Covenant Relationship Flashcards
Throughout Hebrew history, the … between God and the Israelites is the dominant reference point. Covenants outlined how both God and the Jews would live out their relationship with each other. … to covenant revealed the spiritual condition of the nation.
covenant
Obedience
“All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful, for those who deep the demands of his … “ (Ps. 27:10).
covenant
“Exodus.. lays the foundations for a … of God’s revelation of his person, his redemption, his law, and his worship. It also initiates.. and formalizes the covenant relationship betweenGod and his people. “
theology
The … event has great importance in the history of Israel and, according to Hill, it “implicitly foreshadows the Christ event.”
Exodus
Using the foundation of the Exodus event, White explains that worship must be seen in the “context of salvation and redemption history because every event in worship is tied directly to time and history by bringing them to the present.” After leaving Egypt, Israelites in the covenant ceremony at Mount … had the opportunity to accept or reject their relationship with Yahweh.
Sinai
After Moses communicated the terms of God’s covenant to the elders of the Israelites, they responded with “we will do everything the Lord has said” (Ex. 19:7-8) Keeping the covenant with Yahweh means obeying his … and in return, the Israelites will receive his … (Deut. 28:1-14)
commandments
blessings
Isaiah 6:1-8
1. In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a …, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2. Above it stood the seraphimis: each one had six wings; with twain, he covered his face, and with twain, he covered his feet, and with twain, he did fly.
throne
- And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his … 4. and the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5. Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean …, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
glory
lips
- Then flew on of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8. Also, I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; … me.
send
Three important theological truths are found in Isaiah 6:108 concerning music and worship:
- God initiates and is the primary … of worship.
- Worship is an intentional … to God.
- Worship is the complete … of our lives to God.
focus
response
surrender
The mighty acts of God, particularly in creation, are typically the impetus for God’s people responding with praise to God. This scripture, from the Psalms, supports the previous statement. “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the … and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy … in all the earth!” (Ps. 8:3-4,9)
moon
name
Worship is both … and … Worship cannot take place without a response from humankind to God. Robert E. Webber stated, “Worship in its broadest sense is a meeting between God and His people in which God becomes present to His people, who respond with … and … “
revelation
response
praise
thanksgiving
In Isaiah 6:8, God asked for a response from Isaiah, and he responded, “Here am …; send …”
I
me
Offering … to God is what worship is all about.
ourselves
