Covenants pt. I
What came first, the covenant of works or the covenant of grace?
Covenant of works
What is the token in the Noahic covenant?
Rainbow
What does the book of Joshua cover?
Israelite conquest of Canaan
By what year (roughly) were cities established in Mesopotamia?
3000 BC
When did Hammurabi reign?
1792-1750 BC
What is a federal head? (Not looking for examples, but definition)
Legal/covenantal representative of the covenantal members and can make binding legal/covenantal commitments on behalf of the entire group
What is the covenant with Christ known as?
The covenant of consummation
What day did God create the sun, moon, and stars?
Day 4
Who is Sargon (the Great)?
King of Akkad and he created the first recorded empire when he conquered the other city-states in Mesopotamia
What is the economy like, predominantly?
Agricultural
In the OT, how is God's grace revealed?
By his continual faithfulness to his covenants
What two main things did God promise Abram/Abraham (looking across all three covenants God made with him in Genesis chapters 12, 15, and 17)?
Land and offspring; place and people
Gives Isaac (people/offspring) and Abraham buys a plot of land to bury Sarah in (place/land)
What was the social structure like?
Nobles -> Free men/craftsmen/commoners -> slaves on the bottom
What is the writing system called?
Cuneiform
What is the definition for "covenant"
Bond in blood sovereignly administered
What is the token God gives to Abraham in Genesis 15?
Smoking pot and flaming torch
List the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin
What three areas of life were kings responsible for in Mesopotamia?
What is does "Lex Taliones" mean?
How are the covenants of the OT characterized? Covenants of the NT?
OT: Shadow, prophecy, expectation, hope, promise
NT: Fulfillment, reality, realization, promises come true
What's the difference between the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace?
Covenant of Works: God made this with Adam before the Fall and said that he and his posterity would inherit eternal life upon the condition of perfect and personal obedience.
Adam failed (The Fall)
Covenant of Grace: God is pleased to make a second covenant where he freely offers sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ; requiring of them faith in Christ
What is the curse on the serpent? The woman? Man?
Serpent: Cursed above all livestock; belly; eat dust; bruise the heel of the woman's seed, but his head will be bruised in return
Woman: Pain in childbearing and childbirth; her desire shall be contrary to her husband but he shall rule over her
Adam: The ground is cursed; labor will be hard; he will die
List the 7 requirements for civilization
Cities, bureaucracy, writing, art, social structure, religion, and trade
During 3000-2340, what three major developments occurred in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Development towards kingship, constant warfare, territorial expansion