Unit 2- Preparing For The Messiah

Question 1

Define exegesis

Answer 1

Exegesis: drawing out the true meaning from Scripture

Question 2

Define typology

Answer 2

Typology: studying how things in the Old Testament point to things in the New Testament

Question 3

Define spiritual sense

Answer 3

Spiritual sense: the deeper meaning put in Scripture by the Holy Spirit

Question 4

Define Protoevangelium

Answer 4

Protoevangelium: “first Gospel”; the first promise of a Redeemer

Question 5

Define literal sense

Answer 5

Literal sense: the direct meaning of a Scripture passage

Question 6

Define covenant

Answer 6

Covenant: a mutual oath which makes a family

Question 7

Define Exodus

Answer 7

Exodus: “going out”; Moses leading the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt

Question 8

Define Abraham

Answer 8

Abraham: “father of a multitude”; chosen by God to be the father of the Hebrew nation

Question 9

Define natural law

Answer 9

Natural law: ability to know good from evil which is written on the human heart

Question 10

Define Messiah

Answer 10

Messiah: Hebrew for “anointed one”

Question 11

Define Christ

Answer 11

Christ: “Anointed one” in Greek

Question 12

What does it mean that the Scriptures have dual authorship? What are its implications?

Answer 12

There are 2 people that are credited with authorship of the Bible: God and man. God worked through and inspired various humans to write what he desired. But the human author still had full use of his own faculties.

Question 13

What are the two main sense of Scripture? Define them.

Answer 13

1) Literal sense: the direct meaning of a Scripture passage

2) Spiritual sense: the deeper meaning put in Scripture by the Holy Spirit

Question 14

What are the three spiritual senses? Define them.

Answer 14

1) Allegorical sense: shows how people or events in Salvation history parallel other people and events
2) Moral sense: looks at certain heroes in the Bible as models for our lives
3) Anagogical sense: makes clear the knowledge of Heaven and points to the end times

Question 15

What is typology? What are types? What’s an anti-type?

Answer 15

Typology is studying how people, events, etc. in the Old Testament point to people, events, etc. in the New Testament. A type is a person or event in the Old Testament that points to an anti-type, which is a person or event in the New Testament which parallels a type.

Question 16

What does the word “Protoevangelium” mean? What is it (the Bible verse)? What’s its significance?

Answer 16

“Protoevangelium” means “first Gospel”. It says, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike (bruise) at your head while you strike at their heel.” (Genesis 3:15). It is the first promise of a Redeemer for the human race. It’s a promise for a victory of good over evil, of mercy over sin, of life over death, of God over Satan.

Question 17

Who are “the woman”, “the serpent”, and “her offspring” referring to in Genesis 3:15 in the literal sense and the allegorical sense?

Answer 17

Literal sense:
"The woman" - Eve
"The serpent" - Satan
"Her offspring" - humanity
Allegorical sense:
"The woman" - Mary
"The serpent" - Satan
"Her offspring" - Jesus Christ

Question 18

Who are the New Adam and the New Eve? What similarities/differences do we see with the first Adam/Eve?

Answer 18

Jesus Christ is the New Adam:
Son, priest, prophet, king, bridegroom/ victor (vs. failure)/ obedient (vs. disobedient)/ result = life (vs. death)
Mary is the New Eve:
Mother of God and the Church (vs. all the living)/ born without sin/ obedient (vs. disobedient)/ her YES to God’s plan = life (vs. Eve’s NO = death)

Question 19

What is a covenant? What were the Old Testament covenants preparing for?

Answer 19

A covenant is a mutual oath which makes a family. They were preparing the way for the new and eternal covenant.

Question 20

Why did God send the flood? Why did he choose Noah and his family?

Answer 20

God sent the flood to wipe out all living things on earth because they no longer had a desire for good. But Noah was “a righteous man, blameless in his generation.”

Question 21

What are some examples of types in the story of Noah?

Answer 21

1)40 days and 40 nights = 40 years of wandering, 40 days in the desert, Lent
Noah:
Sacrifice of thanksgiving (clean animals)
Savior to his family and the animals
Ark = saving vessel
New and Eternal
Sacrifice of Eucharist (Christ, the unblemished lamb)
Savior of the world
Salvation comes through the Church

Question 22

What are the terms of the covenant between God and Noah’s family?

Answer 22

1) God promises to never again destroy all life on earth by flood
2) He tells Noah and his sons to be fruitful and multiply
3) Plants and animals are under their dominion
4) Murder and eating animals with the blood still in them is forbidden

Question 23

What are some of the major sins from the book of Genesis? From what stories do they come?

Answer 23

Pride:
Adam and Eve
Tower of Babel
Flood
Moses
Sexual Sin:
Noah
Abraham and Hagar
Lot in Sodom
David and Bathsheba

Question 24

What blessings does God promise Abraham? How will God bless others through Abraham?

Answer 24

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