PPT-Part 1: Abraham

Genesis 1222 The age of the Patriarchs The beginning of the Hebrews Abraham Isaac Jacob Israel Genesis 1250 Main stories The Call of Abraham amp Covenant Ch 12 15 17 22 Patriarch in Trouble over wife . And the scripture was fulfilled that says,. "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. . (Jam 2:23). Mesopotamia Map. Haran. Ebla. 1800. Damascus. By:Tiarra Scott . Item Title. Decree in Runyon v. Dresser, [Law papers].. Author/Creator. Author:. . Lincoln, Abraham. Created/Published. November 23, 1843. Sangamon County, Illinois. Notes. Appears to be in Lincoln's hand.. The . Bible . Course. Document #: TX001075. Abraham. Despite humanity’s sin, God chose to stay in relationship with humanity and chose a group of people to call his own, namely the Hebrew people. They would later be called the Israelites.. 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.. BASSANO, Jacopo. , . Garden of Eden. 1570-73, Oil on canvas, 77 x 109 cm, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome. Life in the Garden of Eden. Genesis 2:4-25. (Very) Broad Overview. Translation . vs. Transmission. Adult female quadrupedal ruminant mammal. Common representation . of cardiac organ. Human organ for . detection . of light stimuli. YOU. LOVE. I. Genesis 12. Outline. Who was . Abraham?. . What is a . Covenant?. What was . Promised?. Explanation of what was Promised. Why do I need to know all this?. Is this the only time this promise occurs?. A. Background.. 1. Abram “Father of Height.”. 2. 20. th. generation from Adam (Luke 3:34-38) 10. th. from Noah.. 3. Born 292 years after flood in “Ur of the . Chaldees. ” (Gen. 11).. 4. His father . 2 . and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. . 3 . He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever. . God calls the unqualified.... and He qualifies the called.. Abraham’s Call. 11:26-12:9. Chosen Family Tree. Ur. EGYPT. Salem. Shechem. Bethel. ARABIA. Negev. hard Call. Go... somewhere. Leave... almost everything. Tower of Babel. Abraham. The Symbol of Water. . Gen. . 7 . Flood . brings death. Exodus 1:22 New born male Israelites drowned . in . River. Exodus 14 . Red . Sea brought death to . Egyptians. Rev. 12:15 . 1: What would you give up to follow God?. 2: What would you sacrifice for God?. By . faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, ‘It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.’ Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. Name later changed from Abram to Abraham.. Three world religions revere Abraham as the father of their faith:. Judaism . Christianity. Islam . Read Genesis 12:1-9. Question 1. How does God’s grace come through in each element of God’s promise to Abraham?. Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, was generally identified with the modern town of Mugheir in present-day Iraq. It is about 150 miles from the Persian Gulf and 875 miles from Egypt.. Elder Mark E. Petersen, who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, explained that Abraham “mentions that the priest of Elkenah were also the priest of Pharaoh. The altar was obviously specially built for human sacrifice.. . “This Right Shall Continue in Thee, and in Thy Seed”. . . President Ezra Taft Benson said. : “. The responsibility of the seed of Abraham, which we are, is to be missionaries to ‘bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations’ (Conference Report, Apr. 1987, 107)..