PATRIARCH ABRAHAM

PATRIARCH ABRAHAM: originally known as Abram is a native of Ur and he is called a friend of God because he was faithful, obedience and upright in the sight of the Lord. Abram was a just man who pleases the Lord, he possesses many sheep, many cattle and servants, he live in Haran with Sarai his wife and they are childless. God appeared to Abram in a vision and tell him to leave for a better place where He will show him and Abram obeyed God and packed all his possessions and Lots his nephew and they all leave for the land of Canaan and he was 75 years old when he depart Haran. 

Abraham spoke with God on several occasions and “one day the Lord said to Abram, do not be afraid, for I AM your defender and I promise to give you a great reward, and Abram asked the Lord, what kind of reward? Abram continued by saying, I don’t even have a child and who will inherit all that I have when I die”. And God promised him that Sarai his wife will have a son even when they are passed (old) age. In the night, God asked Abram to look up in the sky and see/count the multitude of the stars and Abram wasn’t able to count the stars and God said to him, your children will be uncountable. And Abram believed God's promise, and Abram's faith pleased God. It was Abram's faith in God and His promise that made things right between Abram and God. 

As time goes by and Abram was 99 years old, (much more older than your grandfather) the Lord change his name from Abram to Abraham meaning the father of many nations, and the Lord changed Sarai name to Sarah. God reminded Abraham His promise that they will born/have  a son and this time, it was so funny to Abraham and he laughed so hard and fell on his face because he couldn’t believe they will have a son in old age.

On a faithful day, Abraham was resting when three visitors came and he hurried and asked them “may I make something for you to eat and drink?” Abraham pleaded with the visitors  to join them and have a little rest. And Abraham offered them some fresh bread, milk and hamburgers, while the visitors were eating, they inquired of Abraham’s wife Sarah and Abraham told them her whereabout and they informed Abraham that same time next year they will visit again and this time  Sarah will have a son. Sarah was listening to their conversation and laughed when she heard that she will have a son but she quickly covered her mouth because she don’t want them to hear her laughing. She said to herself, how can I have a son when I am close to 100 years.

When the visitors left Abraham and Sarah realized that it was God who told them all these things and a year later, Sarah and Abraham had a son and named him Isaac.

There are important things to note and remember in this story, God always keep His promises. 

Even before God start the creation of the world, He already has a better plan and He want His children to know that He is good and love us and one day we will come to heaven and live with Him. God’s plan is perfect. 

Genesis 12:1–20 (1, the Lord said to Abram, “leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s home, and go to a land that I am going to show you. 2, I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing. 3, I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse those who curse you.  4, When Abram was seventy-five years old, he started out from Haran, as the Lord had told him to do; and Lot went with him. 5, Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the wealth and all the slaves they had acquired in Haran, and they started out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan, 6, Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were still living in the land.) 7, The Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “This is the country that I am going to give to your descendants.” Then Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8, After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the Lord. 9, Then he moved on from place to place, going toward the southern part of Canaan. 10, But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while. 11, When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “You are a beautiful woman. 12, When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live. 13, Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well.” 14, When he crossed the border into Egypt, the Egyptians did see that his wife was beautiful. 15, Some of the court officials saw her and told the king how beautiful she was; so she was taken to his palace. 16, Because of her the king treated Abram well and gave him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels. 17, But because the king had taken Sarai, the Lord sent terrible diseases on him and on the people of his palace. 18, Then the king sent for Abram and asked him, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? 19, Why did you say that she was your sister, and let me take her as my wife? Here is your wife; take her and get out!” 20, The king gave orders to his men, so they took Abram and put him out of the country, together with his wife and everything he owned.