Vocabulary
This term means being owned or controlled by another and also describes spiritual bondage to sin.
Slavery
The people enslaved by the Egyptians and descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Israelites
The Jewish feast that commemorates God sparing Israel’s firstborn.
Passover
A title for Jesus that connects Him to the Passover sacrifice.
Lamb of God
The laws God gave Moses after freeing Israel from Egypt.
Ten Commandments
A visible manifestation of God to human beings, such as the burning bush.
Theophany
The river where Moses was placed in a basket to escape Pharaoh’s order.
Nile River
The animal sacrificed so the angel of death would pass over Israelite homes.
Lamb
Jesus is the ultimate one who frees humanity from sin and death.
Liberator
“To strongly desire what belongs to someone else,” forbidden by the Tenth Commandment.
Covet
The highest form of worship, given to God alone.
Adoration
The sacred name of God revealed to Moses, meaning “I AM WHO I AM.”
Yahweh
One of the four reasons ancient people offered sacrifices to God.
Praise / Thanksgiving / Oath / Sorrow for sin
A miracle of Jesus that echoes God’s power shown through Moses.
Calming the storm
Jesus’ summary of all the commandments into two Great Commandments.
Love God; Love Your Neighbor
The study of purpose or design; teaches that creation has meaning.
Teleology
Extraordinary acts performed by God through Moses to show His power.
Signs and Wonders
This Old Testament sacrifice foreshadows Jesus’ death on the Cross.
Passover lamb
What Jesus says we must eat and drink to have eternal life.
His Body and Blood (Eucharist)
The moral rule Jesus taught: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Golden Rule
The belief that God’s existence is unknown or unknowable.
Agnosticism
How many plagues God sent upon Egypt.
Ten
The Catholic belief that the Mass makes Christ’s sacrifice present again.
Re-presentation of Christ’s sacrifice
Moses escaping Pharaoh’s massacre foreshadows this event in Jesus’ life.
Escape from Herod’s massacre
The sin of placing anything above God in one’s heart.
Idolatry