Key Ideas Flashcards
God created, and creation was good
Genesis
Disobedience separated people from God
Genesis
God instituted a program of revelation called the covenant
Genesis
The supremacy of Yahweh over pagan deities
Exodus
The exodus as a redemptive event for ancient Israel
Exodus
The Mosaic law as religious and social charter for Israel
Exodus
The presence of God symbolized in the tabernacle
Exodus
The holiness of God
Leviticus
The purity of the covenant community
Leviticus
The principle of substitution in the sacrificial ritual
Leviticus
The principle of mediation in the service of the priests
Leviticus
The redeeming of time by means of the liturgical calendar
Leviticus
God’s faithfulness to his covenant promises
Numbers
Divine testing of human motives
Numbers
God communicating his truth through the medium of culture
Numbers
God’s sovereign rule of the nations
Numbers
The importance of a central worship place
Deuteronomy
The emphasis on the name of God
Deuteronomy
The organization of laws reference to the Ten Commandments
Deuteronomy
The centrality of loving and obeying the covenant
Deuteronomy
Faithfulness of God in fulfilling covenant promises
Joshua
The conquest and apportionment of the land
Joshua
The important of obedience
Joshua
The cycles of the Judges period
Judges
God’s justice and grace
Judges
God’s sovereign provision of deliverers
Judges
Covenant failure by the people, priests, and tribal leadership
Judges
The role of the Spirit of the Lord
Judges
God’s faithfulness and loyalty stimulated by the people’s faithfulness and loyalty to one another
Ruth
David’s faith shown to be the legacy of his ancestors
Ruth
The light of loyalty dispersed during the apostasy of the Judges period
Ruth
The concept of a kinsman-redeemer introduced
Ruth
The institution of kingship
1-2 Samuel
The process toward establishing a covenant with David’s line
1-2 Samuel
The importance of divine kingship
1-2 Samuel
Kingship - good and evil
1-2 Kings
The prophetic voice as the royal conscience
1-2 Kings
Worship - Yahwism vs. Baalism
1-2 Kings
Covenant blessings (repentance and restoration) and curses (judgement and exile)
1-2 Kings
The retelling of the past to inspire hope in the present
1-2 Chronicles
The reigns of David and Solomon idealized
1-2 Chronicles
The centrality of temple worship
1-2 Chronicles
The validation of the priests and Levites as community leaders
1-2 Chronicles
The physical restoration of the city of Jerusalem
Ezra & Nehemiah
Yahweh as a covenant-keeping God
Ezra & Nehemiah
Religious and social reform as the aftermath of repentance
Ezra & Nehemiah
God is at work even when he is behind the scenes
Esther
The schemes of the wicked are doomed
Esther
God’s plan for his people cannot be thwarted
Esther
