Covenant: Its Origins
What is a Covenant?
Note: According to the Presentation
A binding, dignified and formal agreement between two or more parties.
Like Moses, who also has a vocation
us/everyone
What exact word in the presentation was used to describe the missions that these prophets are sent on by God
Devastating
First part/point of the structure?(there are 6)
1. Confrontation with God
No one is holier than
Lord God
What is a Vassal?
a person or country in a subordinate position to another.
What Mission was Prophet Jeremiah sent on?
to tell the people of Israel that their land will be complete desolate
When the prophets realize the burden they have to go through, they...
Object
What did Israel realize its sins were doing to its relationship with God?
Their sins were turning them away from God
The Preamble Begins with?
The name, titles, attributes and genalogy/ancestry of the Great Hittite King
When God summons a prophet-to-be, what changes?
Their entire life, and their identities
he Propehtic call stories are ______ and ______
poignant and gripping
God____the prophets as they receive their mission
Reassures
According to the prophets, Israel had...
Transgressed
Usual phrase uttered during the Submission
“With my friend, be a friend!, With my enemy, be an enemy!”
What is filled with messengers and prophets?
Israel's history
What was God Trying to teach the people of Israel through the prophets?
The road to Israel's freedom involved Recognizing its fault, sinfulness and its separation from god
The most prominent phrase in the Imparting of a Mission
"I send you..."
When does sin show itself?
When the moral commandments are broken