August 8th - An Unusual Deal
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Baptism
Covenant
Noah and Abraham
Rainbow and Bloodpath
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Chiastic Structure
X Marks the Spot
(first) 9 “I now establish my covenant
(last) 17 the covenant I have established
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Second and second-last (vs 11 and 15)
“Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood”
“Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.”
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Either side of the mid-point
13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds
14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears
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the mid-point that is pointed to
“ it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”
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Slide 8
This needs some explanation
9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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Walking the Bloodpath
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
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God's deal with us implicates Him, points at Him, is signed only by Him.