Old Testament Flashcards
First Creation
God made the heavens and the earth
Lack of oder
God’s spirit was hovering
The Earth was formless
Day 1- God made light
Day 2- God made heaven and sky
Day 3- God made land, sea and sky
Day 4- God made sun, moon and stars
Day 5- God made sea creatures an birds, fill the sea and sky
Day 6- God made land animals, and gave humans power over all
Day 7- Gid rested and made it a holy day
Seconded Creation
God formed man out of dust
Placed in a garden in the East called Eden
A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden
Split into Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates
God formed animals out of the ground and man named them
Man had total freedom except eat from tree of knowledge
Otherwise pain and death
God sent Man into a deep sleep
Made woman out of one of his ribs
Both naked but not embarrassed
Garden of Eden and the Fall
There was a store in the garden who tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. It said that it would make her powerful and more like God, she would not die. So Eve ate the fruit and gave some to man. They soon both realised that they where naked and sewed aprons for themselves out of fig leaves. When they heard God walking through the garden, they hid behind a bush. God questioned them on how they knew they where naked. They both blamed the serpent.
God put up two flaming swords to protect the garden Woman have increased pain in child-birth Harder to grow crops for man Serpent became an enemy of man Man returns to dust after he dies Serpent eats dust
Cain and Abel
Adam and Eve had two sons, called Cain and Abel
Over time they both made an offering to God
Cain gave some crops but Abel gave best new born lamb
God accepted Abel’s but denied Cain’s
Cain was very angry
God warned him to preserve and do what is right
Don’t give in to his anger
(God was testing Cain)
Cain then asked Abel out into the field
Cain then killed Abel
God asked where was his brother, (knowing what he’d done)
‘Am I supposed to take care if my brother ?’
God said Abel’s blood was crying out for him
Punishments
Land no longer fertile
Cain would become a wrestles wanderer on Earth
God placed a mark on Cain saying that nobody could kill him or seven lives will be taken in revenge. Cain lived in the land of Nod.
The Near Sacrifice of Isaac
One day God told Abraham to take his son, Isaac, to the land of Moriha and offer him as a burnt sacrifice to God. Abraham obeyed God and set out with two donkeys and a couple of servants. On the 3rd day of traveling he left the servants to guard the donkeys and went on with his sone alone. Isaac then asked where the lamb was to sacrifice with. Abraham said,” The Lord shall provide”. When they came to the appointed place, Abraham bound Isaac up and was just about to murder him with his knife, when an angel appeared and stopped Abraham. God now trusted him, as he would go as far to murder his own son. The mountain was renamed, “The Lord Shall Provide”.
As a reward God gave Abraham many descendants, as equal to the stars in the sky, or the sand on the seashore.
The Ten Commandments
After 3 months of fleeing Egypt, the Israelites came to the Sinai desert. They had just left the land of Rephidim and where camped in front of the mountain. God told Moses to address the house of Jacob and tell the people of Israel what they’d seen done to Egypt. And how he’d carried the Israelites on”eagle wings”. God said that the Israeliteswould become a kingdom of priests and a holy nation if they obeyed God fully. They all agreed. Mosses then revived the following words from God and passed them on.
Only worship one God Don't worship idols Don't take the lords name in vain Rest on the Sabbath day Honour your mother and father Do not kill Do not commit adultery Do not steal Do not lie Do not covert your neighbours possessions
