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talk about God
faith seeking understanding |
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| "Hear Oh Israel! The Lord is our God; the Lord is one" |
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a statement of belief
Jewish creed is the shema |
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| our attempt to be back in the original state of being like God |
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means "to empty"
Jesus emptied himself of divinity so he could take on humanity |
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through Jesus and scriptures we hear stories to learn
God is creator and protector
God is one
Israelites are God's people |
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Tradition/Family |
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Greek translation of the Hebrew bible
72 people translated it in 72 days
read by the early Christians |
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| title in Greek for Messiah |
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first five books of the Bible
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
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| flood stories from ancient Babylon |
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| Adam and Eve's original sin in the garden |
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third patriarch
married to Rachel, daughter of Laban
father of many sons, including Joseph
Israelites are all his descendants |
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1-light separating day and night
2-sky
3-dry land and sea
4-lights in the sky (sun, moon, stars)
5-creatures of water
6-beasts of the field and humanity
7-rests |
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in the image of God
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| tree of knowledge of good and evil |
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bad tree
Adam and Eve ate from it
caused the fall |
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personal, intimate name for God
even more sacred as YHWH |
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another name for God
more impersonal/generic |
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the first woman
took the fruit |
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son of Adam and Eve
farmer
kills Abel (fratricide)
builds a city and finds wives |
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son of Adam and Eve
shepherd
killed by Cain |
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his righteousness saved him and his family
Noadic Covenant-God would not destroy the earth with water rainbow was the sign of the covenant |
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confused all of the people's language and they dispersed
tower represents their pridefulness
happened due to the evil from the Fall |
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Abraham's nephew
flees from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah |
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Abram says she is his sister so that the Egyptians won't kill him
She is barren; gives Hagar to him instead
Eventually has Isaac |
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land
people/descendants
sign: circumcision |
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| concubine and child of Abraham |
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patriarch
gets the blessing from Isaac because he and Rebekah deceived Isaac
wrestles with God
name changed to Israel
married to Rachel
has twelve sons |
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brother of Jacob
born first
red and hairy
outsider |
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patriarch
married to Rebekah
father of Jacob and Esau |
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leader of Egypt
had dreams (Joseph interpreted) |
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sent down the river after born, picked up by Pharaoh's daughter
goes into exile after killing a Hebrew
chosen to deliver the people |
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God talking to Moses
reveals himself to him, says Yahweh is his name |
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| what God told Moses he was |
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weaken the Egyptian power in order to free the Israelites
Moses and Aaron perform miracles with their staffs |
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brother of Moses
speaks for Moses because he can't speak well |
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Moses parts the Red Sea as they cross into Egypt
where God finally defeats Pharaoh |
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| Blood marked on the doors so the Holy Spirit would pass them over |
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| bread eaten in the desert |
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Mountain, Moses went up there for 40 days to hear God's voice
aka Horeb
Israelites stop there on the way to the Promised Land |
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given to Moses to deliver to the Israelites
conditional covenant-He will be their God and they will be his people if they follow His law |
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chest, contains Aaron's staff,10 commandments, and pieces of manna
Israelites took it to war, it was stolen by the Philistines |
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Israelites formed this in order to have a god to protect them like the other religions did
condemned for it |
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completion of the tabernacle represents God's presence among the people
cloud and fire returned after it was built |
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the second law
Re-presents the law to the people |
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| Righteousness and Justice (Amos) |
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God will punish the people for not fulfilling their promises to HIm
God declared an end of Israel's sinful ways, but all is not lost
Amos said they would be judged by military takeover |
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| Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel |
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reason, rational principle, logic
John's gospel concerned with logos |
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| Matthew, Mark, and Luke all have overlapping stories, but different details |
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Jesus fulfilled OT promises
predicted an eternal savior |
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Jesus is the Messiah
only revealed at the end once he is resurrected |
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| "Who do you say that I am?" |
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Main question in Mark's gospel
disciples don't get it, but demons do
God gives witness to who Jesus is at Jesus' baptism and transfiguration |
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| God's reign, domain, and rule |
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heart of early Christain preaching
OT promises have been fulfilled through John the Baptist, HS in Jesus, rejection and passion of Jesus, and his promised return |
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| Goal of the Speeches (Acts) |
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rehearsed the teachings of Jesus
expound the OT
defend charges brought against the church |
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| Central Problem (Galatians) |
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Paul argues Christianity is for everyone
circumcision is not necessary |
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son of Jacob
sold into slavery by his brothers
has visions, favored by Pharaoh |
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the first king, anointed by Samuel
willingly disobeyed God
God turned against him |
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Saul messes up
David becomes new king
God likes him
covenant: his line shall rule forever |
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David's son
nation is divided into Judah and Israel |
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place of exile
temple is destroyed |
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preaches of a new covenant
old covenant isn't working because the people can't live up to the law
this one will be written on our hearts |
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