Salvation History: Difference between revisions
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As always, we want to start with Holy Scripture, the Word of the Lord. | As always, we want to start with Holy Scripture, the Word of the Lord. | ||
Genesis 1:26- | Genesis [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/1?26 1:26], <blockquote>Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth.</blockquote>Genesis [[God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.* Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth|1:28]]<blockquote>God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth</blockquote>Genesis [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/9?1 9:1-17]: <blockquote>God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth.</blockquote>Genesis 12:1-3<blockquote>The L<small>ORD</small> said to Abram: Go forth from your land, your relatives, and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will find blessing in you.</blockquote>Genesis [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/17?5 17:5-6]<blockquote>No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a multitude of nations.I will make you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings will stem from you.</blockquote>Exodus [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/19:5 19:5] <blockquote>Now, if you obey me completely and keep my covenant, you will be my treasured possession among all peoples, though all the earth is mine. </blockquote>Exodus [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/20?1 20:1-3] (Ten Commandments) <blockquote>Then God spoke all these words: | ||
I am the L<small>ORD</small> your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall not have other gods beside me.</blockquote>, | |||
2 Samuel [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2samuel/7?8 7:8] (Davidian Covenant):<blockquote>Now then, speak thus to my servant David, Thus says the L<small>ORD</small> of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to become ruler over my people Israel.</blockquote>Jeremiah 31:31-41 (New Covenant prophesied)<blockquote>See, days are coming—oracle of the L<small>ORD</small>—when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. | |||
It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke my covenant, though I was their master...</blockquote>Luke [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/22?14 22:14-20] (the New Covenant) <blockquote>When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for, I tell you, I shall not eat it [again] until there is fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” | |||
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, “Take this and share it among yourselves; for I tell you [that] from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” | |||
Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.” | |||
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.</blockquote> | |||
= Covenants: cycle of Blessings, Curses & Redemption = | = Covenants: cycle of Blessings, Curses & Redemption = | ||