Israel's Beginnings
The promises God gave to Abraham are called this.
What is the Abrahamic Covenant?
The laws, with their promises and threatened judgments, are called the this.
What is the Mosaic Covenant?
God told Samuel to anoint this man as Israel’s first king, and this king refused to obey God.
Who is Saul?
The agreement in which God promised to establish David’s throne forever.
What is the Davidic Covenant?
The dispersion of the Israelites is called this.
What is the Diaspora?
God promised Abraham that his descendants would become a great this.
What is nation?
God wanted this to be built as a symbol of God’s presence with His people.
What is the tabernacle?
Moses’ successor, _______, led the Israelites to obey God and conquer Canaan.
Who is Joshua?
At Solomon’s death in 922 BC, the twelve tribes of Israel asked Solomon’s son _________ if he would rule them more gently than his father had.
Who is Rehoboam?
Eventually the Old Testament Scriptures were translated into Greek. This translation was called the.
What is the Septuagint?
God chose ______ from among Abraham’s sons.
Who is Isaac?
The main characteristic of the Jewish religion is this: the belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
The people asked the last judge, Samuel, to give them this like the other nations.
What is a king?
The ten northern tribes followed ________, and they kept the name Israel. Hint: His father was Nebat.
Who is Jeroboam?
Leader of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucids in the second century BC.
Who is Judas Maccabeus?
While the Israelites were in _____, a great famine struck Canaan, but Joseph was already in ______ and was able to be a blessing to many nations.
What is Egypt?
God commanded the Israelites to observe their deliverance by celebrating this.
What is the Passover?
The Israelites failed to obey God. God punished them by sending other nations to rule over parts of Israel. God would raise up this to lead Israel in repentance and deliverance.
What is a judge?
The two southern tribes, ______ and ___________, remained under Rehoboam’s rule. They took the name Judah.
What is Judah and Benjamin?
The Jews believed that the ______ would be a descendant of David who would come to correct all the wrongs they had suffered.
What is the Messiah?
The Israelites’ departure from Egypt is known as this, which took place about 1446 BC.
What is the Exodus?
The Israelites often abandoned the worship of ______ to worship the gods of other nations. Old Testament name for God.
Who is Yahweh?
God led the Israelites from Sinai to the edge of the land of Canaan. Because they did not trust God, they wandered for forty years in the desert before entering the __________ ________.
What is the Promised Land?
Judah’s capital was Jerusalem, and Israel's capital was this.
What is Samaria?
The significance of the New Covenant to Christians today.
What is everyone is offered Jesus’ redemption, God gives the Holy Spirit to change hearts, and He promises to forgive sin, and Christians partake of the Lord’s Supper to remember this covenant?