Vocab
1.) The Good News about God at work in Jesus Christ. The word Gospel means “Good News”
2.) God promised to send a savoir to restore human’s friendship with God. Jesus Christ was the savior
1.) Gospel
2.) Savior
God changed Jacob’s name to Israel and God’s people became known as the Israelites
Israelites
One of Adam and Eve’s sons who killed his brother Abel and showed the effects of original sin
Cain
Genesis Chapter 4. Symbolic story showing the effects of original sin on humanity. Shows the sacredness of human life. Symbolizes the separation of human beings from one another. About respecting one another. Shows the healing power of God’s love (God didn’t turn His back in Cain).
Cain and Able
the first sin committed by the first human beings, resulting in the state of sin and the loss of our share in God’s life that effects all people
Original Sin
God's plan for and protection of all creation
Providence
One of God’s people who respected him and built an ark and took 2 of each animal and his family while the world was flooding, he was a Baptist who had three sons, Ham, Shem, and Jaspeth
Noah
Genesis 6-9. Symbolic story. God was GREATLY displeased with humankind so he flooded the earth. God told Noah to grab all the animals and his family and friends. Examples of this story are
Rainbow- The covenant God made with the main person
Water/ Flood-Cleansing (Baptism)
Ark-The Church
Noah’s Ark
1.)A father or founder of a clan, a group, of relate families. The four patriarchs were Abraham, Issac, Jacob, and Joseph.
2.) our ancestor in faith. Also, a motherly figure. The four matriarchs were Sarah, Rebecka, Rachel, and Leah
1.)Patriarchs
2.)Matriarchs
The king of Egypt
Pharaoh
Someone whom God promised that if he takes his people to the “promised land”, he will have a son and make a great nation of him. Abraham was a man of great faith who trusted in God’s will
Abraham
Genesis 11:1-9. Last Symbolic (prehistory) event in Genesis. Symbolizes the separation among groups of people and humanity’s loss of unity. The tower symbolizes greed and human resistance to God’s will (They wanted to be famous and make a name for themselves). Explains the development of different languages. Lesson of the Story- We need to respect people’s differences and appreciate everyone’s dignity.
The Tower of Babel
a gift from God that enables us to believe in Him and accept all he has revealed
Faith
Last of the Old Testament patriarchs who is also one of the 12 sons of Jacob. He was also Jacob’s favorite son.
Joseph
Son of Abraham who had two twin sons and the first born of Abraham
Isaac
1.)an agreement with God and his people
an area in the Middle East that includes present day Israel
1.)Covenant
2.)Canaan
Abraham's wife who was a matriarch
Sarah
One of Issac’s twin sons who tricked the other brother into giving him his birthright and God renamed him Israel which means wrestle with God.
Jacob