PPT-17  By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received

18  of whom it was said Through Isaac shall your offspring be named  19  He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead from which figuratively speaking he did receive him back . Genesis 17-50. Sarai’s. Failure to Believe. Sarai. , Abram’s wife, is barren. The author is intentional by noting that . Sarai. is Abram’s wife and was barren. Why? Because it reveals the magnitude of the promise God made to Abram. . of Israel. Document #: TX004705. Abraham. Despite humanity’s sin, God chose to stay in relationship with humanity and chose a group of people to call his own, namely the Hebrew people. They would later be called the Israelites.. Genesis 12-22. The age of the Patriarchs. (The beginning of the Hebrews). Abraham. Isaac. Jacob (Israel). Genesis 12-50. Main stories. The Call of Abraham & Covenant (. Ch. 12, 15, 17, 22. ). Patriarch in Trouble over wife (. Hebrews 11:17-19. By Faith We Hold Nothing Back. 17. . By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten . son,. . 18. . of whom it was said, . Teacher Needed. June 15. (2 Wednesdays from now). Goals of Our Study. To learn how God moved from man's problem of sin to His solution of Jesus on the cross. To understand how everything in the scriptures relates to, and points to, Jesus and the cross. Overview of time period, key events, key figures:. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Other key characters – their wives, Lot, Melchizedek. Origin of Ammon, Moab, Edom. Game. Deep dive into the sons of Jacob. Take a look at the birth stories. A. Background.. 1. Abram “Father of Height.”. 2. 20. th. generation from Adam (Luke 3:34-38) 10. th. from Noah.. 3. Born 292 years after flood in “Ur of the . Chaldees. ” (Gen. 11).. 4. His father . 1: What would you give up to follow God?. 2: What would you sacrifice for God?. By . faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, ‘It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.’ Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. Hello everybody! Welcome back to ickiest, stickiest, slimiest hour of your week. Are you ready for some “Slime Time”? . (Kids respond.) . That was pretty good, but I think you can do a lot better. I said, are you ready for some “Slime Time”? . The . Bible . Course. Document #: TX001075. Abraham. Despite humanity’s sin, God chose to stay in relationship with humanity and chose a group of people to call his own, namely the Hebrew people. They would later be called the Israelites.. Abraham’s Sacrifice. www.missionbibleclass.org. 1. 2. Many, many years ago God decided to build a great nation so that this nation could follow him and bless the world. God chose Abraham as the man that would begin this nation. . Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, was generally identified with the modern town of Mugheir in present-day Iraq. It is about 150 miles from the Persian Gulf and 875 miles from Egypt.. Elder Mark E. Petersen, who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, explained that Abraham “mentions that the priest of Elkenah were also the priest of Pharaoh. The altar was obviously specially built for human sacrifice.. 16 . I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”. 17 . Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” . . “This Right Shall Continue in Thee, and in Thy Seed”. . . President Ezra Taft Benson said. : “. The responsibility of the seed of Abraham, which we are, is to be missionaries to ‘bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations’ (Conference Report, Apr. 1987, 107)..