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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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What is a covenant

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a promise between God and a group of people like a contract. It deals with God and Christians for eternity.

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People and their covenants with God (5)

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Noah- to never destroy the earth again
Abraham- he would have many children and they would be blessed
Israel- they would be the chosen people and they would receive the promised land
David- his descendants would be kings/ the messiah would come from his line
Jesus - he would bring salvation and fulfil the other covenants

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Who was Moses

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a Hebrew prophet who was called to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Moses also gave them the 10 commandments

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The chosen people

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Israelites enslaved in Egypt who were called by God to be a “light to the nations”

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What is the Old Covenant? Who is it between? What is the covenant based on?

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The Old Covenant is between God and the Israelites. It was based on the ten commandments (Decalogue)to restore people back to God’s plan

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Where did Moses receive the 10 commandments

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Mount Sinai

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How do the Ten Commandments focus of the Greatest Commandments concerning love?

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They teach us to love God first (1-3) and then our neighbor as ourselves (4-10.

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Revelation in scripture

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the unity of the 2 testaments proceeding from the unity and revelation of Gods plan

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Who is the Word Incarnate?

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Jesus. He was both fully human and fully divine.

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The Divine Revelation of God’s truth of God’s self is communicated to humankind in the following stages?

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  1. Through creation itself
  2. Through covenants
  3. Through the prophets
  4. Jesus
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I AM

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Jesus’ divinity, how Gods name is mentioned to moses in the burning bush. References Jesus’ divinity and is found in the Gospel of John

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Abba

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“Good father” or “dear father”

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Why did Jesus show us the father?

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So, we can know him and reflect him in our lives and culture

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What is the connection between Jesus and Messianic Prophecies (Tie to the Old and New Testaments)

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Jesus is the new covenant and fulfills the older prophecies. He took stuff from the Old Testament and made it true.

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15
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Did Jesus perfectly fulfill the role of priest, prophet, and king?

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Yes

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Why did Jesus come?

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To save us by sacrificing himself for our sins as well as to fulfill God’s covenants

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Incarnation

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God became human yet was still fully divine, yet he still dwelt among us in the flesh as Jesus

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In the gospels, Is there a nativity (birth story)? If yes, which parent is the focus? If no, how does the Gospel start?

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Mark- no baptism
Matthew- yes Joseph
Luke - yes Mary
John- no baptism

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Jesus (what does the name mean?):

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YHWH/ Yahweh saves

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Christ

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Anointed one

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Info about Jesus’s birth

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He was born by the virgin Mary in a stable in Bethlehem.

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Info about Jesus’ baptism (Where? When? By whom?):

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In the Jordan river by John the Baptist when he was 30

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23
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Simon Peter:

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One of the twelve disciples. The rock upon where the church was built

24
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The popes are successors of:

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St. Peter

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Twelve Disciples (tie to Jesus and what it means to be a disciple):

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The 12 men who were a part of Jesus’ inner circle. Their actions were a call to serve others like Jesus. They were students Jesus and John was the closest and called the beloved.

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What happened with Satan (the devil) and Jesus’ temptation is the desert?

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Satan tried to tempt Jesus into going down a different spiritual path by offering him stuff like food and the world.

27
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At what age did Jesus’ public ministry begin? How long did it last?

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30-33

28
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Who is John the Evangelist?

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The beloved disciple of Jesus who focused of Jesus who focused on Jesus’ divinity and how he is God. Johns’ gospel does not contain any parables.

29
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4 types of miracles and explain

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Healing-Jesus relieves people’s physical sufferings
Exorcism-Jesus drives out evil spirits
Restoration of life Jesus restores a person’s life after death
Nature- Jesus demonstrates control over the forces of nature

30
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What are other names for miracles in the bible:

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Deeds or signs

31
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Miracles

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also called deeds or signs are real events that demonstrate the power and glory of God that was truly manifested in Jesus. Miracles show Jesus’ power over sin and give his words credibility.

32
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How are parables like short stories

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Parable as a story
- Short stories with characters and plots
- Based on the events of the people in Jesus’ time
Parables as a comparison
- Compares something, we don’t know to something we do
- Jesus makes surprising conclusions
Parable contains a crisis
- Most interesting part and challenges every way of thinking
Parable has an ending
- Some are happy, some are tragic/ bad
Parable is about Gods kingdom
- Story of God and how he takes care of things, sometimes unexpectedly
- Symbolic/mystery
- Relatable
- Gods’ way of acting among us

33
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Parables

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Short stories that compare Gods message to scenarios in Jesus’ time.

34
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How did Jesus’ use metaphors? Why?

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Jesus used metaphors within his parables to relate what he was trying to say to his audience.

35
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Metaphor

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a figure of speech used to compare the nature of one thing of one thing by relating it to another thing without using like or as. Ex. Jesus is the light of the world.

36
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What are different ways Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God?

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Metaphors and parables

37
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Kingdom of God:

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Is a symbol used by Jesus by speaking about God and God’s action among us. Jesus said the kingdom of God can happen on earth and is a promise that there is a whole lot more to come. This kingdom is not a place where God reigns.

38
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Of the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount listed above, which two challenge you the most and why?

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Teaching: fasting
Challenges me because:
It’s hard to give up something I enjoy
Teaching: love for enemies
Challenges me because:
It is hard to love those you hate

39
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Why did Jesus deliver the Sermon on the Mount?

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To deliver new laws that will help us live better lives

40
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What is the Sermon on the Mount?

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A heart of the gospels that reflect Jesus’ new laws of love as well as help us to be happy and blessed.

41
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What are some of the main teachings Jesus promoted to help us to answer our call of happiness and love?

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Sermon on the Mount- teaching concerning fasting.

42
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What is Grace?

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God’s kind, merciful, and generous love for us.

43
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What is the highest principle of the New Covenant?

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Love

44
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According to the video Why did Jesus come? (Breaking the Habit), what are four reasons why Jesus came?

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  1. Revelation of the trinity
  2. God wants to be with us
  3. Divination (to become God) and a way of life (to live like Jesus)
  4. Forgiveness of sins
45
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According to the Gospel of John, what happened when this person encountered the risen Lord outside of the tomb?

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Mary went to the tomb early on the first day of the week. When she got there, she saw two angles and a gardener, who was Jesus, outside the tomb

46
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This ONE person is the first witness of Jesus’ resurrection in ALL Gospel accounts.

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Mary Magdalene

47
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Why is the empty tomb important?

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The empty tomb is an essential sign and its discovery by the disciples was the first step towards recognizing the resurrection.

48
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What important lessons can you learn about how much God loves you from Jesus’ birth, suffering, death and resurrection? Why did he sacrifice his life for us?

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God loves us so much he was willing to sacrifice his only son Jesus to save us from our sins. Jesus took away our suffering and opened the gates of heaven for us. He represents that life on earth is hard and can be painful but will be worth it for life after heaven. Furthermore, God sent Jesus to be born in a manger.

49
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Pontius Pilate

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The man who condemned Jesus to death

50
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The Sanhedrin

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Jewish high priest council

51
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Judas Iscariot:

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The disciple who betrayed Jesus

52
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All the four Gospels agree on the four essential details of the events of Christ’s Passion:

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  1. Jesus’ arrest
  2. Questioning by the high priest
  3. Trial before the Sanhedrin
  4. Condemnation, crucifixion, death, and burial
53
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All the four Gospels agree on the four essential details of the events of Christ’s Passion:

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  1. Jesus’ arrest
  2. Questioning by the high priest
  3. Trial before the Sanhedrin
  4. Condemnation, crucifixion, death, and burial
54
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Passion narrative

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Used to refer to the accounts given in the gospels of the suffering and death of Jesus

55
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How does the Paschal Mystery relate to the Old Testament?

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In the Old Testament a lamb is sacrificed while in the New Testament Jesus is sacrificed as the lamb of God

56
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Paschal mystery

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Christs passion, arrest, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and glorious ascension.

57
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Title which recognized Jesus’ divinity Meaning (significant for understanding of Jesus’ divine and human duality, and how it describes Jesus’ fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies of saving humankind)

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Jesus-God saves
Son of God-Signifies the unique and eternal relationship of Jesus Christ to God his father
Christ (Messiah)-“Anointed one”
Lord-Indicates divine sovereignty
Son of David-How Jesus comes from Davids’s bloodline

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