Religion Unit 2 test

Question 1

What is the connection between Passover (Seder Meal) and Easter?

Answer 1

-Liberation: For Jews the liberation from Egyptian slavery is the central event in the Bible. For Christians the resurrection of Jesus is similarly central to the faith and promises the liberation of humanity from sin and death.
-Both holidays are joined at their core in finding us rejoicing in the defeat of death and the gift of life restored.
-rebirth:the resurrection of Jesus. For Jews the moment of liberation of the Israelites and their return to their ancestral land represent the rebirth of a people made moribund by the oppressions of slavery.

Question 2

Why do Jewish people celebrate Passover each year

Answer 2

Jewish people celebrate passover each year to tell the story for the liberation of the Jewish people, to celebrate their deliverance across the red sea, and the “passing over”, sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites

Question 3

How is Passover celebrated?

Answer 3

Passover is celebrated with a special meal called a seder.

Question 4

Identify all the traditional foods at the Seder and explain what they symbolize

Answer 4

-KARPAS(veg. served in a bowl of salty water): represents the tears shed by the Israelites in Egypt.
-MAROR (bitter herb): Bitterness of slavery
-CHAROSET (A paste-like mixture of fruits, nuts and sweet wine or honey):mortar the jewish slaves used.
-MATZAH(unleavened bread): the hebrews didn’t have time to let the bread rise when they left egypt
-SHANK BONE(lamb bone):sacrifice offered by the Israelites on the eve of their exodus from Egypt.
-EGG:new beginning and rebirth
-CHAZERET(biiter lettuce)(not used by all familys):hardship of slavery

Question 5

Why is Passover/Seder significant to Christians?

Answer 5

People believe that the last supper was a passover seder.

Question 6

How is Passover similar and different to the Eucharist?

Answer 6

Passover is similar to the Eucharist because Jesus is referred to as the Lamb of god and like to lambs during the passover, he was a sacrifice. Though in the passover they used actual lambs and smeared their blood on their doors where as Jesus died on the cross to save us.

Question 7

Why is Jesus the paschal lamb?

Answer 7

He is seen as the ultimate sacrifice, similar to the lambs sacrificed during the passover.

Question 8

Why did the new king of Egypt fear the Israelites?

Answer 8

the Israelites where vastly multiplying and soon enough the whole land would be filled with them and feared that if this continued and war was to happen, they would join their enemies, fight against Egypt, and leave the country.

Question 9

What strategies did the king employ to ensure that the Israelites would not become “a problem”

Answer 9

He enslaved the Israelites and oppressed them with forced labor. Then the Pharaoh ordered his people to find every newborn Hebrew boy and throw them into the Nile river but let the girls live.

Question 10

How did the midwives respond to the king’s command? How did God deal with them?

Answer 10

the Pharaoh asked the midwives that would help birth the Hebrew babies to see if it is a boy or a girl and if it is a boy, kill it. Though they fear God much more than they feared the Pharaoh, so the midwives did not comply with this order. So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

Question 11

How did Moses feel about the way the Israelites were treated?

Answer 11

After he saw how the Israelites where being treated with constant work, beatings, and other forms of torture, he could bear to watch anymore so he killed on the of Egyptian guards that we beating a Hebrew slave.

Question 12

Identify and explain the three parts of Exodus (The Call, Covenant/Freedom & Test)

Answer 12

The call is when Moses was tending to the flocks of Jethro and Moses saw a burning bush. the burning bush was god and he told him to go the Pharaoh and to lead the Israelites out of slavery. Freedom is when Moses lead his people through the red sea and lead them away from their oppression in Egypt. The test is when God had his people stranded in the desert for forty years. During this time he would test their faith in them to see if they would be worthy.

Question 13

Identify and explain the 10 Commandments

Answer 13

The ten comandments are rules that God put in place for his people to live by and follow. They are:
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2.You shall not take the name of the Lord our God in vain
3.Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy
4.Honour your father and mother.
5.You shall not kill.
6.You shall not commit adultery.
7.You shall not steal.
8.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9.You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
10.You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

Question 14

Identify the three Conditions for Sin

Answer 14

1. Sufficient knowledge or reflection.
2. Full consent / Free will.
3. Serious matter—causes real evil to myself or another person.

Question 15

Identify the Categories of Sin

Answer 15

Mortal Sin, Venial Sin, and Social Sin

Question 16

What is Mortal Sin

Answer 16

A complete break in one’s relationship with God (For example, murder) We make a conscious decision to turn completely away from God’s offer of love. We don’t commit mortal sins by accident. Mortal sins are not usually single, isolated acts (although they can be).

Question 17

What is Venial Sin

Answer 17

Does not completely separate us from God but represents a ‘cooling’ in the relationship. Examples might include a failure to be honest, or crude behaviour.

Question 18

What is Social Sin

Answer 18

Describes human-made structures when they offend human dignity by causing people to suffer oppression, exploitation, or marginalization. Sin begins in the hearts and minds of individuals but it then creeps into the systems that we set up in society. Social sin leads its victims to do evil in their turn.

Question 19

What is ‘true’ freedom?

Answer 19

true freedom is responsible to, and respectful of, the freedom and others. It is a gift—the purpose of which is that we may seek God and respond to God’s invitation to love

Question 20

Identify the two types of Freedom

Answer 20

Internal – Freedom for – internal to self
External – Freedom from – outside control

Question 21

What are the threats that exist for each type of freedom

Answer 21

Internal:
-Ignorance
-Passions: short-term pleasure, self-deception
-Vices: Addictions, Low Self-esteem, etc.
External:
-Oppression from others
-Injustice
-Prejudice

Question 22

Relate sin and atonement to Moses’ actions

Answer 22

Moses represent slavery to freedom. Moses committed sin but then he atoned for his sin by leading the hebrews to freedom.

Question 23

How does Christ’s death relate to sin?

Answer 23

Jesus was offered as a sacrifice for our sins and died for them.

Question 24

Pharoah’s Oppression

Answer 24

The Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, starts worrying that the Jews living in Egypt will outnumber his own people and if war was to happen, they would join their enemies, fight against Egypt, and leave the country. His response: forcing them into slavery which only made them spread out and multiply more.To deal with this problem the Pharaoh asked the Hebrew midwives to see if it is a boy or a girl and if it is a boy, kill it. though they feared god more then they feared him so they didn’t so he decreeing that every son born to the Hebrews should be drowned in the Nile.Though one Hebrew woman would not let this happen to her newborn son so she put him into a basket and shipped him down the Nile river.

Question 25

The Call of Moses

Answer 25

While Moses was tending to the flock of Jethro he saw a bright light flash and when he went to inspect it he saw that it was a bush on fire but not burning. Then the bush spoke to him saying that the god of the Israelites have heard their cries for to long and that he is to lead them from slavery. He knew that the pharaoh would not let them go so the LORD will strike the Egyptians with all the wonders and after that, he will let them go.

Question 26

Ten plagues in order

Answer 26

1.Turning Nile water into blood
2.Frogs
3.Gnats and lice
4.flies
5.Disease and dying of livestock
6.boils
7.hail and fire
8.locusts
9.darkness
10.Death of the firstborn males (Passover)

Question 27

the passover

Answer 27

God passes through the land of Egypt and kills the firstborn of every household. But the Jews have been told to mark their doors with the blood of a lamb they’ve sacrificed — the Passover offering — and so God “passes over” their homes.

Question 28

Journey through the Wilderness

Answer 28

After the Israelites pass through the red sea they wander through the dessert for 40 years on their way to the promise land. Though through this time their faith in god would waiver but god would prove to them that he was with them every single time.

Question 29

The Covenant at Mount Sinai + The Ten Commandments

Answer 29

As they traveled through the wilderness they came across a mountain called mount Sinai. Moses climbed to the top and spoke with the lord and god wanted to speak with them. So smoke filled all around and God spoke to the Israelites through it and spoke to them and gave them commandments. Though they were afraid and wanted Moses to go back up to speak with the lord and find out what he wanted. He stayed up their for forty days though while he was up their the people grew impatient and got Aaron to build them a golden calf statue for them to worship. While Moses was up their god put the commandments on placks though when Moses came back down he was enraged with what they had done and smashed the placks. He begged god for forgiveness and made them repent. So god made a new covenant with the ten commandments.