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The Call of Abram - Genesis 12:1-3

Abram, at the age of 75, is called by God to leave the Ur of Chaldea to an undisclosed destination. He is called to trust God, to an intimate covenant relationship with God and to a three-fold promise.

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The Call of Abram - Genesis 12:1-3

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  1. An inductive, expositional study taught by Harry Morgan

  2. For those of you online post your comments or questions in the “comment section” on your screen. As time affords they may be read to the class.

  3. toledot = “generations” 2:4-4:26 5:1-6:8 6:9-9:29 10:1-11:9 11:10-26 11:27-25:11 “of Terah” 25:12-18 25:19-35:29 “of Isaac” 36:1-43 37:1-50:26 “of the heavens and of the earth” “of Adam” “of Noah” “of the sons of Noah” “of Shem” “of Ishmael” “of Esau” “of Jacob”

  4. Chiasm of Abram’s Exodus from Ur 12:1-9 a testing journey with a promise (1-3)(choose God over ancestors) 12:10-20 Abram compromises Sarah in Egypt 13-14 Abram and Lot 15 God’s covenant with Abram 6 birth of Ishmael 17:1-18:15 God’s covenant with Abraham 18:16-19:38 Abraham and Lot 20-21 Abram compromises Sarah in Gerar 22:1-19 a testing journey with a promise (15-18) (choose God over descendants)

  5. 1. Approximately, what do you think is the time- span between Genesis 1:1 and 11:32?

  6. 1. Approximately, what do you think is the time- span between Genesis 1:1 and 11:32? MAJOR EVENT Big Bang Earth Formed 1stLife End of Dinosaur Age Man 1st Appears Last Ice Age Sumerian Civilization DATE ASSIGNED 13.7 billion years ago 4.5 Billion years ago 3.8 billion years ago 65 million years ago 200,000 years ago 20,000 years ago 8,000–10,000 BC * Radiometric Carbon Dating

  7. 1. Approximately, what do you think is the time- span between Genesis 1:1 and 11:32? MAJOR EVENT Creation Adam’s Fall Flood Tower of Babel Call of Abraham DATE ASSIGNED 4004 BC 4004 BC (10 Days After Creation) 2348 BC 2242 BC 1922 BC * Bishop Usher’s Dating and the timeline of the Tanakh (OT) estimated by using the ages given in Genesis and Jubilees.

  8. 1. Approximately, what do you think is the time- span between Genesis 1:1 and 11:32? ➢ Radiometric dating – 13.8 billion years ➢ Biblical dating – 2000 years How much time do you think occurs between Genesis 12:1 and 50:26? ➢ The call of Abraham to the death of Joseph – 300 years

  9. 1. How many chapters in Genesis were used for each span of time? ➢ 11 chapters – 13.8 billion or 2000 years ➢ 39 chapters – 300 years What conclusions and applications can you draw from this information?

  10. 1. What conclusions and applications can you draw from this information? ➢ Abram is key in understanding the OT. ➢ The history of redemption begins with God’s call to Abram. ➢ 1stmention of God’s righteousness was to Abram (Gen. 15:6). ➢ Matthew includes Abraham in Jesus’ genealogy (Mt. 1:1) ➢ Luke includes Zechariah’s declaration that Jesus’ birth occurred in fulfillment of God’s promise to Abram. ➢ Romans 4 illustrates justification by grace through faith with the life of Abraham. ➢ Galatians 3 & 4 illustrates that salvation is by grace apart from works with the life of Abraham. ➢ Hebrews 11 illustrates perseverance of faith with Abraham.

  11. 2. What does the word “now” refer to in Genesis 12:1? 1Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.” ➢ “had said” (perfect tense) ➢ 11:32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. ➢ Job 33:14 For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it. ➢ Jonah (Jon. 1:2; 3:1-2) ➢ Disciples (Jn. 1:37; Matt. 4:19; Jn. 21:19)

  12. 2. What does the word “now” refer to in Genesis 12:1? ➢ Acts 7:2–4 And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’4Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.

  13. 3. Who is speaking in Genesis 12:1? 1Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.” ➢ Nehemiah 9:7 “You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name Abraham;

  14. 3. Who is speaking in Genesis 12:1? 1Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.” ➢ Joshua 24:2–3 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods. 3Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

  15. 3. When did this same Person speak in Genesis 11 and for what reason? 11:31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in- law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. ➢ Genesis 15:7 Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”

  16. 4. Who is Abram? ➢ Of the line of section Seth. ➢ Chosen by God. ➢ Trusted and obeyed God. What does his name mean? ➢ Abram = exalted father. ➢ Genesis 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  17. 5. According to Stephen’s statement in Acts 7:2 what else occurred to Abram? Acts 7:2 And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, What does Jesus say about this event? (Jn. 8:56) John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.”

  18. 6. What 4 commands were given to Abram? 1Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. Get out 1. of your country 2. from your family 3. from your father’s house 4. to a land that I will show you

  19. 6. Explain the meaning of each command. “Get out” = “go by yourself” 1. “of your country” = Haran (24:4) 2. “from your family” = kin 3. “from your father’s house” = immediate family 4. “to a land that I will show you” = literally ”the land”

  20. Isaiah 2:8 Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. Sumerian idols

  21. 7. What are the 4 promises, expressed by the words “I will…”, which were given to Abram? 2I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.

  22. 7. What are the 4 promises, expressed by the words “I will…”, which were given to Abram? ➢ “make you a great nation” = numerically, influentially & spiritually ➢ “make your name great” = elevate, magnify ➢ “will bless you” = with a son ➢ “you shall be a blessing” = through Isaac in Christ

  23. 8. What do you observe when you compare the promise of a “great name” made to Abram (12:2) to “let us make a name” in 11:4? Genesis 12:2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; Genesis 11:4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

  24. 9. What does the word “blessing” mean? 2I will bless you… and you shall be a blessing. ךְ ַ רָּב (bā·rǎḵ) = to bless, kneel, salute, or greet; to endue with power for success; to praise or adore. הָּכ ָּ רְּב (berā·ḵāh) = a benediction, gift; cause others to rejoice and be happy.

  25. Aaronic Benediction Numbers 6:22–27 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: 24“The LORD bless you and keep you; 25The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ’ 27 “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” The letter Shin for Shaddai

  26. 10. Who besides Abram is promised a blessing? 3And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

  27. 11. How has the promise to Abram that “in you shall all families of the earth be blessed” been fulfilled? Revelation 5:9–10 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, 10and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.”

  28. 12. Where was Abram from originally? Genesis 11:31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. What is the significance of this city?

  29. 1. The Sumerians were the first to develop writing.

  30. 1. The Sumerians were the first to develop writing. 17 NOV 10 Ancient Origins http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/4000-year-old- assyrian-tablet-makes-first-known-infertility-diagnosis-and-021707

  31. 2. The Sumerians were the first to develop numbers and a system of mathematics. Daniel Mansfield holds the 3700-year-old Babylonian tablet that may contain the first evidence of trigonometry. Aug. 24, 2017 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/ancient-babylonian- tablet-may-contain-first-evidence-trigonometry

  32. 2. The Sumerians were the first to develop numbers and a system of mathematics. The Plimpton 322 clay tablet, with numbers written in cuneiform script.

  33. 2. The Sumerians were the first to develop numbers and a system of mathematics. Our clock is sexagesimal! Notice how every 5 minutes is 30 degrees of a 360 degree circle. 60 is the smallest integer divisible by all integers from 1 to 6

  34. 3. The Sumerians were the first to develop a calendar. First Lunar Calendar ➢ The Sumerian Calendar was a 354 day lunar calendar. ➢ Like the Hebrew calendar, it was corrected with a “leap month.”

  35. 4. The Sumerians were the first to develop metallurgy.

  36. 5. The Sumerians were the first petroleum-based economy.

  37. 6. The Sumerians were the first to develop a “legal system” – the Code of Hammurabi. ➢ Code of 282 laws inscribed on a stone pillar placed in the public call for all to see. ➢ Stone depicts Hammurabi as receiving his authority from God Shamash. ➢ Set of divinely inspired law; as well as societal laws. ➢ Punishments were designed to fit the crimes as people must be responsible for their own actions. ➢ Established the principle of Lex talionis. ➢ Consequences for crimes depended on the rank and society (i.e., only fines for nobility)

  38. 7. The Sumerians were highly advanced in medicine.

  39. The moon god was the tutelary deity of the city of Ur. His reach and importance, however, was far greater than just a city god, the moon god is clearly one of the most important deities in the wider pantheon of Mesopotamia. Nanna-Suen's Journey to Nippur (ETCSL 1.5.1: 18), when Nanna brings the "first fruit offerings" to Enlil, the head of the early Mesopotamian pantheon (Black et al. 2004: 147).

  40. Ziggurat of Nanna in Ur

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