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INTRO
How often do you think about heaven?
What will it be like?
Who will be there?
What might we spend all our time doing?
Oh the bliss of being perfectly unified with Jesus!!
Easier said then seen
Poverty
War
Instability
TITLE & TEXT
Home Is Where The Heart Is
THEME
God secured a possession for Abraham.
The death of this woman highlights the life in God's promises.
Death of Abrahams wife & Isaacs mother Sarah.
Death of Abrahams wife & Isaacs mother Sarah.
no part of scripture is insignificant
all scripture points toward Christ
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PRAY
God grant us your understanding today as we seek to come to grips with what this text means for us personally.
We know your Word is truth and in it contains all we need for life in godliness therefore we ask that you would give us your Spirit so as to allow us the pleasure of digging out of your storehouse some treasure for ourselves this day.
Show us how the death and burial of this woman Sarah points us even today to the fulfilled promises we have in Christ.
TEXT EXPOSITION
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OBSERVATIONS
V1 Observations
Sarah = “Princess”
127 - Old
37 yrs after Isaac
62 yrs in Canaan
harkens back to Adam and lineage of Seth
matriarch of Israel
Abrahams companion
only women to have age recorded at death in Bible!
God did not take his laughter (Isaac) but did take the one with whom so many laughs were shared.
V2
Kirath-arba = city of 4 - Ch 14 the war
Hebron
Land of Canaan = promised land
died in the land not a possessor of it
Mourn & Weep
sackcloth & ashes
cutting of ones beard
sitting in dirt
fasting from food
weeping
Big Part - small section…
V3
Body of his wife - before / face
Spoke with occupying peoples
V4 Beginning of 3 interactions of Abe and Hits.
Outsider
no legal rights
no inheritance among them
no bargaining chips
Property = “achuzza” = possession - [promised land possession]
burial ground
land for dead not living
Bury Dead
away from face - could not look on her any more
V6
Prince of God
God = elohim - not yahweh in particular
highly esteemed by outsiders
Sodom, Abimelech and Here - all of these men in these other nations recognize that God is with this man.... Abraham’s humility
Choice Tomb
honor & privilege
not a possession
rental / re-usable
forgotten
V7
Humility & Respect
only place in Gen where he does this!!
“meek shall inherit the earth”...
How can we grow in this type of interactions with the people of the land around us?
V8
If You Really Want… = purposed in heart
bury dead
Entreat - beg / hit the mark
Ephron son of Zohar
has a place all picked out!
with age comes wisdom
what once may have been denied… for good purpose may be given
Gen 23:8-
V9
Cave of Machpelah
end of field = retains boundaries
unused space
Full Price
Abraham is willing to pay what is owed
When we fully grasp the riches we have in Christ any and all worldly wealth will no longer impress us nor will it be more then we can part with for His glory.
everything is legit!!
full price
legal ownership
witnesses
V10
Gate of the City
legal epicenter
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