# 10 - The Call of Abram - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein journey with Abram as he hears the call of God to leave everything familiar and step into the unknown. Discover the significance of Abram's faith, the foundation of the Abrahamic covenant, and how this ancient story continues to inspire and challenge us today.
Episode 10 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Genesis.
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Show Notes:
(02:20) Intro with Yael Eckstein
(04:46) The Call of Abram - Cinematic Retelling
(27:02) Reflection with Yael Eckstein
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Speaker 1: Previously on the chosen people.
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Speaker 2: Let us craft creatures in our image, imbued with our essence.
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Speaker 1: God's design for humanity was to bear his image, fill
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Speaker 1: the earth, and share in the joy of creation.
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Speaker 2: A choice is before you, Adam. You can freely take
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Speaker 2: of the tree of life, nourishing yourself in my abiding love.
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Speaker 2: You could live under the comforting canopy of your Creator,
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Speaker 2: obeying me and partnering with me to cultivate the earth.
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Speaker 2: Or you can reach for the tree of knowledge. You
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Speaker 2: can awaken your mind to the possibility of evil, seize autonomy,
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Speaker 2: and live apart from my blessing.
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Speaker 3: Maybe what was a mind? Maybe there's something wrong with
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Speaker 3: me Apart from God. Paradise was lost. Adam and Eve
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Speaker 3: sat in the dirt east of Eden, never to return.
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Speaker 3: Their descendants would pine after Eden. Each generation would manufacture
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Speaker 3: ways to reclaim Paradise.
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Speaker 2: Evil grieves his heart, This corruption, this violence, It wasn't
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Speaker 2: his intention.
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Speaker 4: Lost?
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Speaker 5: Are you now evil?
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Speaker 4: Do you still be a blessed?
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Speaker 5: Where is your God? Now? This world is sick, These
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Speaker 5: people are plagued by evil. Today we build this tower
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Speaker 5: into piets of the Creator. Today we see greatness for
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Speaker 5: our soul.
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Speaker 1: But Adam and Eve held on to a promise. One
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Speaker 1: day a son of Eve would rise to crush the
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Speaker 1: head of the serpent. He would reclaim Eden for humanity.
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Speaker 1: Heaven and Earth would be joined once again.
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Speaker 4: Is this death? Is this the curse God spoke.
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Speaker 5: Of no Eve? I don't think this is death. I
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Speaker 5: think this.
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Speaker 3: Is life.
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Speaker 6: It isn't about who you were when God chose you.
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Speaker 6: It's about who you will become once you follow him. Shallo,
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Speaker 6: my friends from here in the Holy Land a'mya l
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Speaker 6: extein with international Fellowship of Christians and Jews, And this
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Speaker 6: is the chosen people. In each episode, we explore the
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Speaker 6: rich tapestry of the Hebrew Bible to uncover lessons that
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Speaker 6: still resonate today. We traverse tales of faith, failure, love
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Speaker 6: and loss as we press into the story of Israel,
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Speaker 6: and we'll discover what it means to live a life
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Speaker 6: of purpose and step into the calling that God has
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Speaker 6: for each one of us. God chose the nation of
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Speaker 6: Israel a Mount Sinai. But through their story we will
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Speaker 6: discover one abiding truth that we are all chosen for
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Speaker 6: something great. So let's begin in the beginning. God created
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Speaker 6: the heavens and the earth from the void, he spoke
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Speaker 6: light into existence. He formed the stars, the seas, the land,
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Speaker 6: and all the living creatures. And then with divine breath,
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Speaker 6: he created humanity in his own image. But then Sin
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Speaker 6: entered the world through the mortal mistake of Adam and Eve,
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Speaker 6: and humanity was plunged into a never ending cycle of
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Speaker 6: rebellion and redemption. From the first sin in Eden to
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Speaker 6: the flood in Noah's time, from the Tower of Babel
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Speaker 6: to the scattering of the Nations, the story of Genesis
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Speaker 6: unfolds with a mix of beauty and brokenness. But through
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Speaker 6: it all, God's plan of redemption remained steadfast. His love
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Speaker 6: for his creation is clear and unyielding. And now, as
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Speaker 6: we turn the page to a new chapter, the stage
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Speaker 6: is set for a moment that will echo throughout history.
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Speaker 6: Enter Abram, a man of or living in a world
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Speaker 6: of idols and false gods. Abram is called by the
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Speaker 6: One True God. Abram doesn't yet know God's name, but
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Speaker 6: he's about to discover God's character. In the midst of
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Speaker 6: humanity's wandering and searching, God's voice breaks through it all.
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Speaker 6: The story of Abram is more than ancient history. It's
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Speaker 6: a testament to God's forever faithfulness. It's a beacon of hope,
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Speaker 6: and it's a reminder that we too are part of
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Speaker 6: this divine story. Let's dive in.
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Speaker 1: Abram makes hailed the sigh of relief as the last
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Speaker 1: of the seemingly endless parade of priests, mourners, cousins, servants
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Speaker 1: and solicitors finally to the door snatched shut with the
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Speaker 1: last of them, and the mighty house of Terror stood
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Speaker 1: silent as a tomb. Abram and his nephew Lot stood
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Speaker 1: in the doorway of their now deceased patriarch's entryway. The
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Speaker 1: air was heavy with tension, thick enough to be cut
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Speaker 1: with a blade.
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Speaker 7: And so another great man of Shem's line has come
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Speaker 7: to pass.
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Speaker 1: Lot's remark earned him a stern look from Abram. Abram
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Speaker 1: sighed again, retreated further into the dwelling, and collapsed on
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Speaker 1: a bench in the center courtyard of his father's home.
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Speaker 1: His groans fell on to the dusty floor. His thoughts
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Speaker 1: drifted up a level to his father's bed chamber, where
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Speaker 1: a single chair would be left ceremonially empty beside his bed,
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Speaker 1: or rather his death bed. It would now be up
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Speaker 1: to him and his only remaining brother Nahor to steward
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Speaker 1: their father's legacy. Their father had left for the underworld,
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Speaker 1: leaving a legacy that included his wealth, property, influence, and lineage. However,
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Speaker 1: the latter would prove to be the most difficult for
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Speaker 1: Abram to shoulder. He had yet to produce an air
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Speaker 1: of his own with his wife Sarah, but he tried
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Speaker 1: not to dwell on that too often, especially for Sayrie's sake.
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Speaker 1: It wasn't a new revelation for either of them, and
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Speaker 1: though the hurt was buried deep, the dull pangs of
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Speaker 1: inadequacy lingered. Attempting not to intrude on Abram's sullen silence,
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Speaker 1: Lot tried to subtly slink into the courtyard and claimed
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Speaker 1: the sea to cross from Abram. There wasn't anything subtle
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Speaker 1: about Lot. Lot was a simple man of simple pleasures
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Speaker 1: and pursuits. While Abram often thought about lofty and ethereal things,
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Speaker 1: his nephew reserved his attention for the concrete and material.
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Speaker 1: As a result, Lot was predictable, yet still endearing. The
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Speaker 1: thought brought a reluctant grin to Abram's face, and his
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Speaker 1: nephew returned it. Lote broke the silence again.
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Speaker 7: When do you suppose we'll hear back from nahorre and
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Speaker 7: more on the point, are going to expect him to
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Speaker 7: reside here in Haran? Will your father's inheritance really be
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Speaker 7: divided among us? Will we live side by side like
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Speaker 7: we did when we were young.
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Speaker 5: The messengers won't reach her for a few weeks. And
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Speaker 5: I really can't say what Napol will do. It's been
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Speaker 5: so long since we were under the same roof, or
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Speaker 5: even in the same land. I suppose my father would
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Speaker 5: want me to remain at Nahor's side. But as for you,
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Speaker 5: I know going north was always my father's dream for
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Speaker 5: you when your father passed, to see the land of
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Speaker 5: his people.
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Speaker 7: Abram, you know, haranh has become just as much a
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Speaker 7: harm to me as it is for you. But you
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Speaker 7: know as well as I that your father, my grandfather,
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Speaker 7: always intended for us to go all the way to Canaan.
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Speaker 5: Ha ha, Canaan. If I had a sheep, for every time
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Speaker 5: my father mentioned Canaan that I could feel all er.
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Speaker 5: My father talked endlessly about venturing off to Canaan. But
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Speaker 5: stop short resides. You know as well as I how
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Speaker 5: dangerous that road is, and if the family's stories are
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Speaker 5: to be believed, I don't think they would exactly welcome
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Speaker 5: sons of Shem.
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Speaker 7: Abram, don't you feel there might be more out there,
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Speaker 7: more to seize and explore.
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Speaker 5: Our family has done exceedingly well.
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Speaker 7: Here, but I can't help feel like tera wanted more
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Speaker 7: for me. I know you're comfortable here, Abram. You're content
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Speaker 7: with this life.
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Speaker 5: What's that supposed to me?
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Speaker 7: You're content with what you have, Abram, That's all I'm saying.
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Speaker 7: You don't seem to yearn for more, that's all.
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Speaker 5: Don't dit like you've suffered here in Heroin. But it
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Speaker 5: is comfortable here. We've made a life here. When they're grown,
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Speaker 5: your daughters will find husbands here, and soon you'll have
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Speaker 5: a dynasty of your own. And my father's wealth and
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Speaker 5: livestock will only make you all more comfortable.
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Speaker 7: Comfortable, Abram.
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Speaker 5: Comfortable.
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Speaker 7: Sure, Sure, it's comfortable, But you know what else? It
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Speaker 7: is stifling. We're like trees, trees stuck in the shadow
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Speaker 7: of any horse dynasty.
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Speaker 5: We're not gonna grow.
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Speaker 7: We're gonna be like like shrubs, little tiny shrubs. Look
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Speaker 7: terror he loved me like a son, and I'll always
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Speaker 7: be grateful, believe me, but that's not gonna get us anywhere.
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Speaker 7: You know the laws of the land, Abram. Well stock
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Speaker 7: here growing only as tall as na hall lets us.
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Speaker 7: And I'm telling you, Abram, it's driving me crazy.
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Speaker 5: Nahore is our Kaden, here's my brother and your uncle.
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Speaker 5: We have nothing to fear from you. Your fortune is secure.
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Speaker 5: I don't understand where this is coming from, Abram.
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Speaker 7: Abram, let me stop you right there. You know what
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Speaker 7: You and I are self made men, that's what we are.
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Speaker 7: Sure we had a leg up. I'm not denying that,
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Speaker 7: but look at what we've done. We've turned a profit
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Speaker 7: with every single thing that was handed to us. We
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Speaker 7: didn't just sit on it.
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Speaker 3: We weren't on it.
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Speaker 7: But don't you ever wonder, Abram, what we really are
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Speaker 7: made of? What's in here?
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Speaker 1: Lots of questions done. Abram had a dysfunctional relationship with
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Speaker 1: greatness and legacy. Having no child of his own or
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Speaker 1: any hope for one on the horizon, he knew whatever
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Speaker 1: he gained would be dispersed among his servants and relatives,
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Speaker 1: nothing would live on beyond him. Abram didn't aim for greatness. Instead,
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Speaker 1: he remained reliable, steady, and predictable.
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Speaker 5: I won't be made to feel guilty being reliable. Between
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Speaker 5: the two of us, we have a multitude of responsibilities.
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Speaker 5: As for where I place my trust, I place it
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Speaker 5: in my own hands. If those I am responsible for
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Speaker 5: find me lacking, what kind of man would I be?
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Speaker 5: So no, I do not wonder what I am made of,
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Speaker 5: because I must find the answer every day. Every day
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Speaker 5: I can put money in the hands of my workers
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Speaker 5: or food in the bellies of my household, and I
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Speaker 5: discover what I am made of. And I haven't failed
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Speaker 5: them yet.
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Speaker 7: I love you, Abrahm, and I always will. You've always
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Speaker 7: been a bit of a brother to me, and you're
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Speaker 7: everything an older brother should be. Your sense of duty
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Speaker 7: and loyalty are unmatched. I'm just thinking about your father.
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Speaker 7: He stops short of his dreams. And when I look
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Speaker 7: back on my life, I want to feel like I
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Speaker 7: did something of significance, that I achieved something that no
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Speaker 7: one else has done before. Maybe, just maybe that something
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Speaker 7: is in the land of Canaan. You've heard the stories, right,
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Speaker 7: are distant relatives, the line of Ham, the cursed, Abram cursed,
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Speaker 7: And yet there they are, setting in seats of power.
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Speaker 5: And then there's me.
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Speaker 7: I don't want to just be another name, Abram, just
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Speaker 7: another name and a long, endless list of men from
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Speaker 7: the line of Noah.
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Speaker 5: And you would become a conqueror and lead your family
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Speaker 5: into a war for significance. Don't you feel that you
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Speaker 5: are already contributing to this legacy to our nation?
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Speaker 7: Don't you sometimes wonder what it would be like to
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Speaker 7: have a nation all of your own, to make a
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Speaker 7: name for yourself, rather than relying on the name of another.
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Speaker 1: And, as much as he would reluctant to admit it,
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Speaker 1: Abram did consider Lot's words. When Lord took his leave,
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Speaker 1: Abram wandered to the upper levels of his father's house.
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Speaker 1: He at last found himself on the roof, staring out
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Speaker 1: over the packed city, and wondered if he would ever
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Speaker 1: grow accustomed to this feeling. The babble of all manner
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Speaker 1: of man and beast from below created a steady drumbeat
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Speaker 1: that pulsed against his ear drums and sent his mind racing.
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Speaker 1: That's when he heard it, a voice, whispering through the
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Speaker 1: cacophony of city noise. Abram Abram turned he was alone.
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Speaker 1: He scanned the rooftop, searching for the source of the voice.
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Speaker 1: The world around him became quiet and still. Again, he
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Speaker 1: heard the voice calling out to.
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Speaker 5: Him, Abram, who's there, Come to me?
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Speaker 1: The voice called out again, this time from below the house.
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Speaker 1: Abram ran down the stairs, following the sound of the voice.
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Speaker 1: It called him outside, then down the alleyway.
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Speaker 2: Abram.
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Speaker 1: Abram ran through the busy streets, bumping into vendors and
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Speaker 1: tripping over carts. The voice was calling to him from
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Speaker 1: outside the gates. Abram sprinted out of the gates and
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Speaker 1: down the dirt path leading to the pastures of his
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Speaker 1: father's flock. The evening breeze whistled through the valley, carrying
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Speaker 1: the voice calling to Abram again.
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Speaker 2: Abram.
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Speaker 1: Abram stopped at a large terebinth tree. The starlight shone
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Speaker 1: through the breaks in the leaves, causing a dance of
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Speaker 1: shadow and light on Abram's face. The voice spoke again,
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Speaker 1: this time gently. It spoke to him and through him.
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Speaker 1: Abram could feel the presence of the voice, but couldn't
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Speaker 1: capture its source.
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Speaker 2: Abram, here, I am Apron. You are to go out
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Speaker 2: from your land, leave your father's house and your relatives
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Speaker 2: behind island, and go to the land. I will show you.
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Speaker 1: Still grappling with the words he was hearing, Abram was
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Speaker 1: suddenly stunned to find that images of a familiar terrain
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Speaker 1: and a worn road flashed in his mind. The road
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Speaker 1: led southwest out of the city toward Canaan, and flashes
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Speaker 1: of lush valleys and cascading falls appeared before him.
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Speaker 2: To day, I will make you a promise. I will
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Speaker 2: make you into a great nation. I will bless you.
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Speaker 2: Follow me, and I will make your name great, and
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Speaker 2: you will be a blessing to the entire world.
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Speaker 1: Again, images of a future Abram could barely understand flickered
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Speaker 1: in and outer focus in his mind's eye faster than
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Speaker 1: he could discern. But the intent was clear. He was
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Speaker 1: to have a legacy like the one locked Pinefall, no greater,
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Speaker 1: even so, much more significant and vast than either of
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Speaker 1: them could have imagined.
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Speaker 2: What's more, I will bless those who bless you. I
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Speaker 2: will curse anyone who treats you with contempt, and all
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Speaker 2: the peoples of earth will be blessed through you.
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Speaker 1: As if to emphasize that final word, Abram felt the
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Speaker 1: presence press onto his shoulders like a mighty weight. The
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Speaker 1: manifestation of the mantle inexplicably thrust upon him. Despite the
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Speaker 1: strangeness of what had just happened, he somehow found the
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Speaker 1: pressure comforting, and as abruptly as the voice had begun
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Speaker 1: speaking and the presence surrounded him, the weight dematerialized to
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Speaker 1: a quiet, comforting presence that wrapped itself in the back
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Speaker 1: of his mind. It was barely noticeable, but within reach
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Speaker 1: if he dared access it. A ways off, a cool
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Speaker 1: breeze of the uth Frate's River drifted up to meet
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Speaker 1: the two women reclining on a different roof overlooking the city.
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Speaker 1: Abram's wife, Sarah, hosted Lot's wife Edith while their husbands
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Speaker 1: settled their great patriarch's affairs. Sarah pretended to listen to
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Speaker 1: Edith as she prattled on about the latest gossip in town.
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Speaker 1: She longed for the arrival of Abram so that she
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Speaker 1: could remove herself from the intensity of the other woman's rent.
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Speaker 8: And you know, ado, she's going to smile and host
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Speaker 8: her new son in law's family as if the match
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Speaker 8: was her idea all along. She'll never admit that he's
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Speaker 8: simply not good enough for her daughter. But I'll tell
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Speaker 8: you one thing, Sarai I would never stand for that.
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Speaker 8: When my girls are old enough, no one but the
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Speaker 8: wealthiest men will do for them as husbands. I won't
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Speaker 8: settle for anything else. Don't you agree?
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Speaker 1: Sarah half heartedly opened her mouth to reply, but Lot's
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Speaker 1: wife continued without waiting for a response.
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Speaker 8: Oh right, Well, I suppose you won't need to worry
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Speaker 8: about that. But I'm sure you agree in principle. And
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Speaker 8: you know what my Lot always says. The wealth of
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Speaker 8: this city is steady and stable. It's all the same
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Speaker 8: families exchanging the same coins over and over again, no
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Speaker 8: movement up or down, no real competition if you're the
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Speaker 8: sort that has your eyes on advancement. But I hear
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Speaker 8: that the lands in Canaan are untamed, and there are
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Speaker 8: fortunes to be had if you're bold enough to take it.
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Speaker 8: Wealth you can't even imagine, wealth that would put Er
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Speaker 8: and Haran to shame.
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Speaker 1: Mercifully, Sarah I saw the top of Abram's head emerge
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Speaker 1: as he climbed the steps to the roof, sparing her
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Speaker 1: from enduring any more of Edith's in sensitive remarks and
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Speaker 1: frenzied daydreaming about adding to their already substantial wealth.
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Speaker 8: Well, I suppose I should get back to oversee the
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Speaker 8: dinner preparations. Abram, is Lot with you or did he
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Speaker 8: go home already?
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Speaker 5: He must be at home ways earlier.
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Speaker 1: Lot's wife took her leave, but Abram lingered on the roof.
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Speaker 1: Something was on his mind. Sarah waited expectantly for her
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Speaker 1: husband to gather his thoughts. They had long been married.
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Speaker 1: She could see the determination in his eyes. He had
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Speaker 1: his mind made up about something. He strode to the
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Speaker 1: roof's edge and began speaking as he stared over the city.
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Speaker 5: Sarah, I have something to tell you.
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Speaker 4: Yes, Abram, I'm listening.
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Speaker 5: I'm going to take our family out of hern. We
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Speaker 5: will begin making arrangements immediately. We will drive all our livestock,
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Speaker 5: take our possessions and all those who work for us,
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Speaker 5: and head south toward Canaan.
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Speaker 4: Abram, help me understand what you mean. I thought we
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Speaker 4: were settled here in Haran going south now? Of all times,
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Speaker 4: we're established here, We're comfortable. And besides, who would care
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Speaker 4: for our father's estate if we were to leave? Would
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Speaker 4: we leave that responsibility to nahor to Lot?
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Speaker 5: I suppose we may take whoever as willing to join us.
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Speaker 5: I would need to speak to lot tomorrow as early
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Speaker 5: as possible, if he is to join us and make
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Speaker 5: preparations as well.
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Speaker 1: Sarah I was too stunned to respond, so Abram continued
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Speaker 1: and tried to explain the supernatural phenomenon that had overcome
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Speaker 1: him in the alleyway.
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Speaker 4: Abram, look at me, Are we to upend our entire
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Speaker 4: way of life on the words of a random god?
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Speaker 1: Abram turned to his wife and struggled to find his words.
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Speaker 1: He scanned her face, accessing and questioning, undoubtedly weighing whether
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Speaker 1: or not he would bring her into the inner workings
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Speaker 1: of his mind.
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Speaker 2: His heart.
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Speaker 1: Sarah yearned for partnership, not lordship, but she didn't know
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Speaker 1: where to begin when it came to Abram. Sarah, in return,
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Speaker 1: searched his face but found only resolve, an immovable, impenetrable
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Speaker 1: wall of conviction.
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Speaker 5: You have to trust me, Sarah, I have weighed the cost,
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Speaker 5: but more reportedly, I know in my heart and we
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Speaker 5: must follow the words of this God.
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Speaker 4: So you've already decided.
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Speaker 1: Then Abram averted his eyes from Sarah's helpless stare and
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Speaker 1: turned again to look over the city, already calculating and
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Speaker 1: planning the journey ahead.
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Speaker 5: I have.
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Speaker 1: It is what is right, and that settled the matter.
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Speaker 1: Sarah I knew better than to pry and argue. At times.
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Speaker 1: Abram was this locked vault of thoughts and emotions. She
00:21:50
Speaker 1: could feel his head churning. She wished she could access
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Speaker 1: his mind. She yearned for that type of intimacy. Yet
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Speaker 1: even so, she knew character.
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Speaker 4: If this is your conviction, then I will follow you.
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Speaker 1: Abram glanced her way, briefly slid his hand over to hers.
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Speaker 1: She took it and squeezed. Abram had been amazed, flattered
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Speaker 1: even at how many had chosen to come with him
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Speaker 1: out of Haran. Even months later, and hundreds of miles later,
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Speaker 1: he still marveled at the sheer numbers of people and
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Speaker 1: animals that sprawled out behind him when he led their
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Speaker 1: odyssey from the head of the vast column. Abram decided
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Speaker 1: to scout ahead with Lot, who had unsurprisingly jumped at
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Speaker 1: the chance to accompany Abram and a small group of
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Speaker 1: handpait men. They had just passed into the land of Canaan,
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Speaker 1: and the city of Shechem lay before them, nestled on
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Speaker 1: the shoulder of mounte Baal. The land of Canaan was
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Speaker 1: occupied by a savage and war loving people. Though Abram
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Speaker 1: and Lot had brought men who could fight, their fighting
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Speaker 1: numbers would easily be inconsequential if confronted head on by
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Speaker 1: the brutal Canaanites. Abram waited for Lot and the others
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Speaker 1: to return with a report. In the shade of a gnarled,
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Speaker 1: twisted oak tree. It was then that the same otherworldly
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Speaker 1: stillness came upon Abram. Birds on, insect buzzing, and wind
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Speaker 1: alike ceased, as if to give their attention to the
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Speaker 1: mighty presence. Suddenly upon Abram, sweat beat down his brow.
00:23:31
Speaker 1: He turned to Lot and serah.
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Speaker 5: I'll be back wait here for me.
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Speaker 1: Abram left to find a solitary place, his heart ached
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Speaker 1: in his chest to hear the voice whisper again. He
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Speaker 1: summitted a small grassy hill where wild flowers swayed gently
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Speaker 1: to the breeze. He sat on a stone and waited.
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Speaker 1: Since leaving, Abram had wondered if he was following a
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Speaker 1: figment of his imagination, or if the god he chose
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Speaker 1: to follow was some sort of trickster. But there on
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Speaker 1: that blooming foothill, the Creator.
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Speaker 2: Spoke, Abram, you answered my call and left your land.
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Speaker 2: You left your father's house, and now here you are. Yes,
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Speaker 2: I have done what you asked. Now what you have
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Speaker 2: been faithful so far in what I have asked you.
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Speaker 2: Because of your faithfulness, I will uphold my promise to you.
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Speaker 2: You now stand of the land that I will one
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Speaker 2: day give your offspring.
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Speaker 1: Abram's eyes widened. He tilted his head upward in confusion
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Speaker 1: and trepidation.
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Speaker 5: My offspring.
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Speaker 1: Yet there was no more answer. Abram nodded reverently as
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Speaker 1: he felt the mighty presence dissipate, though he could still
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Speaker 1: sense a remnant in the back of his mind. Abram
00:24:57
Speaker 1: didn't know why this God chose him. He wasn't a
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Speaker 1: substantial or charismatic man. He wasn't even the greatest in
00:25:05
Speaker 1: his household. How would he accomplish all that had foretold?
00:25:09
Speaker 1: Even still, with this God's voice reverberating in his mind,
00:25:14
Speaker 1: he felt a confidence flicker in his heart. He could
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Speaker 1: become great. Still alone in the shade of the bent
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Speaker 1: oak tree, he began to pace and plan his next move.
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Speaker 5: I will lead my people further into the land of Canaan.
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Speaker 5: We will pitch our tents and create a stronghold beside Bethel.
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Speaker 1: Abram again felt that stirring of confidence in his heart,
00:25:38
Speaker 1: as if to affirm his decision. Prompted by this encouragement,
00:25:42
Speaker 1: he considered another response to the calls. Having always been
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Speaker 1: a man of business and transitions, he wondered what this
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Speaker 1: god would require in return. Surely the gift of land
00:25:54
Speaker 1: and legacy would warrant an offering. He had grown up
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Speaker 1: seeing his father and neighbors make to the various gods
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Speaker 1: of the land, but he was no longer in their domain,
00:26:05
Speaker 1: and he sensed this god wasn't one he had ever
00:26:08
Speaker 1: encountered before. Abram decided to mark this agreement with this
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Speaker 1: new God and offer his gratitude by building an altar
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Speaker 1: here in this very spot. He also decided that when
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Speaker 1: they were settled by Bethel, he would build another altar there,
00:26:25
Speaker 1: so that his newly kindled faith would burn bright at
00:26:29
Speaker 1: the ever present reminder. When Abram's men and lot returned,
00:26:33
Speaker 1: they built the first altar together. Abram stood back from
00:26:37
Speaker 1: their work and again felt that pulse of assurance in
00:26:41
Speaker 1: his heart. He gazed up at the twisted oak tree
00:26:44
Speaker 1: that had towered over them while they worked, and smiled
00:26:48
Speaker 1: at the thought of its serving as a landmark of
00:26:50
Speaker 1: this monumental moment. Perhaps it would even stand and serve
00:26:55
Speaker 1: as a reminder to his great nation long after he
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Speaker 1: was gone.
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Speaker 4: Wow.
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Speaker 6: What an incredible story. Abram was called to leave his country,
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Speaker 6: his people, in his father's household, to go to a
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Speaker 6: land that God himself would show him. This introduces a
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Speaker 6: pivotal moment in the Biblical narrative and the Hebrew story.
00:27:21
Speaker 6: It introduces the Abrahamic Covenant, as we say in Hebrew,
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Speaker 6: the breat which would be foundational for the story of
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Speaker 6: Israel and God's redemption plan for the world. This covenant,
00:27:34
Speaker 6: this breach, wasn't just for Abram, but for his descendants,
00:27:38
Speaker 6: the nation of Israel, and ultimately it's for all of
00:27:43
Speaker 6: us who choose to step out in faith and follow
00:27:46
Speaker 6: the God of all creation. This covenant, this breat was
00:27:53
Speaker 6: a promise. Listen to these words from Genesis twelve two.
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Speaker 6: I will make you into a great nation, and I
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Speaker 6: will bless you. I will make your name great, and
00:28:06
Speaker 6: you will be a blessing. Through Abraham, all nations would
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Speaker 6: be blessed. And this promise was not merely about land
00:28:14
Speaker 6: or descendants, so was about God's promise to bring redemption.
00:28:19
Speaker 6: How powerful this is what stands out for me. God
00:28:25
Speaker 6: didn't choose Abram because he was already great. No, God
00:28:29
Speaker 6: said to Abram, follow me and I will make you great.
00:28:35
Speaker 4: You see, greatness isn't.
00:28:36
Speaker 6: A prerequisite for God's blessing. He chooses the people and
00:28:40
Speaker 6: the fringe, the outcasts and the lonely, and makes them
00:28:44
Speaker 6: into something great. It isn't about who you were when
00:28:47
Speaker 6: God chose you, about who you will become once you
00:28:50
Speaker 6: follow him. Faith and obedience. The call of Abram is
00:28:58
Speaker 6: rich with biblical motive, faith and obedience, divine promise, separation,
00:29:04
Speaker 6: and consecration. These aren't just ancient themes. They're crucial threads
00:29:09
Speaker 6: woven into our stories.
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Speaker 4: Do you see it? Do you feel it?
00:29:14
Speaker 5: It's talking to us.
00:29:17
Speaker 6: Let's start with these themes of faith and obedience. God
00:29:21
Speaker 6: called Abram to leave everything familiar. He had to leave
00:29:25
Speaker 6: his country, his people, and his father's household. And what
00:29:29
Speaker 6: did Abram do? He left no GPS, no detailed itinerary,
00:29:35
Speaker 6: no real plan, just a promise from God. How often
00:29:40
Speaker 6: do we find ourselves in situations like Abrams that God
00:29:44
Speaker 6: calls us to step out from what we were doing,
00:29:47
Speaker 6: to leave the known for the unknown, to trust him
00:29:51
Speaker 6: with our future. That's huge, and it happens in our
00:29:56
Speaker 6: lives all the time. Might be a job change, move
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Speaker 6: to a new city, a relationship that needs mending, or
00:30:03
Speaker 6: a ministry that he's calling us to.
00:30:06
Speaker 4: And like Abram, we.
00:30:07
Speaker 6: Have to decide do we trust God enough to obey,
00:30:12
Speaker 6: do we believe his promises are true? Or do we
00:30:17
Speaker 6: try to ignore what God is saying, try to pretend
00:30:20
Speaker 6: like he's not talking to us. This brings us to
00:30:24
Speaker 6: the divine promise that Abram received. God promised Abram land
00:30:31
Speaker 6: descendants and blessing. He said, I will make you into
00:30:35
Speaker 6: a great nation, and I will bless you. I will
00:30:37
Speaker 6: make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
00:30:41
Speaker 6: But this promise wasn't just for Abraham. It was a
00:30:44
Speaker 6: promise for future generations, and it's a reminder to us
00:30:48
Speaker 6: that God's promises are true. And then there's the idea
00:30:52
Speaker 6: of separation and consecration. God called Abram to leave his
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Speaker 6: past behind to step into a new idea, identity, and future.
00:31:02
Speaker 6: This is often where we struggle the most. We cling
00:31:05
Speaker 6: to the familiar, to our comfort zones, to our past
00:31:09
Speaker 6: successes and even our past mistakes. But God calls us
00:31:14
Speaker 6: to something greater. He calls us to leave behind what
00:31:17
Speaker 6: holds us back and to dedicate ourselves to His purposes
00:31:22
Speaker 6: to always be in renewal. God calls us to bravely
00:31:26
Speaker 6: step forward into his future. You see, for me this
00:31:31
Speaker 6: is very personal. Two decades ago, God called me and
00:31:35
Speaker 6: my husband to step forward in faith to something greater.
00:31:40
Speaker 6: We were newlyweds. Both of us were raised in America.
00:31:44
Speaker 6: My husband and I met in America, we studied in America,
00:31:48
Speaker 6: we got married just a few weeks before, and suddenly
00:31:50
Speaker 6: God called us to make alien, to pick up our
00:31:53
Speaker 6: lives and move to Israel. It was a spiritual calling
00:31:59
Speaker 6: that God was putting up both of our hearts. The question,
00:32:02
Speaker 6: are you going to establish your roots and your lives
00:32:05
Speaker 6: in America or in this prophetic time where I've opened
00:32:09
Speaker 6: up the gates of Jerusalem to you, are you going
00:32:12
Speaker 6: to leave your homeland behind and walk through those gates
00:32:17
Speaker 6: of Jerusalem to start something new. Well, ever since then,
00:32:22
Speaker 6: my husband and I have lived here in Israel, in
00:32:25
Speaker 6: our biblical and historic homeland, in the homeland that we
00:32:28
Speaker 6: learn about in each episode. We have four kids who
00:32:32
Speaker 6: are raised here in Israel, born in the mountains of Jerusalem,
00:32:38
Speaker 6: and it's an incredible story that worked out very well.
00:32:43
Speaker 6: But I have to admit, when I was in America
00:32:46
Speaker 6: getting that call to leave everything behind and step out
00:32:50
Speaker 6: in faith to move to Israel, I was terrified. Both
00:32:55
Speaker 6: my husband and I were called to leave the only
00:32:57
Speaker 6: homes we ever knew, to leave our fans families in America,
00:33:02
Speaker 6: to come to a country where they speak a new language,
00:33:04
Speaker 6: where life is not easy, where terror is around almost
00:33:10
Speaker 6: every single street, almost every single day. What I realized, though,
00:33:16
Speaker 6: what my husband and I realized together, is that sometimes
00:33:20
Speaker 6: stepping forward in faith and following God isn't always easy,
00:33:25
Speaker 6: but we have to do it anyways. I could imagine
00:33:28
Speaker 6: that it certainly wasn't easy for Abram to do that,
00:33:32
Speaker 6: to leave the land that he knew, but it's very clear,
00:33:36
Speaker 6: my friends, it was worth it. I can tell you
00:33:39
Speaker 6: from experience that being uncomfortable is often the doorway to
00:33:41
Speaker 6: true purpose and destiny. The great Jewish age Nahmanidi suggested
00:33:47
Speaker 6: something interesting about Abram after he moved to the land
00:33:50
Speaker 6: that God showed him to the land of Israel. It
00:33:54
Speaker 6: was there that Abram was meant to begin his ministry
00:33:57
Speaker 6: of teaching people about God. Ahmanidy says that back in
00:34:02
Speaker 6: Abram's hometown in Ur in Mesopotamia, he also tried to
00:34:07
Speaker 6: teach about the One God in the Holy Land, which
00:34:10
Speaker 6: already possessed that special quality of spirituality. People were more
00:34:15
Speaker 6: open to understanding Abraham's teachings of One God. As I
00:34:21
Speaker 6: think back to my own Aliah, my own coming home
00:34:24
Speaker 6: to the Holy Land, moving to Israel, I completely understand
00:34:28
Speaker 6: what Nhmanidies is teaching and what Abraham probably experienced. While
00:34:33
Speaker 6: God and his word were important to me in the US,
00:34:37
Speaker 6: here in Israel, the spirituality somehow feels a lot deeper,
00:34:41
Speaker 6: a lot more relevant. The words of the Bible speak
00:34:45
Speaker 6: to me more loud and clear. It's not just theoretical,
00:34:50
Speaker 6: it's practical. It's not just in my head, but it's
00:34:53
Speaker 6: in front of my eyes. And that's why I'm so
00:34:56
Speaker 6: happy to be here with you on the Chosen People,
00:35:00
Speaker 6: and where I try to share with you what I
00:35:02
Speaker 6: feel here in the Holy Land. And that is what
00:35:06
Speaker 6: the story of Abraham stepping out in faith is trying
00:35:09
Speaker 6: to tell us all. Wherever in the world we are uncomfortable,
00:35:14
Speaker 6: steps of faith are often doorways to greatness for God's
00:35:18
Speaker 6: chosen people. When we're following God's heart and God's will,
00:35:23
Speaker 6: it's not always comfortable, but it's always good. And Abraham's
00:35:28
Speaker 6: story is critical improving this message. As this continuing saga unfolds,
00:35:35
Speaker 6: we're going to see in our next teachings how Abraham's
00:35:39
Speaker 6: story sets the stage for the development of Israel as
00:35:42
Speaker 6: God's chosen people. The Abrahamic Covenant is a cornerstone of
00:35:47
Speaker 6: God's plan for redemption for the Jewish people, but it
00:35:51
Speaker 6: also hearkens to something beautiful for Christians to speak more on.
00:35:56
Speaker 6: That is my friend, Bishop Paul Lanier.
00:35:59
Speaker 9: Thank you so much, y earl. And here we are
00:36:03
Speaker 9: in one of the most significant portions of scripture to
00:36:07
Speaker 9: be found in all the Bible, whether it's in the
00:36:11
Speaker 9: Old Testament or the New Testament. This Genesis chapter twelve,
00:36:16
Speaker 9: in particular verse three, where God says, I will bless
00:36:21
Speaker 9: those who bless you, and I will curse those utterly
00:36:27
Speaker 9: destroy those who curse you. And at the beginning of
00:36:33
Speaker 9: this chapter, God instructs Abraham to turn his back to
00:36:38
Speaker 9: walk away, to forsake the country and the family behind him.
00:36:43
Speaker 9: And if we leap over into the Christian scriptors, to
00:36:47
Speaker 9: the Book of Hebrews, chapter eleven, we read that indeed
00:36:51
Speaker 9: Abraham did this as an act of faith.
00:36:55
Speaker 5: Quote for a city.
00:36:57
Speaker 9: Whose builder and maker is God. And in the Book
00:37:02
Speaker 9: of Galatians, the apostle Paul says to us that Abraham
00:37:07
Speaker 9: is indeed the father of faith to all of us
00:37:11
Speaker 9: who believe. And what's remarkable. We can barely get out
00:37:16
Speaker 9: of the first sentence of verse one chapter twelve, where
00:37:21
Speaker 9: God is already referring to the land. That's right, the
00:37:26
Speaker 9: souls of the Jewish people and the soil of the
00:37:30
Speaker 9: land of Israel are inseparable to God. And Abraham and
00:37:37
Speaker 9: Sarah don't even have a nursery. And already God's referring
00:37:42
Speaker 9: to a nation and says, I will make your name great.
00:37:47
Speaker 9: Verse four we read about a nephew by the name
00:37:50
Speaker 9: of Lot, who's just one person in this cast. I
00:37:55
Speaker 9: think about Lot, and I think about Ishmael, and I
00:37:58
Speaker 9: think about Elizer, But none of them were to be
00:38:02
Speaker 9: used strategically by God as seed in the founding of
00:38:06
Speaker 9: the Jewish nation. Only from the loins of Abraham and
00:38:10
Speaker 9: the womb of Sarah was this to be. And in
00:38:15
Speaker 9: verse six we read that Abraham passed through the land
00:38:19
Speaker 9: of Shechem or Shechem. Now I've been there. I'm telling you,
00:38:23
Speaker 9: is one thing to get in that place. It's entirely
00:38:27
Speaker 9: something else to get out of there. Now it is
00:38:29
Speaker 9: the burial site of Joseph. And God refers to the descendants.
00:38:38
Speaker 9: You know, without covenant, you don't have descendants, you just
00:38:42
Speaker 9: have deductions. But Abraham and Sarah indeed did have descendants.
00:38:50
Speaker 9: God says, to your descendants, I will give this land
00:38:55
Speaker 9: and this covenant man of Abraham. No, he did not
00:38:59
Speaker 9: be to tower. The Bible says he built an altar
00:39:04
Speaker 9: unto God. Well, in this altar moment, can I pray
00:39:08
Speaker 9: with you, Oh my dear God. I thank you for
00:39:11
Speaker 9: everyone who's listening to me now, and I pray that
00:39:15
Speaker 9: as you are leading, guiding and directing us, we will
00:39:19
Speaker 9: be completely yielded, that we will pursue that city whose
00:39:24
Speaker 9: builder and maker is God. For all of this, we
00:39:28
Speaker 9: give you praise Amen.
00:39:33
Speaker 6: God's call to Abram highlights the concept of covenant, reoccurring
00:39:37
Speaker 6: theme in scripture that reflects God's commitment and faithfulness to
00:39:40
Speaker 6: his people. God makes promises and keeps them even when
00:39:45
Speaker 6: we don't. Abram's story shows us a God who reaches
00:39:50
Speaker 6: out God who says, I will be your God, and
00:39:53
Speaker 6: you will be my people. And this covenant isn't just
00:39:57
Speaker 6: about rules or regulations. It's really relationship based on trust
00:40:01
Speaker 6: and faith. And speaking of faith, as we say in
00:40:05
Speaker 6: Hebrew and Moona, let's talk about Abrahamic righteousness. In Genesis
00:40:11
Speaker 6: fifteen six, we read Abram believed the Lord, and he
00:40:15
Speaker 6: credited to him as righteousness. In Hebrew, the word for
00:40:20
Speaker 6: righteousness is sedec. You see, righteousness or sedek wasn't about
00:40:26
Speaker 6: Abram getting everything right. It was about his faith in God.
00:40:30
Speaker 6: Abram wasn't perfect, No, he had his moments of doubts,
00:40:34
Speaker 6: and he made mistakes.
00:40:35
Speaker 5: We know that.
00:40:37
Speaker 6: But what set Abram apart was his faith, his willingness
00:40:41
Speaker 6: to trust God, his step out in obedience, to leave
00:40:47
Speaker 6: the familiar for the unknown for the godly. This kind
00:40:52
Speaker 6: of sedec, this kind of righteousness, is accessible to all
00:40:56
Speaker 6: of us. It isn't about perfect adhering to any sort
00:41:01
Speaker 6: of law, because remember, Abraham didn't have the Torah, he
00:41:05
Speaker 6: didn't yet have the Law of Moses. What he started
00:41:08
Speaker 6: with was his heart and his connection to God. He
00:41:12
Speaker 6: didn't have the prophets. All he had was a still
00:41:17
Speaker 6: quiet voice prompting him to move. And God doesn't expect
00:41:22
Speaker 6: us to be perfect. He doesn't even expect us to
00:41:25
Speaker 6: be like Abraham. He expects us to be like ourselves,
00:41:30
Speaker 6: but to be ourselves and to trust in Him and
00:41:34
Speaker 6: his desire and plan for our individual lives. So as
00:41:39
Speaker 6: you live out your own faith today, I leave you,
00:41:42
Speaker 6: as always with this special biblical blessing. Varra hashem vish
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Speaker 6: moregra yeah heer hashempanave lera ver y sa hashempanave Schalon.
00:41:57
Speaker 6: May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the
00:41:59
Speaker 6: Lord make his face shine upon you. May the Lord
00:42:03
Speaker 6: be gracious to you. And may the Lord turn his
00:42:06
Speaker 6: face towards you and give you shalon. Give you peace
00:42:12
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