Creation/ Corruption
Genesis 1:1-2 says "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was ____ and ______ was on the face of the deep."
What "void & without form" and "darkness?"
About 2000 years after Creation, how was God feeling about man?
What is "grieved in His heart?....sorry that He had created man...."
God's promise and covenant to Abraham......
What is "All people of the earth would be blessed through his descendants?" (Gene 12:1-3
or I will make a great nation from you
or I will bless those that bless you & curse those that curse you
or your descendants shall be as many as the stars and grains of sand
Born a Hebrew slave, but adopted in Pharoah's royal family, this chosen man of God stood up to Pharoah to "Let God's people go."
Who is Moses?
After Moses death, God appointed this successor to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land.
Hint: Battle of Jericho - walls came tumbling down....
The people of Israel insisted on a king as their leader, rather than a priest, so God allowed Samuel to anoint this man as the 1st king of Israel in the 11th century B.C.
Who was Saul?
The prophet Isaiah preached revival to Israel during the time of captivity. What are the 2 themes of this book of prophecy? Theme of Judgment (of Israel, enemy nations and the earth) and Theme of _________?
What is redemption?
Genesis 1 describes this as God's first spoken command at Creation, Let there be _________
What is light?
What is he walked with God or
he found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Gen 6:8) or
he trained his family in righteousness?
Out of Abraham's faith & faithlessness (mistakes), these 3 major world religions came to life.....
What are
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
The ancient Jewish celebration of The Passover began with this event (the 10th and most devastating plague God sent on Egypt?)
What is all the firstborn sons were killed?
The death angel passed over the Hebrew homes because the lamb's blood was applied to their doorpost.
After finally crossing the Jordan River into the Promised Land, the 12 Israelite priests representing the 12 ancient tribes each carried one large stone from the riverbed and stacked them as a reminder of what?
A sign of all God had done for them -crossing the Jordan - keeping His promise
Joshua 4:6-7
Before Israel was a monarchy ruled by a king, its tribes were ruled by who?
Who were Judges?
The boy king Josiah turned the nation of Israel back to God, unlike his father and grandfather who had been influenced by the pagan worship of surrounding nations. Josiah assembled all of Jerusalem beside the temple and read aloud the Law to the people. The Bible says there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his _________, _________, and _________. (2 Kings 23:24-25).
God created:
Day 1: light, time space, earth
Day 2: separated water with heavens
Day 3: dry land & plants, trees, seeds
Day 4: sun, moon, stars
Day 5 and 6: What was created?
What are:
Day 5: winged creatures, fish, sea creatures
Day 6: land animals, man & woman
In Genesis 6, God gives very specific guidelines for Noah to build the ark, including;
510 x 85 x 51 feet (300 x 50 x 30 cubits)
and this many decks?
What is 3?
This son of Abraham is a type of Christ in Genesis 22, as he was willing to submit to his father as a sacrificial lamb?
Who is Isaac?
In Exodus 14:13-14, pursued by Pharoah's army before crossing the Red Sea, God told Moses to tell the Israelites to just _______ ________, that God would ________ for them.
What is "be still", God would "fight" for them?
Eventually, Israel stopped reminding the future generations of God's mighty works - each person pursued his own way & the reverence of God faded.
What was the cycle that repeated itself 7 times during this "time of the judges?"
1. Israel strayed from God
2. God allowed them to be conquered by other nations
3. God rose up a judge to save them
4. There was peace in the land.
5. Repeat
God sent Samuel to secretly anoint this king, a man after God's own heart. Despite his mistakes he was a humble man who repented and learned to depend on God. He is known for defeating the giant Goliath with a sling & a stone, and for writing many of the Psalms.
Who was David?
The prophet Daniel refused to go along with the pagan culture of the nations who had taken Israel captive. He was thrown into the lions den for this.....
Genesis 1:24-25 says "Then God said "Let Us make man in Our own image." This plural phrase refers to Whose presence at creation?
Who is the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)?
Genesis 7-8: After 40 days & nights of torrential downpour, earthquakes, & volcanoes that ripped apart the supercontinent, God allowed Noah and his family to leave the Ark after about a year. In Genesis 9, God then revealed a change in man's relationship & role with animals. What was this change?
God reminded Jacob (Isaac's son) of His covenant and promise of protection to his people in 2 very interesting experiences?
What is:
his dream of a stairway to heaven (Gen 28)
he wrestled with God (preincarnate Christ) (Gen 32)
God gave Moses the Law on Mount Sinai.
8 of the 10 commandments were Do Not Commands.
Name the 2 Commandments that the Israelites were supposed To Do.
What are:
Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy
Honor they father and thy mother
Name one of the 12 leaders who "judged" Israel.
(Hint: we've studied 3).
Who are:
Deborah
Gideon
Samson
What was to kill the baby? This made the real mother identify herself in order to save the baby.
King Nebuchadnezzar is an example of God being in control of choosing & empowering world leaders. His life and heart were changed when he repented of his pride and acknowledged God's sovreign authority after spending 7 years in the wilderness living as a wild animal. "And those who walk in pride He is able to ________." (Daniel 4:37
What is "humble" or "make lower"?
Geneis 3 says Adam and Eve brought sin into the world by choosing to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Satan deceived Eve by telling her that if they ate of the fruit, what would happen?
Adam was not deceived, but chose to take on his bride's sin, which is a picture (type) of _______?
What is their eyes would be open and they would be like God......
Who is Christ?
100 years after the Flood, God was not pleased with the descendants of Noah. They had settled in near Shinar (modern day Iraq) and were building a tower to reach heaven. God confused them with people suddenly speaking 90 languages at the Tower of Babel in order to make them do what (as He had originally commanded them)?
What is spread out and scatter about the earth? (Genesis 11:9)
When Joseph (Jacob's son) reunited with his brothers years after they sold him into slavery, he demonstrated the love of Christ in this response in Genesis 50:19-21....
"But as for me, you meant evil against me, but ____________"
What is:
"God meant is for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive."
Then he promised to provide for them and their families, comforted them, & spoke kindly to them.
God cursed the nation of Israel to wander in the wilderness for 40 years due to their unfaithfulness.
In the Bible, the # 40 is associated with what......
What is a period of test/ tribulation/ probation?
Last verse in the book (Judges 21:25) says:
In those days, there was no king in Israel: every man did _______________________?
What is:
did that which was right in his own eyes
This is how God demonstrated his power in a stand off between the prophet Elijah and the evil king Ahab who worshiped the pagan god Baal.
What is by fire from heaven?
This period between the Old Testament and New Testament writings is known as _______ ________ _____ _________. During this time, we don't have any record of God speaking directly through a prophet. Many of Daniel's visions & prophecies about world history events were fulfilled during this time such as the nations that ruled Israel (Babylon, Medo Persia, Greece, Rome).
What is 400 Years of Silence?