Key Verses
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.
*The promise of one (Jesus) who will come and defeat Satan
Covenant Meeting Place
The Tabernacle
The land divided up between the 12 tribes of Israel
Middle portion of Joshua
2 Main Characters of 1 Samuel
Samuel and Saul
3 genres of Psalms
Praise, Thanksgiving, Lament
Exodus 19:6
"and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."
Israel must be different from the other nations around them
Ultimately points to relationship between YHWH and His people
10 Commandments
The pattern found in Judges
Rebellion/sin, Oppression, Repentance, Deliverance, Peace, Rebellion,Sin
Why does Israel want a king?
To be like the nations around them
Name as many authors of Psalms as you can for (100 points each)
David, who wrote (73)
Asaph wrote (12)
The sons of Korah wrote (11)
Haman and Ethan (2)
Solomon (1)
Moses (1)
Anonymous (49)
Genesis 12, 15, 22
Abrahamic Covenant - Land, Seed, Blessing
Major event in Numbers (Hint Chapter 13)
12 Tribes sent to scout out the promise land
100 points for each of the 12 judges in Israel
Othniel
Ehud
Shamgar (*Aaron's fav)
Barak
Gideon
Tola
Jair
Jephthah
Ibzan
Elon
Abdon
Samson
The genealogy at the end of Ruth pointed to who?
David
Job main take-away
Undeserved Suffering - "We often suffer, we sometimes understand, but we can always trust God’s faithfulness"
Joshua 24:15
"choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
*charge to Israel at the end of Joshua's life
Problem - People Enslaved
Solution - Blood Sacrifice
Result - God leads Israelites to Promised Land and they worship and fellowship with him there
Pattern of Redemption
The Location of Israelites at the start of Joshua
Plains of Moab (+100 if answer contained by/across the Jordan river)
What is the Davidic Covenant?
That a seed of David will reign on the throne forever. (+100 if answer contained that Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of this)
What is the purpose of wisdom literature and Hebrew poetry?
Wisdom literature was written to aid the king in his reign and Hebrew Poetry written from kings during their reign and for Israel to lead them into worship of the TRUE King.
Judges 21:25
"In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes."
*Israel in utter chaos without a king and living like the other nations around them
Major take-away from Leviticus
God graciously provides a way of atonement for sin through the shedding of blood (animals now, Jesus later).
Sacrifices his only child because of a rash vow he made to God. (Hint it is one of the 6 major judges of Israel)
Jephthah
During what judge did the story of Ruth (likely) take place
Ehud. And the fat king of Moab, Eglon. (+100 if answer contained fat king of Moab)
What is Parallelism?
(+200/ea for naming the other two poetry styles we looked at)
Where two lines that are related (normally one right after the next), the second gives reinforcement or clarification of the other.
- X, X=1
- Chiasm - A, B then B, A