Ep 19 - Abram, Faith, Obedience

Genesis 11 begins with the narrative surrounding the Tower of Babel and ends with the accounting of the descendants of Shem. Abram was from the genealogical line of descendants that were declared righteous including Abel, Seth, Enoch, and Noah. There are 10 generations from Noah to Abram. Abram was living during the time the Tower of Babel was being built. Abram lived in Ur of the Chaldees, which is about 210 miles from Babylon. Are there parallels between the life of Noah and the life of Abram? Is Jesus Christ a descendant of Abram? Are there parallels between the life of Nimrod and the life of Abram? Was God’s call of Abram part of His plan to fulfill the Genesis 3:15 prophecy that the seed of the woman would bruise the head of Satan? Why was Abram’s nephew Lot Captured? Was the encounter that Abram had with Melchizedek a Christophany, which an appearance of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament? Dr. Ben Pennington discusses these questions in this podcast titled, Abram, Faith, Obedience and Melchizedek.