Bible Study: For Women, By Women Jan Porter

It is comforting to know that the great patriarch, Abraham, had a problem that we are all too familiar with ourselves. He had a hard time waiting on the Lord. He had a hard time trusting that God would be faithful to keep His covenant or His promises. Abraham tried to protect himself. He lied a lot. He tried to enforce his own plans over God's plans with dire results. God's ever-present trees continue to play an important role in His story.

Videos
thebibleproject.com
The Old Testament Overview: Genesis 12-50
The Torah Series: Genesis 12-50

Apologetics Press
Did God Tempt Abraham? Eric Lyons

Podcasts
thebibleproject.com
The Family of God Series: Abraham, the Immigrant and Circumcision

Scriptures
Genesis 16, 17, 18, 20,21 and 22

God chose a man from a pagan family to bring his people forward in history. Like most of God's chosen people, Abram was not without his flaws. We follow him on his journey with his beautiful wife, Sarai. BONUS content today as we sidebar to meet a very important priest and king of Salem, Melchizedek. Who was he and why is he important? 

Videos
thebibleproject.com
The Royal Priest Series: Abraham and Melchizedek (5 min)
Old Testament Overview Genesis 12-50 (8 min, printable poster attached)
The Torah Series Gen 12-50 (5 min)

Podcasts
thebibleproject.com
The Royal Priest Series: Who was Melchizedek (44 min)
The Royal Priest Series: Why Melchizedek Matters (60 min)

Scriptures
Genesis 12:6-9
Genesis 12:11-17
Genesis 13:3-18
Genesis 14:13-18
Genesis 15:9-21

In this episode, we begin to look specifically at how God uses trees to continue His plan for man! Trees play an important role in the narratives of Noah  and Abram. We will study them and numerous "heroes of faith" as we continue our study of trees in scripture. 

Scriptures
Genesis 3:16
Genesis 4
Exodus 25:10-11
Genesis 5:29
Genesis 6:5-7
Genesis 6:14-15
Genesis 8:20-22
Genesis 1:29
Genesis 9:2-4
Joshua 24:2
Genesis 12:1-4

Videos: www.bibleproject.com
Genesis 1-11 (6 minutes)
Genesis 12-50 (5 minutes)

Podcasts: www.bibleproject.com
The Genesis Scroll - 9 episodes

Why do we always crave the ONE thing we cannot have? The things that are bad for us. God has provided SO much for us. If something were good for us, wouldn't He tell us to take as much of it as we wish and enjoy it? When we chose to play God and make decisions for ourselves, decisions against God's provision for us, things do not go well. We need to work to stay away from shiny objects so we can live in peace and be trees of blessing to one another. 

Scriptures
Genesis 2:15-17
Proverbs 11:30
Genesis 5:29
Isaiah 14:3
Genesis 6:6
2 Samuel 19:2
Ephesians 5:22-25
Matthew 20:28
Genesis 1:28
Song of Songs 7:11
Genesis 4:7
Genesis 3:17-19

Videos: www.bibleproject.com (download the free app!)
Royal Priests of Eden - 6 minutes
The Series: Royal Priests of Eden - 6 video series

Blogpost: www.bibleproject.com
Were Adam and Eve Priests in Eden?

Where did the mythology regarding creation come from? You might be surprised to learn that it can all be tied together and easily seen as originating from the same true event. The Tree of Life and other Biblically accurate creation events appear as common concepts in pagan myths developed after the Tower of Babel. We develop a timeline to look at the history of these myths - their rise and fall.

Resources
Timeline per archaeologists
4300 BC The Flood
4200 BC The Tower of Babel
3000 BC Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian creation myths appear
2100 BC Gilgamesh (oldest known written literature)
1450-1400 BC Genesis is written by Moses
400 BC Alternative creation myths are abandoned
200 BC Dead Sea Scrolls contain some of Genesis in Hebrew
3 AD  Two manuscripts combined contain all of Genesis in Greek
5 AD Complete manuscript of Genesis in Greek

Google Searches for photos:
"Creation Myths"
"Temple of Karnak"
"Hittite tree of life goats"
"Nimrud tree cherubim"

www.thebibleproject.org
Video The Tree of Life
Video Series Creation Series (5)
Blogpost The Tree of Life Lost But Not Forgotten 
Podcast series The Tree of Life (10)

In Episode 17 we list 7 ways in which people and trees are comparable in scripture and we quote some of those scriptures. We then turn to The Tree of Life, the most famous tree in the world! What happened there? Was it all bad? Let's take a look.

Resources:
www.thebibleproject.org -
Video The Temple,
5 part Video Series, Creation Series
10 Episode Podcast, The Tree of Life 
Blogpost , The Tree if Life, Gone but Not Forgotten

Goggle Search-
"apostle Paul metamorphosis "

Online Article-
Christian Metamorphosis by Paul Niesen