old testament 1 Flashcards
what are the three forms of divine revelation?
1: GENERAL OR NATURAL REVELATION
2: SPECIAL OR SUPERNATURAL REVELATION
3: PROGRESSIVE REVELATION
WHAT IS THE PENTATEUCH?
THE FIRST 5 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY.
=THE WORD PENTATEUCH COMES FROM THE GREEK PENTATEUCHOS MEANING FIVE-VOLUME BOOK.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF GENESIS?
1: TO SHOW THE NATURE OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL:
(INCLUDING THAT HE IS LIVING, COVENANT-KEEPING, SOVEREIGN, POWERFUL, RIGHTEOUS, HOLY, GOOD AND GRACIOUS)
2: TO SHOW THE NATURE OF GOD’S PEOPLE
3: TO SHOW THE DESTINY OF GOD’S PEOPLE
4: TO GIVE ISRAEL THE HISTORICAAL AND THEOLOGICAL BASIS FOR BEING THE CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD GENESIS?
SOURCE OR ORIGIN.
THIS BOOK IS ESSENTIAL AND FOUNDATIONAL TO A PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH
WHAT DO WE FIND IN GENESIS 1-11 ?
WHAT ARE THE 4 MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THIS ERA?
THE PRIMEVAL HISTORY. (THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE WORLD) (THE ORIGIN OF MANKIND) (THE ORIGIN OF SIN) (THE RESULT OF SIN)
1) THE CREATION, 2) THE FALL, 3) THE FLOOD, 4)THE DIVIDING OF THE NATIONS/LANGUAGES.
WHAT DO WE FIND IN GENESIS 12-50?
THE PATRIARCHAL HISTORY. (THE BEGINING OF REDEMPTIVE HISTORY IN GOD'S ELECTION OF THE PATRIARCHS, INCLUDING: 1: THE PROMISE OF LAND 2: THE PROMISE OF A FUTURE POSTERITY, 3: THE PROMISE OF A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
CREATION: WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION BEING ANSWERED IN THE BIBLICAL CREATION STORY?
THE QUESTION OF WHO AND NOT HOW
THE HOW QUESTION MIGHT BE EVOLUTION, BIG BANG, EXT
WHY WERE WE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD?
1) WE ARE REFLECTIONS OF GOD’S GLORY.
(WE HAVE INTELLECT, REASON, SELF-AWARENESS, EMOTIONS, A FREE WILL, SPIRITUALITY, MORALITY, AND IMMORTALITY.)
2) WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REFLECT GOD’S CHARACTER.( IN OUR LOVE, PATIENCE, FORGIVENESS, KINDNESS, AND FAITHFULNESS)
WHO DID GOD CREATE IN HIS IMAGE?
GOD MADE BOTH MAN AND WOMAN IN HIS IMAGE.
NEITHER SEX IS EXALTED OR DEPRECIATED
WHAT WAS THE BLESSING OF MANKIND?
1) TO POPULATE THE EARTH
2) AUTHORITY OVER THE MATERIAL WORLD
3) AUTHORITY OVER ALL LIVING CREATURES
4) PLANTS ARE GIVEN FOR FOOD
GENESIS 1:28-30 GOD BLESS THEM AND SAID TO THEM “BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE IN NUMBER; FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT. RULE OVER THE FISH IN THE SEA AND THE BIRDS IN THE SKY AND OVER EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT MOVES ON THE GROUND.”
WHAT IS THEOLOGY FROM GENESIS 1-4?
1) MAN HAS THE CAPAACITY TO SERVE GOD.
2) MAN IS RESPONSIBLE TO OBEY THE WORD OF THE LORD.
3) THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGEIS SANCTIONED BY GOD
4) VALUE AND EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO MANKIND OVER CREATION IN GENERAL.
5) GOD’S GIVES SPECIAL CARE AND PROVISION TO THE MAN AND WOMAN ( THE GARDEN, WORK, CLOTHES, AND THE PROMISE NOT TO FORSAKE)
THE FALL: EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU CAN WRITE THIS VERSE, 1 JOHN 2:16
FOR EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD - THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE - COMES NOT FROM THE FATHER BUT FROM THE WORLD.
EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU CAN WRITE THIS VERSE, GENESIS 3:15
“AND I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN, AND BETWEEN YOUR OFFSPRING AND HERS; HE WILL CRUSH YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL.”
(THIS TEXT IS KNOWN AS THE PROTO EVANGEL - THE FIRST GOSPEL)
CAIN AND ABEL 4:1-26
WHAT WAS CAIN’S REACTION ?
HE WAS ANGRY. HIS FACE WAS DOWNCAST.
JUDE 11:1 “WOE TO THEM!”THEY HAVE TAKEN THE WAY OF SIN”.
THE “WAY OF SIN” APPEARS TO BE REJECTING GOD’S WAY AND THEN BECOMING ANGRY WHEN GOD DOES NOT ACCEPT THE WAY YOU HAVE
INVENTED IN ITS PLACE
HOW DID GOD’S SHOW HIS GRACE IN THE JUDGEMENT OF THE FLOOD?
1) GOD INITIATED THE WAY OF SALVATION (THE ARK).
2) THE HOLY SPIRIT ALLOWED NOAH TO WARN PEOPLE FOR 120 YEARS WHILE BUILDING THE ARK (7:3)
3) EVEN AFTER NOAH AND THE FAMILY AND THE ANIMALS ENTERED THE ARK THERE WERE STILL SEVEN MORE DAYS BEFORE THE RAINS CAME (7:4)
4) GOD SENT THE FLOOD TO PURIFY AND RESTORE GOOD UPON THE EARTH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
5) THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE MEMBERS OF NOAH’S FAMILY YET THEY ARE ALSO SAVED.
