Deacon D

  Genesis 19 In verse 1, we see that there are now TWO angels. Before ( in Genesis 18:2 there were three angels and we see that the Lord went on HIS way in Genesis 18:33.  That's lead some of the scholars to believe that GOD was actually one of the angels that met with Abraham, face to face! No one's really sure if it was HIM or not, but in either case, we now see that there are TWO angels going to Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels are said to have arrived in the evening, however, some scholars actually think it was closer to sunset for a few reasons, the first being that the gates would have been closed at night to keep out bandits and secondly, the word used for evening "ereb" could mean "evening", "night" or even "sunset".  When the angels arrived, Lot was said to be "sitting in the gate" and this is absolutely correct. At that time each city had two sets of gates, an outer gate and an inner gate. The space between those two...

  Genesis 5      Right off, I bet your wondering why this chapter should be included , right?  It just a bunch of  "X begat Y", "A begat B" and so on, so what?  What's important about that  ?   Remember on the previous  post I mentioned that each generation was looking for the person who would fulfill GOD's curse to satan that an offspring of Eve would crush Satan's head .  Each generation was looking for that person and would at least note the name of their son, just in case he WAS that person.            We're reminded, in Verses 1 - 2 that GOD made us, and named us, therefore HE owns us, HE's in  charge, not us.  We're also reminded that we're made in GOD's image.  Now , that word "image" is  the Hebrew word "Tselem", and it doesn't mean any kind of physical image at all. The closest word  we have to it would be "a shade" or an ethereal image. More...