Bible Flashcards
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reason
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knowable by repeatable empirical observation
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faith
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knowable only by testimony from a witness
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creation
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all creation depends on god for its existence
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the state of original justice
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- “the man and his wife were both naked, but felt no shame (Genesis 2:25)
- because there was no bad/evil they didn’t know
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temptation
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- the snake tells eve that she will not die, but her eyes will be opened and be like gods, knowing good and evil
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immediate punishment
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- “there eyes were opened and they knew they were naked”
- they know know good and evil and they were kicked out of the garden of eden
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human nature in original justice vs the fallen state
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immortal - mortal
impassible - vulnerable to suffering
enlightened - darkness of mind
just - malicious
ordered desires - unruly desires
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very good
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- God is the model of his own creation
- The diversity and multiplicity of things in harmonious order reflect the beauty and goodness of God that can never be reproduced in any one finite creature
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created of dust from the ground
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- You are not God. You are created
- You are not evil.
- You are formed from God’s “very good” earth.
- All human beings are one, from one and the same earth: we are all equal in nature and dignity
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God breathed into [him]. . . the breath of life . . .
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gives us life and soul
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THE IMAGO DEI
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- God sees himself in us. Each human being is known and loved by God.
- The deepest reason for the inviolability of human dignity and for human solidarity.
- Power to know as God knows
- Power to love as God loves Free, relational persons
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the fall of man kind
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- the state of original justice
- the temptation
- the immediate punishment
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odyssey back to eden - origional justice
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- GIFT/COVENANT: FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN EDEN
- REJECTION/ INFIDELITY: DISOBEDIENCE IN EATING OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
- HUMBLING: EXILE: EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN, DEATH, SHAME, TOIL
- REPENTANCE/RETURN: ADAM + EVE ACCEPT PUNISHMENT
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ODYSSEY BACK TO EDEN - offspring of eve
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- GOD’S GIFT/COVENANT: THE OFFSPRING OF WOMAN WILL CRUSH THE SERPENT (GN 3:15)
- REJECTION/INFIDELITY: CAIN MURDERS HIS BROTHER ABEL
- HUMBLING: EXILE: FAMINE, TOIL, AND THE GREAT FLOOD
- REPENTANCE/RETURN: NOAH, THE RIGHTEOUS MAN
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ODYSSEY BACK TO EDEN - the covenant with noah
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- GOD’S GIFT/COVENANT: NOAHIDE COVENANT: PROMISE TO RENEW CREATION
- REJECTION/INFIDELITY: PRIDEFUL BUILDING OF THE TOWER OF BABEL
- HUMBLING: EXILE: CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES AND SCATTERING OF NATIONS
- REPENTANCE/RETURN: ABRAM, OUR FATHER IN FAITH
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the covenant with abraham
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- Lord said to abraham: Go forth from you land, relatives, and father’s house to a land that I will show you.
- A Great Nation: return from exile
- A Great Name: reversal of shame
- Source of Worldwide Blessing: glory of bringing God’s blessing to the world
- only asks for trust in return
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why did Abraham sacrifice Isaac?
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- god commands him to in order to test his faith
- when god intervened and provided a ram to be sacrificed instead it showed God was faithful to promises and would always provide
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what does the sacrifice of Issac foreshadow?
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- God’s sacrifice of his son, Jesus Christ
- both on temple mount, son carries wood, for son’s glory, father trusts/knows son will rise, ram offered instead of son and son offered instead of us
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typology
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A form of biblical interpretation that proceeds on the belief that God placed foreshadowings of Christ in the events, people, rituals, and laws of the Old Testament
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joseph betrayal
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- Son (the dreamer) who finds favor with his father
- Betrayed by envious brothers
- Sold into slavery
- Sold to Pharoah’s court
- Interprets dreams and wins Pharoah’s favor
- Pharoah’s wife Potiphar tempts him, but he refuses
- Prophesies a famine; saves Egypt from starvation
- Has mercy on his brothers and is reconciled
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Joseph and Jesus similarities
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- beloved by fathers
- dream of brother bowing - “At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow”
- sent to check on brothers - sent to check on the human race
- both sold for silver
- both tempted but don’t sin
- both bestow bread
- brother repent of sin - humans seek mercy for sins
- both betrayals are part of gods plan
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Yhwh
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- I am who am
- what god told Moses at the burning bush
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10 plagues
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- Water of Nile turns to blood
- Nile swarms with frogs
- Dust of earth becomes gnats
- Swarm of flies
- Death of livestock
- Ashes turned to boils and sores
- Thunder and hail
- Locusts devour grain
- Darkness
- Death of the firstborn
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what did all 10 plagues have in common
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they all attacked an Egyptian god except for the 10th which attacked the Pharoh
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what was passover?
- in order to protect their first borns, the Herbrews put the blood of a male lamb without blemish over their doors
- God would PASSOVER any house with blood on the door
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chosen people
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), 12 sons: Judah is one of the 12
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4 senses of scripture
- Literal: Meaning conveyed by words according to genre
- Allegorical: Symbol (type) pointing to Christ
- Moral: Symbol instructing in righteousness
- Anagogical: Symbol pointing to heavenly homeland
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3 sprirtual senses of scripture
Allegorical, Moral, and Anagogical
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examples of the 3 spiritual senses
- Allegorical: sacrifice of Issac and Passover
- Moral: forbidden fruit and parting of the sed sea
- anagogical: adam and eve when pure and the Arc of Covenant
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Canaan
- The promise land
- the allotments of the 12 tribes of Israel
- no king, ruled by the law of god and judges to settle disputes
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who was the first king if Canaan
- Saul, anointed by the prophet samuel
- corrupt, God rejects Saul and sends Samuel to annoint David
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David's anointment
- secretly anointed as a shepherd boy
- brought to Saul's court as a musician
- volunteers to fight goliath with no armor and just a sling
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David vs Goliath
- fight on the battlefield
- when David wins, proves God is the one true god
- he becomes king and leads the Ark into the City of David, dancing ecstatically
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temple of Solomon
- david gets a message from god to build a great temple for the eark
- his son Solomon builds the temple
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are the promises to Abraham fulfilled
- Exile from Eden, promise of great land, Promised Land (Israel)
- shame of first parents, promise of great name, Davidic Dynasty
- inheritance of original justice lost, promise of worldwide blessing, Temple as Meeting Place with God and Wisdom for All Nations (Solomon)
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what happened to Israel and Judiah
- they split up because Solomon's grandson vowed to rule more harshly
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what did the Babylonians do to jerusalem
- conquered it
- destroyed temple
- ark of the covenant lost
- people exiled to Babylon
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what did the persians do to jerusalem
let jews return and build second temple
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what happened when the romans conquered jerusalem
- destroyed second temple
- killed/enslaved many jews
- beginning of the Diaspora
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