Biblical Literacy

Question 1

Where in the Bible do you read about the fall of humanity into sin?

Answer 1

Gen 3, Romans 5 (Death through Adam, life through Christ)

Question 2

Where in the Bible would you find the 10 commandments?

Answer 2

Exodus 20, Deut 5

Question 3

Where in the NT would you find the law summarized?

Answer 3

Matthew 22 & Mark 12 (Greatest commandment)

Matthew 5:18-19 - Not to abolish but to fulfill
Romans 13:9 - Love is the fulfillment of the law

Question 4

Provide a general outline of OT history up to Moses

Answer 4

1. Creation, Fall, protoevangelium (Gen 3:15),
2. First murder, flood, Babel
3. Call of Abraham/covenant with Abraham, birth of Issac, birth of Jacob and Esau
4. Sons of Jacob, Joseph’s captivity, enslavement of nation within-Egypt, call of Moses

Question 5

Provide a general outline of OT history from Exodus to end of OT

Answer 5

1. Exodus, covenant at Sinai, 40 years of wilderness wandering
2. Conquest, period of Judges
3. Davidic monarchy, Solomon, divided kingdom
4. Northern exile, Southern exile
5. Return from exile/decree of Cyrus, Rebuilding the temple, Rebuilding Jerusalem wall

Question 6

Give a general outline of OT history from the perspective of covenant.

Answer 6

• Edenic Covenant - Covenant of Creation/Works - w/ Adam (Genesis 1-2)
• Adamic Covenant - Covenant of Grace/New Covenant (Gen 3:15, Jer 31:31)
• Noachic Covenant - Gen 9:11 - “I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
• Abrahamic Covenant - Gen 12, 15 - flaming oven/burning torch between the pieces, Gen 17 - the sign of circumcision, where the term covenant is actually used.
• Mosaic Covenant - Ex 20, ratified in Ex 24
• Davidic Covenant - 2 Sam 7:16
• New Covenant - Jer 31:31