Promised Land

Question 1

Saul’s unlawful sacrifice

Answer 1

Sacrifices pagan livestock

Question 2

God’s covenant with David

Answer 2

(Oracle of Nathan)
Messiah will come from David’s line
=Jesus

Question 3

587 BC

Answer 3

Babylonian Exile

Question 4

Law of Karma

Answer 4

Moral Pattern

• what goes around comes around
• if you do something bad, something bad will happen to you
• bad=punished; good=rewarded

Question 5

Deuteronomistic Historians

Answer 5

• writers of Historical Books
• wrote after 587 BC
• POV impacted by destruction of the Promised Land=sad
• say that the kingdom was destroyed because Israel/Judah were unfaithful
• God is good when you’re good to him

Question 6

Joshua

Answer 6

• Jericho
• 12 tribes get set up
• Promised Land
• Philistines
• 17 leaders (military) =Judges -protecting the Promised Land, keeping tribes
• Joshua foreshadows Christ

Question 7

Judges

Answer 7

• Samson
• Joshua (first of 17 judges)
• Deborah
• Samuel (last judge- anoints first king, Saul)

Question 8

Kings

Answer 8

Saul
David
Solomon 
-1000 BC (glory years of Israel) 
42 kings

Question 9

Saul

Answer 9

Father of Jonathan
First king, anointed by Samuel
Depressed, killed himself
Temperamental, selfish, angry, insecure
Tribe of Benjamin
Unfaithful -sees witch, offers unlawful sacrifices to God, takes his own life

Question 10

David

Answer 10

Lived approx. 1000 BC
-tribe of Judah
-from Bethlehem (like Jesus)
-Jesse, father of David (Jesus is from Jesse’s family tree)
2 Samuel 7: “Messiah come from David”
-David is said to have written Psalms
-Saul is jealous of David; tries to kill David twice, David spares his life
-established Jerusalem as capital
-Bathsheba: David has affair with her, gets her pregnant
-has her husband, Uriah, killed (sends him to the front line of battle)

Question 11

Solomon

Answer 11

• wisdom
• Sirach, Song of Songs, Proverbs, Wisdom, Ecclesiastes-written by Solomon
• 1 Kings 6: builds temple in Jerusalem
• lots of women=goes away from God

Question 12

Where is Christ?

Answer 12

Joshua- “save” Yeoshua=Jesus
-perfect moral beings, 12 tribes=12 apostles
Saul- unsuspecting, anointed=”Christ”
David- tribe of Judah, Bethlehem, shepherd, forgiveness
Solomon-Temple, 1 Cor 1:24, wisdom

Question 13

Israel’s Control Issues

Answer 13

• Israel tries to call the shots

- like Adam and Eve