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The dictionary definition of fulfillment is when something is desired, promised or predicted. When the scripture speaks of fulfillment, it is referring to achievement of what God has promised or predicted for His people. In the New Testament, Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise to send a savior to His people to lead themContinue reading “March 3”

The wilderness generation is condemned because of their disobedience of the laws God gave them to honor. The Israelites worshipped false idols and practiced rituals, like eating forbidden foods, that God explicitly commanded them not to. They also did not willingly or immediately obey God when Moses told the Israelites to leave Egypt as GodContinue reading “February 20”

Purity refers to the virtue of being clean of any contamination or adulteration, and it is often associated with being morally untainted. As Douglas points out, purity has always been directly linked to hygiene and the lack of disorder, which, historically, peoples have always sought after. Impurity, logically, would be the lack of this virtue.Continue reading “February 18”

As Bonhoeffer says, “We ought to find God not in our moments of need and failure, but amid the fullness of earthly life; only in this way could it be shown that God is not an escape, constructed by necessity, which becomes more and more superfluous as the limits of our powers expand.” God isContinue reading “February 11”

As everyone knows, Joseph was the favorite of his father’s sons, and he was given the “amazing technicolor dreamcoat.” Joseph pays a very high cost for being the “elect” son, which he does even not choose for himself. This favoritism leads to his brothers becoming wildly jealous of Joseph, and he is dropped in aContinue reading “February 6”

As Kass points out, Jacob is one of the most highly characterized people that appears in the Bible. Jacob is born devious and competitive, wrestling with his twin Esau and grabbing his brother Esau’s heel, trying to make himself the firstborn son, which at this time guaranteed one superiority over the other. However, Esau isContinue reading “February 4”

The dictionary definition of religion is “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.” Religion, especially to Notre Dame students, has complex meanings to everyone who encounters it. Notre Dame students, who knowingly enrolled in a Catholic university, are required to take theology courses in order toContinue reading “January 30”

According to Wilken, faith, or the consideration of faith in order to consequently decide it is useless, is inevitable. He quotes, “A desire to know the truth of things has been implanted in our souls and is natural to human beings,” and this describes how curiosity and thought about a higher being is inside allContinue reading “January 28”

Adam agrees to this request because he fears and trusts God. Abraham relies on God to command him and then fulfill what he has promised Abraham, in this case, like Kass says, “land, seed, and a great name.” God’s promises to Abraham directly align with his deepest desires and longings, so Abraham listens to whatContinue reading “January 23”

The story of Noah’s Ark directly relates to the story of Adam and Eve because of the concept of man’s disobedience toward God and in turn His punishment to humankind. Sin is a theme all throughout Genesis, which is an effective way to begin the Bible, because knowledge of sin is an essential part toContinue reading “January 21”