Genesis 22 – Grace Not Withheld
“Withhold” in Hebrew sounds like Issac’s name. The author is pairing these two words to draw our attention to his point: the father is not to withhold his only beloved son in the quest to bless all nations of the earth. For our benefit, God will challenge us—sometimes quite severely—to offer our most precious things to him, in exchange for something better.
Genesis 9 – Patience in the Flood
The world was then a huge earth-sized mess of war, bloodshed and violence. Humanity had entirely bailed on its responsibilities given in Eden to serve and preserve life on the earth. God didn’t make the mess, but he was going to clean it up, and provide the way forward.