The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 7: God's Covenant with Abram (2025)
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
Fr. Mike talks about the significance of God's covenant with Abram, and how it points to God's immense love for us. Today's readings are Genesis 14-15, Job 3-4, and Proverbs 1:8-19. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, I'm Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
This is day seven, and we are reading from Genesis chapter 14 and chapter 15. We're continuing the story of Abram and Sarai and their call. We're also taking those next steps in the story of the life of the righteous man, suffering man, Job, by reading Job chapter three and chapter four. We're also diving more deeply into the wisdom literature
by doing a number of verses in proverbs chapter 1 verses 8 through 19. quick reminder the bible translation that i'm using is the revised standard version catholic edition it's the great adventure bible from ascension and also you can track us and track how far you're coming and track where you're headed by downloading your bible in a year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com bible in a year
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Let's keep going and let's get started. Genesis chapter 14 and chapter 15. In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Ariok, king of Elessar, Jedorlamer, king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goim, these kings made war with Bera, king of Sodom, Bersha, king of Gomorrah, Sheneb, king of Adma, Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar.
And all these joined forces in the valley of Sedim, that is, the Salt Sea. Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Sheva-Kiriathaim, and the Horites in the Mount Seir as far as El-Paran on the border of the wilderness."
Then they turned back and came to Enmishbat, that is, Kadesh, and subdued all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon Tamar. Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Adma, the king of Zeboim, and the king of Betla, that is, Zoar, went out.
And they joined battle in the valley of Siddim with Chedorlaomer, king of Alam, titled king of Goim, Amraphal, king of Shinar, and Ariok, king of Elessar, four kings against five. Now the valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the mountain.
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