Unit 4 Flashcards
The purpose of human existence the covenant relationship of love with God not because God wants to have power over us but b/c he wants to __________
Sabbath worship and Rest; Share his divine life
Te Dwelling with God that happened in the Garden
The Land
Adam was to have dominion over creation.
Kingship
This is the pattern for all of sin that comes afterwards.
Ada’m Lack of Trust in God
God’s punishment is always the cure for their sin: his punishment is always a sign of love (ex. the curse on the Serpent in Gen 3:15 includes the ______)
God’s covenant Mercy; Protevangeluim
B. of the fall Adam and Eve hand o na wounded human nature and a fallen world where ________ becomes the norm instead of God’s love and order.
sin
_____ and _____ enter into the story between the brothers Cain and Abel b/c of Cain’s failure to _______
violence and murder; worship God
The violence continus in Cain’s descendants who ______ cities after ______. Instead Seth called on the “________” and perserve the _____ covenant with God.
named;themselves;name of the Lord;covenant
God makes a new covenant and a New creation with Noah
y
Noah’s name literally means _______
rest from the soil
God’s Spirit is again ______
over the waters
The climax of the whole story is Genesis 8:1 when “_________”
when God remembered his covenant
But with a new creation comes a new fall:
y
Ham commits the sin of _____ to try and overthrow his father and oldest brother Shem and produces a child named ______
Incest; Canaan
He does this as a way of rejecting God’s plan for his life and rebelling against his father’s authority.
y
Ham’s decedents will continue the pattern on rebellion and sin:
y
From Ham will coe all of the enemies of ancient Israel: the _____, the ____, the _____, the ______, and even the ______
Philistines, canaanites, Amorites, babylonians, egyptians
the descendants of Ham settle in a place called ______ where they build the tower of Babel to “_______”
Shinar; make a home for themselves
As a punishment their languages are confused and they are divided against themselves
y
The end result: The world is infected by sin:
y
Sin ______ itself, ____ God’s family and ultimately ______ the people and kills them just like it happened to Adam
multiplies; divides;exiles
The story of Abraham is a story where we see God’s _____ are baked up by his ______
promise;actions
the story of Abraham begins after the story of Babel: human’s are divided and separated from God by ______
sin
the sin of ______ (having many wives) was one of these sins Abram lived near _____ (also known as ____ or ______) as a nomad and was already _____ years old and had no ______
poligmy;Ur;babal;babylonians;70;children
Abram is not a _____ person but he’s willing to follow God.
good
Blessed by ______ the king of ____ believed to be Shem
Melchizdack;Salem
God’s promise to Abraham: the Plan fo God fro all history
y
the Promised land of Canaan and many descendants.
Land and Nation