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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan. The NLT Illustrated Study Bible explains: The people descended from Ham’s four sons (Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Canaanites) were Israel’s most hostile neighbours. Ham’s descendants were excluded from the blessing of Shem’s line. I find it interesting that initially Noah was God’s favourite (at that time), but … Continue reading Reflection on Genesis 10:6
he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”’ I have often been confused as to why Canaan was cursed when it was his father that was in the wrong, and had to look up the notes in the NLT Illustrated Study Bible to explain it to me, which … Continue reading Reflection on Genesis 9:25
“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” For as long as I can remember, growing up, I’d had a panic attack every single time I heard of an asteroid or meteor heading in Earth’s direction. With the Earth being round and … Continue reading Reflection on Genesis 8:22
The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in. Every time I read this, and I’ve lost count how many times I have read this in my life, I’d often wondered how he fed the animals, not so much those that … Continue reading Reflections on Genesis 7:16
So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out God gave Noah specific instructions on how to build an Ark as well as how to stock it and who and what to bring. Noah was lucky as he knew what was to come, so … Continue reading Reflections on Genesis 6:14
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you When I read Matthew 5:44, I struggled with this. The idea of loving your enemies, I find extremely challenging because of my own past. With years of being bullied, as well as by members of my own family, but also other … Continue reading Reflections on Matthew 5:44
"All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”I find this interesting. What it brings to mind are the money making schemes in the modern world. How many times have you seen an Ad whilst watching YouTube, and in that Ad, some so-called rich guy is standing in … Continue reading Reflections on Matthew 4:9
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. When I read this verse, Revelations comes to mind. Too many to mention, but a list can be found here (amongst verses from other books of the … Continue reading Reflections on Matthew 3:12
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt Joseph had a total of 4 dreams from the angel of the Lord, the first was to accept Mary as his wife, because she was pregnant with the son of God (Matthew 1:20-21), 2 were warnings (Matthew 2:13, 22) … Continue reading Reflections on Matthew 2:19
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah I find it interesting that we see the genealogy in Matthew of Joseph’s descendents, when Jesus is the Son of God born through the Holy Spirit. It wasn’t until I researched further and … Continue reading Reflections on Matthew 1:16
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