Jesus appears again in this Chapter.  We are told that the Lord appeared to Abraham - and that Abraham saw three men.  These three men were Jesus (another theophany) and two angels. And in this meeting we see two aspects of Jesus.  Firstly, Jesus was meeting with a friend, and

As we move ahead in the story of Abraham we will see that Abraham and Isaac will tell the story in advance of God the father and Jesus the son.  That illustration of Jesus life on earth starts here in Chapter 17 when God says that Abraham and Sarah will

In Chapter 15 we met "the word of the Lord", when he came to Abraham.  In Chapter 16 we have another visit which is generally viewed as a pre-incarnate manifestation of Jesus.  This time the title used is "the angel of the Lord", and this is

This chapter begins "After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision." And again, in verse 4, "Then the WORD of the LORD came to him". This is the first time the phrase "word of the Lord" is used in

In Genesis 14 there is the brief meeting between Abraham and Melchizadek. Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.  And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed

It is easy to miss the prophecy about Jesus in this chapter.  This is because our modern idea of prophecy is looking for a prediction and a fulfilment.  However, in Jewish writing prophecy is often seen in patterns. A (very relevant) example of this is in Hosea 11: verse 1,

This chapter begins the story of the Jewish nation - with the call of Abraham - the grandfather of Jacob - later named Israel.  And verse three contains a promise from God to Abraham, which was to be a prophecy, fulfilled by Jesus. I will make you a great nation

In the chapter we have the construction of a city with a tower - a tower to reach the heavens, built out of pride.  And in response God scattered the people throughout the world, and caused them to speak in numerous languages - so that they did not understand each

Having followed the life of Noah, this Chapter now gives a high level overview of Noah's descendants, over several generations.  This is setting the scene for the story of nations.  There are two key aspects to the story.  God is going to show his special claim on a

Noah and his family have survived the global flood.  They have finally left the ark.  And God talks to them: Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: ‘I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that

According to verse 4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Why give us this precise information? Well, we need to look ahead to Exodus 12:2 where we are told that the calendar was reset.  Jesus was resurrected

In the instructions on the ark's design in Chapter 6, God told Noah to include one door in the side.  God's judgement was coming and there was only one door through which safety could come.  Noah and his family put their trust in God and, having

We have in this Chapter the building of the Ark. There are detailed instructions on the construction, giving the materials and the size.  And the Ark itself and its role in saving Noah and his family point to Jesus. The link is set out in Peter's letter in

Chapter 5 of Genesis is primarily a genealogy.  It is the type of chapter that many readers skip over as irrelevant for today's issues.  However, everything in the bible is there for a reason.  And that reason is always Jesus. These verses point to Jesus in a very

The story for today links with the idea which was developed in Chapter 3 which we considered yesterday - the shedding of blood and the death of an animal. Adam's two sons - Cain and Abel - knew God.  They knew they should make offerings to the Lord.

This chapter is so full of links to Jesus it is hard to know which one to pick.  The whole of the Bible is about God's plan to provide a solution to the fall of mankind, resulting from Adam's sin.  There is a prophecy about Jesus

There are two links to Jesus that I could write about.  The first is in verses 2-3: By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.  And God blessed the seventh day and made it

This is the start of the Bible - and the start of our search for Jesus in the Old Testament. It is often said that the book begins with the creation  - but it begins before that. It begins with God. God was already there at the beginning. And in