I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus.

Accordingly, in the course of his remarks Peter reminded his hearers that this same Moses (as well as the Old Testament prophets) spoke of a coming prophet whom the people must listen to and obey. During the night, he encountered a “man,” with whom he wrestled until daybreak. Rashi, the foremost medieval commentator, wonders why Abraham’s name is not invoked here as well. This is demonstrated in the incident of the twelve Israelites (one from each tribe) who were sent into the land of promise to investigate conditions there. That prophet was indeed Jesus the Messiah, the very one whom the Jewish people had crucified rather than obeying. 5:17). Ps. Jesus then reminded them of the well-known incident of Moses standing before the burning bush saying, Even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

I will be their God. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. How do you deal with a sinning professed believer who is not a church member? 9-10). 29:2-12). As was their custom, one day Peter and John went up to the temple at the time of the afternoon prayer. 10 The Genesis account would seem to indicate that Jacob had actually wrestled with God and seen him “Face to face” and “survived” (v. 30). One of them is found in the narrative of Elijah’s prophetic ministry.

Jer. 2 For a discussion of the original text as to this formula, see the NET textual note. 1b, 9a) covenantal enactment (vv. Therefore, God told Moses to go down from the mountain and confront the people.

Jesus is the resurrection. We have a tendancy to associate God with people who have died, but is that really an accurate association? Interestingly, the king’s summons read: O Israelites, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.

The covenant made with Israel was passed on to Isaac and then to Jacob and the whole nation of Israel. Therefore, he prayed to the Lord for help: “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’ …You said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the seashore, too numerous to count’” (vv. Do Women In Leadership Contradict The Bible. 33:20; cf. So central was Abram to God’s purpose that the Lord went on to declare, I will bless those who bless those who bless you but the one who treats you lightly I must curse. Philip W. Comfort, 18 vols. Abraham was not a perfect man, but he did believe God and put his beliefs into action. That very day Abraham again demonstrated his faith and faithfulness as well as his compliance with the covenant by instituting the rite of circumcision on all the men of his household (vv.