Monday, March 6, 2017

The Cave of Machpelah #IamIsaac


* Spirit Of Jesus pray for me
* Isaac, Abraham, Moses pray for me
* Saints pray for me
*  Dedicated to #IamIsaac

+------The Cave of Machpelah; Isaac's Words To Ishmael After Abraham's Burial  

And who is our father now?
The sun. Who is our mother
…the moon, the cracked earth
we stand on brittle and barren
from sun scorched winds of time
lost between brothers of God’s Blessing…
estranged. And these sunken
eyes shout of a soul scarred, don’t
they? Can you hear echoes of nightmares
in my furrowed brow of your mother
screaming terrified, shrills of starving,
after my mother expelled you? Yet
in the end always I knew I'd find you here:
the cave that recalls a destiny-bond
-Abraham our father…source of
infinite blessing for the entire world.
Here in a cave, let us not forget that
the universe is in our blood. And this
blood....is forever thicker than water.

------Genesis 25:1-11
Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east. Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

No comments: