Re: We have to go back, but not to square one

I got the idea from Hirsch’s missional DNA or mDNA. The essence of it is the promise to Abraham that God would bless him, that he would make him fruitful and multiply him, and that he would fill the land. That is clearly meant as a restatement of the original blessing of Genesis 1:28, except that it is in microcosm. If humanity as a whole will not live in accordance with the intentions of the Creator, then perhaps a single family or nation will. My argument is that this cDNA gets transmitted right through the biblical story and in particular is saved from extinction by the faithfulness of Jesus who provides Israel with an alternative path leading to life. So yes, it’s a metaphor, though I can’t believe that you seriously imagined otherwise.