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
Remember the work for ‘name’ is ‘shem’ and it can mean ‘dynasty’. Abraham’s people would be a political power with a king
Kingship and Name
God is going to use Abraham’s descendants will bring salvation to the whole world from the effects of sin
World wide blessing
Each one of these promises is giving Abraham’s descendants something that Adam Lost
t
Land: the ______ and the dwelling with God
Garden
Kingship: the ____ over all Creation
rule
Blessing: The _____ to be _______ and to have God’s ____ again
blessing; fruitful and multiply; spirit
Each one of these promises is fulfilled by a different covenant in the future:
Land and Nation: ____
Kingship and Name: _____
Blessing for all Nations: _____
Moses; David; Jesus
Abraham literally means _____
Father of many nations
Sarah in Hebrew literally means ______, which makes her son Isaac the ______
princess; prince
By the time God asks Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, Abraham has learned that God is ____ to his Word
true
b/c Abraham ____ God with his most precious possession God was able to se his family to save the world.
trusts
At the time of Jaco the blessing was always supposed to go to the ___ son
oldest
Jacob’s name literally means “_______”
deceiver
Jacob’s first deceptions of his brother was for Esau’s _____
birthright
Esau’s mistake is like our sin b/c by sinning we trade a ____ good for an _____ good
eternal present
The second deception of Jacob is for the ____ of Isaac
blessing
As a result of his sin Jacob is ____ from his home and his life is _____
exile; danger
As he flees he stops and has a vision at Beth-el where he swears that only if God brings him back home will Jacob call God ___ God.
his
Jacob goes and stays with his uncle Laban who eventually ____ Jacob into working twice as long and marrying ___ wives.
tricks; 2
wife #1: _____ bore _________
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Isaacar, Zebulon
Maidservant #1:_____ bore _____
Bilah; Gad, Asher
Wife #2: ______ bore _______
Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin
Maidservant #2: ______ bore ______
Zilpah; Dan and naphtahali
Eventually God calls Jacob to go ____ but Jacob is _____ b/c of his past sins
home, scared
So he tries to buy Esau’s favor by sending ___
gift/blessing
The night before he meets his brother, Jacob wrestles with an Angel all night
y
The Church has seen Jaco as a model of what prayer b/c of his ____
perseverance
We should not judge our prayer on the ____ of it as much as the ____ of it: the important thing is that we do it
emotion; fidelity
Jacob’s name is changed to Israel which means: ______
He who strives w/ God
When Jacob meets his brother, Esau ____ him
forgives
The reason Joseph’s brothers resent him has its origin in ____ favoritism.
Jacob’s
It is _____’s idea to not kill Joseph so he can rescue him later, but it is ___’s idea to sell Joseph so that they can make money from him.
Rueben; Judah
Jacob is __ again when they bring Joseph’s ___ to him soaked in blood.
deceived: robe
(important) The fact that the LORD is _____ Joseph is important because it means that God is going to use Joseph in a major way to help his covenant family.
with
Even when he is accused of a crime he doesn’t commit and is thrown in jail Joseph remembers that the ___ is ____ him and God prospers the work of his hands.
Lord; with
Joseph comes to work for pharaoh when he interprets the pharaoh’s ____ about the 7 years of ____ and 7 years of ____
dream; plenty; famine
The names Joseph chooses for his two sons reveals how much trust he has in God:
“Manassah” means:_______
“Ephraim”_______
“God has made me forget entirely my troubles and my father’s house”
“God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction”
(Important) B/c of his ____ in God, the LORD uses Joseph as His instrument to ____ his family and to _____ their sinful hearts
trust; save; convert
Joseph sends the brothers back to their father Jacob telling them they cannot come without ____ whom Jacob is afraid to let go
Benjamin
Eventually ___ convinces his dad to let him go w/ them b/c they are running out of food
judah
The story culminates with Judah _____ himself for Benjamin and prefiguring Jesus
sacrificing
It is not a coincidence that Jesus is from the tribe of _____
Judah
Ultimately Joseph tells his brothers not to be angry with themselves b/c _____ had allowed it to happen so that he might ____ them
God; save
Clothes
Adam and Eve- (leaf outfits that God gives them)
Jacob and Esau- (deceives father)
Noah- (naked, shem covers, Ham sees nakedness)
Joseph-(use clothes to deceives father)
Pottifer’s wife- (deceives pottifer)
y
