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say the story of the Bible is a drama. The key to a drama is that it has to be acted out, performed, lived. It can’t remain as only words on a page. A drama is an activated story. The Bible was written so we could enter into its story. It is meant to be lived. All of us, without exception, live our lives as a drama. We are on stage every ...
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from scattered references in the Bible. Elam appears in the Old Testament Table of Nations (Gen. 10: 22; see also Simons 1959: 27–8; Nöldeke 1874: 187–9), and a king of Elam named Kedor-Laomer is mentioned in Genesis 14:1, as well (hisrealm was interpreted as a reference to Luristan by the French cleric Sanson 1694: 221–2).
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The Drama of Scripture is written with first-year university students in mind. It is designed as a text for an introductory course in biblical theology taught at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. As a Christian university, Redeemer is committed to distinctively Christian scholarship that is shaped by the Bible.
in the Bible. Elam appears in the Old Testament Table of Nations (Gen. 10.22; see also Simons 1959: 27–8; Nöldeke 1874: 187–9), and an Elamite king whose name has come down to us as Kedor-Laomeris mentioned in a later chapter of Genesis (14.1), as well. Elam figures prominently in the forty-ninth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah (Jeremiah
- World’s Genesis. The Bible’s drama opens with God creating the heavens and the earth, but at first they are unformed and unfilled. The first creation story reveals a God who pushes back the power of anarchy and disorder with his Word.
- Humanity’s Rebellion. The image of a well-watered, creature-filled paradise is quickly shattered. God is there, walking through the garden in the cool part of the day, looking for the humans.
- Israel’s Quest. What happens in the Bible is a series of ongoing steps by the Creator to re-establish what he intended from the world’s outset. God’s story is big, encompassing all things, but it’s also always personal.
- King’s Advent. In the years before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the Empire of Rome was already proclaiming its own version of the good news. The gods, it said, have ordained that the powerful and virtuous leader Caesar Augustus should rule the world.
Act 1 – Creation. In the very beginning, God made the heavens and the earth. The earth was unproductive and empty and dark, but God’s spirit hovered over the waters. When God said, “Let there be light,” there was light. He separated light from darkness and called it “day” and “night.”. That was the first day of creation.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 10:15-32 The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the ...
