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Original airdate: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
(unedited/draft show notes here, not a transcript )
Lead:
When the Bible refers to “the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” what does it mean?
Intro:
Unless you are totally new to this Bible thing, you’ve probably heard the phrase “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” I think it appears something like seven times in the Bible (though don’t quote me on that), and it’s in both the Old and New Covenants (Testaments). So it’s a big deal. It’s even used, as I understand it, by some Jews in their daily prayers. And it means something like, “Yeah, THAT God, the one who made and kept covenants, the one we can trust.”
Yesterday I mentioned in passing that the book of Genesis has three big, broad sections covering these dudes and their descendants. What I didn’t say is that that is after Genesis 1-11…so chapters 12 through 50, the end, is this patriarchal history that, among other things, tells us where we came from. And you’ll remember that in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus he traces Jesus’ lineage back to Adam and then calls Adam the son of God….not like Jesus is the God-man son, but as in an affirmation of both origin and covenant-keeping.
And that, my friends, isn’t just about Jewish history, that’s all about you and me and every human on the planet.
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Old covenant:
Passage: Genesis 26-27
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 81
Words: ~1919
New covenant:
Passage: Mark 10
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 52
Words: ~1100
Commentary:
Love you!
-R
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