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Episode 08 · Coming

Abraham's Call

God asks one old man to leave everything for a promise. That promise turns out to be the whole world's hope.

Watch the film · 9:35 · coming to YouTube
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.Genesis 15:6

The story

God calls Abram to leave home and family for a land he has never seen and a future he cannot yet hold — to become a great nation that blesses all peoples. Childless and old, Abram is told to count the stars. He believes God, and it is counted to him as righteousness.

Two ways to watch

Mira doubts. Tov trusts. The show lives in the space between them.

Mira
Mira · doubt

“Leave everything for a promise you cannot see kept? That is a lot to ask.”

Tov
Tov · trust

“He looked at the stars and just believed Him.”

Every word from Scripture

Quoted line for line from the King James Version.

let us make us a name

Genesis 12:1God speaks

Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great

and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him

Genesis 15:1God speaks

Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward

Genesis 15:5God speaks

Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them… So shall thy seed be

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness

preached before the gospel unto Abraham

to thy seed, which is Christ

not knowing whither he went

More to watch

The full film for this story.

  • Full filmAbraham's Call9:35Soon

Faithful to the text

Checked against the KJV

All 11 quoted spans were verified word for word against the King James Version, then read for fairness and reverence before a single frame was made. Mira & Tov are companions in a dramatized retelling, not people from the Bible.

Where it points

“In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:3) is the gospel promised early (Galatians 3:8); we are still made right the way Abram was — by faith.