{"id":1805,"date":"2020-10-11T23:20:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?page_id=1805"},"modified":"2020-10-11T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:23:12","slug":"bible-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/questions\/bible-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>[11\/10\/20] &#8211; Genesis 20: Why did Abraham lie? I supposed he has learnt so much, grown so much, known God so much, and to repeat the same mistake again? Can&#8217;t find a satisfactory answer to the WHY question here. Could it be true that there&#8217;s no guarantee how we will be in future? How could then we be sure (of others) if anything is possible?<\/li><li>[11\/10\/20] &#8211; Genesis 20: What a strange ending. How do God see this? Is he pleased? Is he saddened? Why did He side to Abraham and didn&#8217;t rebuke Him if he&#8217;s not pleased? On contrary, he rebuked Abimelech. Are we wrong to conclude Abraham&#8217;s behavior with our own moral standard? But is God then side with half truths?<\/li><li>[11\/10\/20] &#8211; Genesis 21:22-34: What is the significant of this portion? The planting of tamarisk tree is a kind of symbolical which I don&#8217;t understand. In the past, Abraham built altar, and this is the first time he&#8217;s planting a tree. Also a well at Beersheba, where Hagar run out water.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[11\/10\/20] &#8211; Genesis 20: Why did Abraham lie? I supposed he has learnt so much, grown so much, known God so much, and to repeat the same mistake again? Can&#8217;t find a satisfactory answer to the WHY question here. 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