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The Promise
What God has said, He will do — every tradition rests on the unbroken word that anchors the future.
Judaism
"...and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
"...Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
Christianity
"And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform."
"For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen..."
"For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,"
Islam
"But those who have feared their Lord - for them are chambers, above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow..."
Discussion
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- Which verse landed hardest for you?
- What's a counter-text — a verse that complicates this theme?
- How does this theme show up in a tradition not represented here?
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