6. - 12-50
Abraham
The Call and Blessing
Go!
Abrahamic Blessing:
- I will bless you.
- Be a blessing.
- Through you, I will bless all
the families of the earth.
Promises:
Land and Descendants
The Covenant
- Your descendants will be
as numerous as the stars.
- Abraham believed and it
was counted to him as
righteousness.
- Resurrection Faith
- Abrahamic Covenant
- If broken, God will take the
punishment.
“Signing” the Covenant
- Abram’s name changed to
Abraham meaning “father of
a multitude.”
- Abraham is given the
Covenant sign of
Circumcision.
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Abraham
22
Genesis 22
1-2 - After these things God tested Abraham and said to him,
“Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your
son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of
Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the
mountains of which I shall tell you.
5 - Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the
donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come
again to you.
7-8 - And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And
he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the
wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham
said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt
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Abraham
22
Genesis 22
13-14 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and
behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns.
And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a
burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name
of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this
day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
16-18 - “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because
you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only
son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your
offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the
seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his
enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth
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Abraham
22
- Mount Moriah - “The LORD will provide”
- Substitution
- 2 Chron. 3:1 - Future site of the Temple
- Near the future site of the Crucifixion
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Abraham
26-36
- Blessing repeated to Isaac: Gen. 26:3-4
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless
you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these
lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to
Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the
stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these
lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed...
- Promise of Land and Descendants
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Abraham
- Blessing repeated to Jacob: Gen. 28:13-15
“I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the
God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you
and to your offspring. Your offspring shall be like the dust
of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and
to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you
and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be
blessed. Behold, I am with you and will keep you
wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For
I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised
you.”
26-36
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Abraham
- God’s providence in the life of Joseph
- Genesis 50:18-20
His brothers also came and fell down before him and
said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to
them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for
you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for
good, to bring it about that many people should be kept
alive, as they are today.
- Israelites end Genesis in Egypt
36-50
- Israel’s blessing of his sons
Judah - Geneis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff
from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him
shall be the obedience of the peoples.
18. Sinai
Exodus
Overview:
• 1-6: God chooses Moses as the leader of Israel.
• 7-18: God brings the Israelites out of Egypt with
the 10 plagues.
• 19-31 & 35-40: God makes the Mosaic
Covenant (10 commandments) with Israel.
• 32-34: The people rebel and worship a golden
calf, but the LORD is gracious.
19. Sinai
Leviticus
Overview:
• 1-7 - Rules for Sacrifices
• Consecration - God “eats” it (burnt)
• Communion - People eat it
• Get rid of sin - Priest eats it, then God eats it
• Intentional vs. Unintentional Sin
• 8-10 - Levites in Priesthood
• 11-17 - Dealing with uncleanness
• 16 - Day of Atonement
•18-27 - Holiness in all of life.
20. Sinai
Numbers
Overview:
• Numbers 1-10: God’s people prepare to enter
the promise land under Moses
• Numbers 1 - Census#1
• Numbers 11-25: Failure to enter land
• Numbers 11-12 people complain
• Numbers 13: Spies disbelieve = 40 Years
• 22-24 Balaam’s donkey and oracles
• Numbers 26-36: New Preparations to enter the
promise land
23. Sinai
Deuteronomy
• Second Giving of the Law
• Moses’ Last Words
• Deuteronomy 6:4-9
• Deuteronomy 9:4-5 - Righteousness
• Deuteronomy 20 - Warfare
• Deuteronomy 29 - Covenant Renewed
24. Sinai
Joshua
Overview:
• Joshua 1: Transition of Leadership
• Joshua 2-5: Israel Enters the Land
• Joshua 6-12: Israel conquers the Land
• Joshua 13-21: The land is allotted to 12 tribes
• Joshua 22-24: Covenant Renewal
25. Sinai
Judges
Cycle:
•Israel drifts from God
•God sends judgement on Israel
•Israel cries out to God for help
•God raises up a leader/Judge
•Israel is restored to God
