The story of Abraham (Genesis 12-25), the father of faith, starts the ever-last redemption plan of God for humanity. Abraham, son of Terah, was born in Ur, Mesopotamia, Near East in 1812 B.C.E. which is one of the first civilization registered in human story. As Raphael Patai, Hungarian-Jewish ethnographer states in his article "Abraham." Tetah then moved to Canaan in the migrations due the barbaric invasion and domination. Migrations caused a weakening of culture on Mesopotamian tribes specifically in the religious ambit, favoring the apparition of the first monotheist: Abraham. The story of Abraham as a God revelation has settled the bases of the three most influential religions in the world: Christianism, Judaism and Islam. Being this one
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As David Brisben, Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School states in his article “Abram´s Struggle to Trust God as ‘El Shaddai’.” the story of Abraham is classifies as a chiasm in seven parts due the parallelism and complementarity of the story. In the first and seventh part, God calls Abraham and commands him to prove his faith, Abraham trust in God and God keeps his promises. In the second and sixth part, Abraham does not believe in God faithfulness and lies about Sarah, however God keeps his promises and protect Abraham. In the third and fifth part, God confirms his covenant and reveals his plans to Abraham. Finally, in the fourth part, Abraham misunderstands the plan of God having a Child with Hagar, the house maid of Sarai. This is the main part of the story because despite behavior of Abraham, God keeps his promises. (Brisben …show more content…
In story of Abraham, despite God appears to Abraham and makes the covenant promises of land and numerous offspring, Abraham fails proving his faith many times. As The IVP Bible Dictionary explains, following the sequence of the story of Abraham, one can see a circle of faith, fall and redemption. Abraham believes in God, but when a difficult appears, he gives up. In the first part, Abraham has faith and goes from the promise land to Egypt, then, despite God promised him protection, he lies about her wife since he is afraid to die. God promise many times to Abraham numerous offspring, but because his wife is barren, Abraham misunderstood the promise of God and conceive Ismael with the housemaid of his wife, Hagar. Despite years of unbelief, God gives Abraham Isaac, who is son of Sarai his wife. This miracle is the central part of the story leading Abraham to trust totally in God, as he saw that God kept His promises. (Sheriffs, D. C.
As David Brisben, Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School states in his article “Abram´s Struggle to Trust God as ‘El Shaddai’.” the story of Abraham is classifies as a chiasm in seven parts due the parallelism and complementarity of the story. In the first and seventh part, God calls Abraham and commands him to prove his faith, Abraham trust in God and God keeps his promises. In the second and sixth part, Abraham does not believe in God faithfulness and lies about Sarah, however God keeps his promises and protect Abraham. In the third and fifth part, God confirms his covenant and reveals his plans to Abraham. Finally, in the fourth part, Abraham misunderstands the plan of God having a Child with Hagar, the house maid of Sarai. This is the main part of the story because despite behavior of Abraham, God keeps his promises. (Brisben …show more content…
In story of Abraham, despite God appears to Abraham and makes the covenant promises of land and numerous offspring, Abraham fails proving his faith many times. As The IVP Bible Dictionary explains, following the sequence of the story of Abraham, one can see a circle of faith, fall and redemption. Abraham believes in God, but when a difficult appears, he gives up. In the first part, Abraham has faith and goes from the promise land to Egypt, then, despite God promised him protection, he lies about her wife since he is afraid to die. God promise many times to Abraham numerous offspring, but because his wife is barren, Abraham misunderstood the promise of God and conceive Ismael with the housemaid of his wife, Hagar. Despite years of unbelief, God gives Abraham Isaac, who is son of Sarai his wife. This miracle is the central part of the story leading Abraham to trust totally in God, as he saw that God kept His promises. (Sheriffs, D. C.