Monday, January 2, 2017

Where Does This Enmity Come From

Genesis 16:10-12, 15-16

THEN, The Angel (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID TO Her (Hagar), “I (GOD Almighty) WILL MULTIPLY Your Descendants EXCEEDINGLY, SO That They Shall NOT BE COUNTED For Multitude.”  AND The Angel OF THE LORD SAID TO Her (Hagar): “Behold, YOU ARE WITH Child, AND YOU Shall BEAR A Son.  YOU Shall Call His Name, Ishmael, BECAUSE THE LORD (GOD Almighty), HAS HEARD Your Affliction.

He (Ishmael) Shall BE A WILD MAN; His Hand Shall BE AGAINST EVERY MAN, AND Every Man’s Hand AGAINST Him.  AND He Shall DWELL IN The Presence of All His Brethren.”

SO, Hagar BORE Abram A Son; AND Abram Named His Son, Whom Hagar BORE, Ishmael.  Abram WAS Eighty-Six (86) Years Old, When Hagar BORE Ishmael TO Abram.

Genesis 17:1-7, 19-22

When Abram WAS Ninety-Nine (99) Years Old, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) APPEARED TO Abram AND SAID TO Him, “I AM Almighty GOD; WALK BEFORE Me AND BE BLAMELESS.  And I WILL MAKE MY COVENANT, BETWEEN Me AND YOU, AND WILL MULTIPLY YOU EXCEEDINGLY.”

THEN, Abram FELL ON His Face, AND GOD (GOD Almighty) TALKED WITH Him, SAYING: “AS FOR Me, Behold, MY COVENANT IS WITH YOU, AND YOU Shall BE A Father OF Many Nations.  NO Longer Shall Your Name BE Called Abram, BUT Your Name Shall BE Abraham; FOR I (GOD Almighty) HAVE MADE YOU (Abraham) A Father OF Many Nations.

I (GOD Almighty) WILL MAKE YOU (Abraham) EXCEEDINGLY FRUITFUL; AND I WILL MAKE Nations OF YOU, AND Kings Shall COME FROM YOU.  And I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT, BETWEEN Me AND YOU, AND Your Descendants AFTER YOU IN Their Generations, FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, TO BE GOD TO YOU AND Your Descendants AFTER YOU.

THEN, GOD (GOD Almighty) SAID: “NO, Sarah Your Wife Shall BEAR YOU (Abraham) A Son, AND YOU Shall Call His Name Isaac; I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH Him (Isaac) FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, AND WITH His (Isaac’s) Descendants AFTER Him (Isaac).

And AS FOR Ishmael, I (GOD Almighty) HAVE HEARD YOU (Abraham).  Behold, I HAVE BLESSED Him (Ishmael), AND WILL MAKE Him FRUITFUL, AND WILL MULTIPLY Him EXCEEDINGLY.  He (Ishmael) Shall BEGET Twelve (12) Princes, AND I WILL MAKE Him (Ishmael) A Great Nation (Islam).

BUT MY (GOD Almighty’s) COVENANT, I WILL ESTABLISH WITH Isaac, Whom Sarah Shall BEAR TO YOU (Abraham) AT THIS SET TIME Next Year.”  THEN, HE (GOD Almighty) FINISHED TALKING WITH Him (Abraham), AND GOD WENT UP FROM Abraham.

Genesis 21:1-3, 5

AND THE LORD (GOD Almighty) VISITED Sarah, AS He HAD SAID, AND THE LORD (GOD Almighty) DID FOR Sarah AS He HAD SPOKEN.  For Sarah CONCEIVED AND BORE Abraham A Son, IN His Old Age, AT THE SET TIME OF Which GOD HAD SPOKEN TO Him.  And Abraham Called The Name OF His Son, Who WAS BORN TO Him, Whom Sarah BORE TO Him, Isaac.  Now, Abraham WAS One Hundred (100) Years Old, When His Son, Isaac, WAS BORN TO Him.

Genesis 21:9-13, 16-18, 20-21a

AND Sarah SAW The Son (Ishmael) OF Hagar, The Egyptian, Whom She (Hagar) HAD BORNE TO Abraham, SCOFFING.  Therefore, She (Sarah) SAID TO Abraham, “CAST OUT THIS Bondwoman (Hagar) AND Her Son (Ishmael); FOR The Son (Ishmael) OF THIS Bondwoman (Hagar) Shall NOT BE HEIR WITH My (Sarah’s) Son, Namely WITH Isaac.”

AND The Matter WAS Very Displeasing, IN Abraham’s Sight, BECAUSE OF His Son (Ishmael).  BUT, GOD SAID TO Abraham, “DO NOT LET IT BE Displeasing, IN Your Sight, BECAUSE OF The Lad (Ishmael) OR BECAUSE OF Your Bondwoman (Hagar).  Whatever Sarah HAS SAID TO YOU, LISTEN TO Her Voice; FOR IN Isaac, Your (Abraham’s) SEED Shall BE CALLED.  Yet, I WILL ALSO MAKE A Nation OF The Son (Ishmael) OF The Bondwoman (Hagar), BECAUSE He (Ishmael) IS Your (Abraham’s) SEED.”

THEN, She (Hagar) Went AND Sat Down Across From Him (Ishmael) AT A Distance OF About A Bowshot; FOR She SAID TO Herself, “Let Me NOT SEE, The Death OF The Boy.”  So, She Sat Opposite Him, AND LIFTED Her Voice AND Wept.  And GOD HEARD The Voice OF The Lad.  THEN, The Angel (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) OF GOD CALLED TO Hagar, OUT OF Heaven, AND SAID TO Her, “What Ails YOU, Hagar?  Fear NOT, FOR GOD HAS HEARD The Voice OF The Lad (Ishmael) Where He IS.  ARISE, LIFT UP The Lad AND HOLD Him WITH Your (Hagar’s) Hand, FOR I (GOD Almighty) WILL MAKE Him (Ishmael) A Great Nation (Islam).”  SO, GOD WAS WITH The Lad; AND He GREW AND DWELT IN The Wilderness, AND Became an Archer.  He (Ishmael) DWELT IN The Wilderness OF Paran.

Genesis 22:1-2, 10-12, 15-18

NOW, IT CAME TO PASS, AFTER These Things, THAT GOD TESTED Abraham, AND SAID TO Him, “Abraham!”  AND He (Abraham) SAID, “Here I am.”  THEN, He (GOD Almighty) SAID, “TAKE NOW Your Son, Your ONLY Son, ISAAC, WHOM YOU Love, AND GO TO The Land OF Moriah, AND OFFER Him (Isaac) THERE AS A Burnt Offering ON One OF The Mountains OF Which I Shall TELL YOU.”

AND Abraham STRETCHED OUT His Hand AND TOOK The Knife TO SLAY His Son (Isaac).  BUT The Angel OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) CALLED TO Him, FROM Heaven AND SAID, “Abraham, Abraham!”  SO, He (Abraham) SAID, “Here I am.”  AND He (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel) SAID, “DO NOT LAY Your Hand ON The Lad (Isaac), OR DO ANYTHING TO Him (Isaac); FOR NOW I (GOD Almighty) KNOW, THAT YOU FEAR GOD, SINCE YOU HAVE NOT WITHHELD Your Son, Your ONLY Son (Isaac), FROM Me (GOD Almighty).”

THEN, The Angel OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) CALLED TO Abraham, A Second Time OUT OF Heaven, AND SAID: “BY Myself I HAVE SWORN, SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty), BECAUSE YOU Have DONE THIS THING, AND HAVE NOT WITHHELD Your Son, Your ONLY Son (Isaac), BLESSING, I (GOD Almighty) WILL BLESS YOU, AND Multiplying, I WILL MULTIPLY Your Descendants AS The Stars OF The Heaven AND AS The Sand, Which IS ON The Seashore; AND Your Descendants Shall POSSESS The GATE OF Their Enemies.  IN Your (Abraham’s) SEED All The Nations OF The Earth Shall BE BLESSED, BECAUSE YOU HAVE OBEYED MY VOICE.”

Genesis 25:12-17

NOW, THIS IS The Genealogy OF Ishmael, Abraham’s Son, WHOM Hagar, The Egyptian, Sarah’s Maidservant, BORE TO Abraham.  AND THESE WERE The Names OF The Sons OF Ishmael, BY Their Names, According TO Their Generations: The Firstborn OF Ishmael, Nebajoth; Then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.  THESE WERE The Sons OF Ishmael AND THESE WERE Their Names, BY Their Towns AND Their Settlements, Twelve (12) Princes According TO Their Nations.  THESE WERE The Years OF The Life OF Ishmael: One Hundred AND Thirty-Seven (137) Years; AND He BREATHED His Last AND DIED, AND WAS GATHERED TO His People.

Genesis 35:23-26

NOW, The Sons OF Jacob (Israel) WERE Twelve: The Sons OF Leah WERE Reuben, Jacob’s Firstborn, AND Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, AND Zebulun; The Sons OF Rachel WERE Joseph AND Benjamin; The Sons OF Bilhah, Rachel’s Maidservant, WERE Dan AND Naphtali; AND The Sons OF Zilpah, Leah’s Maidservant, WERE Gad AND Asher.  THESE WERE The Sons OF Jacob (Israel), Who WERE BORN TO Him, IN Padan Aram.

Genesis 37:3-4

Now, Israel (Jacob) LOVED Joseph MORE THAN ALL His Children, BECAUSE He (Joseph) WAS The Son OF His Old Age.  ALSO, He (Israel/Jacob) MADE Him (Joseph) A Tunic OF Many Colors.  BUT, WHEN His (Joseph’s) Brothers SAW That Their Father (Israel/Jacob) LOVED Him (Joseph) MORE THAN ALL His (Joseph’s) Brothers, They HATED Him (Joseph) AND COULD NOT Speak Peaceably TO Him.

Genesis 37:25b-28

THEN, They (Joseph’s Brothers) LIFTED Their Eyes AND Looked, AND There WAS A Company OF Ishmaelites, Coming From Gilead WITH Their Camels, Bearing Spices, Balm, AND Myrrh, ON Their Way TO Carry Them Down TO Egypt.  SO, Judah SAID TO His Brothers, “What Profit IS There IF We KILL Our Brother (Joseph) AND Conceal His Blood?  Come AND Let Us SELL Him (Joseph) TO The Ishmaelites, AND Let NOT Our Hand BE UPON Him (Joseph), FOR He IS Our Brother AND Our Flesh.”  AND His Brothers Listened.  THEN, Midianite Traders PASSED BY; SO, The Brothers PULLED Joseph UP AND LIFTED Him OUT OF The Pit, AND SOLD Him TO The Ishmaelites, FOR Twenty (20) Shekels OF Silver.  AND They (The Ishmaelites) TOOK Joseph TO Egypt.

Fellow Believers, I find it ironic that Joseph was sold to Ishmaelites and taken to Egypt.

Galatians 4:21-26, 28-31

TELL Me (Believers), YOU (Islam) Who DESIRE TO BE UNDER The Law, Do YOU NOT Hear The Law?  FOR IT IS WRITTEN That Abraham HAD Two Sons: The One (Ishmael) BY A Bondwoman (Hagar), The Other (Isaac) BY A Freewoman (Sarah).

BUT He (Islam) Who WAS OF The Bondwoman (Satan) WAS BORN According TO The Flesh (THROUGH Satan), AND He (Believers) (Born) OF The Freewoman (GOD Almighty), THROUGH PROMISE (Jesus Christ), WHICH THINGS ARE SYMBOLIC.

FOR THESE ARE THE TWO COVENANTS: The One (Islam) FROM Mount Sinai Which GIVES BIRTH TO BONDAGE (THROUGH Satan), Which IS Hagar (Islam) FOR THIS Hagar (Islam) IS Mount Sinai IN Arabia (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), AND Corresponds TO Jerusalem, Which NOW IS, AND IS IN BONDAGE WITH Her (Islam’s) Children.

BUT, The Jerusalem ABOVE (The Heavenly Jerusalem) IS FREE (GOD Almighty), Which IS The Mother (GOD Almighty) OF Us (Believers) All.

NOW, We (Believers), Brethren, AS Isaac WAS, ARE Children (Children OF GOD Almighty) OF PROMISE (THROUGH Jesus Christ).  BUT, AS He (Islam) Who WAS BORN According TO The Flesh (THROUGH Satan) THEN PERSECUTED Him (Believers), Who WAS BORN According TO The Spirit (The Holy Spirit), EVEN SO, IT IS NOW.  Nevertheless, WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE (The Holy Bible) SAY?

“CAST OUT The Bondwoman (Satan) AND Her Son (Islam), FOR The Son (Islam) OF The Bondwoman (Satan) Shall NOT BE HEIR, WITH The Son (Believers) OF The Freewoman (GOD Almighty).”  SO THEN, Brethren, We (Believers) ARE NOT Children OF The Bondwoman (Satan), BUT OF THE FREE (GOD Almighty).

Fellow Believers, Here is some background on Islam.  IN Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a Prophet AND an Ancestor to Muhammad.  IN Islam, They believe that Abraham was told to sacrifice His Son, Ishmael (NOT Isaac), and that THIS EVENT took place where The Dome OF The Rock, Now Stands.  And IN Islam, They believe that Abraham SENT Hagar AND Ishmael AWAY (AT Sarah’s Demand AND Allah’s Command), BUT That Abraham TOOK Them (Hagar AND Ishmael) TO Mecca (Saudi Arabia).

Does This Sound Familiar?

“He (Islam) Shall BE A WILD MAN; His (Islam’s) Hand Shall BE AGAINST EVERY MAN, AND Every Man’s Hand AGAINST Him (Islam).”

Fellow Believers, PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD ALMIGHTY AND NEVER TAKE IT OFF!

KEEPING THIS IN MIND: The Being Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond.  SO, There IS NO Time TO Waste, GET OUT There, Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ.

“SUDDENLY, We (Believers) WILL BE NO MORE; FOR Jesus Christ HAS TAKEN Us!”

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