Religion Comp Flashcards
sin:
when we put ourselves before God selfishly
Bible:
the inspired Word of God
Pentateuch/Torah:
the name given to the first five books of the old testament
covenant:
a type of relationship between equal parties
Canon:
the name given to the set of the books from the Catholic Bible ; our standard rule for belief in God
reason:
out ability to undertand
God tells Adam and Eve not to eat from this…
Tree of Knowledge
Old Testament:
part of the Bible with God’s relationship with Israel
Dominion:
responsibility over God’s creation
Bible Citation:
used to make a reference
faith:
belief in God
New Testament:
where God’s relationship with humanity is through Jesus
__ books in Old Testament
46
__ books in New Testament
27
Deuterocanonical:
the name given to the additional books in Old Testamenr
Divine Revelation:
anything God reveals o us
image and likeness:
how we reflect God
God took a ___ to make a woman
rib
Eden represents _______
heaven
the snake represents…
the devil
if you eat tree of knowledge, you ___
die
original sin:
state of sin passed by generation
God made the universe in _ days
7
__ create evil
we
In Genesis 2, the man called the woman…
Flesh of my Flesh
The serpent _____, not forces Adam to eat from the tree
tempts
The story of Adam and Eve is aka..
The Fall of Man
Abel:
a shepherd who gave God his fatty portion
Babel:
where people tried to build a tower to get to God
Hagar:
Egyptian servant who had a child with Abram
Noah:
had favor with God and was spared from the great flood
______ got jealous and killed Abel
Cain
barren:
a woman unable to have children
Abraham:
the beginning of God’scovenant
_____ is the promised land
Canaan
Noah made an ___
ark
Means father of many nations
Abraham
Sarah means…
princess
Abraham replaced his son as a sacrifice with a ___
ram
Through ____ God does the covenant
Isaac
Every ______ with God has a promise and sign
offering
Dove=
peace
Abraham is promised as many…
descendants as the stars
Abraham’s wife is ______
barren
Noah was instructed to…
save 1 male and female from every clean animal
God didn’t completely destroy all of creation from the _____
flood
It flooded for __ days and nights
40
Sarah wanted _____ sent away
Ishmael
Jabbok:
a river which Jacob and his family cross on the way to Canaan
Haran:
where Jacob fled from Esau
Isaac:
Abraham’s son who would go blind in his old age
Piniel:
Jacob renames this place due to his wrestle with an Angel of God
Laban:
father of Rebekah and Leah who is known to constantly change terms with Jacob
Rachel:
the daughter who Jacob loved
Isaac’s wife:
Rebekah
Jacob:
beginner of the covenant and younger brother who stayed in the tents
Jacob’s new name after he wrestles an angel:
Israel
Jacob was tricked by Laban to marry this daughter instead of her sister by bringing her into a small and dark tent, then Jacob had to work to get the other sister:
Leah
consummate:
making a marriage complete via intercourse
Esau was famished from work and demanded from Jacob a…
bowl of stew
Jacob tricked Esau into giving up his _______
birthright
To fool Isaac, Rebekah gave Jacob Esau’s…so he would feel hairy
clothes/goatskin
After Esau was tricked he…
sought revenge on Jacob
Laban told Jacob his custom is to give the _______ a husband first
firstborn