(a)Describe background to the call of Abraham (b)Six challenges Abraham experienced in his lifetime (c)six ways in which people God's revelation today

      

(a)Describe background to the call of Abraham

(b)Six challenges Abraham experienced in his lifetime

(c)six ways in which people God's revelation today

  

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Isaac
(a)His father was Terah
He was an Amorite by tribe- a semitic community that lived in the fertile crescent of the middle east
Initially they lived in Ur but later migrated to Haran
They practised nomadic pastoralism
They worshipped many gods but the main one was moon god
They used to offer sacrifices including human sacrifice
They also used to make covenants between human beings and god and between warring groups
His name was initially Abram
He married Sarah in Ur
He was childless before his call
His father Terah died in Haran and Abraham was left incharge of the family
Had two brothers Nahor and Haran
(b)Moving from his familiar country to unknown land
He experienced sorrow when his father/wife died
His wife was barren for along time
He had to endure temptation when God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac
Egyptians wanted to take his wife Sarah
Tiresome journey from Ur to Haran
(c)Through dreams
Through reading the bible
Through divine inspiration
Through observing exemplary lives of individuals
Through visions
Through observing miracles/healing
isaacmuthini answered the question on October 9, 2017 at 06:00


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