times seven, or in the fullness of God’s perfect wisdom the Hebrew people began their own identity with the descendants of Eber. In addition, Abraham is exactly the 21st generation from Adam. In Hebrew thought 3 is the number for emphasis and 7 is the number for perfection, completion, or fullness. 3x7 is 21. In other words, the blessing that came through Abraham was the perfection, fullness, or completion of God’s blessings. Exclamation point! Genesis is truly a book of blessing. It is a book about blessings received by grace through faith alone. Grace is unmerited favor. Genesis is about God favoring men with blessing that don’t deserve it. A Shem’s genealogy follows a pattern, and the pattern is designed to speak to us. After the birth of each descendant, this phrase appears, “_____ had other sons and daughters.” So for example Arphaxad’s genealogy reads, (11:12) “When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.” Moses, the author of Genesis, wants us to know that there were other children, but only the son mentioned was God’s elect. Election is all of grace! This is what the apostle John meant when he opened his gospel with these words. (John 1:12) "12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
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