Bible in an Hour Summary Paper

After reading “Everyday Bible Study, chapters 6-9” I found that God wrote the Bible. The Bible is made up of 66 books and was written over a large time span and has many different Authors like Peter, Matthew, and Timothy to name a few, and all were from various parts of the world. Given that technology was nowhere near what it is today, communicating with each other or to conspire was not possible during their time; they all corroborate the same thing, that God wrote the Bible through Man. Man was inspired to create the Scriptures from God through the influence of the Holy Spirit; Scripture was not created by any human being, rather it was translated by God through the Holy Spirit to Man (2 Pet. 1:20-21 New International Version). “If Men Are Involved, How Are There No Errors?”

God’s covenant with Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham, was to be the father of many nations. The covenant includes promises concerning a land covenant, a seed covenant, and a blessing covenant. The foundation will flow out of the “Seed Covenant” to his descendants Isaac and Jacob, through whom the twelve tribes of Israel were born.

The treaty analogue sheds light on some biblical phraseology used in covenant contexts. The relationship of the suzerain to the vassal is often expressed as a father – son relationship. The references to Israel as Yahweh’s son is illuminated by this characteristic idiom: The father – son metaphor informs another idiom: In treaties and diplomatic correspondence, the relationship between the two parties is one of “love.”

The first division of the Grand Story of Scripture is the prologue. In the prologue, readers are introduced to the setting and main character of the book, as well as secondary characters. The setting is the Garden of Eden, where creation has just taken place. The main character is God, the protagonist. Readers are introduced to God at the very beginning of Genesis, when it states, “In the beginning, God…” Typically, readers are given a glimpse of what the main character is like. As the Grand Story of Scripture progresses, readers are introduced to new concepts and characteristics about God. Each of the stories within the Grand Story have their own “main characters,” yet the focus is on how God is restoring back to original goodness the mess creation got itself into.

In the epic Genesis, Joseph is a character who endures countless hardships only to discover that his suffering was all part of God’s plan. This realization, along with many other crucial plot developments, is made possible by the actions of Judah. Judah begins the story in a place of envy and selfishness, but later he shows great moral development by committing the ultimate sacrifice in the name of his father.

According to traditional Old Testament historians, Abraham became the first human to establish a covenant with God and with his second son Isaac and grandson Jacob they became the first of three Patriarchs of Judaism and Christianity. Abraham, original name Abram or Avram, along with his wife Sarah, original name Sarai, became the "Father of the Multitudes and Father of the Israelites." Sarah's hand-maiden Hagar, gave birth to Abraham's first son Ishmael who later became a prominent prophet and patriarch of the Islamic faith.

Rebecca and the Covenant Rebecca was the daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor, and she was the wife of Isaac the son of Abraham. She was one of the people whom god made a covenant with after Noah, Abraham, and Isaac. God promised Rebecca that she will be the mother of two nations because she was pregnant with twins. Also, she was promised by god that the descendants of the younger son would be stronger than the descendants of the elder son and that the elder son should serve the younger son. In this essay, I am going to explain that Rebecca did very well in carrying the covenant and the responsibility; also, that her qualities made her worthy more than to be unworthy to carry the covenant.

These promises given to Abram by God will later be fulfilled through a series of covenants; meaning these verses are not indicative of a covenant, instead, they are only promises at this point. "God’s commitments to Abraham are enunciated at the beginning of the Abraham cycle, but in the form of promises, not as a covenant."11 These promises are later enacted as covenants, in the passages of Genesis 15, 17, 22.12 Understanding now what exactly these three verses are, we can move to the proceeding

Along with the ESV Study Bible, two textbooks, some thoughts are now crafted into a flexible writer's guide. Encouragement to create "The Guide" (TG) has been the labor of love, and I praise the Holy Trinity for the opportunity. In use, TG will inspire better reading, writing, directional informational, from different platforms to help release the Bible's message to unique audiences. The main topics are in bold italics for easier location. The assignment was to combine texts Grasping God's Word (GGW) and How to Read the Bible for All it is Worth (RBW). Even since last April, the latter book has produced a fourth edition to change with the scholarship times. Both textbooks talk about preconditions but neither go into real detail

Abram, a man of faith, one of the most important figures in the religious history of the world, many times he was tested, but he followed God’s will unquestioningly. Abram was a man of belief and religion, he devoted his life to God, he did what he thought best for his people, a disciple to his own faith. At the age of 75, Abram was spoken to by God “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 you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” And so, a covenant was

The case of Abraham: In Genesis 12 (4), God’s servant, Abraham was in the country of Haran, where he had accumulated wealth. God commanded him to move, along with his wealth, and build an alter at Shechem. He obeyed, moved, built a tent, an alter and re-settled from Shechem to Egypt to escape famine. Abraham did sit down to enjoy, when he received God’s blessings and wealth. He performed entrepreneurial activities by hiring shepherds, finding grasslands for the sheep, paying the shepherds, ensuring increase in the number of his sheep and offering one to God before God told him to offer his only son Isaac.

In the Jewish sacred writings, the Bible, God called upon one man and one women out of everyone on Earth. This is the calling of Abraham, in which God communicated with specifically. The book of Genesis states that Abraham was guaranteed to become the father of a specific piece of land, also known as the homeland, as long as he remained true to the covenant with God. Abraham had a son named Isaac, along with a grandson named Jacob, who would have twelve sons. A commandment from God to Abraham included the practice of male circumcision.

The Bible is a veritable catalog of the majesty and power of our creator, thy God and all of his works. Strictly from a literary standpoint, the Bible is seen as a masterpiece for its sheer diversity of form and content, for artistry, for affective power, and for the way in which no matter how well you think you know it, or how many times you’ve read it, you can always find new meaning in its text. The Bible isn’t just one book, but instead an anthology of 66 different ones written by various authors over the span of approximately fifteen hundred years. The Old Testament, originally written in Hebrew, consists of thirty nine canonical books of scripture prior to the coming of Christ, when God’s people belonged to the nation of Israel. As a religious text, the Bible has found its stories, psalms, phrases, and proverbs seep in to many facets of western and world culture.

A covenant shows the relationship between God and his people. The covenant between God and Abraham highlights the faith that Abraham had in God. Abraham was very old when he made the covenant with God, so it took a lot for Abraham to leave where he had settled. The election of Abraham is significant in Salvation History.

Covenant making and covenant people have been a part of God’s plan since the beginning of time. In the Old Testament, and with Jesus Christ being just a foreshadow of things to come, covenants often made God and God’s holiness visible (Fehren, 1996). Furthermore, covenants were the vehicles or processes in which God used to institute promises and manage people (Korver, 2015). In the simplest terms, a covenant is an agreement between two or more parties concerning shared responsibilities and privileges, once ratified, covenants cannot be changed in any way, including the parties involved or the covenant provisions (Korver, 2015, p. 29). Covenants, may either be unconditional or conditional. Thus, an unconditional covenant, such as the one offered to Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3), requires no conditions to be placed on the recipient (Korver, 2015). Hence, the onus of the Abrahamic covenant was completely on God, and Abraham needed only to accept God’s offer. However, the enjoyment of the blessings made in the Abrahamic Covenant was dependent on how well Abraham and the future nation of Israel adhered to and listened to God’s commands (Merrill, 2006). Therefore, some action was required on behalf of Abraham and Israel to reap the full benefits of God’s blessing. Conditional covenants, such as the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 19:1-8), requires the recipient to meet certain conditions before enjoying the benefits of the covenant (Korver, 2015). Typically, conditional covenants