The predominant religion in Brazil is Christianity, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. An indigenous couple approaching peacefully by canoe are captured by the explorers, and when the man expresses confusion upon being presented with a Bible, Brother Carvajal kills them for blasphemy. The death of the Mother of God (for He who was born of her was truly God as well as truly man), commemorated in the Feast of the Dormition, is something in which all of creation shares. Credit the ancient Aztecs and other pre-Hispanic civilizations, where death wasn’t mourned, but seen as a natural continuation of life. 65:9-11; 135:6-7), human history (Acts 17:26), and individual human life (1 Sam. Or the only person in the history of the world who was unlucky enough to take a nap in the direct path of a falling meteorite. He has an eternal plan for all of nature and history (Eph. 3:7; Rom. 8:28; 11:33; Eph. 4:21; Deut. 2:30; 1 Kings 22:23; Rom. That means (1) we should not waver in our obedience to him (Rom. His control means that everything happens according to his plan and intention. God’s control is always efficacious; nothing can prevent him from accomplishing his purpose (see Ps.

This rule is exercised through God’s authority as king, his control over all things, and his presence with his covenantal people and throughout his creation. Note the last four words of this promise: because God is Lord, the sovereign, he will certainly deliver Israel from Egypt and bring his people into the promised land. But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. In our lifetime, this great cosmic era you and I are sharing, there is a ‘teaching Buddha’ named Siddhartha Gautama or Shakyamuni,” explains Leidy. “The world will ultimately destroy itself; I don’t know when. I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it; after that he will let you go. I will give it to you for a possession.

Presence means that we encounter God’s control and authority in all our experience, so that we cannot escape from his justice or from his love. This in turn means that he is able to alter reality itself, as evidenced in Rebirth when he erases ten years from the DC Universe. He added that Islamic radicals had used a series of excuses to justify their attacks, from conflict with the Israelis to the Crusades 1,000 years ago. The BBC persuaded Mr Shaath to go on the record for the first time for a three-part series on Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy: Elusive Peace, which begins on Monday. When theologians talk about “divine sovereignty,” they usually have the first of these in mind, his control. We should always remember that God’s saving grace in Christ is part of his control over creation as the Lord. But God’s sovereign lordship is more than control. The sovereignty of God is the same as the lordship of God, for God is the sovereign over all of creation.

The divine name, Yahweh, expresses this sovereign rule over against the claims of human kings, such as Pharaoh (Exod. Believers in the Abrahamic religions (except Islamic believers) believe that God has created human beings in his image, but this idea is not easily understood by humankind. 10:34-38), and (3) that his authority over us exists in all areas of human life, not just in the areas that we arbitrarily call religious or sacred (1 Cor. Nevertheless, my point is that in reality, the monarch in Malaysia has had very little influence over governance and government. And Lord, in turn, is found there over 7,000 times as a name of God and specifically as a name of Jesus Christ. The sovereignty of God is the fact that he is the Lord over creation; as sovereign, he exercises his rule. So, to discuss the sovereignty of God is to discuss the lordship of God-that is, to discuss the Godness of God, the qualities that make him to be God. The major components of God’s lordship are his control, authority, and covenantal presence. The third attribute that defines God’s sovereign lordship is his covenant solidarity with his creatures, which I often abbreviate by the term presence.