Introduction to the Patriarchs (with Jeff Cavins) - 2023
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Congratulations, you've completed the Early World period! As we journey into the Patriarchs period, Jeff Cavins joins Fr. Mike to set the scene. They discuss the themes of Genesis 12-50, how it differs from the first 11 chapters of Genesis, and how it slowly reveals God's plan to redeem mankind.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in the Year podcast |
| 0:07.5 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. |
| 0:11.0 | The Bible in the Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:14.4 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 0:19.2 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
| 0:23.3 | This is at the next page of the next stage, next time period in the Bible. |
| 0:28.4 | We had talked with Jeff Kavens earlier about the early world and he gave us an incredible |
| 0:32.9 | opportunity to see the context in which Genesis 1 through Genesis 11 were placed in Scripture, |
| 0:39.4 | how that was Hebrew poetry, but in Genesis 12 through 50, we have what's called the |
| 0:43.8 | patriarchs. |
| 0:44.8 | It's the second time period in the Scripture when it comes to following the great adventure |
| 0:48.2 | Bible timeline. |
| 0:49.4 | It introduces us to a number of incredible characters. |
| 0:52.5 | This is where we meet Abram and Sarah, whose names change. |
| 0:55.7 | We meet Isaac. |
| 0:56.9 | We meet Jacob. |
| 0:57.9 | We meet their wives. |
| 0:58.9 | We meet their kids. |
| 1:00.6 | We get to know basically the patriarchs, the father and father in faith, Abraham, as |
| 1:05.7 | well as his kids, the beginning of the people of Israel. |
| 1:09.3 | We get to encounter. |
| 1:10.6 | So, in order for us to get an opportunity to have some context for the patriarchs, this |
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