Women's Weekly Bible Challenge

Welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge!  I’m Lisa Ann Spencer. Today’s study is the conclusion of the two-part series on Barrenness.  First we will review the Challenge Homework, then we'll consider what the Apostle Paul says about Barrenness. If you took the Challenge last week, you may have discovered WHY God abruptly changed the dispensation from Israel to the Gentiles.   Acts chapter 7 is a critical pivot point in Israel’s history! The nation of Israel’s early history began when God called Abraham out of all people on the earth to make him a great nation ( Genesis 12:2 ).   The majority of the Old Testament is about ISRAEL. They were a special people to God for 4,000 years. They entered a covenant relationship with God at Mount Sinai with the giving of the Law, which included blessings and curses. Where were the Gentiles?  God gave the Gentiles up as we are told in Romans 1:24-26 . Gentiles were given up to uncleanness, to our own lusts, and to vile affections.

Hello and welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge! I’m Lisa Ann.  Today’s Bible study will be Part 1 of a 2-Part series on Barrenness .    I chose this topic as it pertains to women.   ‘Barren’ is a term not applied to men in scripture, although I did find one reference to the words ‘barren’ and ‘male’ in Deuteronomy 7, which we will look at in this study. Men are usually referred to as childless , not barren ; however, we do not find any man mentioned in the Bible that is permanently childless.   Abraham called himself ‘childless’ in Genesis 15:2, but he was only childless for a season.   God told Jeremiah to write down King Jehoiakim as childless, not because he had no children, but, because none of his sons would ever sit on the throne of David (Jeremiah 22:30; 36:30). The word ‘barren’  is found in 23 verses in the King James Bible, plus one reference to 'barrenness' .   Most often it refers to a woman, but it is also used to describe land. 📓 NOTE: The firs