by Julia Blum | Apr 5, 2022 | PORTRAITS FROM GENESIS
INTRODUCTION We all know that King David – who is the type and symbol of Messiah – was a descendant of Judah: The Book of Samuel makes it very clear that God bestows His anointing, for all time, on a monarchic line arising from the Tribe of Judah in the person...
by Julia Blum | Apr 5, 2022 | PORTRAITS FROM GENESIS
The Messenger We will start this portrait in Genesis 24, witnessing Abraham’s servant being sent to find a wife for his young master. The story of Isaac and Rebecca’s love is one of the most beautiful love stories in Torah. The truly wonderful thing about...
by Julia Blum | Apr 5, 2022 | PORTRAITS FROM GENESIS
God’s Navigator We will begin drawing our portrait from the famous chapter 12 of the book of Genesis, where the story of Abraham starts and the Scripture becomes a chronicle of one family: Now the Lord had said to Abram:”Get out of your...
by Julia Blum | Apr 5, 2022 | PORTRAITS FROM GENESIS
The Only Son From the Scriptures, we know almost nothing of Ishmael. Unlike Abraham, or Sarah, or Hagar–the people who were all involved in his story – Ishmael doesn’t say a single word in the Bible. As readers, we don’t see or hear him; we just...
by Julia Blum | Apr 5, 2022 | PORTRAITS FROM GENESIS
Silent and Obedient Remarkably enough, the very first thing we learn about Sarah is the fact that she was barren: But Sarai was barren; she had no child.[1] This short note occurs even before Genesis 12, even before Abraham is told to go out of Haran, and speaks...
by Julia Blum | Mar 31, 2022 | PORTRAITS FROM GENESIS
Now Sarah, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.[1] This is how Hagar is introduced. From this opening sentence already, one can guess that since Hagar first appears within the context of Sarah’s...
