Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ Genesis 12 Creation Abraham

Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the Israelites: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine, but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation. Exodus 19 Creation Abraham Nation

How the faithful city has become a whore How the faithful city has become a whore!  She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her— but now murderers! Your silver has become dross, your wine is mixed with water. Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them. Isaiah 1 Creation Abraham Nation Exile

Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,     and cry to her that she has served her term,     that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand     double for all her sins. Isaiah 40 Creation Abraham Nation Exile Return

Here is my servant, whom I uphold,     my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him;     he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice,     or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break,     and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;     he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed     until he has established justice in the earth;     and the coastlands wait for his teaching. Isaiah 42 Creation Abraham Nation Exile Return

But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen But now hear, O Jacob my servant,     Israel whom I have chosen! Thus says the Lord who made you,     who formed you in the womb and will help you: Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,     Jeshurun whom I have chosen. For I will pour water on the thirsty land,     and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon your descendants,     and my blessing on your offspring. Isaiah 44 Creation Abraham Nation Exile Return

See, my servant shall prosper;     he shall be exalted and lifted up,     and shall be very high. Just as there were many who were astonished at him     —so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,     and his form beyond that of mortals— so he shall startle many nations;     kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them they shall see,     and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate. Isaiah 52 Creation Abraham Nation Exile Return

Who has believed what we have heard Who has believed what we have heard?     And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant,     and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,     nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by others;     a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces     he was despised, and we held him of no account. Isaiah 53 Creation Abraham Nation Exile Return

Surely he has borne our infirmities     and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken,     struck down by God, and afflicted.  But he was wounded for our transgressions,     crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole,     and by his bruises we are healed.  All we like sheep have gone astray;     we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him     the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53 Creation Abraham Nation Exile Return Jesus

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