Term
| 7 contexts we need to accomodate other than the Bible |
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Definition
1. social
2. cultural
3. economic
4. moral climate
5. religious
6. political
7. geographic |
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| Important Criteria to build a town |
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Definition
1. water source
2. access to arable land
3. defendability
4. marketable (road access) |
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Term
| 5 zones that go North to South in Canaan |
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Definition
1. coastal plain
2. shephelah
3. central hills
4. jordan rift
5. transjordanian plateau |
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Term
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Definition
1. world/universe
2. humanity
3. sin
4. redemption
5. nations
6. covenant |
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Term
| indications that the people had lost touch with God |
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Definition
1. "Who shall I say has sent me?"- Moses (anticipating them to ask who God is)
2. Make golden calf (revert to idolatry so quickly)
3. Joshua 24:15- reminds them that their forefathers worshipped other deities in Egypt |
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Term
| Babel problem - Why they built a tower |
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Definition
1. make a name for themselves.
2. to not be scattered; didn't want to fill the earth and multiply |
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Term
| four promises God made to Abraham |
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Definition
1. son
2. great nation
3. give land (Canaan)
4. all families of earth blessed through him |
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Term
| son options for the promise from God |
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Definition
1. Lot
2. Eleazer (servant)
3. Ishmael (from Hagar, Sarah's maid)
4. Isaac-"he laughs" from sarah |
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Term
| ten plagues (having to do with the exodus) |
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Definition
1. water to blood
2. frogs
3. gnats
4. flies
5. death of livestock
6. boils
7. hail
8. locusts
9. darkness
10. death of firstborn |
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Term
| episodes of crossing body of water on dry land |
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Definition
1. crossing Red Sea
2. crossing Jordan at flood stage
3. Elijah - Jordan
4. Elisha - Jordan |
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Term
| theories as to why the wall of Jericho might have fallen |
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Definition
1. combination of people shouting and playing music (decibel level)
2. rhythm of feet act - tremors
3. earthquake? - even so, God could have caused this and it's still a miracle. |
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Term
| only things saved from the city of Jericho to be preserved for the treasury of the Lord |
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Definition
1. gold
2. silver
3. bronze
4. iron |
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Term
| four cities the Bible talks about the Israelites destroying |
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Definition
1. Jericho (torched)
2. Ai (torched)
3. Hazor (torched)
4. Jerusalem (torched) - in Judges |
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Term
| elements of why people would serve the devil over God |
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Definition
1. laziness/negligence
2. self-satisfaction
3. lure of neighbors
4. challenge of the faith (mythology)
5. failure to pass on the faith
a)Don't teach next generation
b)Fail to impress dynamics of what it means to serve the Lord |
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Term
| unique components of armaments (weapons) Gideon used against the Midianites |
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Definition
1. torches
2. jars
3. trumpets |
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Term
| Nazarite vows (like Samson) |
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Definition
1. For duration of vow, cannot cut hair
2. Must have nothing to do with the grape in any form, nor strong drink (beer)
3. Can't touch a dead body (animals/people) |
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Term
| Samson's violations of his Nazarite vow |
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Definition
1. Deliliah cuts his hair
2. He's at parties with beer, but we don't know if he drank
3. lion carcass with honey/took clothes from dead bodies |
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Term
| five cities of the pentapolis |
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Definition
1. ashdod
2. ashkelon
3. Gath
4. Gaza
5. Ekron |
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Term
| Reasons the people wanted a king instead of judge Samuel |
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Definition
1. Samuel is old
2. Sons don't follow in his ways
3. Want a king to govern them like other nations have
4. want a military leader
**God told Samuel that they weren't rejecting him; they were rejecting God |
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Term
| Saul's rejection in 2 steps |
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Definition
1. dynasty rejected
a. Saul didn't follow instructions (didn't wait for Samuel to offer sacrifice)
2. kingship rejected
b. in destroying the Amalekites, he let the king (Agag) live and didn't destroy everything as he was instructed
**Saul is always trying to justify what he's done instead of accepting that it was wrong... this is the difference between him and David (a man after God's own heart): he's always making excuses. Saul will always blame things on other people, but David has a heart of repentance. |
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