Did God give the 10 commandments before or after he saved them – and why is this important?
He gave the commandments AFTER he saved them, because God always redeems first and then instructs his people how to live.
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What did God promise to do after He gave His people laws they were supposed to live by?
He promised to set up His house in the middle of them.
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Why didn’t Israel go into the Promised Land right away?
Because they were afraid they couldn’t conquer the giants who lived there and they grumbled and quarreled.
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Did God immediately give Israel a king to rule over them whey they entered the Promised Land?
No, God gave them Judges.
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What are 1&2 Samuel about?
They are about the united kingdom of Israel.
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What are the two parts of the 10 commandments?
The first four commandments teach us to love God, and the second six commandments teach us to love our neighbor.
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What did God call His house in the midst of His people?
The Tabernacle.
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Who believed Israel could conquer the giants living in Canaan and were allowed into the Promised Land?
Joshua and Caleb.
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What were Judges?
They were specially gifted heroes who would rescue Israel from their enemies.
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Was it wrong for the people to ask for a king?
No, because God had given laws to future Israelite kings in Deuteronomy, but the Israelites asked at the wrong time and for the wrong reason.
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Why does God command us not to worship using idols?
Because he provides his Son, Jesus Christ, as His perfect image and doesn’t want us to picture him in any other way.
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What was the Tabernacle a picture of?
Heaven on earth and a return to Eden.
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How did God respond when the people complained they couldn’t conquer the giants living in the Promised Land?
He said that generation would wander in the wilderness for 40 years and die – and only their children and Joshua and Caleb would enter the Promised Land.
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What was the cycle that happened over and over again in Judges?
The Israelites would sin, they would be harassed by their enemies, they would pray to God in repentance, and God would send a hero to deliver them.
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Who was the first king of Israel?
Saul
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What does it mean to covet and why shouldn’t we do it?
It means to want what someone else has. We shouldn’t do it because God wants us to be content with what He has given us.
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Who did God call to serve in His house?
The tribe of Levi were called to be priests in His house.
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What is the book of Joshua about?
It is about Joshua leading the people into the Promised Land and conquering their enemies.
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Who was the last and greatest Judge?
Samuel
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Why did the people choose Saul as their first king?
He was tall and good-looking.
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Where do we find the 10 commandments in the Bible?
Exodus 20.
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What were the three parts of the tabernacle?
The outer court, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies
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How did God tell Joshua to knock down the walls of Jericho so they could conquer the city?
By having the priests march around it for six days – and then to blow trumpets and shout at it.
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How was the death of Samson a picture of Jesus?
Samson sacrificed his own life to kill God enemies when we pulled the building down on top of him.
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How did Saul sin and lose his kingship?
Instead of waiting for a priest to offer a sacrifice before an important battle, he decided to act as a priest himself--which was against God's law because he wasn't a Levite.