Genesis 17 - God promises Abram many descendants, and commands him to seal this covenant by circumcision. He promises him a son to 90-year-old Sarah.
18 - Abraham extends hospitality to 3 "men" who again promise a son to Sarah. They tell him of the judgment coming on Sodom, and Abraham intercedes for it.
19 - Sodom insists on perversion with the "men." They send Lot's family out, but his in-laws don't want to go, only his wife and daughter leave with him. They live alone, so the daughters get Lot drunk and have children by him: Moab and Ammon.
20 - Abraham lies about Sarah to protect himself - again! He assumed unbelievers would be wicked, but God's common grace was at work.
John 10 - Jesus is the true Shepherd and gateway for the sheep, who lays His life down for them. He gives them life and is one with the Father. They try to arrest Him, but He quotes Psalm 82:6, and goes down east past the Jordan river and Jericho.
11 - Their good friend Lazarus near Jerusalem dies, so they go back. Martha's hope is the last-day resurrection. Jesus corrects her - HE IS the resurrection! Mary runs to Him and He weeps at all their grief, then calls Lazarus out and he comes. The Jews plot to kill Him, else they see regime change coming, and they will be out.
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