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Midterm 2 Flashcards

1
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Know Suggested Theological Theme of 1 Kings

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The King’s Kingdom

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Know the significance of the Tel Dan Stele

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tells you that David existed – it was even written by a foreign power, not by Israel

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Know what EXACTLY Solomon requested for from God and why that is important relative to Deuteronomy.

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Solomon asked God for a listening heart (or an understanding mind).

This is important relative to Deuteronomy 30 because Solomon realizes that he and the people need to have circumcised hearts. Hearts after God’s heart. Only after their heart is circumcised will they turn back to God

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Know and understand the glories of Solomon’s reign in light of being a potential new Adam, the Davidic covenant, and the Abrahamic covenant (blessings to the world).

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Solomon is a potential new Adam – Israel is blessed with an abundance of food and there is dominion and peace, just like Adam. There is an overall connection with Eden

Davidic Covenant – Solomon has uniting power, the power of David

Abrahamic Covenant – Judah and Israel were said to be like the sand on the seashore, this was the promise made to Abraham. Also, the nations were blessing Israel, like the Queen of Sheba

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Know how Solomon fell in light of the Law of The King (Deut 17) or the 3Gs

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marries foreign women
multiplies horses
sells land for gold

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Know the two major buildings Solomon made.

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the temple

palace

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7
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Know the theological significance of the temple

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visually demonstrates the relationship of God with His people

show that the Exodus is finally over, they are in their land and have a permanent house for God

shape of an altar, to point to worship

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Know why it is significant that the construction of Solomon’s palace is inserted in the middle of the temple construction narrative.

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reveals that Solomon got prideful

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Know the nature of Solomon’s request in 1 Kings 8 and its connection with Deuteronomy 30

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Solomon does not just pray for Israel, but he prays for the Gentiles because he knows that Israel is a kingdom of priests.

He also realizes that everyone sins and that is why things went so wrong and that they will eventually go into exile

He specifically requests that God would circumcise their hearts as it was said in Deut 30. This needs to be done in order for Israel to turn back to Him

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Know the significance of the coming of the Queen of Sheba

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The Queen of Sheba comes and blesses Israel.

She saw God’s hand of blessing on them and this was predicted to happen in the Abrahamic Covenant, that all nations would bless Israel.

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Know who Jeroboam is and what he did

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Jeroboam was a king in the northern kingdom

He comes from inside Israel and causes a split

He will afflict the seed of David

He worries that when people go down to the southern kingdom to worship, they might not come back, so he sets up false worship. People do it for its convinience

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12
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God rules by His _____

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word

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Know the significance of the prophet who got killed by a lion (and the whole story) in 1 Kings 13

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A prophet of God disobeys the Word of the Lord to not stay in the place where he prophesied and not to eat or drink in that place. However, another deceives him saying that the word of the Lord has told him that the prophet should come and eat and drink there. Because of the prophet’s disobedience, a lion met him on the road and killed him.

What is ironic is that:

  1. the donkey is standing there, next to the lion and has not been killed or eaten
  2. The lion has not eaten the prophet
  3. And the lion doesn’t kill the people walking by watching this scene

This all shows the power and importance of obeying the Word of the Lord

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14
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Be closely familiar with the reign of Asa and Ahab. Link this with the issues of God being the only one having stability and power.

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Asa trusts God and stability is upheld
he tries to become friends with Syria in order to prevent/make a sandwich. He didn’t trust God and so he dies

Ahab is a new paradigm of evil. He does more evil in the sight of the Lord than anyone before him. He tries to rebuild Jericho, dismissing the curse that God pronounced on anyone who tried this. Two of his sons die, but he doesn’t care and keeps going. Under his reign is the Elijah v. followers of Baal incident on Mount Carmel, shows God sovereign power over everything. Ahab is proven to be totally helpless and God totally powerful. Ben-Hadad goes to Ahab and Ahab gives him whatever he wants. When they end up fighting, Ben-Hadad and his men are drunk, says to take them alive while fighting, instead of what a normal person would do and kill them. Makes no sense and God grants a great victory
Ahab wants a vineyard, Jezebel gets it for him, but it turns out to be more nails in his coffin.
The final showdown is between Ahab and Micaiah. There is a battle between them and Today Ahab will die – go to battle, Jehoshaphat dresses like Ahab and Ahab like a nobody. The people kill Jehoshaphat and a random guy drew his bow and not looking where he was shooting and killed Ahab between the chain link in his armor in an artery by his heart. Nothing is random, Divine execution.

Each of these instances show that God will preserve those that obey Him and instantly destroy those who disobey Him.

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15
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Be able to explain the Omride conspiracy

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if you can’t beat them, join them

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16
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Baal’s specialties

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life/death
rain
lightening
lives in Lebanon

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17
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Read Baal story

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seriously go read

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18
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Elijah shows the ___________ of God’s power

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sovereignty

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19
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reign of Jehu

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sent to stop the assimilation
tries to take over in pride, but does stop the assimilation
He is not a great person, but God uses him
God grants him 4 sons to sit on the throne in stability.

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reign of Athaliah

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a sleeper agent
She kills every child in the Davidic household, for if she can’t reign no one can However, Jehoash survives, and the seed can continue

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21
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rule of Joash

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He did right in the sight of the Lord, but he did not take down the high places
They need to look for someone to tear down the high places
Joash will break under pressure

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22
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rule of Hoshea

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the northern kingdom will fall because of its sin and idolatry
it falls to Assyria in 722 BC
Last king in the northern kingdom

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reign of Hezekiah

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Really great king, he removes the high places
He destroys faulty worship, the bronze serpent (Moses)
He gets very sick, but God sustains him
But then invites the king of Babylon over and makes a political alliance/sandwich. He helped Babylon take out the southern kingdom

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24
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rule of Manasseh

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Immensely wicked, God says that he is worse than a Canaanite

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25
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reign of Josiah

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Godly man
gets rid of the high places and is better than Hezekiah He finds the book of the law and implements it
rebuilds the temple
he was not able to turn away God’s anger

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26
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rule of Zedekiah

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last king of the southern kingdom

Wasn’t even in the blood line, he was a puppet for Babylon and even failed at that

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27
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Know about the “time clock” of the sons of Jehu and why it is important

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God made a deal and allowed Jehu’s first four sons to sit on the throne in stability over the northern kingdom
But once the fifth son came to power, the kingdom was done and destroyed
Shows God’s sovereign power over kings and kingdoms

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28
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Know the significance of 2 Kings 25:27-30 in the flow of the book

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Even after both kingdoms are taken into exile, God does not forsake His promises
He preserves Jehoiachin
The king shows him favor and puts Jehoiachin on a throne above all other kings in exile
The Davidic line is still a kingly line, and the seed has been preserved

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29
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Know the date of the Northern Kingdom’s Fall as well as the three stages and dates of exile for the Southern Kingdom

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722

605
597
586

30
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Know the Suggested Theological Theme of 1 Chronicles

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God’s relationship with His people

31
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Know the central building of the book of Chronicles

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the Temple

32
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Know the significance and emphases of the genealogies in 1 Chronicles

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The genealogies show the generational faithfulness of God

Every name means that God has continued to be faithfu

33
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Know 1 Chron 16, the Psalms it sets up for, and the key phrase (His lovingkindness….)

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Chronicles 16 becomes psalms of thanksgivings.
It sets up for Psalm 78, 96, 98, 99 and 105-106.
The key phrase is “His steadfast love (or lovingkindness) endures forever.”

34
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Be able to generally explain how God prepared for a temple/relationship with Himself in 1 Chronicles

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God prepared the workers, prepared Solomon, prepared the leaders
Exhorts the people to follow Solomon and exhorts Solomon to follow God
He recounts all the wealth given to the temple, a gift of love
They use it all to build a house for Your Name
Demonstrates that His loving kindness endures forever

35
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Know the significance of the location of the temple (Mt. Moriah)

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It is built on Mount Moriah, 180ft tall

This would be the first thing that anyone would see when anyone came to Israel

demonstrates that God is first

36
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theological points of the reigns

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look at notes

37
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Know the significance of 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 in the flow of the book.

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Commission at the end
Cyrus has been appointed to build a house in Jerusalem
the relationship is not over
Allows the people that God is with to go back and build the temple ends on a hopeful note.

38
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Know how Ezra (and Nehemiah) function in the big picture of God’s plan

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continued to be continued

39
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Know how Ezra continues Chronicles

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Ezra continues the vertical Chronicles
Shows that God is not done with His people
Ends on a cliffhanger

40
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Know the dates of the 3 major returns from exile

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538 BC
457 BC with Ezra
445 BC with Nehemiah

41
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Know the main building constructed during the book of Ezra

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Ezra focuses on rebuilding the temple

42
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Know some of the ways Ezra is continued to be continued

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They start out good rebuilding the temple – hit a snag – some are rejoicing because it is coming together, others crying because it is smaller than Solomon’s - it is continued to be continued

43
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Know Ezra 7:10God raised

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God raised Ezra to lead Israel in worship, his is real ministry

44
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Know the problem Ezra encountered when he arrived to Jerusalem. How did he and the leaders deal with it? Was that good or bad?

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The Israelites had married foreign women
He could not even look toward the Lord, this demonstrates that he believed their sinful inclination was his own because he was their corporate leader (corporate solidarity)
Ezra and the leaders decided to make them all get divorces
no

45
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What was the weather like at the end of Ezra and why is that important?

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The weather is pouring rain
This is the cliff-hanger
They are all standing outside in the pouring rain trembling and getting divorces and that is how the book ends

46
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Know the significance of the phrase “continued to be continued” for the book of Ezra

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Many things were started in the book of Ezra, but the restoration had never fully taken place
They were not a perfect, sinless nation and the relationship with God was still not perfectly restored, it was continued to be continued

47
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Know the Suggested Theological Theme of the Book and its connection with Kings

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God stabilizes His nation

It continues kings – horizontal

48
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Know what Nehemiah’s occupation was before the king and why that is important

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Nehemiah was the cupbearer before the king, and this is the only man in the room who’s emotions the king is concerned with
The only man the king would ask if he was okay if he looked distressed, because he could have been poisoned. This allowed Nehemiah to pour his heart and concerns before the king about Jerusalem

49
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Why did Nehemiah pray throughout the process of building the walls? Who did that put on display and why is that significant in the text?

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He prayed throughout the rebuilding because he knew that God was fighting for them and would protect them in the process of rebuilding the wall
It put God and His power on display
pointing Israel and the world to His glory and might

50
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Know why Nehemiah continued to pray throughout the building process. Know the significance of the phrase “remember me…”…when according to the lecture, did God answer that prayer?

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Each enemy saw the power of God fighting for Israel and lost their confidence

The “remember me” prayers are important because he is asking that God would not allow his work to go in vain
Israel does not keep their word and sins against God

Nehemiah asks that God remembers him and God answers this prayer

For Jesus cleanses the temple

51
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Know the 4 major commitments Israel made during the covenant renewal ceremony. What were they and did they keep them?

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  1. They would not intermarry
  2. They would not sell on the Sabbath
  3. They would support the Levites
  4. They would contribute to the temple/keep it clean

They did not keep them, it is continued to be continued and Jesus fulfills them and cleanses the temple
God remembering Nehemiah

52
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Know the Suggested Theological Theme of Esther

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God is hidden but active

53
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Know the structure of the book and its significance

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Esther is sandwiched in the middle of Ezra, when things are getting bad
It operates on irony, God is never mentioned but He is everywhere
It is also a chiasm – the banquets are in the middle of it and everything parallels around it

54
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Know the background of Amalek in regards to the book

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The families of Mordecai and Haman go way back

Saul failed to kill Haman’s great…..grandpa and so there is now tension between the Jew and the Amalekite

55
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Know how many times the name of God appears in Esther

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The name of God never appears in the book

56
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Vashti

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called to appear before those in the party, naked, only wearing her crown. She refuses and is banished

57
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Esther

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made queen, but a Jew
Raised for such a time as this, Mordecai asks her to go see the king
She hasn’t seen him in 30 days which implies that he has a new queen
If she goes in without being summoned and he doesn’t hold out the scepter, she is dead
Trusts God and goes
Granted a request. She gives two banquets, making the king drunk, the state that he can make the best decisions. He “frees” her people and her from death

58
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Mordecai

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Noble Jew, saves the kings life from a plot against him. Advises Esther. Eventually gets honored for saving the kings life and then becomes

59
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Haman

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evil man, who hates the Jews
Wants to exalt himself and kill Mortdecai because of the tension between them because of their great…grandpas
Makes a gallows for Mordecai, tells the king what should be done to exalt a man, feels honored at the banquets, is seen as raping the queen and then gets hung on his own gallows

60
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Know the Haman’s wife’s words in the middle of the book.

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Tells him that if he opposes a Jew, he will surely fall before Mordecai

61
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Know what Haman plotted and the fate of both him and his family.

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He plans to have the king kill all the Jews, does this while the king is drunk, bad decision
He also plots to have Mordecai killed because he will not honor him and bow before him and even makes a gallows

62
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Know the suggested theological theme of Job

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God’s rightness in a world gone wrong

63
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read about events in ch 1-2 well

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go rn.

64
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Know the names and specialties of the three major dialogue partners of Job. Understand how they argue their points in general.

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Eliphaz – the historian (if you repent it will all work out in the end)

Bildad – the scientist (cause and effect arguments)

Zophar – the philosopher (God is so complicated that you are wrong)

65
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Understand how the three major debates work relative to the epistemological categories of pre-modern, modern, and post-modern

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Job constricts their epistemology

Do they know everything happening in heaven (premodern)? No

Then do they know everything happening on earth (modern)? No

Then do they know everything happening to me (Job) (postmodern)? No

They don’t know anything

66
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Know the name of the other dialogue partner of Job. What was his point and how did he argue so (particularly regarding the thunderstorm)?

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Elihu
He says that Job has become self-righteous. He also introduces God and He appears. He needs to prove that He is right on earth

67
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How does Job point to the gospel in his book?

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The gospel is presented in Job’s 3 wishes

  1. About sin, and what is man that you are mindful about him.
  2. He wishes for a mediator who is both God and man. If this came true it would prove that He is a good God.
  3. He wishes that after he dies that God would hide him and raise him from the dead to be united with God

That they would love each other and have fellowship. God raised Christ and now we can have fellowship with Him

68
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How does God argue in His proclamation to Job? How does super-cow play into this?

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God argues that Job knows nothing, He humbles him

He uses the super-cow and the Leviathan to prove this. Job and his friends were always comparing each other with cows and beasts, He says that if you can’t control the super cow and don’t have its power, then what makes you able to do it better than me?

And the Leviathan is Satan’s mascot, it you can’t control his mascot what makes you think you can control him?

69
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Does God ever answer Job’s questions?

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He never directly answers his questions, but he fulfills his wishes and confirms that he is to trust in the almighty God who is infinitely mighty and powerful

70
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What is the significance of Job’s death at the end of the book?

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Job’s death is what he wished and hoped for, he wanted his day before God in court
He also finds out that God has provided everything, his wishes were granted, and it is proved that God is right

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