2. WHERE WE’VE BEEN & ARE GOING…
- The Power of Story
- God and Creation
- God and Humanity
- God and Israel
- God and Jesus (and The Church)
- God and New Creation
3. BIBLICAL COVENANTS
1. Noah/Creation Genesis 8
2. Abraham Genesis 12
3. Moses/Sinai Exodus 19 (Suzerain/Vassal Treaty)
4. David 2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17; 2 Chronicles 6
5. Jeremiah “New Covenant” Jeremiah 31
6. Jesus “New Covenant” Luke 22; Hebrews 12
4. Now the Lord said to Abram,
“Go from your country and your kindred
and your father’s house to the land that I
will show you. I will make of you a great nation,
and I will bless you, and make your name great,
so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those
who bless you, and the one who curses you
I will curse; and in you all the families of
the earth shall be blessed.”
GENESIS12:1-3
See also: Genesis 17:1-8; 26:1-5; 28:13-15
5. …for I have chosen (Abraham), that he may
charge his children and his household after
him to keep the way of YHWH by doing
righteousness and justice; so that YHWH
may bring about for Abraham what he
has promised him.
GENESIS18:19
6. But Moses said to God, “If I come to the
Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your
ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,
‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”
God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” He said
further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites,
‘I am has sent me to you.’” God also said to
Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites,
‘The Lord (YHWH), the God of your ancestors,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you…”
EXODUS3:13-15
7. You have seen what I did to the Egyptians,
and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and
brought you to myself. Now therefore,
if you obey my voice and keep my covenant,
you shall be my treasured possession out of
all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,
but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom
and a holy nation.
EXODUS19:4-6a
8. LESSONS from DEUTERONOMY
1. Relationship w/God//Torah = unique Gift
2. Election based solely on grace Mission
3. Remember God once in Promised Land
4. One central place for worship Temple
5. Israel’s wellbeing lies in their hands Cov’t
6. Ultimate curse: losing the land Exile
9.
10. • Who are we? Humanity as God’s image bearers
• What time is it? The start of the creation project
• Where are we? The Garden as localized Temple
• What is wrong? Creation has yet to be filled…
• What is the solution? Humanity as priests
• What is the point? God is worthy of worship
A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW of
CREATION ROOTED in CONTEXT
11. A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW of
HUMANITY ROOTED in CONTEXT
• Who are we? Marred image bearers & failed priests
• What time is it? Post-garden, pre-covenant
• Where are we? Exiled from the garden
• What is wrong? Failed at our human vocation
• What is the solution? Representative family…
• What is the point? God’s love & creation project
12. A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW of
ISRAEL ROOTED in CONTEXT
• Who are we? Kingdom of Priests/Holy Nation
• What time is it? Wandering/being/exiled/waiting
• Where are we? Desert/Canaan/exile (Babylon)
• What is wrong? Failed/exile/creation project
• What is the solution? Messianic King
• What is the point? Love/faithfulness/creation
13.
14. One of the scribes…asked him,
“Which commandment is the first of all?”
Jesus answered, “The first is: ‘Hear, O Israel:
the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your mind,
and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment
greater than these.”
MARK12
