Origins and Destiny: Israel, Creation and the Messianic Jewish Canonical Narrative

Origins and Destiny: Israel, Creation and the Messianic Jewish Canonical Narrative Paul L. Saal The question of origins is one that affects each of us in a very personal and profound way. A person adopted at infancy may always wonder about the nature, personality and outcome of his/her biological parents, recognizing that deeply programmed within their DNA is an operating system and intelligence which may never be fully altered by nurture or life events. The primal importance of origins, however, does not begin with each individual but, rather, is defined for him or her by the lar