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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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How is God’s glory revealed in Canaan

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  • As radiant beauty

- As consuming fiery justice

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Route and tactics of the war campaigns (Joshua)

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  • Route: Joshua first leads Central campaign, then South campaign, then North campaign
  • Tactics: Divide and conquer, drive out the canaanites or exterminate them
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What’s so bad about the Canaanites

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-Worshipped false gods:

El (High God)
Asherah (El's wife)
Baal (Son)
Astarte (Daughter)
Anath (Daughter)

-High places:

Canaanites built these altars to Baal, Baal would get aroused by sacrifice (animal, child), Canaanites would have sex to arouse Baal so that his rain (semen) would fall on crops

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What is Biblical Justice

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-To “set things right” , to intervene in a situation that is evil and oppressive

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What are Jericho’s famous walls

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  • Were rebuilt 17 times
  • Inner wall= richer
  • Outer wall= poorer
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Battle lessons from Joshua’s strategies (Central Campaign-Jericho)

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Strategy: Surveillance, gather information

-Joshua sends 2 spies, a prostitute (Raehab) houses them to do their surveillance.

Some battles require obedience and faith in divine intervention

(Walls can become ramps)

-March around city 7 times and blow trumpets, walls fall.

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Battle lessons from Joshua’s strategies (Southern Campaign)

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Strategy: exploit discord within Canaan’s city-states

-Sometimes there is a battle after another after another, (trust the lord in the midst of confusion)

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Battle lessons from Joshua’s strategies (Northern Campaign)

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Strategy: enter the hill country to avoid iron chariots

-Some battles require the indirect approach (the “head-on” approach is unwise)

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Significance of El-Marna tablets

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  • Written from Canaanite rulers, asking help from Egypt (getting invaded)
  • Proof the Israelites truly did invade Canaan around this time
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What happened in the dark ages (Judges)

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  • Israelites didn’t drive out all Canaanite influence
  • everyone did what they wanted
  • shows when lawlessness and sin get to a point where it’s evil
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Hebrew notion of “Judges”

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Military Deliverers

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What is Spiritual syncretism

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Israelites worshipped Yahweh and Canaanite gods

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13
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6 sin-cycles

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God sends deliverer (Judge)

Faithful and Free

Fall into Apostasy

Provoke God

Oppressed by enemies

Cry out to God

(Repeat)

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Basic story of Ruth

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  • All the men in her family die
  • Devoted to taking care of her mother, goes to Bethlehem to work in field
  • Who would want a woman “with a past”? , Boaz (owner of field) takes notice in her
  • Boaz (son of Raehab) sees Ruth as God sees her
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3 main characters (1-2 Samuel)

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Samuel: Son of Hannah, Priest, Judge, Profit

Saul: Wealthy, Handsome, 1st king of Israel

David: Runt of big shepherd family, known for music

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2 main transitions (1-2 Samuel)

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Tribal confederation (12 tribes no leader of all, vulnerable to invaders) to Monarchy (demand a king, united)

Priesthood (becomes corrupt, ark stolen by philistines) to Prophetism (truth-speaking, call to return to the Lord)

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17
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Corruption of the priesthood

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  • Eli is head of priests, 2 sons were worthless sinners

- Sons put sauce on sacrifices, sex with women outside temple (Sins)

18
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Stolen Ark and Dagon

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  • Sometimes people will try to use God=People trying to use God for personal gain
  • Sometimes people try to place God next to their idols=Philistines place Ark next to Dagon statue, next day Dagon is knocked over, and God inflicts the Philistines with tumors
  • Sometimes people try to push God away=Philistines send ark back via 2 cows, they bring the ark back to Israel
19
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How did David handle Saul’s jealousy

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David would play his lyre so Saul was refreshed, and the harmful spirit departed from him

20
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“anti-kingdom” of Saul vs. David’s kingdom

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Saul’s Anti- Kingdom: false spirituality, all about image, duplicity

David’s True-Kingdom: True spirituality, Authentic ministry, Integrity

21
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Main message of the Wisdom books

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Have a relationship with the Lord, Israel’s majority walked away from God and suffered

22
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Key to interpreting Hebrew Poetry (Parallelism)

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3 types of parallelism:

  • Synonymous: 2nd line reiterates 1st line
  • Antithetical: 2nd line contrasts 1st line
  • Synthetical: 2nd line adds to 1st line
23
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What is the meaning of “Psalm”

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To Sing

24
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How many books in the Psalms

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5 collections

25
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Who authored most of the psalms, and the first to organize choirs and worship bands?

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David

26
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Purpose of the Psalms

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God reigns= Worthy of worship (The Big Plan)

27
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What are most of the Psalms about

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Praising God

28
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Selah

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  • to pause
  • musical notation
  • silent reflection
29
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Doxology

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-ends with an “Amen, Amen”

30
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Solomon’s “Glory-Kingdom”

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  • Builds up the city
  • Converts tabernacle to temple (7 years)
  • 12 districts
  • Network of Alliances (trade)
31
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Define “the fear of the Lord is the beginning/principle of wisdom”

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the beginning: catalyst to acquire wisdom

the principle: result of searching for wisdom

32
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What is a proverb

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Through solomon living his life and giving moments of wisdom

  • Concise
  • Often figurative, always applicable
  • Designed to be prescriptive for daily life
33
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Hebrew wisdom

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Practical orientation toward God

34
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Steps to wisdom

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Ask God for it, be aware of his presence, Acknowledge when he illuminates a truth, be devoted to that truth, End Result=You will glorify the Lord!

35
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Hebrew wisdom “Two Paths”

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Get brighter and brighter: Acknowledge God, be aware of his presence

Get darker and darker: Way of the fool

36
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Meaning of “vanity/meaningless”

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Everything is “transitory”

37
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2 concepts of time

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Kairos moments: turning points (in life)

Kronos Intervals: daily grind (preparing you for next Kronos moment)

38
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(Job) What did Satan want to prove, what did God want to prove

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  • Satan wanted to prove people only love God because he bribes them
  • God wanted to prove people truly love him
39
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Perspective of Job’s friends on his plight

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  • It’s probably something you did

- It’s for your own good

40
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Why did God bring up Leviathan, a 7-headed Dragon, at the end?

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Resembles the cruel nature behind Job’s suffering (Satan)

41
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Main takeaway from Job’s story

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Don’t get stuck in the prison of “why”, God is for us not against us

42
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Battle lessons from Joshua’s strategies (Central Campaign-Al)

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  • Strategy: Lie in wait

- Some battles require we lay low to allow God to draw things into the open (before we do anything)

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