Creation
How did God describe his finished creation?
What is "Very Good"
What did God say would happen to Adam and Eve if they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
The would surely die.
How many days did rain flood the earth?
40 days.
What is, "To sacrifice Isaac, his only son."
How many brothers did Joseph have?
11
God created this in the first 3 days.
What is day and night, sky and sea, and land?
This is what God made mankind to be in the beginning.
What is good kings and queens who reflect God's rule.
What was God's covenant with Noah
That he would not destroy the earth again with a flood.
This was the meaning of Joseph's two dreams.
What is "God would bless him and he would rule over his whole family?"
What is the sun, moon, and stars; birds and sea creatures; and land animals.
Mankind was made to spread the good life of the Garden to the rest of the world. Choosing to rule their own way, they spread this instead.
What is death.
This is what a Covenant is.
What is a special type of promise that includes blessing and curses?
This is what Jesus has to do with Abraham.
This is what Joseph's brother's did to prevent Joseph's dreams from coming true.
What is sold his into slavery and said he was dead?
This is what Jesus has to do with the Flood.
What is, "Jesus is the one who builds his church and saves us from the flood of sin and death."
"God will provide for himself a Lamb." These words of Abraham are fulfilled in these two ways.
What is the Ram caught in the bush, and Jesus, "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world."
This is what Jesus has to do with Joseph.
What is, "Jesus is the better Joseph who is betrayed but delivers his people from death, even his betrayers, and brings life to the world."
These are God's special, bonus acts of creation on days 3 and 6.
What is plants and mankind.
Right after the Fall, this was God’s promise to save humanity.
What is, "A descendent of Eve will strike the head of the serpent, defeat sin, and restore our relationship with Him."
Like the ark, this is where Christian's are kept safe from the floods of death that fill our world.
What is the Church?
This is why God promises to bless Jacob.
What is because he is gracious and loving, and not because Jacob was good or deserving?
This is what Joseph said when his brother's were worried that he was going to get even with them.
What is, "What you meant for evil, God meant for good."
God made mankind to live with God as rulers of creation and spread the good life of the Garden out into all the world. This is how Jesus describes this command. (What, according to Jesus, are we made for?)
What is, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself."
This is the tragic irony of the first Sin and all other sin too.
What is, "Though God made mankind to be like him, Adam and Eve tried to make themselves like God their own way and ended up far worse than when they started."
This is what God's word in baptism does.
What is, "Kill our sinful-selves and deliver us from death to new life in Christ."
In Genesis 12, God promised Abram that He would give him these three things.
What is the land of Canaan, a large family, and a blessing that would ultimately bless the whole world?
Before he died, what did Joseph make his brothers promise him?
To bring his bones out of Egypt and into the promised land when God brings them into the land.