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>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 17:03:54 GMT, Alan Smithee <alms@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Commie Democrat wrote:
>>>> On 09 May 2008, Knowledge <knowledg_e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Many educated white people give credit to the Greeks as the source
>>>>> of knowledge for much of their higher learning. Who did the Greeks
>>>>> learn everything from? When you look at history, you learn that
>>>>> they gave credit to the Black African for everything.
>>>>
>>>> Did the Greeks teach all those black boys how to build the **** huts
>>>> they currently live in?
>>>
>>>
>>>This is both hysterical and scary. Hysterical because it's obvious
>>>rubbish; scary because someone actually believes it.
>>>
>>>NOTE: Climate plays a major factor in development, ever notice that
>>>you only
>>>see tech development in places with inhospitable climates? See below:
>http://www33.brinkster.com/iiiii/inventions/
>
>Black Invention Myths
>Perhaps you've heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy
>of African-American inventors, we might find ourselves in a world
>without traffic lights, peanut butter, blood banks, light bulb
>filaments, and a vast number of other things we now take for granted but
could hardly imagine life without.
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Black Egyptians,Africans, built the pyramids, one of the five greatest
wonders in the world.
A Black man named Knowledge made all of the Caucasians psychos look
like pre-schoolers during the 21st century online when it came to
presenting factual information on a myriad of subjects. No Caucasian
has ever been able to prove him wrong on any topic.
He's the greatest educator in Cyberspace, and probably the universe as
well.
Black people built Amerikkka into the richest country in the world by
being forced to work for free for over two hundred years while White
men raped their men and women, and sat around on their front ****ches
getting high, screwing their sons and daughters.
We are owed reparations and by damn we are going to get them from the
federal government, or else.
Black people invented many wonderful things, but usually the White man
took it away from them and gave them no credit.
Your Brinkster,com site is amusing. It might fool those who are dying
to continue believing that Whites did everything on this planet, but
it won't stand up to scrutiny from experts.
Also here is a first that you can't top.
In Genesis You can read where Abraham, one of GODs chosen men, had a
child by his wifes handmaid, HAGAR the Egyptian. so since Egypt is in
Africa and Egyptians were dark skinned people several thousand years
ago; unlike today, that means many of Abrahams descendants were Black
people.
Egypt was also at a very high cultural level in those days before the
White man came along. There was no Europe back then. White people were
just freakish albinos scattered hither and you all over the continent
of Africa.
A. Who Was She? (read GEN 12:16,20; 16:1-16; 21:8-21; 25:12-18; GAL
4:24,25).
1. When Did She Live? In the time of the Patriarchs @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
B.C.
2. Where Did She Live? GEN 16:1, she had lived in Egypt but
had
lived in Canaan and other places with Sarah and Abraham
after
becoming part of their household.
3. What Was Her Name? Hagar, an Egyptian name meaning "flight"
or
"fugitive" or "immigrant".
4. Who Were Her People? GEN 16:1, she was an Egyptian. If she
was
given to Abraham as a gift (GEN 12:16) from Pharaoh she
would
probably been one of the more cultured slaves.
a) Egypt was culturally advanced.
1) ACT 7:22 "Moses was educated in all the wisdom of
the
Egyptians..."
a] literature, astronomy, mathematics (arithmetic,
geometry, trigonometry), architecture, and music
were
subjects for school.
b] medical science and dentistry, anatomy, chemistry
and
embalming techniques were areas of knowledge.
2) metallurgy was practiced- they had gold mines and
copper
mines, and were familiar with iron and bronze.
*this information came from "Manners and Customs of
Bible
Lands" by Fred H. Wight, Moody press (1953), pg. 113.
3) religious beliefs and practices were firmly
established,
as were religious festivals.
4) the arts had been raised to great heights:
a] the Old Kingdom (2686-2180) produced the pyramids
and
the Sphinx, elaborate royal temples of granite and
alabaster, and statuary in the round that was
equal to
that of the later Greeks.
b] the Middle Kingdom (2180-1551) produced highly
developed wisdom literature which stressed right
moral
character.
b) Egypt was stable politically:
-again united north and south.
- and massive brick forts guarded her borders (along the
Sinai) and trade and gold mining interests.
*this information came from "The Zondervan Pictorial
Encyclopedia" vol.2, pgs. 236,237.
5. What Did She Do For A Living? GEN 16:1; she was Sarah's
maidservant, "****phchah"- a female servant or slave.
a) Egyptian slaves wore a distinctive haircut and bore a
stamp
of owner****p from their masters; Babylonian slaves also
were
tattooed and wore small tablets around the wrist, ankle
or
neck.
b) slaves became slaves:
1) as war captives (NUM 31:26f; DEU 21:10). Thousands of
men,
women and children were reduced to servitude as the
result
of having been taken prisoner during some military
conquest. Near Eastern Codes and O.T. law tried to
protect
these people from brutality (DEU 23:15,16).
a] A slave taken to become a wife by a Hebrew soldier
was
to be treated as a free person (DEU 21:10-14).
b] A Hebrew's wife, who was a former slave, could not
be
sold back into slavery if he was tired or
displeased
with her.
2) as purchased property:
a] slaves could be bought in slave markets (LEV
25:44-46).
i] kidnapped foreigners could be sold as slaves.
*this brought the death penalty in Israel if
the
deed were to be revealed (EXO 21:6; DEU 24:7).
ii] family members could be sold as slaves to pay a
debt
(EXO 21:7; NEH 5:5; 2KI 4:1).
iii] people could be sold into slavery to repay a
theft
debt.
iv] men and women could sell themselves into
slavery
(LEV 25:39; DEU 15:12-17).
-- such a slave could be redeemed by his
relatives
or himself when he acquired the money.
-- by law in Israel such a person was freed
after
six years of service with presents of cattle
and
fruit (DEU 15:12-14).
-- by law in Israel a slave who refused his
freedom
in the seventh year (because he did not want
to
leave his family or he loved his master)
would
become a lifelong slave with an awl pierced
ear to
show his status (DEU 15:17).
-- in LEV 25 a Hebrew who was a lifelong slave
was to
be freed in the year of Jubilee or after
fifty
years of servitude, whichever came first.
b] the price of slaves varied from as little as three
shekels to fifty shekels, according to the age and
***
of the slave (LEV 27:3-7).
i] a young man would cost twenty shekels (see GEN
37:28
for the story of Joseph).
ii] the average price was forty shekels (2 MACC
8:11).
*Jesus was sold for thirty pieces of silver
(MAT
26:15; 27:3).
c] children were sold into slavery under terms of a
conditional contract:
i] young unmarried Hebrew girls who were sold as
slaves
by law (EXO 21:11) had to become the wife or
concubine of the master or one of his sons when
she
matured.
ii] freedom was to be granted to a Hebrew woman who
had
been sold as a child if no male member of her
master's family wanted her as a wife (EXO
21:11).
3) as gifts from another- non-Hebrew slaves could be
received
as gifts (GEN 29:24).
4) as an inheritance- non-Hebrew slaves could be passed
down
from one generation to another (LEV 25:46).
5) as those born into slavery- the children of slaves
became
the master's property; even if the parents or father
was
later freed the children remained (EXO 21:4; LEV
25:54).
c) Hebrew slaves could be freed:
1) by purchasing their freedom or working out the time
of
contract.
2) by becoming maimed by their masters (EXO 20-23).
3) by reaching the year of Jubilee (the 50th yr.)
d) slaves owned by Hebrews were generally domestic servants
or
field workers who worked along side the master and his
family.
*this information came from "The Zondervan Pictorial
Encyclopedia of the Bible", vol.5, pgs. 454-460; and
"Manners
and Customs of Bible Lands" by Fred H. Wight, Moody
Press
(co. 1953), pgs. 290,291.
6. Was She Married? No; she became Abram's concubine later.
WHAT IS A CONCUBINE?
A concubine is a woman who co-habits with a man or
functions as a
second wife without the legal standing of a full wife.
B. What Did She Do?
1. She Bore A Son To Abram.
a) Hagar was given to Abram (GEN 16:3).
1) under the Code of Hammurabi, a Babylonian
codification of
law, the Nuzi Tablets and old Assyrian marriage
contracts,
a woman could give her maid to her husband as a
second
wife, a common practice of the time (NIV study notes,
pg.
29).
2) Sarai gave Hagar to Abram to acquire a child through
her
for herself (GEN 16:2).
a] Sarai recognized the sovereignty of God over her
womb
and that He had "prevented her from bearing
children"
(GEN 16:2).
b] Sarai thought that she could make spiritual things
happen through fleshly efforts, i.e. have a child
through someone else, and everything would be
blessed of
God.
b) Hagar conceived (GEN 16:4).
1) Abram accepted her as a wife and had relations with
her.
a] he did this to please his wife- because Sarai
asked it
of him.
b] he did this because his faith was weak- he wanted
to get
the "promised child" of GEN 15, which he had
unsuccessfully waited ten years to have with Sarai
(GEN
16:3; MAL 2:15).
GEN 15:4 "Then the word of the LORD came to him:
'...a
son coming from your own body will be your heir.'"
2) Hagar forgot her place (GEN 16:4,5).
a] She "despised" Sarai (GEN 16:4,5).
i] despised means "to be slight," i.e. to hold one
in
contempt or to treat one with light esteem.
-- to be barren was a great grief to Hebrew
women and
considered a sign of God's disfavor (GEN
30:1; 1SA
1:6; LUK 1:36-58).
-- as a fertile woman Hagar may well have seen
herself as being superior to Sarai, and thus
ridiculed her.
b] She "wronged" Sarai (GEN 16:5).
i] wronged means "to do evil".
ii] as the bearer of Abram's heir she may have
thought
that she would displace Sarai, and thus treated
her
with disrespect.
PRO 30:21-23 "Under three things the earth
trembles,
under four it cannot bear up: a servant who
becomes
king, a fool who is full of food, an unloved
woman
who is married, and a maidservant who displaces
her
mistress."
*Abram's heir would receive a tremendous
inheritance:
-- Abram was already extremely wealthy
I. he had vast herds and flocks (GEN 13:2,7)
II. he had 318 trained home-born
soldier/slaves
(GEN 14:14).
III. he lived in tents (GEN 12:8; 18:1).
A. tents were probably constructed like
modern
Bedouin Arab's are: the tent itself
was made
of a coarse, heavy cloth woven from
black
goat's hair (which protected from
winter
winds and were lifted up in summer to
allow
air circulation).
B. in a large encampment the leader's
tent was
the largest- a wealthy man would have
had
several tents: one for himself and
guests,
one for his wives and female servants,
and
one for his animals. All would be
pitched in
a circular arrangement around an open
space
(this allowed flocks to be protected
within
the circle).
C. an Oriental tent is, and probably was,
comprised of an oblong divided into
two or
three rooms by goat hair curtains- the
first
apartment is the men's/reception room,
the
next the women's apartment, and the
last an
apartment for servants or cattle. The
roof
is one large piece of goat hair fabric
held
up by poles and tied at its ends with
cords
fastened to the ground with pegs: the
sides
are each separate pieces of cloth.
D. inside the tent mats of goat hair,
straw, or
rugs cover the ground; at night
carpets or
mats are used for bedding. If
possible,
camel furniture is used for sitting
upon.
Shoes are removed before entering the
tent.
E. cooking is done outside the tent,
weather
permitting; if not, a hole with a
stone lip
serves as a hearth inside the tent-
cooking
utensils are placed on the stones over
the
fire.
*this information came from "Manners
and
Customs of Bible Lands" by Fred H.
Wight,
Moody Press (1953), pgs.14-17, and
"The
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of
the
Bible", vol.5, pg. 676.
-- Abram had been promised an inheritance of
the land
of Canaan.
3) Hagar ran from Sarai.
a] Sarai sought justice.
i] she went to Abram to complain (GEN 16:5).
GEN 16:5 "Then Sarai said to Abram, 'You are
responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put
my
servant in your arms, and now that she knows
she is
pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge
between
you and me.'"
ii] she received a "carte blanche" from Abram to
handle
it any way she wanted (GEN 16:6).
GEN 16:6 "'Your servant is in your hands,'
Abram
said. 'Do with her whatever you think best.'"
-- he gave Hagar back to Sarai.
-- he reminded her that as a slave Hagar was
hers to
do with as she pleased.
b] Sarai "treated Hagar harshly" (GEN 16:6).
*we are not told what Sarai did to Hagar but
"harshly"
means "to afflict":
i] she apparently reduced Hagar to her former
slave
status, her legal right.
ii] she made life hard for Hagar.
-- she could have done this with physical or
mental
abuse.
-- she could have done this through the
tasking she
gave Hagar.
c] Hagar tried to flee (GEN 16:6).
i] she was "on the road to Shur" (GEN 16:7)
*a bondwoman was lawfully forbidden to run away
from
her mistress.
-- she was on the road that ran from Hebron
past
Beersheba to Shur (the present Jifar, the
north-western ****tion of the desert of
Arabia) and
thence on to Egypt, her homeland.
-- she was at a spring of water in the
wilderness
(GEN 16:7).
ii] she was ordered to return to Sarai (GEN 16:9).
-- "the angel of the LORD" found her by a
spring of
water in the wilderness (GEN 16:7).
WHO WAS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD?
Scholars would call this angelic visitation
a
theophany, a self-manifestation of God
because:
-He speaks authoritatively as God
-He identifies Himself with God
-He claims to exercise the prerogatives of
God
In Joshua chapter five another theophany
occurred
when Joshua encountered a "man" who called
Himself
the captain of the LORD'S host and who
commanded
that Joshua remove his sandals "for the
place
where you are standing is holy" (JOS 5:15);
this
was just as God had commanded Moses to do at
the
"burning bush" in Genesis chapter three (GEN
3:5).
See also Judges chapter thirteen for another
theophany.
*After the incarnation of Christ the angel
of the
LORD does not appear in scripture- it is
inferred
that the angel of the LORD is, in fact, a
preincarnate appearance of Jesus, the second
member of the Trinity.
-- the angel of the LORD commanded that Hagar,
"Go
back to your mistress and submit to her."
I. "mistress" means "lady", "queen", or
"mistress"
II. "submit" means "to be bowed down" or
"afflicted".
-- the angel of the LORD gave her hope (GEN
16:10-12):
I. he promised to "greatly multiply her
descendants".
II. he said she would bear a son called
Ishmael,
or" God hears" because God had "given
heed to
her affliction".
A. he would be "a wild donkey of a man"-
he
would be untamable or perhaps would
roam the
deserts freely like a wild donkey.
B. his hand would be against everyone's
and
everyone's would be against him.
C. he would live in hostility toward his
brothers or to the east of his
brothers.
*the enmity between Arabs, the
descendants
of Ishmael, and Jews continues to this
day.
iii] she recognized that a deity had spoken to her.
-- she called Him "You are the God Who sees
me"
-- she marveled that she had seen God and
lived
(because there was a belief was that no one
could
see God and live: see Exodus 33:20 and
Judges
13:22).
-- the well where she met God was called "Beer
Lahi
Roi", or "well of the Living One Who sees
me"
c) she gave birth to her son (GEN 16:15,16).
GEN 16:15,16 "So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave
the
name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram was
eighty-six
years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael."
1) Hagar gave birth.
a] she had returned to camp in obedience to God's
command
and completed her pregnancy term there.
b] she probably brought Ishmael forth sitting upon a
"birth
stool" (lit. "two stones"), a double seated stool
used
by Egyptian women, which utilizes the force of
gravity
to enhance the birth process (EXO 1:16). It was
customary for a woman in labor to be attended by
midwives to assist her delivery (GEN 35:17; EXO
1:19).
2) Abram named him "Ishmael".
a] this presupposes that Hagar told Abram everything
that
the angel of the LORD had told her, including the
name
of his son, which he obediently used.
b] Abram regarded Ishmael as his heir (GEN 17:18),
and
regarded him thusly until thirteen years later,
when
Abraham was ninety-nine yrs. old and God appeared
to him
to announce His conditional covenant to Isaac
through
Abraham.
3) Abraham cir***cised Ishmael when Ishmael was thirteen
years
old (GEN 17:23).
WHAT IS CIR***CISION?
It is the surgical removal of the foreskin of a
male's
*****- it signifies total commitment to the Lord****p
of God
and member****p in the community of God's people.
a] He cir***cised Ishmael to obey God (GEN 17:10-14).
b] He cir***cised Ishmael to include him in God's
covenant
(GEN 17:14).
i] God promised to bless Ishmael and greatly
increase
his numbers (GEN 17:20).
ii] God promised to make him the father of twelve
rulers
and make him into a great nation (GEN 17:20).
*some Arab's still observe cir***cision on the
13th
birthday of their sons as a ceremonial rite of
passage from childhood to adulthood.
2. She Was Cast Out With Her Son.
a) Ishmael ridiculed Isaac.
1) Isaac was weaned (GEN 21:8).
a] Hebrew children were weaned at two to three years
of age
(if Isaac was two this would have made Ishmael
about
sixteen yrs. old).
b] Isaac was given a great feast to celebrate the
occasion
(GEN 21:9).
i] the feast would have had special food:
-- the best lambs of the flock and stall-fed
calves
would have been slaughtered and cooked.
-- special wine was drunk.
-- bread would have been baked and served with
olive
oil.
-- vegetables and fruits would also have been
served.
-- milk products would probably have been
available.
ii] the feast might have had special entertainment
of
dancing and/or music
*this information came from "Manners and
Customs of
Bible Lands" by Fred H. Wight, Moody Press
(1953),
pgs. 44-54,65,66.
2) Ishmael "was mocking" (lit. "to laugh") (GEN 21:9).
GEN 21:9 "But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the
Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking"
*Ishmael was scorning Isaac as the heir of Abraham-
WHY WOULD HE DO THIS?
GAL 4:29 "At that time the son born in the ordinary
way
persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.
It is
the same now."
a] Ishmael was persecuting Isaac, the son of the
promise.
i] Ishmael is spoken of as being of the Old
Covenant of
Law, not grace, and was therefore not saved,
not
regenerated, and a slave to sin and to Satan
who
persecutes the saints (GAL 4:24-28; JOH 8:44).
ii] Ishmael was fulfilling the prophetic word
concerning
him, "he will be a wild donkey of a man" and
"his
hand will be against his brother".
b] Ishmael duplicated Hagar's scornful attitude
toward
Sarah in his attitude toward Isaac, the true heir.
GEN 22:2 "Take your son, your only son, Isaac,
whom you
love..."
*Ishmael should have accepted the will of God as
Eliezer
of Damascus did when he lost Abram's inheritance
to
Ishmael and Isaac (GEN 15:2; chap. 24).
b) Sarah requested that Hagar and Ishmael be expelled (GEN
21:10).
GEN 21:10 "...and she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that
slave
woman and her son, for that slave woman's son will never
share
in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'"
WHY WOULD SARAH REQUEST SUCH AN ACTION?
1) maternal jealousy may have precipitated this
outburst.
2) unresolved resentment about Hagar may have moved
Sarah to
use this incident as an op****tunity to rid herself of
her
rival.
3) prompting by the Holy Spirit may have moved Sarah to
remove
Hagar and Ishmael from Abraham and Isaac; as John the
Baptist said of himself and Christ, "He must become
greater; I must become less" (JOH 3:30). In order for
God
to deal with Abraham and Isaac as He wished Ishmael
and
Hagar had to be put out of the way.
c) Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away (GEN 21:11-14).
1) Abraham was distressed (lit. "to be bad" i.e.
grieved) (GEN
21:11).
a] Abraham was concerned for his son.
i] Ishmael was his son, whom he loved, and it
grieved
Abraham to think of losing him.
ii] Ishmael had been promised prosperity and
blessing and
banishment did not seem to fit that.
b] Abraham was concerned for legal custom- a man was
forbidden from arbitrarily sending away a
concubine and
her son (from "The NIV Study Bible" notes, pg.
36).
2) Abraham was reassured (GEN 21:12,13).
a] God spoke to Abraham.
i] He told Abraham to "listen to whatever Sarah
tells
you" (GEN 21:12).
ii] He reminded Abraham that it was to be through
Isaac
that the covenant promises would be fulfilled.
iii] He assured Abraham that He would indeed bless
Ishmael, because Ishmael was Abraham's son.
-- that meant that Ishmael would surely
survive in
the desert.
-- that meant that God remain faithful to His
promises.
b] Abraham complied with Sarah's request (GEN 21:14).
i] he made preparations for them:
-- he gathered some food and a skin of water.
-- he set the supplies on Hagar's shoulders.
ii] he sent them off early in the morning.
*this means that he promptly obeyed God's
command,
but also that he showed them compassion because
they
could travel in the cool of the day.
3) they prospered in the desert (GEN 21:14-21).
a] God protected them in the wilderness of Beersheba
(the wilderness of Beersheba is located in the
Negev of
Israel).
i] He knew of their needs (GEN 21:17-19).
-- they had wandered in the desert until their
water
was gone (GEN 21:14,15).
-- they were weeping and waiting to die (GEN
21:16,17)
I. Hagar had put her son under the shelter
of a
shade bush when he could travel no
farther (GEN
21:15).
II. Hagar could not bear to abandon her son,
nor
could she bear to be near him to watch
him die,
so she moved to a place opposite him to
wait
(GEN 21:16).
A. the place was "about a bow shot away"
or as
far as archers put their targets away
from
them.
B. the weeping she did means "to weep, to
bewail, to sob".
WHAT SHOULD SHE HAVE BEEN DOING?
A WOMAN OF FAITH WOULD HAVE BEEN
PRAYING TO
GOD AND ASKING FOR HIS INTERVENTION.
*It was very selfish of Hagar to have
separated herself from her son because
she
thought, "I cannot watch the boy die"
(GEN
21:16). She was thinking of her needs,
not
her sons'- Ishmael would not have
wanted to
have died alone.
-- God heard the boy crying (not Hagar)
*WHY DO YOU THINK THE BOY WAS CRYING?
I. the angel of God spoke to Hagar (GEN
21:17,18).
A. he spoke from heaven (in GEN 22:11 the
angel
of the LORD spoke to Abraham from
heaven).
B. he spoke words of reassurance:
GEN 21:17 "God heard the boy crying,
and
the angel of God called to Hagar from
heaven
and said to her, 'What is the matter,
Hagar?
Do not be afraid; God has heard the
boy
crying as he lies there.'"
II. the angel ordered her to "lift the boy up
and
take him by the hand, for I will make him
into
a great nation" (GEN 21:18).
A. she was ordered to continue to care
for
Ishmael.
B. she was given assurance that Ishmael
would
survive and prosper.
ii] God showed Hagar a well of water (GEN 21:19).
GEN 21:19 "Then God opened her eyes and she
saw a
well of water. So she went and filled the skin
with
water and gave the boy a drink."
-- He "opened up her eyes" so that she could
see the
well that was there.
-- she filled the water skin with water and
ministered to Ishmael.
b] God was with Ishmael for Abraham's sake.
GEN 21:20 "God was with the boy as he grew up. He
lived
in the desert and became an archer."
i] they continued to live in the desert.
ii] Ishmael became an archer (lit. "to become much
bowman").
-- bows had developed into weapons which were
made of
glued layers of animal hide and thin layers
of
wood with tendons and horns of animals which
would
pull to 100 lbs. and shoot an arrow through
most
armor.
-- a bowman developed his skills through
practice
from childhood with stronger bows at longer
and
longer distances until he was proficient.
*Esau was also a bowman, hunting game with
his bow
(GEN 25:27, 27:3).
* this information came from "The Zondervan
Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible", vol.1,
pgs.
286, 318.
c] Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt
GEN 21:21 "While he was living in the Desert of
Paran,
his mother got a wife for him from Egypt."
WHY?
i] they lived in the wilderness of Paran near
Egypt:
-- this is the large desert that stretches
along the
southern border of Canaan and along the
frontier
of Egypt, called et-Tih today.
-- the northern edge of the wilderness is
Beersheba,
the southern part is near the mountains of
Horeb,
the eastern is by the desert of Shur, and
the
western is the fringes of the Arabah.
*this information came from "the Commentary
on the
Old Testament" by Keil-Delitszch, vol.1,
pgs.
245,246.
ii] Hagar was Egyptian.
-- she was rooted in Egypt: she always wanted
to
return to Egypt when faced with a need or
crisis.
-- her heart had not been touched to value
godly
things or to seek a believing wife for
Ishmael.
d] Ishmael headed a family.
i] he had sons- twelve sons:
GEN 25:13-16 "These are the names of the sons
of
Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth:
Nebaioth
the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel,
Mibsam,
Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur,
Naphish and
Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael, and
these
are the names of the twelve tribal rulers
according
to their settlements and camps."
ii] he had daughters:
-- Mahalath (GEN 28:9).
-- Basemath (GEN 36:3).
e] Ishmael remained a son of Abraham.
i] Ishmael received gifts from Abraham before
Abraham's
death (these were given in lieu of an
inheritance GEN
25:6).
ii] Ishmael buried his father with Isaac (GEN
25:9).
*Although Ishmael kept his ties to Abraham he
never
came under the umbrella of the covenant. As
Esau was
later to be a godless man, outside of the
blessings
of the covenant though he was a son of Isaac,
so
Ishmael was outside of the covenant, though he
was a
son of Abraham. (See also MAT 3:9).
GAL 3:7 "Understand, then, that those who
believe
are children of Abraham."
GAL 3:9 "So those who have faith are blessed
along
with Abraham, the man of faith."
*Hagar was never considered the wife of
Abraham,
though she bore his son; Sarah was his wife
alone,
and it was she and her son who were included in
God's
covenant to Abraham. Hagar could only raise a
child
lost under the Law because she herself was
outside of
the covenant, spiritually insensitive to the
things
of God. Though she encountered God twice the
Scriptures do not say that she was converted by
those
experiences. Every time she faced a crisis in
her
life she "tried to go back to Egypt" even as
the
Israelites would try to do in the Exodus when
they
rejected God (EXO 16:3; NUM 11:5,18).
C. What Can We Learn From Her?
1. A person can miss salvation though he or she be constantly
in
the presence of a saved person or family, or even have
personally encountered God if his or her heart is hard and
loves
sin. (See Judas in the Gospels or the rich young ruler of
MRK
10:17.)
2. Salvation cannot be ascribed to us without our repentance,
faith
and submission to the lord****p of God through Christ.
3. An unsaved person walks by the flesh and can only teach the
things of the flesh to others (1CO 2:14).
4. God keeps His promises: He kept His promises to Abraham and
He
will keep His to us.
III. What Fruits of the Spirit Do We See in Her? None.
IV. Memory Verses: GAL 3:26 "You are all sons of God through faith
in
Christ Jesus"
GAL 3:29 "If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed,
and
heirs according to the promise."
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