...Abraham. Abraham gave his life to obeying God and his word and finding favor in God’s eyes. Abraham received plenty from the Lord just for his obedience as well as his descendants. The covenant is a basic agreement between two parties. Some covenants often promise rewards or blessings for people who agree to keep the covenant. In the past covenants were sealed by blood or animal sacrifices. The covenant may have been made between family members, kings, states, or God himself. Those who did not keep a covenant was punished or even cursed. Often times the covenant would display a sign or symbol as a reminder of the covenant, such as: Adam and Eve disobeyed and received death, Jesus covenant was displayed through the cup and the drinking of wine as if it were his blood, the rainbow with Noah, and circumcision with Abraham. It is said Abraham shall be numerous and become a great nation while inheriting the Promised Land Cannon later to become Israel while others become blessed in and through him and their sign of the covenant was through circumcision. Abraham believed in monotheism, he believed in the promise from God of receiving the “Holy Land” and that he was the chosen one. God’s covenant with Abraham was considered a promise or unconditional covenant. “God alone who bind’s himself by a solemn oath to keep the covenant” (Campbell, 2009). The Mosaic covenant is a promise of blessing if obedience is kept and if broken a curse will take effect. From one’s understanding God’s promise...
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...The extract under the title “The Eyes of the Dragon” was written by one of the outstanding American writers in the modern literature – Stephen King, known for his huge contribution in horror fiction, compared with such names as Balzac and Dickens. The extract under the study begins with the description of a young boy called Peter destined to be a king. It comes as no surprise he had a great number of servants to take care of him, but the most tender and vigilant of all was surely his mother – Sasha. She took it for granted to bring up her child in a manner worthy for kings only. Naturally she used all her talent, all her love and all her wit to raise the heir as well-bred and smart as possible. She was the only perfect teacher for him. To the boy’s mischief she died when he was only five and couldn’t realize everything properly, but those lessons she gave him stayed in his heart for ever. They say “the child’s soul is blank as a white sheet of paper, what you write there will be kept till the end.” I guess this statement suits the text precisely and comes as the controlling idea of the whole narration. Indeed, who knows better teacher and mentor for a child than its mother? Who knows all the specks and all the sores on a young body better than the woman who gave birth to the infant? No human creature. Small wonder that mothers love their children with all their heart, no matter what kind of child it is. The child is their flesh and blood, that’s the only sufficient reason...
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...[pic]The King of Hearts – What is the world, O soldiers? It is I: I, this incessant snow, This northern sky; Soldiers, this solitude Through which we go Is I. – W. De La Mare, Napoleon The point of reference for a lost world is ‘I’. When the forbidden fruit was eaten ‘I’ was born, and ‘I’ characterises the world we live in today. In attempt to deify himself, man defaced himself and has been seeking his lost image ever since. When we gaze into still waters we see the reflection of our face, yet when we gaze into our hearts we see the reflection of our soul and in a haste we look away for its condition is too deplorable to bear. The malignant state of our hearts requires serious surgery, surgery which can only be carried out by the One who is called the kardiognostes, the Knower of hearts, and the One who has paid the price to rule man from within, the King of hearts. The point of reference for a repentant heart is God. At the cross is ‘I’ crossed out. At the cross selflessness replaces selfishness, and love is demonstrated in its fullness from a loving God to a lost world. Faceless man again finds his image ‘For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ’(1). Gazing into our hearts once more we see the face of Christ, the perfection of the law that is love, and instead of turning away in haste we ‘Fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher...
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...Throughout my life I have found that it has gotten much easier for me to follow my calling that God has given me, but to be completely honest this was not always the case. If the Lord was to give you a dream showing you your future would you believe it, or would you pass it off as just another dream? This was the question I needed discernment and wisdom to answer as I was not sure at one point in time in my life. We will examine the book of Genesis and take a walk-through Joseph’s calling as we examine our own lives and calling from the Lord. After reading Genesis 37:1-36, the circumstances that led to Joseph brothers’ treatment of him were very noticeable throughout these scriptures. One key factor of the treatment was the fact that Joseph...
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...Analysis of King Lear King Lear, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic tale of filial conflict, personal transformation, and loss. The story revolves around the King who foolishly alienates his only truly devoted daughter and realizes too late the true nature of his other two daughters. A major subplot involves the illegitimate son of Gloucester, Edmund, who plans to discredit his brother Edgar and betray his father. With these and other major characters in the play, Shakespeare clearly asserts that human nature is either entirely good, or entirely evil. Some characters experience a transformative phase, where by some trial or ordeal their nature is profoundly changed. We shall examine Shakespeare's stand on human nature in King Lear by looking at specific characters in the play: Cordelia who is wholly good, Edmund who is wholly evil, and Lear whose nature is transformed by the realization of his folly and his descent into madness. The play begins with Lear, an old king ready for retirement, preparing to divide the kingdom among his three daughters. Lear has his daughters compete for their inheritance by judging who can proclaim their love for him in the grandest possible fashion. Cordelia finds that she is unable to show her love with mere words: "Cordelia. [Aside] What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent." Act I, scene i, lines 63-64. Cordelia's nature is such that she is unable to engage in even so forgivable...
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...ANTIGONE Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. Chronologically, it is the third of the three Theban plays but was written first. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends. This play is based on the life story of Antigone, the daughter of Oeudipe and Jocaste. It is a legend of her sacrifice for her loved ones, her believes and her honour. Antigone’s brother Polynice had betrayed his country and died during the war. Creon, the king of Thebes had refused to give him a burial. Antigone is outraged by this decision and goes as far as sacrificing her life, to give her brother a burial he deserves. Even law of the king does not stop her from doing what she thinks is right. Antigone is the tragic heroine of the play and this play revolves around her struggle against the autocratic laws of the state. Even she manages to give Polynice a rightful burial but, this burial costs Antigone her life. SYNOPSIS In the beginning of the play, two brothers leading opposite sides in Thebes' civil war died fighting each other for the throne. Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, has decided that Eteocles will be honored and Polyneices will be in public shame. The rebel brother's body will not be sanctified by holy rites, and will lie unburied on the battlefield, prey for carrion animals like worms and vultures, the harshest punishment at the time. Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of the dead Polyneices...
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...Borough of Manhattan Community College City University of New York Department of English Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem by Erich Fromm For centuries kings, priests, feudal lords, industrial bosses and parents have insisted that obedience is a virtue and that disobedience is a vice. In order to introduce another point of view, let us set against this position the following statement: human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be, terminated by an act of obedience. Human history was ushered in by an act of disobedience according to the Hebrew and Greek myths. Adam and Eve, living in the Garden of Eden, were part of nature; they were in harmony with it, yet did not transcend it. They were in nature as the fetus is in the womb of the mother. They were human, and at the same time not yet human. All this changed when they disobeyed an order. By breaking the ties with earth and mother, by cutting...
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...with God. It absorbs us, and even our own salvation is forgotten in that passionate yearning which made Moses ready to have his name blotted out of God’s book for Israel’s sake It seems to me that such passion is the highest form of unselfish love, and the nearest approximation to the divine motive that impelled the Lord Jesus Christ to empty himself of his original glory and majesty, and assume ‘the form of a servant,’ enduring even the cross. 2 Samuel 23:14-17 In this story we see the cry in the heart of the King. He was thirsty for a cup of water, these three servants were not sent to get the water but they noticed his desire. To them David’s wish was their command. They knew the dangers, they were aware that they would have to pay a price for that water even with their very lives. However this was not enough to make them waver in their obedience. They did not hesitate. 28 generations later the Messiah would have a similar cry on the cross (John19:28) this thirst was a cry that went beyond the physical thirst. This thirst was the salvation of men and women . This thirst goes deeper than the thirst of David, but where are those three servants that will take it upon themselves to quench the thirst of our Master. How many of us would act similarly for our Lord Jesus. The thirst of our Master is enough for us to get moving. The cry for souls is of the same magnitude and emphasis as it was on the cross. No Christian is the person of God that our Lord wants him to be unless day...
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...Please note that this essay is missing citations. i. The term “worldview” is used to describe what one might refer to as an individual’s personal point-of-view in life. The word worldview is derived from the German word “Weltanschauung” which means “world” and “view”. A Worldview is involved in a human’s emotions, outlook, ethics, themes and values. This view is created and used on a daily basis by all human beings, whether perceived, or not. Worldview is used to interpret, to discern, and to plan. One’s worldview does not only affect the large decisions in life, such as college, or marriage, but also even the smallest choices of daily life, and word-use. ii. 1. As might be expected, a Christian Worldview differs largely from the worldview, or point-of-view, of the secular trends. A Christian Worldview believes that all questions to do with man, the universe, and creation are found and answered through the inspired Word of God. The Question of Origin is answered in Naturalism through Genesis, which states “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth”. Naturalists even go further to state that all living creatures, animals and organisms, are created by an ultimate Creator (Genesis 1). This view is in complete contrary to an Evolutionistic belief of humans deriving from animals. 2. The next question to which most people relate is The Question of Identity. The question of what man is, yet again, is answered through the Word of God, as stated in Genesis...
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...The Bible The Bible has been called, “The greatest story ever told.” An Episcopal priest I know is fond of saying, “A well told story is a universal story.” It follows, then, that the Bible is universal, with important lessons for us in every human endeavor. As a treatise on power, stewardship and leadership, the Bible is an incredible resource. What better role model could we possibly have for leadership than God? What better perspective could we possibly hope to gain? What was God’s first act of leadership? Creation! Leadership is first and foremost about creation, about building up. That isn’t to say that leadership can’t also be about consequences, even dire ones, but God destroyed the earth once and vowed never to do so again. Leadership is about creation, not destruction. One leadership principle the Bible brings up over, and over, and over again is faith! Have faith in what you’re doing. Nobody thought little David could slew Goliath, nobody, that is, but David. * “Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you. (Mark 11:23) * “Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful." (2 Chronicles 20:20) * He...
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...A sinless life possible or impossible Psalm 51 King James Version (KJV) 51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Romans 5: 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 2 Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. Ephesians 4:13 ► Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ Romans 6 King James Version (KJV) 6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised...
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...Traditions and Encounters; Jerry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler; 2006; McGraw-Hill 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica Inquiry Question: How did Africans react to European imperialism? Part I - Working with Four Source Documents[1] Document #1: From a letter from one African leader to another in German South West-Africa. 1904 All our obedience and patience with the Germans is of no use for each day they shoot someone dead for no reason at all. So, I appeal to you my Brother, not to ignore the uprising, but to make your voice heard so that all Africa may take up arms against the Germans. Let us die fighting rather than die as a result of bad treatment, imprisonment, or some other calamity. (Disaster). Tell all the chiefs down there to rise and do battle. -Source: Samuel Maherero, a leader of the Herero people. Question: What does this source say about how Africans responded to European Imperialism? Document #2: From a speech to chiefs by an African queen mother, 1900 Now I have seen that some of you fear to go forward and fight for our King. If it were in the brave days of old, chiefs would not...
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...Survey Collision/Integration Point Survey Use only one document (this one) each week. DayDate | Priority of ScriptureScripture Ref w/ phrases of interest (type verses out) | Pursuit of TruthPotentialCollision/Integration Point | Practice of WisdomApplication(how might you respond with this Truth is challenged) | Monday,8/25 | Genesis 1020“These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.” | Defeating the devil and evil | The devil is around us at all times, especially when we are weak. Many workers in the workplace may feel overused, underestimated, or weak. This is when the devil will encounter us and tempt us, as Christians we need to fight off this temptation and overcome our weaknesses and temptations. | Tuesday,8/26 | Genesis 1317 “Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.” | Anger is a choice we must not pursue | There are many times in the workplace that can set of situations of anger. This verse talks about how being angry with your brother (college) will make you liable to judgment, many workers will be angry at times with their co workers if work is not sufficient or promotions occur that others feel are. To deserved. | Wednesday,8/27 | Genesis 1516 “In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” | Stay pure to your husband and wife that sits at home. | In today's society we hear a...
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...original cuneiform script comprising 12 tablets. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a chronicle detailing the classic adventures of Gilgamesh, a historic king of Uruk. Over the years, historians have eliminated the 12th tablet for alleged inconsistencies. The poem depicts a wide range of themes such as the inevitability of death, which is portrayed when Gilgamesh’s struggle to be young backfires. Other themes include the struggle between humanity and divine power, necessity of friendship, oppression, and the enduring struggle for power along with the conflict between the rulers and the ruled. Relationship between the Ruler and the Ruled The conflict between rulers and their subjects is perhaps the most enduring historical trend known to humanity. As Machiavelli, Hobbes, Karl Marx and other realist theorist of power politics concur, this longstanding conflict manifests itself in terms of oppression and suppression where the ruling class seeks to dominate the masses financially, socially and politically. This trend is no more today as it was then. It is a reflection of survival for the fittest as envisioned in Darwin’s evolution theory (Foster 45). Looking at the epic of Gilgamesh, which was created at around 2500 BC, oppression emerges as one of the mainstream themes. This is portrayed in the eminence of the king, which symbolizes domination. As the King of Uruk, Gilgamesh was a tyrant who subjected his subjects to unbearable oppression. According to Stanford University Professor of Literature...
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...Israel and the Nature of Covenant in the ancient Near East A Paper Submitted to Dr. Percy D. Johnson, Jr. Of Beulah Heights University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Research Paper for the Course Interpretation of the Old Testament Bi601 Damon Richardson April 29, 2012 Introduction Exodus chapter 20 is foundational for the proper understanding of the basis of ancient Israel’s relationship with YHWH and the significance of the covenant that YHWH made with them. Therefore the focus of this paper will be to provide the basic framework for viewing this important chapter not only from an exegetical standpoint but more contextually from its ancient Near Eastern cultural matrix in order to gain some perspective and understanding as to the meaning of this familiar text. Genre of Exodus 20ff Over 50 years ago, George Mendenhall, wrote a series of articles centered on newly discovered documents from ancient Mesopotamia upon which he developed a six point formula from the examination of these fourteenth and thirteenth century Hittite treaties that shaped the way many later scholars came to understand the Biblical text in light of these ancient Hittite suzerainty-vassal covenants. Irvin A. Busenitz in his article Introduction to the Biblical Covenants wrote: The rise of the Documentary Hypothesis, fueled by the concept that religion in Israel developed along evolutionary lines, has in recent centuries suggested that ...
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