The One and Only God Flashcards
Between ____ and _____ there is a land of deep valleys and rich pastures.
Egypt, Mesopotamia.
Herdsmen tended their ____.
Flocks.
They planted vines and ____.
Cereals.
First it would be conquered and ruled by the ____.
Egyptians.
The ___ would invade the Egyptians.
Babylonians.
They would build themselves towns and ____, to no avail.
Fortresses.
What is the definition of Avail?
To assist or to aid.
___ and defenseless tribe.
Small.
Something special about their tribe was their ____.
Religion.
They made ___.
History.
Other people prayed to many gods such as: Isis, Osiris, Baal, and ____.
Astarte.
How many gods did the herdsmen pray to?
One god.
Special protector and _____.
Leader.
Sat beside their campfires in the ____.
Evening.
What did they sing in their songs by the campfire?
Their deeds and battles, and of his deeds and his battles.
Creator of heaven and ____.
Earth.
Sun and ____.
Moon.
Land and ___.
River.
Plant and ____.
Beast.
Creator of all of ___ as well.
Mankind.
They were his ___, and he was their ____.
People, God.
The strange powerless herdsmen were the ___.
Jews.
The songs of their deeds, which were the deeds of their god, are the Old _____ of the ____.
Testament, Bible.
What is the definition of Monotheistic?
Belief in a single god.
Nowhere else will you find so many stories about ancient times so ____ told.
Vividly.
Where is the answer to “Where did Abraham come from?”
The answer is in the Book of Genesis, chapter eleven.
Abraham came from the Ur in the ____.
Chaldees.
Where is the Ur?
In the mound of rubble near the Persian Gulf.
What ancient things did they dig up in the Ur?
Harps, game-boards, weapons, and jewelry.
Abraham was probably alive at the time of ______.
Hammurabi.
Who was a great lawgiver?
King Hammurabi.
When did King Hammurabi live?
1700 BC.
Many of Hammurabi’s strict and regular laws turn up again in the ____.
Bible.
What did God do to the pride to stop them from building the building any higher?
God made them all speak different languages so that they could no longer understand one another.
What were the gigantic towers that Babylonians built to the top of which reached even to the heavens?
A ziggurat.
Why did the Babylonians build ziggurats?
To be closer to the sun, moon, and the stars.
Where is Noah and the Flood set?
Mesopotamia.
Who was the son of Jacob?
Joseph.
At the time the pyramids were over a ____ years old.
Thousand.
What did the first chapter of Exodus read?
“And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar and in brick….”
When did Moses lead them out of Egypt into the desert?
Probably around 1250 BC.
They had a small kingdom, with its capital: ____.
Jerusalem.
Their first king was ___.
King Saul.
They fought against the neighboring tribe, the ____.
Philistines.
They ____ on the battlefield.
Died.
Solomon ruled soon after _____ BC.
1000.
King Solomon ruled about ____ years after King Hammurabi.
700.
King Solomon ruled ___ years after King Menes>
2100.
What is the definition of Sermon?
A lecture, a serious talk.
What is the definition of Devout?
Very religious.
What is the definition of Ceaseless?
Without end.
What is the definition of Ordained?
To charge with holy orders.
What is the definition of Remnant?
A scrap or piece.
What was the Jewish temple?
The Holy of Holies.
All that was there were the tablets of the Laws with their ____ Commandments.
Ten.
Their kingdom split into two:___.
Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah.
When was the Kingdom of Israel invaded by the Assyrians?
722 BC.
What was the sermon?
“You yourselves are the cause of your misfortunes. God is punishing you for your sins.”
What was the Messiah to them?
Their Savior.
When did King Nebuchadnezzar destroy the city of Jerusalem?
586 BC.
Who’s eyes did King Nebuchadnezzar put out?
King Zedekiah.
When did the Babylonian empire get destroyed by its Persian neighbors?
538 BC.
Who was the first to distance themselves from other tribes?
The Jews.
Jews had a tiny remnant of people that called themselves the what?
Chosen.
