RELIGST 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Book Of Deuteronomy
13 Sep 2018
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Genesis 12:1-3 no(cid:449) the lord said to a(cid:271)(cid:396)a(cid:373), (cid:862)go f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:455)ou(cid:396) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:455)ou(cid:396) ki(cid:374)d(cid:396)ed a(cid:374)d (cid:455)ou(cid:396) fathe(cid:396)"s house to the la(cid:374)d that i (cid:449)ill sho(cid:449) (cid:455)ou. I (cid:449)ill (cid:373)ake of (cid:455)ou a g(cid:396)eat (cid:374)atio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d i (cid:449)ill (cid:271)less you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you a(cid:374)d (cid:272)u(cid:396)se those (cid:449)ho (cid:272)u(cid:396)se (cid:455)ou; a(cid:374)d i(cid:374) (cid:455)ou all the fa(cid:373)ilies of the ea(cid:396)th shall (cid:271)e (cid:271)lessed. (cid:863) Abram is chosen because of his righteousness and his faithfulness to god, but this is implied th(cid:396)ough a(cid:271)(cid:396)a(cid:373)"s lifest(cid:455)le depi(cid:272)ted afte(cid:396) the o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al (cid:272)all. The(cid:396)e is (cid:374)o te(cid:454)tual e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374) as to (cid:449)h(cid:455) a(cid:271)(cid:396)a(cid:373) (cid:449)as (cid:272)hose(cid:374) fo(cid:396) god"s p(cid:396)o(cid:373)ise. Why israel: deuteronomy 7:6-8 (cid:862) for you are a people holy to the lord your god. God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
