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The Lord had said to Abram, The Lord had said to Abram, ‘‘Leave your Leave your country, your people and your fathercountry, your people and your father’’s s household and go to the land I will show household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you. I will make youyou into a into a great nationgreat nation and I will bless you; I will make your and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and whoever curses you I will curse; and all all peoples on earthpeoples on earth will be blessed through will be blessed through youyou’’ (Gen. 12:1-3) (Gen. 12:1-3)

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After the death of his father, God sent After the death of his father, God sent him to this land … He gave him no him to this land … He gave him no inheritance here … But … promised him inheritance here … But … promised him that he and his descendants … would that he and his descendants … would possess the land, even though at that possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child (Acts 7:4,5)time Abraham had no child (Acts 7:4,5)

By By faithfaith Abraham, when called to go to a Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, inheritance, obeyed and went, even even though he did not know where he was though he did not know where he was goinggoing (Hebr. 11:8) (Hebr. 11:8)

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These are the clans of NoahThese are the clans of Noah’’s sons … s sons … within their within their nationsnations. From these the . From these the nationsnations spread out over the earth after spread out over the earth after the flood (Gen. 10:32)the flood (Gen. 10:32)

… … there before me was a great multitude there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, that no one could count, from every from every nationnation … (Rev. 7:9) … (Rev. 7:9)

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Only …?Only …?

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Or just …?Or just …?

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Or rather …?Or rather …?

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THEME 9THEME 9

GODGOD’’S PLAN ENCOMPASSES S PLAN ENCOMPASSES

ALL NATIONSALL NATIONS

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Discussion & dialogueDiscussion & dialogue

Discuss among yourselves: When God is Discuss among yourselves: When God is interested in interested in all all nations, yes even in nations, yes even in all all different people groupsdifferent people groups of those nations, of those nations, what does that have to say to you as what does that have to say to you as national Christians?national Christians?

Discuss which Discuss which six six themes of the ten reoccur themes of the ten reoccur in Abramin Abram’’s story? Describe how they features story? Describe how they feature