Spiritual health

Who then shall be saved? – The Fix-it Shop

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“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”

I am a simple guy, I tend to believe what is written.  This verse promises that my belief covers my family.   A lot of Christians take issue with that.

If we look in the Old Testament we find this truth in the life of  Noah, again at the first passover, Abraham’s prayer  for Lot had the angels of the Lord, grabbing the hands of Lot, his wife and two daughters and leading them to safety. 

We learn in Deuteronomy that the Lord had set aside land for Lots daughters and Esau and the Hebrews were to leave them alone.  They eventually  ended up losing that protection by harassing the Hebrews.

Exodus 20:5b-6
“I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;   And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”

Would He not be showing mercy by saving those you love?

In the New Testament we have the first verse mentioned and the verse in Corinthians that the wife doesn’t know if she will save her unbelieving husband.

Yet we have Jesus telling Nicodemus : ” Ye must be born again.”  There is no other Name by which we are saved.

“Whosoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved.”

As a one time pastor and talking to pastors, there is  some doubt that all in their flock are saved.  I  believe that more are saved than we think.

The only requirement of Salvation is belief on Jesus, confessing that belief and Baptism.   So many may be saved that we think aren’t living the life.

Well what does heaven look like?  If we take the Tabernacle in the desert as a guide, we have a multitude of people.  The Tabernacle is placed away from the crowd.

There is a court yard, Holy Place and Holy of Holies.

I picture heaven as a giant football stadium.   The saved are in the seats….the people who have studied the word, pray, teach Sunday school, help around the church have purchased the best seats.

Those who just believe are in the nose bleed seats.

Then you have the playing field.  These are the people who are doing the work of God.  They live in the courtyard.  ( see Psalm 65 :4)

They enter the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies as they serve the Lord with gladness.

Is this Biblical? 

No but I believe those who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  It is the way I get my head around the mercy and grace of God.  Do not let this “Billism ”  hurt your faith, I hope it will draw you closer to the Lord.

Our God is bigger than our beliefs.   The Word is the final Word on what to believe.  Study to shew thyself approved unto God.

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Abram and Melchizedek (type of Jesus? ) – The Fix-it Shop

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When we were taught the Old Testament in Bible School it was said Melchizedek was a type of or maybe even was Jesus. (Genesis 14) I don’t think so.

Abram had just rescued his nephew from captivity. …The King of Salem and Melchizedek the priest  of God met with Abram. The priest blessed Abram, Abram blessed the priest.  Abram refused a share of the spoils and gave a tithe to Melchizedek.

If we reread the story of Abram we find this is the first time God was mentioned in his story.

A little later a deep sleep overcomes Abram and God appears in a dream and fortells the 400 years of captivity his decendants will endure.

It isn’t untill chapter 17 that the Lord comes to him and introduced  Himself as Almighty God.

If we read that pasage we find the Lord telling him walk before me and be ye perfect.  God says I  will make my covenant with you….no conditions.

We find when he meets Almighty God, he falls on his face to Worship  (never that reaction to the Lord).  His name is changed,  he gets circumcised  that day.

To me,  that is when he met Jesus.  We get a new name, circumcision of our hearts,  I fell down to Worship when I met Him.  How about you?

So to me, Melchizedek was just what he was called, a priest of God.  Almighty God is Jesus.

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The Lord said: Levi walked with Me…The Filling Station – 4

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image Levi the third son of Jacob from the unloved Leah.  His name means attached.   She had hoped  her husband would become attached to her but I  think his name is a fore shadow of the priests job.  To bring people to a saving knowledge of Christ. We really have very little knowledge of Levi, we only have one quote from him:  ” Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? “ His sister Dinah had been kidnapped and raped by this prince of a near by town.  The king came to Jacob to make a deal.  We will  trade and be as one tribe, marry one anothers daughters, buy and sell, ect… The sons of Jacob told them they could if they would all be circumcised.  They agreed and on the third day Levi and Simeon went into the town and killed all the men.  The other brothers came for the spoil. Jacob rebuked them and never blessed them with lands, just towns in their brothers lands. My “Billism” on this is they did the Lords work….You cannot treat a daughter of the Lord like that and get away with it.  Like Elijah,  Levi  acted as the Lord willed. We never hear the Lord rebuking Levi or Moses for murder.  Proverbs 6 tells us He hates “feet that shed innocent blood.”   If we look into Moses time…the golden calf….”All on the Lords side come to me.”  The Levites came and killed some 3000 who sinned. Phinious a Levite,  when the Hebrew sinned in front of all with the women. Ran them through with a spear….He did the will of the Lord. I believe that is why the Levites were chosen and why the Lord said in Malachi 2:4-7 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. Levi knew and preformed the will of the Lord.  He is the only man named to have walked with the Lord.  He was at peace with himself, turned many from sin…taught the truth…. Abraham, David, Solomon, Hezekiah all walked before the Lord, only Levi put on the Yoke and walked with the Lord. Just like Enoch and Noah put on the Yoke and walked with God.  (Jesus) Notice these men were preachers of righteousness. Levi was a man of war.  We are the Lords priests today, it is a Spiritual war we fight.  We must put on the full Armor of God and stand fast in our faith. The Kingdom of God is at hand.  You can know, love have a true relationship with Jesus today. Ask for forgiveness,  believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord of your life.  Find out what real peace and joy is. ….Jesus. Posted from WordPress for Android

Man and Maker – The Filling Station 2

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Just a quick highlight of the Man and Maker interactions in Genesis:

The births and lives of Cain, Able and Seth…
Enoch with Elohim .  He walked with and went home..
The conversations of Noah with Elohim  and Yahweh. ….he pleased Yahweh because he walked with Elohim.  Both would destroy all flesh but Elohim told him the way to survive.
Abram walked before Yahweh for 24 years, met Elohim  and fell on his face in worship, name changed and circumcised. (Sounds like he met Jesus).
Isaac given the promise for Abraham’s sake.
Jacob with both Yahweh and Elohim.
Joseph,  protected and promoted by Yahweh. …given answers to dreams by Elohim.  Pharaoh wanting to know Is there anyone else with the Spirit of Elohim?

These are all instances where the people dealt with and recognized by name both Yahweh and Elohim. (I believe the Father and Son).

Then we come to Moses in Exodus 1:17-20
Careful  reading shows us:
The Hebrews are now slaves, the midwifes have been ordered to kill the newborn boys.

17 However, the midwives feared Elohim and didn’t obey the king of Egypt’s orders. They let the boys live. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. They are so healthy that they have their babies before a midwife arrives.”

20 Elohim was good to the midwives. So the people increased in number and became very strong. 21 Because the midwives feared Elohim, he gave them families of their own.

The midwifes fear Elohim, disobeyed Egypts king (he had power to kill), Elohim was good to them and gave them families of their own.

It is always better to obey God then man.

Exodus 2:

Moses grew up in Pharaohs house, killed an Egyptian, fled to desert.

23 After a long time passed, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to Elohim. 24 Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered his promise[a] to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 Elohim saw the Israelites being oppressed and was concerned about them.

They prayed to and were heard by Elohim.  Elohim remembered the promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,  saw the oppression and was concerned.

Exodus 3:

Moses at mountain of Elohim,  sees burning bush,  investigates, Yahweh saw, Elohim spoke, Yahweh spoke. 

Moses met both Yahweh and Elohim,  we find Yahweh saying:

7 Yahweh said, “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard them crying out because of the slave drivers. I know how much they’re suffering. 8 I have come to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good land with plenty of room for everyone.

Yahweh saw, heard, come to rescue, will deliver to the promised land.

Moses asked why me what do I say….ect?

Elohim said tell the I Am that I Am sent you.

Here we see Yahweh and Elohim in perfect agreement but speaking slightly different words about what they had seen and would do.  Elohim told him to tell them the Lord God   sent  him. 

I often wish our maker had put an and between…this translation writes it  Yahweh our Elohim, or Yahweh your Elohim.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 42-46

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Genesis 42:

Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt to find food….Joseph jails one and sends them home to bring back their younger brother.

Genesis 43,44

No man and maker interactions, few mentions of Elohim.

Genesis 45:

Joseph Reveals His Identity

3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were afraid of him.

4 “Please come closer to me,” Joseph said to his brothers. When they did so, he said, “I am Joseph, the brother you sold into slavery in Egypt! 5 Now, don’t be sad or angry with yourselves that you sold me.Elohim sent me ahead of you to save lives. 6 The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7 Elohim sent me ahead of you to make sure that you would have descendants on the earth and to save your lives in an amazing way. 8 It wasn’t you who sent me here, but Elohim. He has made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over his entire household, and ruler of Egypt.

9 “Hurry back to my father, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “Elohim has made me lord of Egypt

Genesis 46:

Jacob’s [Israel’s] Seventh Encounter with God

46 Israel moved with all he had. When he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the Elohim of his father Isaac.

2 Elohim spoke to Israel in a vision that night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”

“Here I am,” he answered.

3 “I am El, the Elohim of your father,” he said. “Don’t be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make you a great nation there. 4 I will go with you to Egypt, and I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.”

30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now that I’ve seen for myself that you’re still alive, I’m ready to die.”

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s family, “I’m going to Pharaoh to tell him, ‘My brothers and my father’s family, who were in Canaan, have come to me. 32 The men are shepherds. They take care of livestock. They’ve brought their flocks and herds and everything they own.’ 33 Now, when Pharaoh calls for you and asks, ‘What kind of work do you do?’ 34 you must answer, ‘We have taken care of herds all our lives, as our ancestors have done.’ You must say this so that you may live in the region of Goshen, because all shepherds are disgusting to Egyptians.”

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The Fix-it Shop – New Testament – Names of God

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The Fix-it Shop : The Holy Spirit

We are looking at the Word of God. What we believe may not be what the Word of God says, so always check what you hear or read against what the Bible actually says.

First let us understand in the Hebrew or Chaldee Old Testament the words translated God, Lord and Spirit are as follows :

God : Elohim, means Creator / Supreme Ruler
Lord: Yahweh or Jehovah, means Everlasting or self Existent One

Easton s Bible dictionary has these definitions for Lord:
Lord
There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

(1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form “Jehovah” is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.

(2.) Heb. ‘adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12).

The old plural form of this Hebrew word is _’adonai_. From a superstitious reverence for the name “Jehovah,” the Jews, in reading their Scriptures, whenever that name occurred, always pronounced it _’Adonai_.

(3.) Greek kurios, a supreme master, etc. In the LXX. this is invariably used for “Jehovah” and “‘Adonai.” (New Testament )

(4.) Heb. ba’al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. “The men of Shechem,” literally “the baals of Shechem” (Judg. 9:2, 3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Josh. 16:10; 17:13).

(5.) Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the “lords of the Philistines” (Judg. 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Sam. 21:10), under a kingly government. (See Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:18.) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.

We see that Lord when it’s from Adoni can be human master or part of the Godhead.

Spirit is Ruach which means breath or breeze of God or the Lord.

In the Old Testament my study has led me to believe Lord : Yahweh or Jehovah is the Father, the self Existent or Everlasting One.

God and Adoni the Creator / Supreme Ruler or Surpreme Master is Jesus in the Old Testament.

I realize this is probably different from our basic Denominational beliefs but I believe it to be so. Please read the Word, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you…I do not want to damage your faith. ….I hope this revelation will draw us closer to Jesus.

Now in the New Testament Greek the words translated Lord, God and Spirit are different again :

Jesus is Yeshua Christ or Messiah, Savior, Lord, Supreme Master

Lord is: Kurios which means Supreme Master when refering to Jesus. ….

God is: Deity or Godhead the Trinity (I believe in most cases refers to the Father in the New Testament ).

Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is: pneuma which means breath or breeze of the Godhead.

Please let me know whether this makes sense to you or if it is clear as mud.

If we look at Isaiah 61:1-2 that Jesus read in the Names of God translation :

The Ruach of Adonay (Supreme Master)  and Yahweh (the Father)is with me
because Yahweh (The Father ) has anointed me
to deliver good news to humble people.
He has sent me
to heal those who are brokenhearted,
to announce that captives will be set free
and prisoners will be released.
2 He has sent me
to announce the year of Yahweh’s good will (this is where Jesus stoped)
and the day of our Elohim’s vengeance,
to comfort all those who grieve.

The Filling Station – Genesis 40,41

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Genesis 40:

Joseph in Prison

40 Later the king’s cupbearer[a] and his baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his chief cupbearer and his chief baker. 3 He put them in the prison of the captain of the guard, the same place where Joseph was a prisoner. 4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them.

8 “We both had dreams,” they answered him, “but there’s no one to tell us what they mean.”

“Isn’t Elohim the only one who can tell what they mean?” Joseph asked them. “Why don’t you tell me all about them.”

Joseph knew he was blessed by Yahweh but Elohim would show him the dreams.  This knowledge eventually brought him before Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams

41 After two full years Pharaoh had a dream. 

8 In the morning he was so upset that he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could tell him what they meant.

9 Then the chief cupbearer[a] spoke to Pharaoh, “I remember a promise I failed to keep.[

14 Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and immediately he was brought from the prison. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came in front of Pharaoh.

15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can tell me what it means. I heard that when you are told a dream, you can say what it means.”

16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, “I can’t, but Elohim can give Pharaoh the answer that he needs.”

25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh had the same dream twice.Elohim has told Pharaoh what he’s going to do. 

28 “It’s just as I said to Pharaoh. Elohim has shown Pharaoh what he’s going to do. 29 Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt. 30 After them will come seven years of famine. People will forget that there was plenty of food in Egypt, and the famine will ruin the land. 31 People won’t remember that there once was plenty of food in the land, because the coming famine will be so severe. 32 The reason Pharaoh has had a recurring dream is because the matter has been definitely decided by Elohim, and he will do it very soon.

Joseph Advises Pharaoh

50 Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest from the city of On. 51 Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh [He Helps Me Forget], because Elohim helped him forget all his troubles and all about his father’s family. 52 He named the second son Ephraim [Blessed Twice With Children], because Elohim gave him children in the land where he had suffered.

Yahweh protected and promoted him, Elohim gave him words of wisdom and knowledge.
Elohim helped him to forget and gave him children.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 38,39

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Genesis 38:

The story of Judah, Jacobs  4th child by Leah, his name means Praise and this tribe slways led the way in the desert.

“1 About that time Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man from Adullam whose name was Hirah. 2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua. He married her and slept with her. 3 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named[a] Er. 4 She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Onan. 5 Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah. He was born at Kezib.

Judah chose a wife for his firstborn son Er. Her name was Tamar.7 Er angered Yahweh. So Yahweh took away his life. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Go sleep with your brother’s widow. Do your duty for her as a brother-in-law, and produce a descendant for your brother.”9 But Onan knew that the descendant wouldn’t belong to him, so whenever he slept with his brother’s widow, he wasted his semen on the ground to avoid giving his brother a descendant. 10 What Onan did angered Yahweh so much that Yahweh took away Onan’s life too.

11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father’s home. Live as a widow until my son Shelah grows up.” He thought that this son, too, might die like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s home.”

We do not know what Er did,  just the Lords  reaction.
If you continue this chapter we find Judahs sin.

Genesis 39:

Joseph in Potiphar’s House

39 Joseph had been taken to Egypt. Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s Egyptian officials and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

2 Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. He worked in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 Joseph’s master saw that Yahweh was with him and that Yahweh made everything he did successful. 4 Potiphar liked Joseph so much that he made him his trusted servant. He put him in charge of his household and everything he owned. 5 From that time on Yahweh blessed the Egyptian’s household because of Joseph. Therefore, Yahweh’s blessing was on everything Potiphar owned in his house and in his fields. 6 So he left all that he owned in Joseph’s care. He wasn’t concerned about anything except the food he ate.

Joseph was well-built and handsome. 7 After a while his master’s wife began to desire Joseph, so she said, “Come to bed with me.”

8 But Joseph refused and said to her, “My master doesn’t concern himself with anything in the house. He trusts me with everything he owns. 9 No one in this house is greater than I. He’s kept nothing back from me except you, because you’re his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing and sin against Elohim?” 10 Although she kept asking Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or be with her.

11 One day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there. 12 She grabbed him by his clothes and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he ran outside and left his clothes in her hand.

Joseph ends up in jail:

19 When Potiphar heard his wife’s story, especially when she said, “This is what your slave did to me,” he became very angry. 20 So Joseph’s master arrested him and put him in the same prison where the king’s prisoners were kept.

While Joseph was in prison, 21 Yahweh was with him. Yahweh reached out to him with his unchanging love and gave him protection.Yahweh also put Joseph on good terms with the warden. 22 So the warden placed Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in that prison. Joseph became responsible for everything that they were doing. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care because Yahweh was with Joseph and made whatever he did successful.

It is not a good thing to anger the Lord but we also see that pleasing the Lord gives favour. Blessed by Yahweh, wouldn’t sin against Elohim.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 34

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The Filling Station – Genesis 34:
Dinah Is Raped
This is one of the most interesting stories in the Word.  We know practically nothing of Levis life, really only this story.   The only words of his we hear are here.

,“Should Shechem have been allowed to treat our sister like a prostitute?”

We never hear the Lord or God condemning Levi or his brother for killing all those people.   Instead the Levites become the priest’s of God.  

WHY?

I  believe they did the right thing….it is the “feet that shed innocent blood that the Lord hates”….

We hear no condemnation for Moses in the murder of the Egyptian either.

Do I believe the Lord would have us killing people?  NO NEVER!!!

The creator of all, views life differently.   Read the book….Understand the character of the Almighty did not change when Jesus came to earth.

The only thing that changed is our ability to know, understand and obey Him.  To please Him by simply loving Him and trusting Him to forgive us as we turn towards Him.

The blood of Jesus,  freed us from the curse of sin and death.

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The Fix-it Shop – The Spirit of the Lord

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The Fix-it Shop : The Spirit of the Lord

We just looked at the Spirit of God (Ruach Elohim), now we will study the Spirit of the Lord. (The Ruach Yahweh ). As we study the word we should ask the Holy Spirit for Wisdom and Understanding.

The first mention of the Ruach Yahweh is in the book of Judges 3:10

“When the Ruach Yahweh came over him, he became the judge of Israel. He went out to war. Yahweh handed King Cushan Rishathaim of Aram Naharaim over to him, and Othniel overpowered him.”

Again in Judges 11:29


“Then the Ruach Yahweh came over Jephthah. Jephthah went through Gilead, Manasseh, and Mizpah in Gilead to gather an army. From Mizpah in Gilead Jephthah went to attack Ammon.”

The Ruach Yahweh is a Spirit of warfare:

We find Ruach Yahweh in the life of Samson :

“The Ruach Yahweh came over him. With his bare hands, he tore the lion apart as if it were a young goat.

When the Ruach Yahweh came over him, he went to Ashkelon and killed 30 men there.

But the Ruach Yahweh came over him. The ropes on his arms became like strings burned in a fire, and those on his hands snapped.”

We find the Ruach Yahweh in the life of King Saul to prophesy:

“Then the Ruach Yahweh will come over you. You will be a different person while you prophesy with them.” (King Saul )

In David :

” Samuel took the flask of olive oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers. The Ruach Yahweh came over David and stayed with him from that day on. Then Samuel left for Ramah.”

King Saul lost the Spirit :

“Now, the Ruach Yahweh had left Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him.”

Note: Yahweh can send an evil spirit to torment or harden a heart as he did to Pharaoh. “He sits on His throne and does as He pleases.”

The Ruach Yahweh was upon Elijah and Elisha, gave the Word of the Lord to Samuel, also:

“the Ruach Yahweh came to Jahaziel.
Jahaziel said, “Pay attention to me, everyone from Judah, everyone living in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what Yahweh says to you: Don’t be frightened or terrified by this large crowd. The battle isn’t yours. It’s Elohim’s.”

In Isaiah we find the Ruach Yahweh also supplies :

The Ruach Yahweh will rest on him— the Ruach of wisdom and understanding, the Ruach of advice and power, the Ruach of knowledge and fear of Yahweh.” like the Ruach Elohim.

Micah 3:8
Names of God Bible (NOG)
“But I am filled with the power of Ruach Yahweh,
    with justice, and with strength.
    So I will tell the descendants of Jacob about their crimes
    and the nation of Israel about its sins.”

The Ruach Yahweh is a Spirit of warfare as well as prophesy, wisdom and understanding.

There are 20 Old Testament verses of the Ruach Yahweh, 16 of Ruach Elohim.

Did you realize that Daniel mentions the holy spirits of God, David prays in Psalm 51, take not your Holy Spirit away and in Isaiah 63 , the prophet speaks of vexing the Holy Spirit. These are the only mentions of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament.

The Holy Spirit is a New Testament experience.

We next study the Holy Spirit :

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The Filling Station – Genesis 32,33

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The Filling Station – Genesis 32:

Jacob Sends Messages and Gifts to Esau

32 [a]As Jacob went on his way, Elohim’s angels met him. 2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is Elohim’s camp!” He named that place Mahanaim [Two Camps].

3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in Seir, the country of Edom. 

6 When the messengers came back to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you with 400 men.”

7 Jacob was terrified and distressed. So he divided the people, the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels into two camps. 8 He thought, “If Esau attacks the one camp, then the other camp will be able to escape.”

9 Then Jacob prayed, “Elohim of my grandfather Abraham and Elohimof my father Isaac! Yahweh, you said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your relatives, and I will make you prosperous.’ 10 I’m not worthy of all the love and faithfulness you have shown me. I only had a shepherd’s staff when I crossed the Jordan River, but now I have two camps. 11 Please save me from my brother Esau, because I’m afraid of him. I’m afraid that he’ll come and attack me and the mothers and children too. 12 But you did say, ‘I will make sure that you are prosperous and that your descendants will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to count them because there are so many.’”

Jacob’s Fourth Encounter with God—He Wrestles with God

22 During that night he got up and gathered his two wives, his two slaves and his eleven children and crossed at the shallow part of the Jabbok River. 23 After he sent them across the stream, he sent everything else across. 24 So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until dawn. 25 When the man saw that he could not win against Jacob, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that it was dislocated as they wrestled. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go; it’s almost dawn.”

But Jacob answered, “I won’t let you go until you bless me.”

27 So the man asked him, “What’s your name?”

“Jacob,” he answered.

28 The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob but Israel [He Struggles With God], because you have struggled with Elohim and with men—and you have won.”

29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”

The man answered, “Why do you ask for my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there. 30 So Jacob named that place Peniel [Face of God], because he said, “I have seen Elohim face to face, but my life was saved.” 31 The sun rose as he passed Penuel.[b] He was limping because of his hip. 32 (Therefore, even today the people of Israel do not eat the muscle of the thigh attached to the hip socket because Elohim touched the socket of Jacob’s hip at the muscle of the thigh.)

Quite a story for a man who only prayed when in trouble. …remember Elohim blessed him because of  Abraham.

Genesis 33:

Jacob Meets Esau

4 Then Esau ran to meet Jacob. Esau hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. They both cried. 5 When he saw the women and children, Esau asked, “Who are these people here with you?”

“The children Elohim has graciously given me, sir,” Jacob answered.

6 Then the slaves and their children came forward and bowed down.7 Likewise, Leah and her children came forward and bowed down. Finally, Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

8 Then Esau asked, “Why did you send this whole group of people and animals I met?”

He answered, “To win your favor, sir.”

9 Esau said, “I have enough. Keep what you have, Brother.”

10 Jacob said, “No, please take the gift I’m giving you, because I’ve seen your face as if I were seeing the face of Elohim, and yet you welcomed me so warmly. 11 Please take the present I’ve brought you, because Elohim has been gracious to me and has given me all that I need.” So Esau took it because Jacob insisted.

12 Then Esau said, “Let’s get ready to go, and I’ll go with you.”

18 So having come from Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in Canaan. He camped within sight of the city. 19 Then he bought the piece of land on which he had put up his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.20 He set up an altar there and named it El Is the Elohim of


If you want to know the story of their meeting. …read chapter 33
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The Filling Station – Genesis 29,30,31

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Genesis 29:

Labens double dealing with  Jacob. …he recieves what he has sown,  even after meeting Almighty God.   Married  the sisters:

Leah and Rachel Compete for Jacob’s Love

31 When Yahweh saw Leah was unloved, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel had none. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben [Here’s My Son], because she said, “Certainly, Yahweh has seen my misery; now my husband will love me!” 33 She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “Certainly, Yahweh has heard that I’m unloved, and he also has given me this son.” So she named him Simeon [Hearing]. 34 She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me because I’ve given him three sons.” So she named him Levi [Attached]. 35 She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “This time I will praise Yahweh.” So she named him Judah [Praise]. Then she stopped having children.

The unloved the mother of the priesthood  and praise….Note; a lot of women today think that baring children will make the man love them. WAKE UP LADIES!!!

Genesis 30:

The sisters give Jacob their slaves to procreate. …more sons born. They give credit to Elohim,  not sure He had much to do with it.

Jacob brings blessing to Laban,  wants to leave.

Genesis 31:

Jacob’s Second and Third Encounters with God

31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father and has gained all his wealth from him.” 2 He also noticed that Laban did not appear as friendly to him as before.

3 Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your ancestors and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

4 So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah to come out to the open country where his flocks were. 5 He said to them, “I have seen that your father isn’t as friendly to me as he was before, but the Elohim of my father has been with me. 6 You know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father. 7 Your father has cheated me. He has changed my wages ten times. But Elohim hasn’t let him harm me. 8 Whenever he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to speckled young. And whenever he said, ‘The striped ones will be your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to striped young. 9 So Elohim has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.

10 “During the mating season I had a dream: I looked up and saw that the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, or spotted. 11 In the dream the Messenger of Elohim called to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I answered, ‘Yes, here I am.’ 12 He said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, or spotted, because I have seen everything that Laban is doing to you. 13 I am the El who appeared to you at Bethel,[a] where you poured olive oil on a stone marker for a holy purpose and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land, and go back to the land of your relatives.’”

14 Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there anything left in our father’s household for us to inherit? 15 Doesn’t he think of us as foreigners? Not only did he sell us, but he has used up the money that was paid for us. 16 Certainly, all the wealth that Elohim took away from our father belongs to us and our children. Now do whatever Elohim has told you.”

Jacob and Laban make peace:

24 Elohim came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything at all to Jacob.”

Jacob to Laban :
41 I’ve been with your household 20 years now. I worked for you 14 years for your two daughters and 6 years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times. 42 If the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac,[b] had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty-handed by now. Elohim has seen my misery and hard work, and last night he made it right.”

Laban to Jacob :
“May Yahweh watch between you and me when we’re unable to see each other. 50 If you mistreat my daughters or marry other women behind my back, remember that Elohim stands as a witness between you and me.”

53 May the Elohim of Abraham and Nahor—the Elohim of their father—judge between us.”

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The Filling Station – Genesis 27,28

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Genesis 27
Names of God Bible (NOG)
Jacob Gets Isaac’s Blessing

The story of Jacob stealing Esaus blessing,  Rebeccas part in it.

Genesis 28:

We find Jacob meeting Elohim  and is changed.

Genesis 28
Names of God Bible (NOG)
Isaac Sends Jacob Away

28 Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You are not to marry any of the Canaanite women. 2 Quick! Go to Paddan Aram. Go to the home of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and get yourself a wife from there from the daughters of your uncle Laban. 3 May El Shadday bless you, make you fertile, and increase the number of your descendants so that you will become a community of people. 4 May he give to you and your descendants the blessing of Abraham so that you may take possession of the land where you are now living, the land that Elohim gave to Abraham.”  (El Shaddy , Almighty God).

Jacob’s First Encounter with God

10 Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. 11 When he came to a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones from that place, put it under his head, and lay down there. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway set up on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven. He saw the angels of Elohim going up and coming down on it. 13 Yahweh was standing above it, saying, “I am Yahweh, the Elohim of your grandfather Abraham and the Elohim of Isaac. I will give the land on which you are lying to you and your descendants. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you and through your descendant every family on earth will be blessed. 15 Remember, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will also bring you back to this land because I will not leave you until I do what I’ve promised you.”

16 Then Jacob woke up from his sleep and exclaimed, “Certainly, Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it!” 17 Filled with awe, he said, “How awe-inspiring this place is! Certainly, this is the house of Elohim and the gateway to heaven!”

18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had put under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured olive oil on top of it. 19 He named that place Bethel [House of God]. Previously, the name of the city was Luz.

20 Then Jacob made a vow: “If Elohim will be with me and will watch over me on my trip and give me food to eat and clothes to wear, 21 and if I return safely to my father’s home, then Yahweh will be my Elohim. 22 This stone that I have set up as a marker will be the house of Elohim, and I will surely give you a tenth of everything you give me.”

Note his prayer :  If, if, then….a changing point in his life….testing Elohim,  if you do as you say…..Yahweh will be my Elohim. ….I will give back a tenth of all given me.  I believe he recognized Yahweh and Elohim two in one God.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 25,26

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Genesis 25:

7 Abraham lived 175 years. 8 Then he took his last breath, and died at a very old age. After a long and full life, he joined his ancestors in death. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite. The cave is east of Mamre. 10 This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham died, Elohim blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer Lahai Roi.

Esau and Jacob

19 This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac and his descendants. Abraham was the father of Isaac. 20 Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. 21 Isaac prayed to Yahweh for his wife because she was childless. Yahweh answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 When the children inside her were struggling with each other, she said, “If it’s like this now, what will become of me?”[b] So she went to ask Yahweh.

23 Yahweh said to her,

“Two countries are in your womb.
Two nations will go their separate ways from birth.
One nation will be stronger than the other,
    and the older will serve the younger.”

We find Isaac did not have a close walk with Yahweh or Elohim,  his and Rebecca s  prayers were almost the extent  of  their relationship.  

Genesis 26
Names of God Bible (NOG)
The Lord’s First Promise to Isaac

26 There was a famine in the land in addition to the earlier one during Abraham’s time. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in Gerar.

2 Yahweh appeared to Isaac and said, “Don’t go to Egypt. Stay where I tell you. 3 Live here in this land for a while, and I will be with you and bless you. I will give all these lands to you and your descendants. I will keep the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give all these lands to your descendants. Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 5 I will bless you because Abraham obeyed me and completed the duties, commands, laws, and instructions I gave him.” 6 So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Here we find why Isaac was blessed by Yahweh,  because of Abraham’s walk….our lives afect our decendants even today.

12 Isaac planted crops in that land. In that same year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had planted because Yahweh had blessed him. 13 He continued to be successful, becoming very rich.

The Lord’s Second Promise to Isaac

23 He went from there to Beersheba. 24 That night Yahweh appeared to Isaac, and said, “I am the Elohim of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and increase the number of your descendants for my servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 So Isaac built an altar there and worshiped Yahweh. He also pitched his tent in that place, and his servants dug a well there.

First  mention of Isaac worshiping.  People recognize the Lords presence in our lifes.

28 They answered, “We have seen that Yahweh is with you. So we thought, ‘There should be a solemn agreement between us.’ We’d like to make an agreement with you 29 that you will not harm us, since we have not touched you. We have done only good to you and let you go in peace. Now you are blessed by Yahweh.”

30 Isaac prepared a special dinner for them, and they ate and drank. 31 Early the next morning they exchanged oaths. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left peacefully.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 23,24

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Please note;  This study is just man and maker interactions. ..  if you want the full story read the chapters listed.

Genesis 23:

Sarah died and buried.  No man and maker  interactions

Genesis 24:

Abraham sends his Servant to find Isaac a wife.  Abraham and the Servants prayers. 

Abraham Instructs His Servant

24 By now Abraham was old, and Yahweh had blessed him in every way. 2 So Abraham said to the senior servant of his household who was in charge of all that he owned, “Take a solemn oath. 3 I want you to swear by Yahweh Elohim of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I’m living. 4 Instead, you will go to the land of my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”

6 “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said to him. 7 “Yahweh Elohim of heaven took me from my father’s home and the land of my family. He spoke to me and swore this oath: ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’

“Elohim will send his angel ahead of you, and you will get my son a wife from there. 8 If the woman doesn’t want to come back with you, then you’ll be free from this oath that you swear to me.”

11 The servant had the camels kneel down outside the city by the well. It was evening, when the women would go out to draw water. 12 Then he prayed, “Yahweh, Elohim of my master Abraham, make me successful today. Show your kindness to Abraham.

21 The man was silently watching her to see whether or not Yahweh had made his trip successful.

26 The man knelt, bowing to Yahweh with his face touching the ground. 27 He said, “Praise Yahweh, the Elohim of my master Abraham. Yahweh hasn’t failed to be kind and faithful to my master. Yahweh has led me on this trip to the home of my master’s relatives.”

At the home of Abraham’s relatives:

Come in, you whom Yahweh has blessed. Why are you standing out here? I have straightened up the house and made a place for the camels.”

34 “I am Abraham’s servant,” he said. 35 “Yahweh has blessed my master, and he has become wealthy.

39 “I asked my master, ‘What if the woman won’t come back with me?’

40 “He answered me, ‘I have been living the way Yahweh wants me to. The Lord will send his angel with you to make your trip successful. You will get my son a wife from my relatives and from my father’s family. 41 Then you will be free from your oath to me”

42 “When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘Yahweh Elohim of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.

Please give me a drink of water.” 44 If she says to me, “Not only may you have a drink, but I will also draw water for your camels,” let her be the woman Yahweh has chosen for my master’s son.’

Trip successful,  Rebecca married Isaac.   Note Abraham’s  faith,  knew he lived a life that pleased Yahweh,  so knew his prayer would be answered.

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The Filling Station – Genesis 22

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Genesis 22:

God Tests Abraham

22 Later Elohim tested Abraham and called to him, “Abraham!”

“Yes, here I am!” he answered.

2 Elohim said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will show you.”

3 Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place that Elohim had told him about. 4 Two days later Abraham saw the place in the distance.

8 Abraham answered, “Elohim will provide a lamb for the burnt offering, Son.”

11 But the Messenger of Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!”

“Yes?” he answered.

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear Elohim, because you did not refuse to give me your son, your only son.”

13 When Abraham looked around, he saw a ram behind him caught by its horns in a bush. So Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 Abraham named that place Yahweh Yireh. It is still said today, “On the mountain of Yahweh it will be provided.”

The Lord’s Seventh Promise to Abraham

15 Then the Messenger of Yahweh called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, “I am taking an oath on my own name, declares Yahweh, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son,

Notice tested by God,  Abraham knew God would provide.  The Lord stopped him because he fesred God.   Like Job…the Lord knew  he feared  God….Noah walked with God.

Love God, (Jesus),  The Lord reacts.

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The Filling Station – Genesis – 21

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Genesis 21:

God Provides for Hagar and Ishmael

21 Yahweh came to help Sarah and did for her what he had promised. 2 So she became pregnant, and at the exact time Elohim had promised, she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. 3 Abraham named his newborn son Isaac. 4 When Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him as Elohim had commanded. 5 Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.

6 Sarah said, “Elohim has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me. 7 Who would have predicted to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet, I have given him a son in his old age.”

8 The child grew and was weaned. On the day Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a big feast. 9 Sarah saw that Abraham’s son by Hagar the Egyptian was laughing at Isaac. 10 She said to Abraham, “Get rid of this slave and her son, because this slave’s son must never share the inheritance with my son Isaac.” 11 Abraham was upset by this because of his son Ishmael. 12 But Elohim said to Abraham, “Don’t be upset about the boy and your slave. Listen to what Sarah says because through Isaac your descendants will carry on your name. 13 Besides, I will make the slave’s son into a nation also, because he is your child.”

17 Elohim heard the boy crying, and the Messenger of Elohim called to Hagar from heaven. “What’s the matter, Hagar?” he asked her. “Don’t be afraid! Elohim has heard the boy crying from the bushes. 18 Come on, help the boy up! Take him by the hand, because I’m going to make him into a great nation.”

19 Elohim opened her eyes. Then she saw a well. She filled the container with water and gave the boy a drink.

20 Elohim was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a skilled archer. 21 He lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother got him a wife from Egypt.

Abraham’s Agreement with Abimelech

22 At that time Abimelech,
accompanied by Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “Elohim is with you in everything you do. 23 Now, swear an oath to me here in front of Elohim that you will never cheat me, my children, or my descendants. Show me and the land where you’ve been living the same kindness that I have shown you.”

24 Abraham said, “I so swear.”

32 After they made the treaty at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and went back to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and worshiped Yahweh, El Olam, there. 34 Abraham lived a long time in the land of the Philistines.

The Filling Station – Genesis 20

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Genesis 20 :
Abraham Deceives Abimelech

20 Abraham moved to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar, 2 Abraham told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar sent men to take Sarah. 3 Elohim came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, “You’re going to die because of the woman that you’ve taken! She’s a married woman!” 4 Abimelech hadn’t come near her, so he asked, “Adonay, will you destroy a nation even if it’s innocent? 5 Didn’t he tell me himself, ‘She’s my sister,’ and didn’t she even say, ‘He’s my brother’? I did this in all innocence and with a clear conscience.”

6 “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience,” Elohim said to him in the dream. “In fact, I kept you from sinning against me. That’s why I didn’t let you touch her. 7 Give the man’s wife back to him now, because he’s a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don’t give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.”

Yahweh closed their wombs, Elohim, kept from sinning. Abimelech called Him Adonay, Sovereign Master.

11 Abraham said, “I thought that because there are no Elohim-fearing people in this place, I’d be killed because of my wife. 12 Besides, she is my sister—my father’s daughter but not my mother’s. She is also my wife. 13 When Elohim had me leave my father’s home and travel around, I said to her, ‘Do me a favor: Wherever we go, say that I’m your brother.’”

14 Then Abimelech took sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. 15 Abimelech said, “Look, here’s my land. Live anywhere you like.” 16 He said to Sarah, “Don’t forget, I’ve given your brother 25 pounds of silver. This is to silence any criticism against you from everyone with you. You’re completely cleared.”

17 Abraham prayed to Elohim, and Elohim healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children. 18 (Yahweh had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech’s household to have children because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.)

The Natures of the Father and Son are clearly on display.

The Filling Station – Genesis 19.

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This series is a look at the Natures of the Godhead, I believe the Lord in the Old Testament is the Father, Jehovah or Yahweh, and God, Elohim is the Son, Jesus . As we go through the interactions with man we see how they are always in agreement but differ in speach and Temperment.
Genesis 19: 
The story of Sodom said Gomorrah,  Note: Yahweh told Abraham what was going to happen,  Abraham prayed not to destroy the city if there were 10 righteousness people.   “Would you destroy the innocent with the guilty?”

Yahweh did not enter the city, the two angels alone went in.  Lot saved them from the men
and young boys who would rape them by offering his virgin daughters.   

The angels pulled Lot inside and blinded the people so they could not find the door.

Lot Leaves Sodom, and the Cities Are Destroyed

12 Then the men asked Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—any in-laws, sons, daughters, or any other relatives in the city? Get them out of here 13 because we’re going to destroy this place. The complaints to Yahweh against its people are so loud that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.”

14 So Lot went out and spoke to the men engaged to his daughters. He said, “Hurry! Get out of this place, because Yahweh is going to destroy the city.” But they thought he was joking.

Note:  Yahweh was saving Lot and all who would go with him.

15 As soon as it was dawn, the angels urged Lot by saying, “Quick! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you’ll be swept away when the city is punished.” 16 When he hesitated, the men grabbed him, his wife, and his two daughters by their hands, because Yahweh wanted to spare Lot. They brought them safely outside the city. 17 As soon as they were outside, one of the angels said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stop on the plain. Run for the hills, or you’ll be swept away!”

The angels grabbed them by the hands because Yahweh  (The Lord), wanted to save them.  Why?  Because of Abraham’s love and prayers.

Jude 22

22 Show mercy to those who have doubts. 23 Save others by snatching them from the fire of hell. Show mercy to others, even though you are afraid that you might be stained by their sinful lives .

Lot only went to a city close by instead of fleeing as the angels told him,  Yahweh did not destroy that city for Lots  sake.

23 The sun had just risen over the land as Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then Yahweh made burning sulfur and fire rain out of heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah. 25 He destroyed those cities, the whole plain, all who lived in the cities, and whatever grew on the ground. 26 Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a column of salt.

27 Early the next morning Abraham came to the place where he had stood in front of Yahweh. 28 When he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land in the plain, he saw smoke rising from the land like the thick smoke of a furnace.

29 When Elohim destroyed the cities on the plain, Elohim remembered Abraham. Lot was allowed to escape from the destruction that came to the cities where he was living.

Yahweh and Elohim  destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.   The Father and Son act as one, in agreement.  Since the men engaged to the daughters stayed, the daughters slept with their father.

We find in Deuteronomy that Yahweh had land set aside for Lots children as well as Esau decendants.

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The Filling Station – 16 – 17 Genesis – 16 – 17

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Genesis 16:

In chapter 15 we have that great verse: “Abram believed the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousness.”   He believed the Lord  would give him an heir but decided to help Him along.

He and Sarai decided  on their own plan.  Without consulting the Lord.  So we have Ishmael,  and a warning to wait on the Lords timing and plan.  Our ways are not the Lords ways.

Genesis 17:

Here we are Abram has loved, worshipped and obeyed the Lord for 24 years.  He has heard the name of God from Melchizedek,  and heard Gods voice in a dream.  Now he will meet Him.

Genesis 17
Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Lord’s Fifth Promise to Abraham

17 “When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him. He said to Abram, “I am El Shadday. Live in my presence with integrity. 2 I will give you my promise,[a] and I will give you very many descendants.”

Please read carefully,  words mean things.

*   The Lord (Yahweh ), appeared to Abram.

*   Introduced Himself as El Shadday  (Almighty God)

*   The Lord said  “live in my presence with integrity”.  (walk before me and be ye perfect).  “I will give you many descendants.”

Then we see how he reacts to meeting Almighty God for the first time:

3 “Immediately, Abram bowed with his face touching the ground, and again Elohim spoke to him, 4 “My promise is still with you. You will become the father of many nations. 5 So your name will no longer be Abram [Exalted Father], but Abraham [Father of Many] because I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will give you many descendants. Many nations and kings will come from you. 7 I will make my promise to you and your descendants for generations to come as an everlasting promise. I will be your Elohim and the God of your descendants. 8 I am also giving this land where you are living—all of Canaan—to you and your descendants as your permanent possession. And I will be your Elohim.”

Abram  mets Almighty God:
*    Abram bows down in Worship  (didn’t happen when first meeting the Lord)

*    Almighty God repeated the Lords promises

*    Almighty God made no demands, He saw the love in Worship.

*    Almighty God gave Abram and Sarai new names

9 “Elohim also said to Abraham, “You and your descendants in generations to come are to be faithful to my promise. 10 This is how you are to be faithful to my promise: Every male among you is to be circumcised. 11 All of you must be circumcised. That will be the sign of the promise from me to you.”

*   Circumcision was Instituted

To me, this is the moment Abraham met Jesus, Worship, new names, circumcision of our hearts…only requirement is love.

15 “Elohim said to Abraham, “Don’t call your wife by the name Sarai anymore. Instead, her name is Sarah [Princess]. 16 I will bless her, and I will also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become a mother of nations, and kings will come from her.” 17 Immediately, Abraham bowed with his face touching the ground. He laughed as he thought to himself, “Can a son be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, have a child?” 18 Then Abraham said to Elohim, “Why not let Ishmael be my heir?”

19 “Elohim replied, “No! Your wife Sarah will give you a son, and you will name him Isaac [He Laughs]. I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants. 20 I have heard your request about Ishmael. Yes, I will bless him, make him fertile, and increase the number of his descendants. He will be the father of 12 princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But I will make my promise to Isaac. Sarah will give birth to him at this time next year.” 22 When Elohim finished speaking with Abraham, he left him.”

Abraham’s Household Circumcised

23 “So Abraham took his son Ishmael, everyone born in his household, and everyone bought with money—every male in his household—and circumcised them that day, as Elohim had told him. 24 Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised. 25 His son Ishmael was 13 years old when he was circumcised. 26 That same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. 27 All the men of his household, whether born in the household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.”

Immediate obedience:  Notice when the Lord first called Abram :

Genesis 12
King James Version (KJV)
12 “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:”

The Lord had said :  To me it seems the Lord had to mention it more than once.  After years of service, he learned to follow immediately.