Study Guide for Fall Finals Flashcards
What is the nature of God according to CCC 1?
God infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.
What does Genesis 3:15 say?
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
What does Genesis 50:20 convey?
As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
What does Exodus 14:13-14 instruct?
Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today … The Lord will fight for you, you have only to be still.
What are the key events in Genesis 12-25a?
- God tells Abraham to leave his homeland
- Melchizedek blesses Abraham
- Ishmael is born
- Three men visit Abraham
- Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
- Isaac is born
- God tells Abraham to sacrifice his only son
- Isaac and Rebecca get married
What are the key events in Genesis 25b-36?
- The birth of Jacob and Esau
- Esau sells birthright to Jacob and Jacob gets blessing
- Jacob dreams of a ladder and gets married four times
- Jacob wrestles with God
What are the key events in Genesis 37-50?
- Joseph’s brothers sell him
- Joseph is thrown in jail
- Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams and rises to power
- Joseph’s brothers beg for food and he forgives them
What are the key events in Exodus 1-18?
- Israelites are forced into slavery
- Birth of Moses
- Moses kills an Egyptian and flees to Midian
- The burning bush
- Moses returns to Egypt
- God hardened Pharaoh’s heart and the 9 plagues
- The Passover (10th plague)
- The passing through the Red Sea
- Manna from heaven
What are the key events in Exodus 19-40?
- Arrival at Mount Sinai and the ten commandments
- Ratification of the covenant
- The golden calf
- Renewal of the covenant
- Built the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant
- God’s presence descends on the Tabernacle
What are the promises made to Abram?
Great Nation: People and Land
Great Name: Kingship
Worldwide Blessing
What does ‘I am Who am’ mean according to Exodus 3:14?
God is being itself.
What does Exodus 3:15 convey?
(The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isacc, the God of Jacob.)
God of relationship.
What does Exodus 34:6-7 describe?
(The Lord, the Lord, a God gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in love and fidelity…)
God is gracious and merciful.
What are the meanings of Scripture?
Literal Sense: Historical events
Spiritual Sense (Typology): OT foreshadowing NT
Allegorical Sense: Christ and the Church
Moral Sense: How to live
Anagogical: The last things
What does the fight of God/Moses vs. Pharaoh represent?
Moral/Allegorical: God/Us vs. Devil