Summarize Isaiah 59:1-2.
God can save everyone and hears everyone. Failure separates us from God, and He can’t hear us.
What is the prophecy in Genesis 3:15 known as, and what does it mean?
There will be one born of man who will crush the serpent’s head, this is a prophecy of the
coming of messiah/Jesus Christ.
A main idea, according to the textbook, is that the history of humanity is characterized by a
departure from what?
God’s wise rule
Which book of the Bible begins with the story of Moses?
Exodus
What kind of prayer is found in Nehemiah 9, and how does it contrast God and the people?
A prayer of confession of sin
How did the fall (sin of Adam and Eve) affect the world according to Genesis 3:16-19?
Pain in childbearing
Desire for husband – he rules over you
The ground is cursed, pain to eat from it
Ground produces thorns and thistles, eat plants
Sweat of your face to eat bread
Death = return to dust
What metaphor does the textbook use to describe idolatry?
An unfaithful spouse, Hosea, loves his wife even though she strayed from him
whats the primary message of the old testament prophets?
The primary message of the Old Testament prophets is to get all the people to flee from idolatry
and return to God
Lost the names of Israel’s first 3 kings
Saul, David, Soloman
After Israel divided into the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom, the southern
kingdom of Judah endured much longer but eventually fell to what nation?
Judah fell to Babylon
what 2 books have the same first 3 words?
John and Genesis
What is not true of jesus?
he was created
Repentance means?..
A change in the mind and behavior
What books make up the gospels?
John, Luke, Mark, and Matthew
What does Messiah mean?
Promised deliverer
“in Christ” means?
God no longer sees your imperfections
First Temptation Satan tempted Jesus with
Convert stone into bread
The gospel
G- God CREATED us to be with him
O- Our sins SEPARATE us from him
S-Sins cannot be ERASED or covered with good deeds
P-paying the PRICE
E- everyone who BELIEVES this and confesses it with their mouth is saved
L- life with Christ begins NOW and lasts forever
Salvation
deliverance from external depression of God
Redemption
The action of saving or being saved from sin
Adoption
Gaining right of son ship
Justification
to declare righteous, make one right with God
Summarize Isaiah 59:1-2
God can save everyone and hears everyone
Sin separates us from God, and He can’t hear us
The textbook and lecture make mention of Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (ESV). This is a common refrain in Scripture (Deut. 12:8; Prov. 12:15; 26:12). What does this refrain indicate about the spiritual state of the people
This meant that the people were so spiritually barren that they completely abandoned God and their faith
What is the prophecy in Genesis 3:15 known as, and what does it mean
Protoevangelion; means the first gospel because it holds the first promise of the Messiah
A main idea, according to the textbook, is that the history of humanity is characterized by adeparture from what
Idolatry
Which book of the Bible begins with the story of Moses
Exodus
What kind of prayer is found in Nehemiah 9, and how does it contrast God and the people
It shows the Lord’s faithfulness to Abraham and it contrasts how God is always faithful, but the people go astray from God all the time
Although created in the image of God, humanity became sinful by nature after the fall. How extensively does this original sin or depravity affect us according to Romans 3:10-23
It fully effects us because we are sinful by nature and therefore behave in a sinful way
How did the fall (sin of Adam and Eve) affect the world according to Genesis 3:16-19
Pain in childbirth, futile work, death
What metaphor does the textbook use to describe idolatry
Idolatry is a departure from wisdom and reason and lacks an understanding of the true nature of God and His creation
According to the textbook, what was the primary message of the Old Testament prophets
To get the people to flee from idolatry and run towards God
List the names of Israel’s first three kings
Saul, David, Solomon
After Israel divided into the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom, the southern kingdom of Judah endured much longer but eventually fell to what nation
Babylon
According to the textbook, the Wisdom literature (Job through Ecclesiastes) has what central theme
The fear of the Lord
According to this topic’s assigned reading, “The Mystery of Original Sin: We Don’t Know Why God Permitted the Fall, but We Know All Too Well the Evil and Sin That Still Plague Us,” by Shuster, what is the problem with the world
We are the problem
According to that same Shuster article, why might God want us “to believe, trust, and obey him even when there is not a reason to do so that we can wrap our minds around”?
So that we can place God at the center of our lives and rely/ trust in Him
Black Sea pushed up causing waters to flood, based on archaeological discoveries, did not wipe out humanity
Black Sea inundation
All the earth flooded, questions survivors
Global flood model
Very minor flood, only some humans wiped out (most wicked), no geological difficulties
Tepid flood model
Not global, but did wipe out all of humanity outside of the ark
Universal flood model
Alienation, condemnation, enslavement, depravity
Metaphors
We seek to be the creators, sever our relationships with others, separated from God and from who we are meant to be
Alienation
Sin makes us guilty, may be exceptions for children, our failure to live rightly brings judgement and condemnation
Condemnation
Sin is our slave master, we have no “free choice,” true freedom is found only in Christ
Enslavement
We cannot fix our sin, our abilities are darkened by sin, we are subjected to sin
Depravity
Why does God makes covenants with people
Because He always want to reconcile humans to Himself, even in the midst of judgement
