The Gospel According to Moses - Genesis - Lesson 44 - Gen. 21:14-34 ABRAHAM PLANTED A TAMARISK TREE

A main purpose for this Bible study podcast series on Genesis (and the one on Exodus also) is to see how the five key books of the Hebrew scriptures in Jesus’ day testify of Him, Jesus, the Messiah.  This is all related to the gospel of John chapter five.  Jesus says that “all scripture testifies of Him.” (John 5:39)  All they had then was the Old Testament, the Hebrew scriptures, and the key books of the Bible then was the Torah, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.  In this lesson we focus on Gen. 21:14-34.  In these verses is an amazing way the Torah testifies of the gospel, the New Covenant, Jesus, and our being “grafted in to the olive tree, the olive tree that is a picture of Israel.”  We will again see that God inspired Moses to teach us the gospel, aspects of the Kingdom of Adonai, the amazing redemption plan of the Lord, and to "see" King Jesus, the Messiah, the one who comes to complete what the Torah could not do (Acts 13:38-39).  We will then see that the Torah written by Moses is nothing more than THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MOSES.  But, in order to “see” Jesus in Gen. 21:14-34 we need to understand geography and the plants of the Bible.  We need to study the Tamarisk tree.  Once we do we can finally get at the intended meaning of what Adonai is trying to get us to know, to understand.

In this lesson I mentioned I’d provide some pictures of two plants.  The first is the Tamarisk tree.  You can see that below.

 

The second plant is the “broom tree” called the rotem in Hebrew.  It is likely this is the bush that Hagar and Ishmael were under in the shade.  It is a large bush that provides just enough shade for one person.  It is likely the bush that Elijah was laying under when he escaped from Ahab and Jezebel.  See the rotem below.

I also am linking you to lesson 34 in this series.  Hagar is the first person in the Torah to encounter the ANGEL OF THE LORD.  It happens in chapter 21 and back in 16.  In lesson 34 I show that the Torah, the very words of God, PROVE unequivocally that the ANGEL OF THE LORD is God, a manifestation of the Lord Himself.  It is one of the “faces” of the Lord so that He can make Himself visible to us and we will not die.  Here’s the link to lesson 34 - https://lightofmenorah.podbean.com/e/the-gospel-according-to-moses-genesis-lesson-34-gen-161-16/

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