1) Thinking--facts are defined by concept. 2) Ideas and Events--events and ideas in your life connect with one another 3) Ways into His Presence--Pray, abide.

HINT: TIW

Wonder--Relates to a miracle.

Awe--Fear and honor of God

Glory--Isaiah 6:3; the whole earth is full of God's glory.

Mystery--"The more I know, the more I don't know." 

HINT: WAGM

1) Law code

2) Location

3) Prophets

HINT: LLP

1) Patriarchal (God making covenant w/ people)

2) Egyptian

3) Wilderness and Conquest

4) Judges

5) United Monarchy (1 king ruling over one nation)

6) Divided Monarchy (Solomon dies and the kingdom splits in 2)

7) Exile and post-exile (God calls us back to Him)

HINT: PEW JUDE

Prophet, priest, and king

HINT: PPK

1) Covenant - covenant relationship with God

2) Obedience

3) Sacrifice - a sacrifice to get into God's presence

HINT: COS

1) Place--Only the priests can go in this holy place and only with a blood sacrifice.

2) Event--Encounters with God, gathering together for a feast.

3) Time--certain times to worship God

Hint: PET

-Born: 2166 BC

- Date of Exodus

- Duration of stay in Egypt--400 years

- Time between Abraham's birth and Jacob's descent to Egypt

HINT: BDDT

1) Simple faith in God

2) Revelation

3) Father is priest of family

4) Covenant promise

5) Tithes

6) True obedience and proper ethical conduct required

HINT: SRF CTT

1) Suzerain-Vassal--Parties are not equal to each other.

2) Parity--2 parties are equal

3) Royal grant--King/queen want to bless someone so they grant them something

Hint: SPR

1) Sovereign offer--Offer was made, God gave Abraham an offer.

2) Acceptance

3) Trial period--To see if you're faithful

4) Ratification--Finalization

Hint: SATR

1) Preamble--The person who's offering the covenant identifies who they are. Ex) "I the Lord God Almighty."

2) Historical prologue

3) Stipulations--Setting down the rules

4) Sanctions

5) Provision of a copy--a copy of the covenant in case you forget what it says

6) Witnesses--Signature of a witness

HINT: PH SS PW

Sinaitic/Mosiac Covenant

• The Lord calls Moses to Himself

• Covenant established

• God again calls Moses to Himself

• People break covenant--They break the covenant not even 40 days after the they made the promise.

1) God orally spoke them the ten commandments

2) The book of the Covenant which were the instructions that God gave Moses on the first occassion

3) The lengthly instructions that Moses gives

1) Moral Law (Ten Commandments)--Basis for everything else in the law. 

2) Civil Law--How to act every day, how to interact with each other, how you care for the poor/children, etc.

3) Ceremonial Law--Refers to the religious matters

Hint: MCC

1) Causistic--Cause and Effect

2) Apodictic--Absolute, for certain, or always the same

1) Marah--"bitter." There's water but the Israelites can't drink it b/c it's bitter. But then God makes it sweet by telling Moses to put a tree in the water.

2) Elim--God will provide for them.

3) Desert of Sin

4) Rephidim

5) Arrival at Sinai--Got there after 3 months after they left Egypt. Stayed there for a little less than a year. 

Sinaitic/Mosiac Covenant

1) Setting--Camped there before the mountain. God calls Moses up to the mountain.

2) God's offer--Thunder and lightening, loud trumpet sound, flashes. God gives ten commandments.

3) People's response--Ppl need to step back and listen to Moses about what God told him. So they waited.

4) Further stipulations 

5) Provision of angelic guide--God sent an angel to them to guide them and told the people to listen to the angel and not be rebellious.