#3 Flashcards
Noah- Mountaintop?
Mount Ararat
Adam- Mountaintop?
Eden
Abraham Mountaintop?
Mount Moriah
Moses Mountaintop?
Mount Sinai
David Mountaintop?
Mount Zion
Covenant Group?
Widens as the covenants progress
Covenant Group- Adam
Adam and Eve
Covenant Group- Noah
Noah and his family
Abraham Covenant Group?
The tribe
Covenant Group- Moses
The nation
Covenant Group- David
The kingdom
Covenant Temple- Adam?
The universe/ creation
Covenant Temple- Noah
Builds an altar
Covenant Temple- Abraham?
Builds an altar
Covenant Temple? Moses
M = builds the Tabernacle/Ark of the Covenant
= builds an altar
Covenant Temple- David
D = initiates the Temple
= God will make a “temple” of David’s line
What does the Point man who is a priest do?
he helps connect us with God, often via sacrifice and worship
Covenant Pointman- Adam
In charge of the temple of creation
Pointman - Noah
Offered a sacrifice upon exiting the ark
Pointman- Abraham?
Offers sacrifices
Pointman- Moses
sprinkling of blood on the altar and on the people
Pointman- David?
Did sacrifices and other priestly functions.
What does a prophet do.
Communicates God’s message
Prophet- Adam
Names the animals
Prophet- Noah?
Tells his family God’s commands
Prophet- Abraham?
Tells tribes of God’s commands
Prophet- Moses
Bring the Israelites the law
Prophet- David
Some psalms contain prophecies
King does what
Exercises leadership on God’s behalf
King- Adam
In charge of creation
King- Noah
In charge of the new creation
King Abraham
Will be the father of many nations
King- Moses
Leader of Isreal
King- David
He was king
Son of God- Adam
Let us make man in our own image
A son of god- Noah
The new Adam
Son of God- Abraham
ABE = Jesus called him, “you father Abraham”
= James called him “the friend of God”
Son of God- Moses
Israel as the first born son
David- Son of God
D = called “a man after his (God’s) own heart”
= his seed will be “son of God”
Conditions- Adam
A = do not eat of the tree (pre-Fall)
= “Be fruitful and multiply” (post-Fall)
Conditions- Noah
N = largely unconditional
= Do not kill (related command)
= “Be fruitful and multiply” (related command)
Conditions- Abraham
Largely unconditional
God as your only God
All males will be circumcised
Conditions- Moses
Obey my law (commandments)
Conditions- David
D = largely unconditional
= doing wrong will be met with correction
Promises- Adam
A = “I will put enmity between you (the serpent) and the woman and between your offspring and hers. He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.”
Promises- Noah
Never again will I doom the earth because of man…nor will I ever again strike down all living beings”
Promises- Abraham
ABE = “I will multiply your seed as the stars in heaven and the sand which is on the seashore”
= “you will become father of a host of nations”
= “kings shall stem from you”
Be your seed all of the nations of the Earth shall be blessed
Moses- Promises
M = “I will take you as my own people”
= “I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Issac, and Jacob”
= “I will give it to you (the land) as your own possession.”
David- Promises
D = name shall be great (like to Abraham)
= “son of God” from his line
= an eternal kingdom
Sign- Adam
Sabbath
Sign- Noah
Rainbow
Sign- Abraham
Circumscribe
Sign- Moses
The sabbath
Sign- David
The Temple
Shed blood in circumcision is important because
Blood was a life source and willing to give up that indicates you are in a relationship with someone important
How circumcision was a visible sign that you were in a covenant
Because nudity wasn’t a big deal during Abraham’s time, the result of the circumcision can be seen. This can be compared to the wedding ring because the wedding ring shows you are in a relationship with another person, circumcision shows you are in a relationship with God
Circumcision was a sign of unity
Because it showed identity. If some was circumcised, he was an Israelite
Link between permanence, circumcision, and God’s covenant
Circumcision was permanent, God’s covenants are permanent
How the penis was viewed. What are you showing by cutting off it to God?
The penis was viewed as the source of life,and by sacrificing some of it to God shows a deep relatiosnh
Circumcision shows humility because
You looked different. Offering this piece of life was a humble thing to do, because you are concerned with your relationship with your Father
It was changed with Jesus because he
Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross triumphs over any human sacrifice
David is a great
Leader, warrior, and uniter
In worship David is a
In worship…
- modeled the importance of worship very publicly
- brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem
- makes worship of God the center of national life - introduces songs/Psalms to worship
Some theologians speak about God’s covenants making us
family, with each one calling us into increasingly deeper intimacy with Him
In this understanding, the Ten Commandments (part of the Mosaic Covenant) are like
God giving us the “rules” that guide our family life
In the “family” view of covenants, Moses sprinkling blood on the Israelites and the altar (God’s territory)
showed that Israel is part of God’s family, that they share the same blood
David realizes he has a beautiful house while
God “dwells” in a tent
God’s Response: “You will build me a house???
I will build you a house
Solomon will build a literal temple
For God based on David’s ideas
but God will make a temple/dwelling place for himself through
David’s line
