Promises, Promises
Another word for the promises made to Abraham and Noah?
What is a covenant?
The son of Abraham and Sarah’s only firstborn son, born when they were very old, he became the heir of God’s promises.
Who is Isaac?
The number of promises God made to Abraham.
What is three?
Like Baptism, sin was washed away, and the people were born anew.
What is the Flood?
A pharaoh is a king of what country?
What is a Egypt?
A father who leads a family or tribe. Abraham and his descendants (Isaac and Jacob of Israel).
What is a Patriarch?
Jacob‘s favorite among his 12 sons. He rose to become chief minister of Egypt.
Who is Joseph?
How many brothers did Joseph have?
What is 11?
Like Christ, the only son of his father, he carried the wood for his own sacrifice.
Who is Isaac?
The ancient kingdom along the Nile River. During the time of the patriarch of Israel, it was the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth.
What is Egypt?
Through whomis the promise of a land and nation fulfilled?
Who is Moses?
The original name of Abraham.
Who is Abram?
this number is associated with a period of trial and repentance in the Bible.
What is 40?
Like a Church, the place where The People of God were kept safe from the deadly danger of sin and the Devil
What is an ark?
The mountains around Jerusalem, where Abraham went to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice.
What is Moriah?
Through whom is the promise of kingship and a name fulfilled?
Who is King David?
The righteous man who, with his family and the animals on the ark, survived the Flood.
Who is Noah?
The practice of having multiple wives. A perversion of the marriage covenant. Polygamy always leads to evil consequences in Scripture.
What is polygamy?
Like Christ, he was betrayed by his own people, and then he saved those same people.
Who is Joseph?
The name of a nation descended from him (Jacob) after he wrestled with God.
What is Israel?
Through whom is blessing for all nations fulfilled?
Who is Jesus Christ?
A descendent of Cain. The first polygamist in the Bible. His practice of killing people on a whim, demonstrates how far evil had developed in the world.
Who is Lamech?
How much forgiveness should a Christian offer when they are offended?
What is limitless?
This sense shows us how people and events in salvation history point forward to other times.
What is the allegorical or typical sense?
A missionary who served the Hurons in Quebec, Canada
Who is St. Isaac Jogues?