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People are inclined to treat this record as myth but this is not a view which true disciples of Christ may entertain because he requires them to believe Moses’ writings, as he declared to unbelievers: “Had ye believed Moses ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall believe my words?” John 5:46-47.Waiting for response for John 5:46-47

People lived much longer in these days, with lives shortening until God established life expectancy at three score years and ten Psalm 90:10.Waiting for response for Psalm 90:10 Nevertheless, he has declared that during the reign of his Son people will again live longer. Then someone dying at a hundred will be considered a child Isaiah 65:20.Waiting for response for Isaiah 65:20

The book of Genesis traces the multiplying populations of the earth, descended firstly from Adam and Eve, and then from Noah’s three sons, down to the time of Abram, who was renamed to Abraham. This man, Abraham, has a most prominent place in God’s purpose and, so we can know of it and also have an opportunity of being associated with it, his life is recorded in greater detail than that of others. Indeed, because God has established him as the father of the faithful, most of the Bible is about God’s relationship to his children, including Gentile Christians who are counted by God as Abraham’s offspring. Galatians 3:28-29Waiting for response for Galatians 3:28-29

God made great promises to Abraham and to his seed, which is Christ, and in the fact that all true disciples of Christ will inherit these promises with Abraham there is a very strong incentive for us to study the record of his life and to learn about these divine promises and so be able to anticipate their fulfilment.