Genesis 15:7-21

The Whole Counsel of God

Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Fr. Stephen De Young discusses the rest of Genesis Chapter 15.

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0:00.0	Come and study the Holy Scriptures with us as Father Stephen DeYoung teaches verse by verse on the podcast, The Whole Council of God.
0:09.1	Father Stephen holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies.
0:12.5	And it's an Orthodox priest serving at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.
0:26.8	Verse seven, then he said to him,
0:30.7	I am the God who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land and inherit it.
0:35.7	So why does he say that um so well what other note too so there is in uh some midrashic jewish
0:50.5	interpretation um one of the questions that some of that interpretation tries to answer Jewish interpretation.
0:59.3	One of the questions that some of that interpretation tries to answer is why Abram?
1:01.5	Right?
1:07.1	Like out of all the humans, I mean, there weren't that many in 2000 BC humans compared to today.
1:08.4	But there were still a lot of humans.
1:09.8	There were millions of humans, right?
1:10.7	On the earth.
1:14.5	Why this guy,
1:16.6	right, in particular?
1:18.0	Why does he get called?
1:19.3	Why does he get the promises?
1:20.6	Right.
1:23.0	Ultimately, that's a question we can't answer.
1:24.5	Right?
1:25.3	God did what he did.
1:27.0	It's like asking why the Theotokos. Right? God did what he did. It's like asking why the Theotokos.
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