8089. 'And all the firstborn of my sons I redeem' means that the truths of faith are not to be ascribed to the Lord, but forms of the good of faith. This is clear from the explanation above in 8080, where similar words occur.

Title: Making the Word Central

Topic: The Word

Summary: Scripture from beginning to end has stories about how the Word and the Lord become central but then we drift off course, and the pattern repeats. Eventually, though, its centrality becomes permanent.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 2:9; 3:3; 12:10; 26:1; 41:54; 47:4
Exodus 1:13-14; 2:1-3; 3:1, 12; 13:17-22; 20:18-19; 33:7-11
Numbers 2:2
1 Samuel 7:1-4, 6
1 Chronicles 13:3
Joshua 15:63
2 Samuel 5:4-5
2 Kings 22:8, 11-13; 23:24-25
2 Chronicles 34:14
2 Kings 17:5-6; 24:13-14
Matthew 3:1-6; 11:7-9
Luke 2:40, 52; 3:23
John 4:19; 21:18
Matthew 24:12
Revelation 21:1-3
Matthew 21:42
Psalms 90:1-3
Isaiah 33:20-22