Title: The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect LESSON 1: PROPHETIC BEGINNINGS IN ABRAHAM
1The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic
Rhetorolect LESSON 1 PROPHETIC
BEGINNINGS IN ABRAHAM
- The story-line of Christian prophetic
rhetorolect begins with Abraham, who is at first
called Abram. - No New Testament writing ever refers to Abraham
as a prophet, but he functions for Christian
prophetic rhetorolect as a prophet for a number
of reasons.
- Click to read reasons why the story of Abraham
is a beginning for the Christian prophetic
story-line.
2Why does the Christian prophetic story-line begin
with Abram/Abraham?
- (1) Abram is called by God to be a person who
fulfills a sequence of tasks in the context of
promises by God about blessings and curses. - (2) Gods call to Abram concerns a specific area
of land, where people live as Gods people,
Gods nation, or Gods kingdom. - Click for further explanation of why the Abraham
story is a beginning for the Christian prophetic
story-line.
3Why the Christian prophetic story-line begins
with Abram/Abraham cont.
- (3) God speaks to Abram a number of times, either
directly or through a messenger/angel, to give
him specific directions and promises. - (4) Abrams acceptance of Gods tasks creates a
covenant in which God changes his name to
Abraham in the context of special promises. - (5) Abraham struggles obediently and faithfully
in the context of Gods covenant with him. - What is the nature of Gods initial call to
Abram? Click to find out.
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GODS INITIAL CALL TO ABRAM
- First, God chooses Abram, and calls him by
telling him to Go. - Second, God sends Abram to a particular land.
- Genesis 121 Now the LORD said to Abram, Go from
your country and your kindred and your fathers
house to the land that I will show you. - Click for continuation of Gods initial call to
Abram.
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GODS INITIAL CALL TO ABRAM cont.
- Third, God will fulfill a promise focused on a
great nation, which later will be called Gods
special kingdom. - Genesis 122 I will make of you a great nation.
- Click for continuation of Gods initial call to
Abram.
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GODS INITIAL CALL TO ABRAM cont.
- Fourth, the promise contains blessings and
curses. - Genesis 122 and I will bless you, and make your
name great, so that you will be a blessing. - 123 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.(read Genesis 12) - Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect about
Abraham.
7- CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT PRESENTS GODS
CALL AND PROMISE TO ABRAHAM IN ACTS AND HEBREWS
8Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect GODS CALL AND
PROMISE TO ABRAHAM
in Acts and Hebrews
- Acts 312 Peter addressed the people,
- 325 You are the children of the prophets, and
of the covenant which God made with our fathers,
saying to Abraham, In your seed will all the
families of the earth be blessed. (read Acts 3) - Acts 72 He said, Brothers and fathers, listen.
The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham,
when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in
Haran, - 73 and said to him, Get out of your land, and
from your relatives, and come into a land which I
will show you. - (read Acts 7)
- Click for continuation of the call and promise.
9Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect GODS CALL AND
PROMISE TO ABRAHAM
in Acts and Hebrews cont. (1)
- Hebrews 613 For when God made a promise to
Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he
swore by himself, - 614 saying, Surely blessing I will bless you,
and multiplying I will multiply you. - 615 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained
the promise. - Click for continuation of the call and promise.
10Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect GODS CALL AND
PROMISE TO ABRAHAM
in Acts and Hebrews cont. (2)
- Hebrews 118 By faith, Abraham, when he was
called, obeyed to go out to the place which he
was to receive for an inheritance. He went out,
not knowing where he went. - 119 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land
of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in
tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him
of the same promise. - (read Hebrews 11)
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- Click for Gods promise to Abraham of many
descendants.
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- In the Hebrew Bible, God promises many
descendants to Abraham. - Click to read about Gods promise to Abraham of
many descendants.
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GODS PROMISE TO ABRAHAMOF MANY DESCENDANTS
- Genesis 154 But the word of the LORD came to him
- 155 Adonai brought him outside, and said, Look
now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you
are able to count them. He said to Abram, So
shall your seed be. - (read Genesis 15)
- 173 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him,
saying, - 174 As for me, behold, my covenant is with you.
You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
- 175 Neither will your name any more be called
Abram, but your name will be Abraham for I have
made you the father of a multitude of nations. - Click to continue Gods promise to Abraham.
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GODS PROMISE TO ABRAHAMOF MANY DESCENDANTS
cont.
- Genesis 176 I will make you exceedingly
fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings
will come out of you. - 177 I will establish my covenant between me and
you and your seed after you throughout their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a
God to you and to your seed after you. (read
Genesis 17) - 2216 By myself I have sworn, says the LORD
- 2217 that I will bless you greatly, and I will
multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the
heavens, and like the sand which is on the
seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his
enemies. (read Genesis 22) - Click to continue Gods promise to Abraham.
14- CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT USES THE TERM
FAITH TO REFER TO ABRAHAMS HOPE AGAINST HOPE
TO BECOME FATHER OF MANY NATIONS
15Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Romans 4 and
Hebrews ABRAHAMS HOPING AGAINST HOPE
- Romans 418 Who in hope believed against hope, to
the end that he might become a father of many
nations, according to that which had been spoken,
So will your seed be. - 419 Without being weakened in faith, he didnt
consider his own body, already having been worn
out, (he being about a hundred years old), and
the deadness of Sarahs womb. - Click to read about Abrahams belief as faith.
16Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Romans 4 and
Hebrews ABRAHAMS HOPING AGAINST HOPE cont.
(1)
- Romans 420 Yet, looking to the promise of God,
he didnt waver through unbelief, but grew strong
through faith, giving glory to God, - 421 and being fully assured that what he had
promised, he was also able to perform. - (read Romans 4)
- Click to read about Abrahams belief as faith.
17Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Romans 4 and
Hebrews ABRAHAMS HOPING AGAINST HOPE cont.
(2)
- Hebrews 613 For when God made a promise to
Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he
swore by himself, - 614 saying, Surely blessing I will bless you,
and multiplying I will multiply you. - 615 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained
the promise. - (read Hebrews 6)
- Click to read about Abrahams belief as faith.
18Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Romans 4 and
Hebrews ABRAHAMS HOPING AGAINST HOPE cont.
(3)
- Hebrews 1111 By faith, even Sarah herself
received power to conceive, and she bore a child
when she was past age, since she counted him
faithful who had promised. - 1112 Therefore as many as the stars of the sky
in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand
which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one
man, and him as good as dead. (read Hebrews 11) - Click to read about Abrahams belief as faith.
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- In the Hebrew Bible, Abraham believed God, and
God accepted his belief as righteousness. - Click to read about Gods acceptance of
Abrahams belief.
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ABRAHAMS BELIEF AS RIGHTEOUSNESS
- Genesis 156 He believed in Adonai and he
reckoned it to him for righteousness. - Genesis 179 God said to Abraham, As for you,
you will keep my covenant, you and your seed
after you throughout their generations. - Click for continuation of Abrahams belief as
righteousness.
21Hebrew Bible Resource
ABRAHAMS BELIEF AS RIGHTEOUSNESS cont.
(1)
- Genesis 1817 The LORD said,
- 1819 For I have known him, to the end that he
may command his children and his household after
him, that they may keep the way of Adonai, to do
righteousness and justice to the end that Adonai
may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of
him. - (read Genesis 18)
- Click for Abrahams faith in Christian
prophetic rhetorolect.
22CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT IN PAULS LETTERS
INTERPRETS ABRAHAMS BELIEF AS FAITH WHEREBY
GOD RECKONS AS RIGHTEOUS EVEN GENTILES
(NATIONS)
23Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Romans 4
ABRAHAMS BELIEF IS FAITH THROUGH WHICH GOD
RECKONED TO HIM RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR GENTILES
- Romans 43 For what does the Scripture say?
Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to
him for righteousness. - 49 Is this blessing then pronounced on the
circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we
say that faith was accounted to Abraham for
righteousness. - 411 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal
of the righteousness of the faith which he had
while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be
the father of all those who believe, though they
might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness
might also be accounted to them. - (read Romans 4)
- Click to read about Gods justifying the
Gentiles by faith in Galatians 3.
24Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Galatians 3
ABRAHAMS BELIEF IS FAITH THROUGH WHICH GOD
RECKONED TO HIM RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR GENTILES
cont.
- Galatians 36 Even as Abraham believed God, and
it was counted to him for righteousness. - 37 Know therefore that those who are of faith,
the same are children of Abraham. - 38 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would
justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good
News beforehand to Abraham, saying, In you all
the nations will be blessed. - 39 So then, those who are of faith are blessed
with the faithful Abraham. - (read Galatians 3)
- Click for Abrahams belief before he was
circumcised.
25CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT IN PAULS LETTER
TO ROMANS EMPHASIZES THAT GOD RECKONED ABRAHAM
AS RIGHTEOUS BEFORE HE WAS CIRCUMCISED
26Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Romans 4 GOD
RECKONED ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSBEFORE HE WAS
CIRCUMCISED
- Romans 49 Is this blessing then pronounced on
the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also?
For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham
for righteousness. - 410 How then was it counted? When he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in
circumcision, but in uncircumcision. - (First, read Genesis 155-6)
- (Second, read Genesis 1710, 23-27)
- Click for circumcision as a sign and seal of
righteousness by faith.
27Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Galatians 3
CIRCUMCISION AS A SIGN AND SEAL OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH
- Romans 411 He received the sign of circumcision,
a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he
had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might
be the father of all those who believe, though
they might be in uncircumcision, that
righteousness might also be accounted to them. - 412 He is the father of circumcision to those
who not only are of the circumcision, but who
also walk in the steps of that faith of our
father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision. - Click for Gods promise to Abraham.
28Hebrew Bible ResourceABRAHAM AND PROMISE OF LAND
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- In Genesis, God promised the land to Abraham's
offspring. - Click to read about Gods promise of land to
Abraham and his offspring.
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ABRAHAM AND PROMISE OF LAND
- Genesis 1314 The LORD said to Abram,
- 1315 for all the land which you see, I will give
to you, and to your offspring forever. (read
Genesis 13) - Genesis 173 Then Abram fell on his face and God
said to him, - 178 I will give to you, and to your seed after
you, the land where you are traveling, all the
land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I
will be their God. - (read Genesis 17)
- Click for continuation of Gods promise of land
to Abraham and his offspring.
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ABRAHAM AND PROMISE OF LAND cont.
- Genesis 2216 By myself I have sworn, says the
LORD 2218 In your seed will all the nations
of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed
my voice. - (read Genesis 22)
- Genesis 246 Abraham said,
- 247 Adonai, the God of heaven, who took me from
my fathers house, and from the land of my birth,
who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I
will give this land to your seed. He will send
his angel before you, and you shall take a wife
for my son from there. (read Genesis 24) - Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect about
Gods promise to Abraham and his offspring.
31CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT IN PAULS LETTER
TO GALATIANS INTERPRETS ABRAHAMS OFFSPRING AS
CHRIST
32Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect
in Galatians 3 ABRAHAMS OFFSPRING
AS CHRIST
- Galatians 316 Now the promises were spoken to
Abraham and to his seed. He doesnt say, To
seeds, as of many, but as of one, To your
seed, which is Christ. - 318 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is
no more of promise but God has granted it to
Abraham by promise. - (read Galatians 3)
- Click to read about Gods justifying the
Gentiles by faith in Galatians 3.
33CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT IN PAULS LETTER
TO ROMANS INTERPRETS ABRAHAMS BEING RECKONED AS
RIGHTEOUS FOR GENTILES WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST
34Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Romans 4
GODS RECKONING OF ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUS FOR
GENTILES WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST
- Romans 422 Therefore it also was reckoned to
him for righteousness. - 423 Now it was not written that it was accounted
to him for his sake alone, - 424 but for our sake also, to whom it will be
accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus,
our Lord, from the dead, 425 who was delivered
up for our trespasses, and was raised for our
justification. - (read Romans 4)
- Click to read a summary.
35Good Work!
In this lesson you have learned that The story
of Abram is a beginning for the Christian
prophetic story-line because Abram was called
by God to fulfill a sequence of tasks in the
context of promises by God about blessings and
curses. Abrams name was changed to Abraham by
God when God made him the ancestor of many
nations and formed the covenant. Click to
continue the summary.
36Excellent!
- The New Testament reconfigures Abrahams hope as
an enduring faith in God. - Due to this enduring faith, Abraham and Sarah
received power of procreation. (Hebrews
1111-12) - God promises Abraham both descendents and land.
- Abrahams belief in the power of God is faith
through which God reckoned to him righteousness
for gentiles. - Click to continue the summary.
37Congratulations!!!!
THIS WAS THE FIRST LESSON on the Christian
Prophetic Story-Line. May the promises of
good things to people inspire you to continue
with Lesson 2 on Moses.