Bible Flashcards
(28 cards)
Genesis 1
Creation
Day 1: God created an empty Earth and day and night
Day 2: God created Heaven
Day 3: God created land and separated it from the Seas, then made grass and fruit
Day 4: God made the sun, moon, and stars
Day 5: God created sea and air creatures with the idea of reproduction
Day 6: God created land creatures and man
Genesis 2
Adam and Eve
(Day 7: God rested and this is the holy day)
- God made Eden with the tree of life, which possessed all good and evil knowledge
- Rivers in Eden: Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel, Euphrates
- God told Adam to not eat from the tree of life
- God created Eve from Adam’s rib
- He created the marriage system
- Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed
Genesis 3
The Fall
- The serpent tricked Eve to eat from the tree and give it to Adam
- God cursed the serpent to be on its belly and eat dust
- God cursed Eve to be ruled by Adam
- God cursed Adam to essentially be dust
Genesis 4
Cain & Abel
- Cain and Abel are the children of Adam and Eve
- Cain brought fruit to God and Abel brought livestock. Cain’s offer was rejected and he got jealous
- Cain killed Abel and was cursed to be a fugitive and an outcast who would be killed upon greeting
- Cain + his wife -> Enoch -> Irad -> Mehujael -> Methushael -> Lamech
Genesis 6:9-9:7
Noah, The Flood
- The earth was corrupt but Noah was a good man
- Noah was told by God to make the ark: bring your wife and sons and their wives and two of every animal
- The Earth was flooded for 40 days/nights
- Noah is 600 years old and his sons were named Shem, Ham, and Japeth
- He sent out a dove and it seven days it came back with an olive tree in its mouth, signifying life
- Noah made an offering to God (covenant) and God un-cursed the ground
- God told Noah and his family to rule over the animals and multiply
Genesis 19
Sodom & Gomorrah, Lot’s Wife
- Two angels came to Lot at Sodom and Lot let them stay the night
- The men of sodom were not okay with this and wanted to be violent with them
- The men of Sodom tried to attack Lot but the men who were staying with him pulled him in to the house, saving his life
- Then the angels instructed Lot to take his family out of the house because they were sent by God to destroy the city
- He was instructed to escape to the mountains, but Lot refused
- He escaped to the city of Zoar instead
- However Lot’s wife did not escape and became a pillar of salt
- Then the daughters of Lot had children with him in a cave so as to “preserve [his] lineage”
- Sons of the daughters and Lot: Moab and Ben-Ammi
Genesis 22:1-18
Abraham & Isaac
- God decided to test Abraham by asking him to offer his son Isaac as an offering
- Abraham was going to do it, too! No DYFS back then!
- God then called to Abraham, proclaiming him as God-fearing
- Abraham was given a ram to offer instead and he was blessed due to him obeying God
- God also blessed all the nations of the Earth
Exodus 3:1-10
The Burning Bush
- Moses was leading the flock of Jethro through the desert, unsuspectingly, toward Horeb, the mountain of God
- Then he saw a bush that was burning with fire but not consumed by it
- God told Moses that he needed to drive the dwellers in Egypt out so that he could make the land good again (the land was becoming corrupt)
Exodus 14:5-31
The Parting of the Sea
- The people of Egypt turned against their royalty
- The pharaoh had the children of Israel on his side against the people of Egypt
- The children of Israel were scared that the Egyptians were going to hurt them and Moses assured them that God would keep them safe
- God was like what
- God told Moses to part the sea so that the children could escape and so the others could gain respect for God
- The children passed and the Egyptian warriors went into the sea and a tempest swallowed them up
Exodus 32
The Golden Calf
- Moses took a while coming down from the mountain when he went to talk to God
- So the Egyptian people molded their gold together to make a golden calf for them to worship
- God grew mad at this and sent Moses down to correct it; God wanted to kill these people
- Moses bargained for God to reconsider because of previous promises He had made to keep humanity alive
- So, God made The Ten Commandments instead
- Then Moses went down and saw people worshipping the calf. He called the supporters of God to his side and the two sides fought. Many people died.
- Then God plagued the people who wronged him
1 Samuel 17
David and Goliath
- Goliath was the champion of the Philistines
- He was all in bronze
- He challenged the enemy armies of Israel: if their best soldier could beat him, the fight would be lost
- David went to bring food to his brothers’ army camp and he ran into the battle scene
- David was chosen to fight Goliath
- He had to try on and test all the armor and equipment first
- David was on the side of God…he struck Goliath with a stone and then stole his sword when he went unconscious and killed him
1 Samuel 18
David & Saul
-Saul resented David because singing women foreshadowed David taking over the entire kingdom
-“Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten
thousands”
-Saul tried to kill David but it did not work…David was loved more anyway
-Saul became afraid of David’s good behavior
-Saul’s daughter wanted to marry David
-For dowry, Saul asked David for the foreskins of two hundred members of the Philistines (he wanted David to die)
-David kinda just got it
-Saul was like what
-Saul saw that the jealousy was dumb
2 Samuel 11
David & Bathsheba
- David was in Jerusalem and ran into Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah
- David had an affair with Bathsheba and she had a child
- He invited Uriah over and he never left; he stayed at David’s
- Uriah was moved, as a result, to a place where he was killed
- This didn’t really phase David…he married Bathsheba
- God was displeased
1 Kings 3:16-28
Solomon’s Wisdom
- There are two women who lived in the same house, each with a baby son. One woman laid on top of her son, killing him. She took the son and swapped it out with the other woman’s living son in her sleep.
- At least this is what the one woman accused the other of in front of the King. They argued and said that they were each the mother of the living child.
- King Solomon then said to divide the child in half so that the argument would be settled
- One woman agreed with this, but the other said that this would hurt the child
- So, Solomon knew that the humane woman was the mother of the living child
Job 1:1-2:10
God and Satan discuss Job.
- Job was a good man who was against evil and loved God over everything
- Satan said that Job was full of it and that he could turn against God
- Job then lost his property and children because of Satan…but he did not hate God
- Then Satan gave Job boils and bad health and even his wife hated God as result…but Job still did not hate God
Matthew 5:1-13
The Beatitudes
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Believing = salt and light of the world
Matthew 14:1-21
John the Baptist / 5 Loaves of Bread and 2 Fish
- John the Baptist was brought back from the dead after this happened to him:
- Herod wanted Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. John said that was unlawful. But sure enough, Herodias’s daughter came to Herod and pleased him. Then she asked Herod for John’s head. The disciples buried John’s body and went to Jesus to tell.
- Jesus left after that. He healed the sick of a multitude he saw.
- The multitude did not have enough food, only 5 loaves of bread and two fish.
- Jesus multiplied these so that all could eat
Matthew 19:16-24
Wealth and Salvation
- Jesus counsels the young ruler
- He says that in order to get eternal life, he must follow the commandments and give to the poor
- It is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God
Matthew 26:14-56
Thirty Silver Coins / Gethsemane / Betrayed With a Kiss
- Judas, one of the disciples, was given thirty silver coins to betray Jesus
- They went to eat the Last Supper…Jesus was onto Judas the whole time
- Wine/bread symbolism
- Jesus predicted that Peter would deny Him three times. Then Peter denied that he would deny Him. Strike one, Peter.
- Jesus tried to have his disciples watch for his betrayers while he prayed for his cup to go away, but they fell asleep
- Judas wrote on a sign saying whomever he kissed was the “One” to “seize”…he kissed Jesus
- Jesus said that each person who touched the sword would perish by it…all the disciples fled
Matthew 27:27-31
Mocked by Soldiers
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. 28 And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.
Luke 6:24-31
Wealth / Turning the Other Cheek
Woes:
24 “But woe to you who are rich,
For you have received your consolation.
25 Woe to you who are full,
For you shall hunger.
Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you[a] when all[b] men speak well of you,
For so did their fathers to the false prophets.
- Jesus pronounced to love your enemies and give to those who ask of you
- “Treat others the way you want to be treated”
Luke 10:25-37
The Good Samaritan
- A lawyer asked Jesus what warrants eternal life
- Jesus’s response: love God, love yourself, and love your neighbor
- On asking what qualifies as a neighbor, Jesus said this story:
- A man in Jerusalem had all his possessions stolen by thieves who wounded him and left him for dead…A Levite passed by but a Samaritan healed him and brought him to an inn
- Neighbor = Good Samaritan
Luke 15:11-32
The Prodigal Son
- A son asked for his possessions from his father and took them, wasting them in a prodigal lifestyle. Then a famine hit and he tried to join a different country but nobody gave him anything.
- He went back to his father, saying that he wanted to be hired as one of his servants.
- However the father celebrated his son being found again after being lost. He used this as a justification when the son’s older brother got jealous (“you wouldn’t even give me a goat and now you’re giving him a calf”)
John 2:1-11
Water into Wine
- At a wedding, they had run out of wine
- Jesus took water from the pots and turned it into wine