...Dictionary Project: Abraham: The book of Genesis is in which we find the story of Abraham. The Author of Genesis is Moses. Genesis talks about the beginning of our existence, to be exact the Israelites. It’s an introduction of what God created. Abraham was married to a lady named Sara. She was not able to give birth until her late 90’s. She made Abraham have a son with Hagar, their Egyptian slave. Later god told Sara that he would give her a son named Issac, Sara Laughed at god. Thus, Abraham always believed in god he had he’s son Issac. Abraham is a very intriguing man due to the fact he not only was willing to sacrifice his only son, who he waited a whole lifetime to have. He was willing to sacrifice Issac his son all for the love he had in god. This is why Abraham was a man of faith, how a mans love to a great almighty god could be shown. Although this was just a test from god to him, he did not kill his son but god blessed him even more with multiplying his family. Abraham’s birth isn’t established in the bible, but his date of existing is 2166-1991 BC. Abraham was first named Abram, which means “Great Father,” and laer god gave him the name of Abraham which means “Father of Multitude.” Abraham appears in other books from the bible as well. Abraham was a man of faith. Genesis: Genesis along with the first four books; Exodus, Levitucus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, where written by Moses. Genesis is one of the most important books in the old testament. Genesis tells the beginning...
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...Dictionary Project Genesis: The book of genesis is the first book of the Hebrew bible known as the Tanakh and the Christian Old Testament. It is not clear who actually wrote the book of genesis. But it has been noted that there are different styles of writing in Genesis and therefore, there are several different authors. Mark 12:26 says, “…have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?”. It is noted many places in the new testament that most of the book of genesis was edited by Moses. But, Moses is traditionally recognized as the author of Genesis which he simply had to compile the book of Genesis from the records kept by Adam and his descendants. Thus Genesis can be read as eyewitness accounts.The first chapter was probably written by god himself because it tells of the beginning and there is no way of knowing what is written. Although it can be said that it was inspired by divine inspiration. The continuation of the book was written by others. The book of genesis tells the story of the beginning and the creation of the world and all there is. It uniquely tells the story of the successes and failures of people like Adam and Eve and shows it’s heroes as they really were giving a look of human’s nature in an ancient world (Hindson and Towns, 2013). Genesis teaches the theological truth of whom, why, when and how creation comes to being. Abraham: Abraham was born Abram, son...
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...Genesis and Exodus are both important books in the bible. However, Exodus is the most beneficial to our Christian faith. The first reason being the showing of God’s loyalty and fulfillment of promises. The second the reviling of God’s power. Finally, the third reason is the ten commandments. These three points are the reasons Exodus is more important than Genesis for the Christian faith. When you promise something the promise itself does not matter. The end result is the more important factor. Weather the promise is kept or not is more important than the actual promise. Someone can promise you the world but their words can be empty. It only matters if they keep that promise. Similarly, the promise God made to Abraham is not as important as...
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...BIBL 104-B16 Date: 6/15/15 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Genesis Genesis, the beginning, tells the story of the beginning of life coming to be. Hence, why the first verse is, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” I believe, that one line set the mood for the rest of the book of Genesis. It is said to be written sometime between 1450-1410 B.C. to the people of Isreal to record God’s creation of the world and His desire to have people set apart to worship Him. Moses, the writer, starts off with the creation (God working for six days and the resting on the seventh day after the creation of the heavens and earth, along with man and woman), then leads to the fall (the first sin – Adam and Eve), flood (God called Noah to build an ark, so God could restore creation by a flood), and then the formation of the new nations (confusion of languages). To really grasp the reading of Genesis, one must understand that the text centers on God’s promises. The major events are the creation of life (heavens, earth, man, and woman), temptation, sin, first murder, flood, and life after. The main personalities in Genesis are: God, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Noah, Abram (Abraham), and so on. Abraham Abraham, or Abram, lived from about 2166 – 1991 B.C., as they say. Abraham was young when God called him for an assignment. He was faithful and did as he was told. His story is told in Genesis 11 – 25, but he is also mentioned in Exodus, Acts, Romans, Galatians, and...
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...being the first five books of the Bible, consists of multiple stories, themes, and is the basis of the Old Testament. In the books of Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus we see not only individualized themes per book, but a larger reoccurring theme that plays a part throughout the Torah and ultimately, the entire Hebrew Scripture. The Torah begins with Genesis which most just write off as the creation story and the fall of Adam and Eve, but reading a little more and digging a little deeper a pattern begins that once see, cannot be ignored. Genesis is not only the first book but the first sign of the covenants formed with God and his people throughout the Biblical texts. Before the explanation begins on who the covenant is with, it is best to understand signs of a covenant and what that means. The typical signs of a covenant are mutual responsibility, external signs, ritualistic actions and occasionally a changing of names. Mutual responsibility is as it sounds, God has an end of a promise to hold up just as the human with whom the promise was made does as well. One cannot function without the other. external signs are, once again as noted, something the human or even multiple humans witness as God’s reminder of the covenant and lastly ritual actions are when the human offers items or animals up to God to show their devotion to him and as a reminder of promises made. The first signs of covenant seen are with Noah. In chapters 6-9 of Genesis we see the mutual...
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...Jerome Chang Bible 9 Mr. Dellos December 1st 2014 Nat Geo Style Genesis Travel Blog with Abraham According to the dictionary, covenant means an agreement or to agree on something. However, in a Christian point of view, there is more to the definition than just an agreement. In Genesis 12:1~3 there is an Abrahamic Covenant. One of the most famous covenant. There are two types of covenants, conditional and unconditional. A conditional covenant is an agreement that is on both parties for its fulfillment. Both parties agree to fulfill certain conditions. If either party fails to meet their responsibilities, the covenant is broken and neither party has to fulfill the expectations of the covenant. An unconditional covenant is an agreement between...
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...God and Abraham can be seen in Genesis 12:1-3 where it states the following, “The Lord has said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and I will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The following chart depicts the covenant made between God and Abraham. It shows how the covenant was seen through Abrahams’ life and through the lives of his descendants. The first column states the verse – this verse is the reference to the covenant. The second column states who it was addressed to, the next column shows the circumstance under it was reiterated. The fourth column depicts the ingredient used to show the covenant. The fifth column shows how what happened in the verses stated developed the book of Genesis and the final column states any change or emphasis that was made. Reference: | Addressed To: | Circumstance Under Which it was Reiterated: | Ingredients: | Development in the Book of Genesis: | Any Change in Content or Emphasis: | Genesis 12:1 | Abram | God told Abram to leave the land of his fathers and go to the land that God will show him. | Abram moved from Haran to Canaan – the land. | The beginning of the call to Abram from God. | God asked Abram to leave his land – leaving was an act of faith. | Genesis 12:2 | Abram...
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...Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project. Genesis The book of Genesis is a narrative written by Moses in 1450-1410 B.C. It is the first book of the Law and the very first book of the Bible. The book of genesis is divided in two main parts. The first part of Genesis gives a detail account of the origin of life by God with his infinite power. Genesis 1:1-2:3 describes the creation of the world over a 6 day period followed by a day of rest and in Day 6, land animals and humans were created. It also describes how mankind got corrupted through sins and surveys what became of Adams descendant down to the time of Noah and the great flood. The second part of genesis describes how God begin to elaborate his plan of redemption for the nation of Israel through Abraham, another faithful man, to whom God promises many blessings. The Lord had said to Abram: “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing!” Abraham tried to fulfill God’s promise of a son by taking his wife’s servant Hagar as a slave-wife, but later God gives Abraham and Sarai a son name Isaac and fulfilled his promise. Eve, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Joseph are the key personalities in the book of Genesis. Joshua The Lord called Joshua, who was a servant of Moses, to lead the army of Israel to the Promise...
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...THE COMPONENTS OF OPEN THEISM INTRODUCTION Perhaps one of the most dangerous doctrines that has influenced the church over the last few centuries is the doctrine of open theism (OT). Early Christianity until today has been strengthened and built on the confidence that God knows everything about the future. In fact, great hymns have been written claiming that God knows the future. Excellent theologians have written and supported this doctrine that elevates God as the supreme being over all. Over the last couple of centuries, a doctrine has invaded the evangelical world and has put the traditional view of God’s foreknowledge at risk. This doctrine has been called open theism. This doctrine has gained much attention in the evangelical world as it seeks to answer the questions pertaining to God’s foreknowledge. The question of God’s omniscience is at stake with the doctrine of open theism considering they claim that God is incapable of knowing what happens in the future. Therefore, it results in a lack of trust for Him and His involvement in the lives of people. The purpose of this research is to look at the components of open theism and comparing it to the historical theology of deism. DEFINING OPEN THEISM What is open theism? Open theism has been emerging for the past couple of decades. Bruce Ware, the vocal theologian who does not believe in open theism defines it as “the belief that the future is open and hence not foreknown or foreordained.” At first, it seems absurd for...
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...LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT OBSTACLES BEFORE THE FULFILLING OF THE PROMISE GENESIS 12-17 Submitted to Dr. David Maas In Partial Fulfilled of the requirements for OBST 605 - Genesis By Paris Marshall-Cole May 5, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-3 II. God Offers Abraham A Covenant------------------------------------------------------------------------3-5 A. Sarai and Hagar------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-7 III. Fulfilling The Promises------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-8 IV. The Abraham Covenant In The New Testament----------------------------------------------------------8 V. Conclusion------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 VI. Bibliography--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Thesis Statement: God found a man He could trust and promised him that he will pave a path for his descendants to process the land and become a great nation. Abraham will endure many obstacles before the fulfilling of the promise, but obedience and faith in a God that he heard and gave his visions was his belief that his descendants would be as the stars in the sky...
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...Judaism is considered to be a monotheistic religion, yet the Hebrew Bible shows unmistakable traces of polytheism (e.g., Genesis 35:2, Exod. 15:11, Psalm 95:3). (1) How can it be explained that Judaism is a monotheistic religion but clearly acknowledges other gods? Judaism is an "ethical monotheistic" religion - meaning that its conception of what counts as moral and ethical behavior is derived from a single deity. (2) What relation does Abraham play in understanding the nature of morality within Judaism? Monotheism means the study of one God. However, there are different interpretations of what that means. Each religion interprets monotheism in a different way. For example, Christianity is monotheistic. It is stated throughout the Old and New Testament that thou shalt not worship any god before me (God/Jesus). In Judaism, the Torah, first 5 books of the bible, specifically states that no other god shall be worshipped other than Abraham’s God. It is also considered an ethical monotheistic religion because all of the ethical and moral behavior is defined by God in the Torah. Just like how Christians read in the Bible that thou shalt not worship any god before me, the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible state the same thing. However, Jews do believe in prophets and messiahs. A prophet is a living person such as Moses. Prophets are not divine so they are not worshipped. Same with messiahs. While Christians call Jesus the messiah, Jews acknowledge Jesus and his teachings but...
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...intended to be used as an aid to studying the Abrahamic Covenant that would be found in Genesis. It is a simple tabular formatted chart. The material is done in a logical chapter:verse order starting with Genesis 12 and completing in Genesis 50. It was attempted to show all the verses that either outright mentioned a covenant or at least implied a covenant. ABRAHAMIC COVENANT Reference:All are taken from NIV translation | Addressed To: | Circumstance Under Which it was Reiterated: | “Ingredients”Which compose the Covenant: | Development in the Book of Genesis: | Any Change in Content or Emphasis: | Genesis 12:1- Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee: | Abraham | God’s call for Abraham to move from Haran to Canaan. | Abraham moved from Haran to Canaan--land. | Started with a call from God to Abraham. | There is emphasis put on faith as God’s call to Abraham required faith. | Genesis 12:2- And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. | Abraham | God’s call for Abraham to move by faith. | God’s promise of blessing/seed | Abraham’s call | “I will bless thee.” | Genesis 12:3- And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. | Abraham | Again God’s call for Abraham’s move of faith. | God’s promise of blessing. | It continues...
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...Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Genesis: The first of the Bible gives the overall setting and theme for God’s plan and teachings. It has two sections with the first being about creating, sin, punishment, and redemption; the second being about God’s chosen family. The author of Genesis is unknown though it is part of the Pentateuch which is referred to as the books of Moses. The date it was written is also unknown though it can be suggested the authorship was around the time of moses, that is 1440 and 1400 B.C. The first 11 chapters deal with the universal setting for Israel’s story with showing that God is the one and only creator of the whole universe. Then it shifts from the creation of everything, to the creation and plan for the first and chosen family. Sin enters the world through a serpant and man falls from God’s grace which ultimately brings hardships and punishments to all the nations. God wipes the world clean except for one family, Noah, and promises to protect them. They multiply and populate the earth only to let human desire and want bring them divine punishment at the tower of Babel. He then calls on Abraham to leave and start a new beginning with a plan to bless and redeem humanity. Jacob and Isaac, lead a new generation to carry out God’s plan. Esau’s sons Joseph was sold into slavery only to have God bring him to power in Egypt; showing the patriarchal fathers and the heritage of Gods people. Abraham: Abraham, meaning “father of a multitude”, lived...
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...share your knowledge of God with other people. Sharing knowledge of the Bible and God’s message prior to the last five weeks was a definite insecurity for me prior to this class. I will try to put into words how this class has benefitted my personal faith and some things that have been difficult to completely understand. The Bible begins with the book of Genesis. According to Life Application Study Bible, the definition of Genesis is the “beginnings” or “origins” (NIV). Genesis is the beginning of the creation of the world. Genesis is the “story of God’s purpose and plan for his creation” (NIV). Genesis is where faith also begins. Believers have blind faith in God that the heavens, earth, man, animals, Satan and sin were created, but not witnessed. To support this faith in God, we have the Bible. The Bible and growing up in a Christian household with parents who are true believers and followers of God, helps support my belief and knowledge in God. In Genesis, we learn that our actions and decisions have consequences. For example, Adam and Eve whom God created in His own image (NIV) were created without sin. Genesis 2: 16-17 tells Adam And the Lord God commanded the man, You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die (NIV). However, Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s warning and ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, therefore suffering the...
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...Tuesday 4 principle of Interpretations: 1) Recognize the literary nature: In order to understand the book of Genesis we must first understand that as readers that it is part of the Bible and that the bible is a sacred book of God written by authors that were given divine purpose to write the book in order that we will know of God sovereignty. When we study the book of Genesis we must also be conscious and be enrich in the understanding that the massage of Genesis is foretelling of one big huge story therefore we must be conscious of the art of the ancient Hebrew storyteller. 2) Explore the historical background of the book: When we study the book of Genesis it is of importance to know the time Genesis was written in order to fully understand the historical processes behind the different stages of the production of the book. However Genesis was written as a part of the Old Testament time period so having a specific date might be of difficulty but however we should still look at Genesis as a book of value and not just a typical historical book of evidence but rather a means of stories that has far deeper values that will enlighten us of the past. It’s a book that we can look up stories of Abraham and the future of Israel and of the Creation to name a few historical event. 3) Reflect on the Theological Teaching of the Book: The full focus of the bible is not its theological message but rather it is to capture God’s love for us and our relationship with him. It’s his...
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