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God’s Unbreakable Promise to Abraham
Four thousand and one hundred years ago, yes 41 centuries ago God made a promise called a covenant with a man we know named Abraham. God did not only speak this promise, it was dramatically displayed by a ceremony called "cutting a covenant”. In the style we know was known to Abraham from his culture God took the slaying, dividing and laying out of sacrificial animals on the ground as a setting for His Promise made to Himself and for Abraham that could never be broken. We call this Promise the Abrahamic Covenant.
In Genesis 12:1-3 God declares that His primary focus will be on His promises to Abraham. Genesis is written in the first 11 chapters with all the world in focus, but starting in Genesis 12 God turns His attention toward one small nation, Israel, through whom He promised to progressively accomplish His redemptive plan. God planned for Israel's mission to be “a light to the Gentiles” (Is. 42:6). In Genesis 12 God promised three elements:
A land, multiplied descendants (seed), and His Special Blessing.
This 3-fold promise became, in turn, the basis of the covenant with Abraham (Gen. 15:1–20). All the rest of Scripture bears out the fulfillment of these promises.
God Cuts a Covenant With Himself for Abraham
In Genesis 15 we find one of the greatest events in the history of salvation. The Lord Himself commemorated it with a special sign. He ordered Abram to make a “cutting of the covenant” by sacrifices divided into two piles. Then, when the sun had set, God appeared in the night as “a smoking firepot with a blazing torch… and passed between the pieces” (v. 17) in the traditional figure-eight pattern of covenant, signifying that His promise was unconditional and that He (God) would be torn asunder like the pieces if He failed to keep His promise. To be sure, Abram’s unwavering faith displayed at this great moment (cf. Romans 4:10ff.) did suffer some future lapses, but his faith also grew to towering proportions through the hard times that were to come.
What is the Blood Path?
The central act of worship for the Israelites was the shedding of blood. Primitive as that may seem, God established and continually strengthened His relationship with His people through the ritual of animal sacrifice. Without a doubt, the writers of the New Testament believed that all the sacrifices pointed to, and were fulfilled by, Jesus Christ. In Hebrews 9:11-14, this belief is made clear.
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Awakening Faith » Blog Archive » Faith Formation Sunday (July 3, 2011)
Jesus said to Thomas: “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
John records Jesus’ encounter with Thomas for precisely this reason: to acknowledge the extraordinary hurdle that exists for people like you and me to come to a belief in the resurrection of Jesus. We have not seen; how can we believe? Thomas could not believe until he had seen. Peter could not believe until he had seen. Mary of Magdala could not believe until she had seen. How can we believe when we have not seen?
Yes we can believe because we have been blessed, says Jesus: “Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believe.” Our believing is a gift from God. He has given us something to make our belief in the risen Jesus possible- even when we have never seen the risen Jesus.
As we participate in the Eucharistic celebration let us ask ourselves how profound is our faith in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist?
Entrance Hymn Cel: Dear friends in Christ, through our Baptism we have committed ourselves to participate in the three-fold mission of Jesus. Let us ask our heavenly Father to strengthen us in this mission saying…
Response: Lord hear our prayer
1. For our Pope, Bishop, Priest and Religious that filled with His Spirit may guide the flock under their care with love to a deeper understanding of the Good News, we pray to the Lord.
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