During our passage, I first saw flying fishes, which surprised me very much; they used frequently to fly across
the ship, and many of them fell on the deck. I also now first saw the use of the quadrant; I had often with
astonishment seen the mariners make observations with it, and I could not think what it meant. They at last
took notice of my surprise, and one of them, willing to increase it, as well as to gratify my curiosity, made me
one day look through it. The clouds appeared to me to be land, which disappeared as they passed along,
This heightened my wonder, and I was now more persuaded than ever, that I was in another world, and that
every thing about me was magic.
In at least 100 words, discuss how Equiano's descriptions in this excerpt makes the other portions of the text that much
more offecting

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the covenant that god made with abraham was a unilateral (one-sided) promise from god to abraham.   apart from anything abraham did, god was promising that he was going to bring about a great nation from abraham's offspring, and that the messiah (meaning "the anointed one") would come from abraham's descendants, as one through whom the whole world would receive favor from god.   as god promised abraham, "through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed" (genesis 22: 18).

the "new covenant" was announced by jesus of nazareth, who had asserted that he was the "son of david" (and descendant of abraham) that fulfilled those promises to abraham.   when jesus introduced the sacred meal that we now refer to as the lord's supper, as told his disciples in reference to the wine they drank, "this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (luke 22: 20).   this "new covenant" through jesus was also a unilateral (one-sided) covenant.   he gave himself in sacrifice for all people, without conditions attached.   as his friend and apostle john later wrote, "he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 john 2: 2).

so the covenant with abraham and the "new covenant" ushered in by jesus are, in essence, connected as one covenant -- because jesus was saying he was the one promised to abraham that fulfilled that covenant and brought blessing to the world.

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