Bible Flashcards

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reason

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knowable by repeatable empirical observation

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faith

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knowable only by testimony from a witness

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creation

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all creation depends on god for its existence

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the state of original justice

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  • “the man and his wife were both naked, but felt no shame (Genesis 2:25)
  • because there was no bad/evil they didn’t know
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temptation

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  • the snake tells eve that she will not die, but her eyes will be opened and be like gods, knowing good and evil
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immediate punishment

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  • “there eyes were opened and they knew they were naked”
  • they know know good and evil and they were kicked out of the garden of eden
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human nature in original justice vs the fallen state

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immortal - mortal
impassible - vulnerable to suffering
enlightened - darkness of mind
just - malicious
ordered desires - unruly desires

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very good

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  • God is the model of his own creation
  • The diversity and multiplicity of things in harmonious order reflect the beauty and goodness of God that can never be reproduced in any one finite creature
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created of dust from the ground

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  • You are not God. You are created
  • You are not evil.
  • You are formed from God’s “very good” earth.
  • All human beings are one, from one and the same earth: we are all equal in nature and dignity
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God breathed into [him]. . . the breath of life . . .

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gives us life and soul

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THE IMAGO DEI

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  • God sees himself in us. Each human being is known and loved by God.
  • The deepest reason for the inviolability of human dignity and for human solidarity.
  • Power to know as God knows
  • Power to love as God loves Free, relational persons
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the fall of man kind

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  • the state of original justice
  • the temptation
  • the immediate punishment
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odyssey back to eden - origional justice

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  • GIFT/COVENANT: FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN EDEN
  • REJECTION/ INFIDELITY: DISOBEDIENCE IN EATING OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
  • HUMBLING: EXILE: EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN, DEATH, SHAME, TOIL
  • REPENTANCE/RETURN: ADAM + EVE ACCEPT PUNISHMENT
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ODYSSEY BACK TO EDEN - offspring of eve

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  • GOD’S GIFT/COVENANT: THE OFFSPRING OF WOMAN WILL CRUSH THE SERPENT (GN 3:15)
  • REJECTION/INFIDELITY: CAIN MURDERS HIS BROTHER ABEL
  • HUMBLING: EXILE: FAMINE, TOIL, AND THE GREAT FLOOD
  • REPENTANCE/RETURN: NOAH, THE RIGHTEOUS MAN
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ODYSSEY BACK TO EDEN - the covenant with noah

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  • GOD’S GIFT/COVENANT: NOAHIDE COVENANT: PROMISE TO RENEW CREATION
  • REJECTION/INFIDELITY: PRIDEFUL BUILDING OF THE TOWER OF BABEL
  • HUMBLING: EXILE: CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES AND SCATTERING OF NATIONS
  • REPENTANCE/RETURN: ABRAM, OUR FATHER IN FAITH
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the covenant with abraham

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  • Lord said to abraham: Go forth from you land, relatives, and father’s house to a land that I will show you.
  • A Great Nation: return from exile
  • A Great Name: reversal of shame
  • Source of Worldwide Blessing: glory of bringing God’s blessing to the world
  • only asks for trust in return
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why did Abraham sacrifice Isaac?

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  • god commands him to in order to test his faith
  • when god intervened and provided a ram to be sacrificed instead it showed God was faithful to promises and would always provide
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what does the sacrifice of Issac foreshadow?

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  • God’s sacrifice of his son, Jesus Christ
  • both on temple mount, son carries wood, for son’s glory, father trusts/knows son will rise, ram offered instead of son and son offered instead of us
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typology

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A form of biblical interpretation that proceeds on the belief that God placed foreshadowings of Christ in the events, people, rituals, and laws of the Old Testament

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joseph betrayal

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  • Son (the dreamer) who finds favor with his father
  • Betrayed by envious brothers
  • Sold into slavery
  • Sold to Pharoah’s court
  • Interprets dreams and wins Pharoah’s favor
  • Pharoah’s wife Potiphar tempts him, but he refuses
  • Prophesies a famine; saves Egypt from starvation
  • Has mercy on his brothers and is reconciled
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Joseph and Jesus similarities

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  • beloved by fathers
  • dream of brother bowing - “At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow”
  • sent to check on brothers - sent to check on the human race
  • both sold for silver
  • both tempted but don’t sin
  • both bestow bread
  • brother repent of sin - humans seek mercy for sins
  • both betrayals are part of gods plan
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Yhwh

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  • I am who am
  • what god told Moses at the burning bush
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10 plagues

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  1. Water of Nile turns to blood
  2. Nile swarms with frogs
  3. Dust of earth becomes gnats
  4. Swarm of flies
  5. Death of livestock
  6. Ashes turned to boils and sores
  7. Thunder and hail
  8. Locusts devour grain
  9. Darkness
  10. Death of the firstborn
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what did all 10 plagues have in common

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they all attacked an Egyptian god except for the 10th which attacked the Pharoh

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what was passover?

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  • in order to protect their first borns, the Herbrews put the blood of a male lamb without blemish over their doors
  • God would PASSOVER any house with blood on the door
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chosen people

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Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), 12 sons: Judah is one of the 12

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4 senses of scripture

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  • Literal: Meaning conveyed by words according to genre
  • Allegorical: Symbol (type) pointing to Christ
  • Moral: Symbol instructing in righteousness
  • Anagogical: Symbol pointing to heavenly homeland
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3 sprirtual senses of scripture

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Allegorical, Moral, and Anagogical

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examples of the 3 spiritual senses

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  • Allegorical: sacrifice of Issac and Passover
  • Moral: forbidden fruit and parting of the sed sea
  • anagogical: adam and eve when pure and the Arc of Covenant
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Canaan

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  • The promise land
  • the allotments of the 12 tribes of Israel
  • no king, ruled by the law of god and judges to settle disputes
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who was the first king if Canaan

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  • Saul, anointed by the prophet samuel
  • corrupt, God rejects Saul and sends Samuel to annoint David
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David’s anointment

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  • secretly anointed as a shepherd boy
  • brought to Saul’s court as a musician
  • volunteers to fight goliath with no armor and just a sling
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David vs Goliath

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  • fight on the battlefield
  • when David wins, proves God is the one true god
  • he becomes king and leads the Ark into the City of David, dancing ecstatically
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temple of Solomon

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  • david gets a message from god to build a great temple for the eark
  • his son Solomon builds the temple
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are the promises to Abraham fulfilled

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  • Exile from Eden, promise of great land, Promised Land (Israel)
  • shame of first parents, promise of great name, Davidic Dynasty
  • inheritance of original justice lost, promise of worldwide blessing, Temple as Meeting Place with God and Wisdom for All Nations (Solomon)
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what happened to Israel and Judiah

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  • they split up because Solomon’s grandson vowed to rule more harshly
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what did the Babylonians do to jerusalem

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  • conquered it
  • destroyed temple
  • ark of the covenant lost
  • people exiled to Babylon
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what did the persians do to jerusalem

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let jews return and build second temple

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what happened when the romans conquered jerusalem

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  • destroyed second temple
  • killed/enslaved many jews
  • beginning of the Diaspora
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