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Blessing on the Move: The Outpouring of Godâs Blessing through the Migrant Abraham
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In this article, I explore the relationship between the mission of God and Abrahamâs life as a foreign migrant. In the narrative of Genesis, Abraham enters as a nomadic foreigner called by God as a representative of the nations for the nations. The biblical text is remarkably silent on Abrahamâs prior history listing no personal achievements, no remarkable character traits, and no religious background. Yet it is through this unknown migrant that God chose to proclaim his greatest blessing declaring that, âin [Abraham] all the nations of the earth will be blessedâ (Gen 12:3). The missiological exploration of the person of Abraham usually ends with this divine proclamation, however this is simply the beginning of the outworking of Godâs missional promise during Abrahamâs lifetime. It is in analyzing Abrahamâs cross-cultural encounters as a migrant that the full importance of the fulfillment of Genesis 12:3 emerges in addition to Godâs strategic implementation of mission from the periphery.
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Blessing on the Move: The Outpouring of Godâs Blessing through the Migrant Abraham
in Mission StudiesSearch for other papers by Sarita D. Gallagher in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
In this article, I explore the relationship between the mission of God and Abrahamâs life as a foreign migrant. In the narrative of Genesis, Abraham enters as a nomadic foreigner called by God as a representative of the nations for the nations. The biblical text is remarkably silent on Abrahamâs prior history listing no personal achievements, no remarkable character traits, and no religious background. Yet it is through this unknown migrant that God chose to proclaim his greatest blessing declaring that, âin [Abraham] all the nations of the earth will be blessedâ (Gen 12:3). The missiological exploration of the person of Abraham usually ends with this divine proclamation, however this is simply the beginning of the outworking of Godâs missional promise during Abrahamâs lifetime. It is in analyzing Abrahamâs cross-cultural encounters as a migrant that the full importance of the fulfillment of Genesis 12:3 emerges in addition to Godâs strategic implementation of mission from the periphery.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 826 | 109 | 10 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 233 | 7 | 0 |
| PDF-Downloads | 153 | 20 | 1 |
