Name: Genesis 15: A False God Who Rewards Wealth? E21
Uploaded: 2025-08-18T14:00:00+00:00
Duration: 59 min 49 s
Description: In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abram — but why does this God keep rewarding Abram with promises of land and wealth, even after his troubling behavior in earlier chapters? In this episode, we

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In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abram — but why does this God keep rewarding Abram with promises of land and wealth, even after his troubling behavior in earlier chapters? In this episode, we explore whether the covenant feels like divine faithfulness or a false bargain, and we discuss the historical problem of Israel’s missing record in Egypt. Join us as we dive into Genesis 15 with bold questions and unflinching commentary.

00:00 – Introduction
00:56 – Reading of Genesis 15: God’s Covenant with Abram
04:05 – Discussion: Does this God resemble Satan?
13:22 – God rewards bad behavior with possessions and wealth
17:24 – Abram’s “deep sleep” as death, paralleled with Jesus’ resurrection
25:26 – Abram using his wife to gain wealth revisited
33:05 – No historical record of Israelites in Egypt
40:14 – Myth vs. historical record: what counts as evidence?
53:45 – War on Christianity and religious fracture 