A great
man of faith named - Avraham -
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actual Name of our loving Heavenly Father as it was written in the Word, and
thus you will note that we will use the Four Letter “Memorial
Name” of - YHVH,
which is pronounced as YaHVaH or YaHWaH. In addition we will also
use our Heavenly Father’s attribute/title, which is Elohim rather
than “God,” which sadly is the name of a pagan god. In addition we
also love to use the actual and real Name of our beloved Messiah which
is - Yahushua or Yahshua in short, for
this is our Saviours original Hebrew Name as given to Him at birth in
The Journey – Part Two
Genesis Chapter 12 verses 10 to 20.
“Now there was a famine in the land, and
Avram (Abram) went down to
As the above Scripture states, when Avram finally arrived in the land, having visited in Shechem, and then continued to Bethel, he was in the very land where he was to be blessed and become “a great nation,” there came a time that Avraham was suddenly confronted with what? “A famine,” a severe drought.
As you will be able to see from our chart when the wind comes
from the east, that is from over the desert it brings dry weather, and it will
bring a drought when the winds continue from the east for a prolonged period of
time. However, when the wind comes from the west, it will come from over the
Great Sea, being today’s Mediterranean Sea, and it will bring rain, and
we all know that rain will richly bless men, their land, crops and their herds,
etc. This truth is confirmed by YHVH Elohim to
“If you walk in my ways, I will give you rain in its season and the land shall increase her yield. But, if you despise my Word and not uphold it, you shall sow your seed in vain.” (Paraphrased).
The Almighty would bring a drought to punish
Remember, Avram stayed in Charan because of
his physical ties, his family, and their lifestyle, yet now he is in the land
and is residing in
BUT THE QUESTION ARISES … Why was there a drought in the land of promise?
Avram had left his home and had finally arrived at the place, where his Elohim wanted him to be. Yet in spite of YHVH’s clear instructions Avram had brought much of his indirect families with him, including their households. It is for this reason, I believe that YHVH Elohim now presented Avram with a test, let’s call it a test of his faith. Regardless of the drought that now faced Avram, he should have trusted his Elohim (God) who had spoken to him so many times before, and he should have stood his ground, for I believe with all my heart that YHVH Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name, that He would have provided Avram all his needs, and that there would have been sufficient sustenance for him, all who were with him as well as his herds! And beloved I believe this with perfect faith!
I also believe that in many ways that the Lord will also allow us to be tested at some times. We should understand that Elohim will only test us, however, please understand what I am about to say very clearly, He NEVER temps us, for temptation is the tool of “hasatan” – the adversary! And also the tool of the I, me, and myself, what is known as the “I will do what is best for me” attitude, rather than allowing our Heavenly Father to lead and guide us. If we obey the call of Elohim and we are at the right place, then at times there may be a test. YHVH is saying “trust Me, stay where I wish you to be.” I pray that we are listening to the message, which our Heavenly Father is giving us in this study!
Thus why did Avram flee to
However, it should be noted that Avram and his
family never strayed from their faith in the one and only true YHVH Elohim,
regardless of the many errors that Avram made whilst he was in
Thus, due to the lack of Avram’s faith as seen here, the man who would later become the “father of our faith” and the “friend of Elohim,” tragically packed up, and together with his whole tribe headed south. At no stage do we read that he prayed unto YHVH Elohim, asking Him what he should do. No, it his common sense that told him, ‘to go.’
Please dear friends, do not listen to your common sense, for it will basically come from the I, me and myself and it will most likely lead you astray. Always pray and wait on YHVH Elohim (the LORD God) in the Name of Yahushua the Messiah for clear direction!
We might ask, “Is there another reason Avram left the land of promise.” Yes, he departed to save his own skin for the sad truth is that fear of death had now entered into his life. Did you realise beloved, that fear is a greater sin than any other earthly sin, yes even murder?
Revelation chapter 21 verses 7 & 8 states …
“He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his Elohim, and he shall be My son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
Why is fear mentioned first in this list of all sins? Because, if you have fear, you simply do not trust YHVH Elohim, including the promises He has given you! You might as well say, “There is no Elohim.” Friends, release your fears unto the Almighty in the name of Yahushuaand trust Him and Him alone and He will honour you, guide you, and uplift you. Let there be no fear in our hearts!
I pray that you are being blessed by this Word study in relation to that wonderful man Avram for there is so much we can learn from this blessed man of Elohim, even in his failures and disobedience.
What are the consequences of Avram’s disobedience?
I am sure we all realise that, one wrong will lead to another, and that there will be consequences. There are many consequences that brought great turmoil for Avram and his family, throughout history and for billions of people to this very day, as we will soon find out.
Did you notice in the readings, that Avram
never built a single altar whilst he was in
Now one of the saddest stories in the
Sanctified Scriptures: Avram instructed his wife to tell a deliberate lie on
his behalf, and this is a greater sin than telling one yourself, for you have
forced another to do the dirty work! How sad for a man of Elohim, to have
brought himself into such a denigrating lowly situation. This lie, we know was
sort of a half-truth, for his wife was his half sister. However, this
half-truth was still a lie, and it offended YHVH Elohim, for Sarai was
Avram’s wife and that was the question! Why did he do this? Obviously,
Sarai, even as a mature lady was an extremely beautiful woman, thus Avram told
Sarai, even before reaching the borders of
Upon reaching
Is this not typical, when people do that which is wrong in the eyes of Elohim, all seems to go well for them, as wealth seems to accumulate. We can almost hear them say, “I don't need God, I am happy, and I am comfortable with my life!” Yes, life may seem good, but keep on that path and the result will be death! “For the wages of sin is death!” Romans 6:23.
Beloved, the self will try to keep you away from the things of YHVH Elohim and Yahushua the Messiah, with the desires, the pleasures, and the riches of the world. People are easily blinded. But, believe me, YHVH will not leave it at that, He must do something, He must and He will act!
Elohim was angry, because of Sarai and thus He
poured great plagues upon Pharaoh’s household. Pharaoh then discovers the
deception and calls Avram into his presence and accuses Avram of being a liar. Here
we see a man who claims to be a follower of YHVH Elohim in a strange land and
he is being scolded by an evil pagan king, yet this Pharaoh this time is in the
right. Avraham, and his household are banished from
Let us learn the powerful message contained in this study. I pray that the Spirit of our beloved Lord and Saviour is speaking to you, for I do know that YHVH Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name, clearly led me to write and share these Avraham Studies unto the multitudes, believers and unbelievers.
Thus, Avram was thrown out of
Praise YHVH, at last Avram is back where he should have been all the time!
BUT STOP … there is still something very wrong!
There is a real problem here, for when Avram
returned to Canaan, he brought certain ill begotten things with him out of
Beloved, you cannot go into
Let me explain.
Avram retained all the ill begotten gains from
Egypt and this was to cause him great pain, not just then but for his seed and as
I have already stated, it continues to this very day. One of the ill begotten
gains Avraham took out of
Let me put it as plainly as possible - Did you
realise that there would be no Arab Israeli conflict today, or Islamic terror
problems worldwide, if Avram had left
The lesson beloved is, if you come out of
Scripturally,
We have also been sojourners in
We need to shed religiosity, which may have
been spurned originally through the
The hard question.
We should also ask, “Is there
But it is more than all that for sadly the christian churches also upholds two pagan festivals that go back thousands of years before our Lord and Saviour even came to us on the earth and these were created by the State Church of Rome, one is the feast of the goddess Estra (Easter), however the Feast our Lord and Saviour celebrated was Passover, for as the New Covenant states … “For indeed Messiah, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” 1 Corinthians’ 5:7., and the other is a feast entirely related to the birth of SOL (the SUN god) and the winter solstice a festival celebrated on December 25, which we now call Christmas, a Mass for Christ which features that jolly tree, and believe it or not, but the Word of YHVH Elohim very clearly speaks about this as a pagan practice, but christians worldwide continue it as an annual duty and see nothing wrong with it, but one day they will need to repent, for they will be held accountable for their disobedience! Read on, but I do have detailed studies on these subjects online. See the Site Index,
The concept of the Christmas tree originated
around 3000 BC in ancient
“Hear the word which YHVH speaks to you, O house of Yisroel. Thus said YHVH, Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be awed by the
signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them. For the prescribed
customs of these peoples are worthless, for one cuts a tree from the forest,
work for the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. They adorn it with
silver and gold, they fasten it with nails and hammers so that it does not
topple.” Yirmyahu (
This is the challenge YHVH Elohim is giving us
all. If you want to go ahead spiritually, then get out of
If you are in
What about Avram? As we know from Bereshis
(Genesis), he was fully restored to the Almighty, for this great man, who
without doubt sinned and disobeyed YHVH’s (the LORD’s) clear
instructions, would become “a friend of Elohim!” Later in
Avraham’s life, his faith would be fully tested once more, for Elohim
would require him to go and “sacrifice your only son.” This will be
fully covered in Study Three, which is entitled … “Faith, Hope & Love” which is one of the most powerful and uplifting studies that
the Lord has blessed me with to share with you!
Finally, what is the great lesson we learn
from the life of Avram - Avraham? That Elohim can use a repentant sinner in His
service to touch others in His Name, just as He did with Avram who went into
Beloved, what YHVH Elohim can do for Avram, He can also do for us!
“This is what YHVH the Almighty says:
‘Return to me,’ declares YHVH the Almighty, ‘and I will
return to you,’ says YHVH the Almighty.”
FAITH, FORGIVENESS and FRIENDSHIP is available unto all who will submit unto the will of the Almighty Elohim, our Creator and His Son Yahushua THE Messiah!
To understand the
epic journey of Avram our chart will
track’s Avram’s journey.
Be blessed and Enjoy reading our studies!
The RETURN Movement
name was founded in
1978.
Study 1 … Avram … The early years
- The Journey – Part One
Study 2 … Avram … The Journey continues – Part Two
Map … Avram … MAP of the Journey
Study 3
.. Avraham
… Faith,
Also read …
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