The Forefather of All People of the Future (POTF)

 

We see ourselves as People of the Future (POTF). We are connected globally through Jesus the Messiah because his Spirit lives in all of us. But there is more to POTF unity than an individual spiritual connection with Jesus. Jesus was not the first Person of the Future. Let's see who was and what it means.

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In Roots Season (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday) we go back about 4000 years to watch God turn an ordinary person, Abraham, into the very first POTF. Abraham shows us how it is done--break with the past, open up to the future.

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It's not easy to do this. Abraham had to be willing to uproot himself from his family homeland and start from scratch in some other land. At the time God told him to move, Abraham didn't even know which land he was heading for, and he had no children. But God promised him that against all odds, his descendants would number in the billions and would bless every family on the planet (Genesis 12.1-3 and 22.17).

 

Without knowing when or how this could possibly come true, Abraham set out for the future. He bet his life that what God promised about the future would come true somehow. The theological word for a bet like that is "faith". 

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So what is "faith" really?

 

Before Abraham, humanity had no faith. Each person and group tried to create their own future. That seemingly proper approach to life did not work as planned. It sucked humanity into a death spiral of murder, corruption, abuse, and racism (Genesis 4-11).

 

In that spiral our forefathers did not learn anything from God's warnings and punishments. To pull them out of the spiral, they needed something more, something positive, something strong enough to unite the whole human race and keep it connected to God, something strategic enough to take all of humanity into a glorious future.

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That's what we got through Abraham--Exhibit A of "faith"--a willingness to make life's big and small decisions in light of what God impresses upon us about our future. POTF all have this willingness. It is in the spiritual DNA of our forefather Abraham, the key figure in Roots Season.

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Branches on the Abraham family tree

 

The Abraham family tree includes Jews via the Isaac branch and Arabs via the Ishmael branch. They are physical descendants of Abraham. Most of us are on a third branch of the tree, the non-Jewish non-Arab branch, that Jesus grafted in about 2000 years ago. For us Abraham is a spiritual forefather--not an ancestor by blood--but we have just as much access to the faith of Abraham as any of the other branches. 

Our assignment as POTF is to be fruitful branches on the Abraham family tree. We do that by staying connected to our roots in Abraham, which give us a secure identity and a significant purpose--to bless the world. God's vision for the united and healed world of the future comes true now in small ways as we POTF tap into his power to carry out the assignments he gives us personally.  

                       

Check out the tool kit below for useful tools as you adopt that outlook on life--looking forward to the fruit he will produce in you as you discover and carry out his assignments. Become so well-rooted in the faith of Abraham that you are secure and significant, blessing the world.

 

Want a better world? Get connected. Get rooted in the Abraham story and let the world enjoy the fruit that comes from your new identity as a Person of the Future. ​​

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Note: The brown dividing line is the SYNC theme color for Roots Season. It reminds us of the earth that the Roots are growing in, as shown in the icon at the top of the page.

 

Roots Tool Kit for a fruitful life

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Quick intro

• The Big Idea of Roots Season

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Personal tools for a secure and significant life - choose any or all

• Praying the SYNC prayer - The prayer that roots you in the past and the future

• Just-Do-It - Guide for solo listening for your personal assignment

• Just Do It - Guide for weekly group listening for your personal assignments

• Bible-in-a-Year - Daily readings on identity, security, and significance

• Jubilee Cards - Minute-a-Day exercises to strengthen your roots​

• Holiday in Roots Season - Celebrating our forefather Abraham 

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Discovering a rooted identity--Basic tools for all campaign team members 

• The game-changer that gives you roots, and how it works

• Living as a fruitful branch - one of Abraham's spiritual descendants

• POTF campaign assignments - How you get notified

• How to use the POTF manual​

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One-time reads

• Hallelujah! You are somebody!

• The "Big Lie" about roots, security, and significance

• Abraham's DNA - One short biblical story about our ancient spiritual roots

• Uprooted - A summarized story of the world as if roots (security, significance) are the main theme

• Leave this site to read Abraham's entire biography - Genesis 11.27 - 25.11 (30-40 min. read)  

• FAQs​

• Blog - Roots in uncertain times

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