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Bible Book Club

Genesis 15-16: The Bad Idea Conception and Covenant #2

Bible Book Club

Susan Merrill & Heather Rubio

Exodus, Susan Merrill, Spirituality, Heather Rubio, Bible, Genesis, Christianity, Leviticus, Bible Book Club, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

4.8589 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Abraham's journey is a rollercoaster of trust and doubt. In chapters 15 and 16, Abraham is blessed with a covenant from God but he still experiences doubt and tries to have a child his own way. Get on the ride as Susan and Heather take you on Abraham's rollercoaster. Make sure to take a peek at the show notes below for Hayley's recap! Show Notes BlogThe Blessing of IshmaelShow notes are also available to view on Susanme.com/podcast. Contact Bible Book Club! Social: Instagram or Faceboo...

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0:00.0

If you're the only one in your book club who wants to read books that will change your life,

0:06.3

you need a new book club. And we think you found it. I'm Heather. And I'm Susan. And can we be the first

0:12.0

to say, welcome to the club? Well, we are getting into the good stuff.

0:22.3

The Abrahamic covenant and the mistaken conception.

0:26.8

Yeah, it really sounds, it sounds really good and then really naughty.

0:29.5

Well, it is naughty.

0:31.8

And there's a lot of naughtiest going on in the Bible.

0:34.5

But that's the best part about the Bible is that you don't have to be perfect

0:39.6

coming from the perfect number one, eneagram one, for those of you, eneagram fans out there. And that would

0:44.8

be you, not me. That would be me, not Susan. I'm the perfect. But you don't have to be perfect.

0:49.8

And that is absolutely proven by almost every story in the Bible. And so last episode, we were talking

0:56.4

about some early Bible foreshadowing my personal Bible bender, Malchizedek, the priest, who is actually a

1:03.5

picture of Christ. And he shows up in the Old Testament and the New Testament. And you actually

1:07.9

said that name right. So kudos to you. Well, I've heard you say it for probably

1:12.7

a year now. It took me a year. But now I'm pronouncing it correctly. Thank you very much.

1:18.4

And that's the only thing that I can not be perfect on is pronunciation of names. But the other thing

1:25.8

that we had in chapter 14, which was last episode, was the promise from

1:30.0

chapter 12. It was fulfilled and Abraham has become a great nation. Abraham has become a great

1:37.0

name. However, his descendants are still none, zero. Zero. And that is another theme that runs throughout the Bible. There's a promise and

1:48.1

God's given you a promise. And what are you going to do with that promise? Are you going to believe

1:52.8

God and his promise because he keeps his promises, spoiler alert? Or are you going to go on your

1:58.4

own accord and think that you got this and you're going to figure

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