ABRAHAM: A MAN OF FAITH (11) Flashcards
how old was Abram he received a command from the Lord to leave his homeland and set out for Palestine and the land of Canaan
75 years old
why does Abram not have any heir
because Sarai was barren
Sarai encouraged Abram to father an heir by her Egyptian servant ____ who conceived and bore _____-
Hagar; Ishmael
how old was Abram when the Lord renewed his covenant to make him a Father of many nations
99 years old
ABRAM in hebrew means what
exalted father
ABRAHAM in hebrew means what
father of a multitude
SARAI in hebrew means what
my princess
SARAH in hebrew means what
princess
how old was Sarah when she conceived and bore Isaac
99 years old
Abram’s wife
SARAI
three divine activities
ELECTION
PROMISE
COVENANT
God chooses whom he will to be his instrument in his saving act
ELECTION
God’s fidelity to his ________ assures their fulfillment
PROMISES
is the divinely instituted union between God and man
COVENANT
what is covenant in latin and what does it mean
“convenire”,
to come together or
to agree
involves a formal, solemn , and binding pact between two or more parties. each party must live up to its end of the agreement
COVENANT
two major differences of covenants to contracts
solemn oaths (covenant) vs private promises (contract)
gift of persons (covenant)
vs exchange of property (contract)
three promises of God to Abraham and the covenants for each
A GREAT NATION
covenant: animals cut in half
(if the covenant is broken, the people will also be cut in half)
A GREAT NAME
covenant: circumcision
(if the covenant is broken, the people will also be cut off from others)
A BLESSING TO EVERYONE
covenant: sacrifice of isaac
why are God’s covenants bloody and graphic?
it is bloody because blood is a symbol of life and in a covenant, we are offering not just a part of ourselves, but our lives
mountain where Isaac carried the wood that will be used for the sacrifice and where he was about to be slain as sacrifice
MOUNT MORIAH
etymology of golgotha
aramaic, which means “the place of the skull”
the site of Jesus’ crucifixion
GOLGOTHA
what did God do when He saw the faith of Abraham that he was willing to sacrifice his only son for Him
God spared Isaac through an angel and gave them a ram as an alternative instead
why is Isaac is a type of Christ
for he was a son as Christ was a Son,
and he carried the wood of sacrifice just as the Lord bore the wood of the cross
the ram caught by its horns in the thicket prefigures who
Jesus crowned with thorns and slain in sacrifice
the 4 most faithful acts that Abraham has done
by faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go
by faith, he lived as a stranger and pilgrim in the promised land
by faith, Sarah was given to conceive the son of the promise
by faith, Abraham offered his only son in sacrifice
5 animals that were cut in half as a covenant to God
heifer she goat ram turtledove pigeon
