Bible breakdown
Stories from before the birth of Jesus about God's people are the ___________ testament.
Old
How many creation stories are there?
2
In the fall, sin enters the world through the first time through Adam and Eve's _____________ to God
disobedience
The mother of all creation, whom the serpant tricked
Eve
our duty to care for creation
stewardship
The first five books of the bible, which tell traditional stories of God's people are called the __________
Pentatuch or Law Books
In both Creation stories, what are two important truths they have in common?
God is the only creator, God made man in his image, God made everything.
Why were he people of Babel were building the tower?
For fame, power, to get to Heaven, make a name for themselves.
The son who found favor with God, but was killed by his jealous brother
Abel
The bible was written with
Divine inspiration
The historical books are to a U.S. history textbook as the Wisdom books are to ______________
poetry, songs, artistic fiction
What is one difference between the first and the second creation story?
Man made first vs. last, God made everything "good" vs everything made for the man
Why was Cain jealous of Abel?
God favored Abel's gift over Cain's because Abel gave the best of what he had.
The son who did not give God the best of what he had and killed his brother out of jealousy
Cain
God communicates to us through
creation, tradition, and the bible
Name the four categories of books in the Old Testament
Law, Historical, Wisdom, and prophetic books
Explain one important truth we get from the first story of creation
varies
God sent a flood, but spared Noah. Why?
Who did Adam blame for the first sin? Who did Eve blame?
Adam blamed Eve, but also God. Eve blamed the sperent
The three names for the first five books of the bible
Pentatuch, Law, Torah
Genesis is what kind of book from the Old Testament? What does this tell us about how we read and interpret the book of Genesis?
Law/ Pentatuch. Stories have religious truth, but not necesarily historically or scientifically accurate.
Explain one important truth we get from the second story of creation
varies
In each story of sin, what are the two consequences? Give an example from one of the stories.
Conflict and seperation, varies
The "New Eve" who said yes to God where Eve disobeyed God
Mary
Explain why Jesus is considered the New Adam
Jesus resists temptation and obeys God where Adam did not