The Prophetic Presbyterian & His Narrow Way

  17  When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2  that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” 3  Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, 4  “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5  No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6  I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. 7  And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8  And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will...

  15  After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2  But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3  And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” 4  And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.” 5  And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6  And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. 7  And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” 8  But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” 9  He said to him,...

  12  ¶ But the LORD had said unto Abram, Depart out of thy country and from thy nature and from thy father’s house unto a land that I will show thee; 2  and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. 3  And I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4  ¶ So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him, and Abram  was  seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5  And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6  ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite  was  then in the land. 7  And the L...

Who really tanked Sodom & Gommorah?     Was it Chedorlaomer & the other kings, or was it the Cracker Barrel? When we first meet Sodom & Gomorrah up close & personal, they are at war with each other & their neighbors.     Genesis, starting in Chapter 6, has already described life in that region of the world as life characterized by war, witchcraft, idolatry, & sorcery. The kings go to war with each other & Lot gets caught in the crossfire.      Abraham, whose name at this point is still Abram, pulls together an extraction team, rescues Lot, & retreats, passing through Salem, where Abram meets Melchizedek, worships the LORD with him, tithes to Melchizedek out of the spoils of war, then meets Bera, the king of Sodom, sees through his offer & then returns home. In Chapter 18 of Genesis the LORD visits Abraham & later confides to him, announcing His plans to destroy Sodom & Gommorah.     Abraha...

  The Thousand Years 20  And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.   2  He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.   3  He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. 4  I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They [ a ] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reignedwith Christ a thousand years.   5  (The rest of the dead did not come to life unt...

  The Thousand Years 20  And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.   2  He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.   3  He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. 4  I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They [ a ] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reignedwith Christ a thousand years.   5  (The rest of the dead did not come to life unt...