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| The serpents seed. he strikes your heel but God will crush his head. |
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| God makes a covenant with Abraham for Land, seed and blessing. He will make his name great and bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him |
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| Genesis 15; the significance of walking through the pieces |
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| This is when God seals his promise with Abraham; God walks through the pieces by himself, signifying that He will never break the covenant, even though the people may fail, God never will. |
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| The main line of kings is the line of Judah; Shiloh: king "peace"; name is not just what you're called, but who you are; curse is reversed; new generation |
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| 10 Plagues (connection with Egyptian Gods) |
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| The nature of the plagues is that they are an attack on the Egyptian deities and it communicates a theological message. Pharaoh "declares war" and then the plagues occur. Plague 1 = water into blood; Hapi is the god of the nile and when the water in the nile turns to blood it means that Hapi is dead; plague 6 boils = imenhotyo is the medicine god and this is a head to toe black plague; god has control. Plague 7 hail with fire = this shows that God is in control over the sky when the Egyptians believed that Nut who was supposed to be the goddess of sky. Plague 9 darkness = this showed that God was in control over Ra, the sun God, and it was a "darkness you can feel" |
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| Kingdom of priests = priests intercedes to God on behalf of people. Kingdom of priests; Israel's job was to be a witness nation and were supposed to bring people to God; they were going to use the law to do this, and it points to God and the law was theology in action. |
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| 10 commandments and its connection back to Genesis 1-3 |
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| Command 4- sabbath; coveting - similarity between 4&10 = they are parallel 1-4 = vertical relationship to God; 6-10 = horizontal relationship. 3 - honoring God's name; 6-9 preserve life; demonstrates who God is. They are parallel - the horizontal reflects the vertical; the law points and the vertical points to Genesis 1-3 |
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| hear oh israel, the Lord our God, The ord is one. = absolute monotheism, all of our love should be God's and no one elses. |
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| Know the significance of Joshua relative to God’s greater conquest of the earth and kingdom. |
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•God is continuing the story (he's faithful)
•IS should be faithful (they need to play their part)
•They are failures |
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| God is faithful; you be faithful |
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| The order of the campaigns in the conquest (Joshua) |
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| Central -> Southern -> Northern |
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| Theological purpose of each campaign: |
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Central = centrality of God
Southern = intensity of God's power; also to set up for need for a king ( got land -> seed?)
Northern = Breadth of God's power |
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| The crossing of the Jordan mirrors _____? |
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| Know the significance of the marching order in the battle of Jericho |
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| point to centrality of God (trumpets and follow ark) |
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| Know the curse that Joshua gives at the end of the battle of Jericho – (Josh 6:26) |
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| Curse on those who rebuild Jericho (cursed if you try to undo God’s work |
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| Know the significance of the deaths that happen at the first battle of Ai |
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| • 36 die; concerned because not a single person had died in battle b4; you steal from God -> God steals from you |
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| Know the significance of the meeting at Shechem after the battle of Ai |
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| • Stands for the covenant renewal that God commanded Moses in Deuteronomy 27 (Mt. Ebal is right by Shechem). Shechem even more is where God made significant promises to Abraham approximately 700 years before. |
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| What are the events of the southern and northern campaigns and their significance |
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•South: deceit of the city of Gibeon (IS doesn’t consult God; he is faithful even after mistake; other nations think IS has defeated them -> Jerusalem attacks; Joshua marches all night; God confuses and sends hailstones); Five major Southern Kings (sun stands still)
•North: run away (seems like an epic battle); hamsting horses (law of kings – gals, gold and giddyup) |
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| Know about the division of the land – did Israel occupy it all (even though it was divided)? |
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| Know about the covenant renewal that happens in Josh 24 |
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| • IS has failed over and over; God offers to renew covt.; IS agrees; IS will only succeed if they have a changed heart (which only God can give) |
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| Know how Joshua ends on a negative note |
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| Ends on Bad Note -> faithful generation dies -> Judges |
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| Be able to explain (in context) the phrase “Chose this day whom you will serve…” |
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| Negative context; Joshua basically says “all of you have already chosen idols, but at least I….” |
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| Battle of Jericho takes place in what chapters? |
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| know the typical cylce that occurs in judges |
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| Israel sins-> God mad -> punished -> punishment-> repent -> relief |
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| Be able to explain the downward spiral that occurs in Judges |
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| Every time the cycle starts over with a worse sin |
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| left-handed, sneaky/dishonorably kills fat man (morbid description) |
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| Sisera attacks, Women not supposed to fight, strongest guy is pathetic!; Disobedient; God destroys everyone, not all tribes join in their song |
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| drew on fleece (doesn't trust God); Conquest (300 nerds); leads to victory; golden calf |
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| dishonorable lineage (born of a prostitute); vows kills daughter |
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| Nazarite; riddle; bozo hero; burns field, hair cut; runs with gate; repents |
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| steals whole inheritance from mom; dedicates to the Lord by making an idol; recruits wandering Levite |
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| no support in land for him to stay in one city, becomes pagan priest of one family, grandson of Moses!! Cuts up dead girl and sens to each tribe (unclean) |
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| relocation -> didnt want land -> rejecting God; "Dan to Bersheba"; geographical apostasy -> spiritual apostasy (embraces idolatry wandering Levite) |
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| want to know who sent pieces of dead girl -> Civil War -> 600 Ben. left -> cant fix b/c of pledges not to marry Ben. -> ravage city and kidnap women |
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| Explain the need for a king in the book of Judges from the vantage point of a crisis of leadership and the people |
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| Everyone does what is right in their own eyes; no unity; one leader to unite Israel |
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| God preserves a remnant; Judges' beautiful twin; transformation |
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| General flow of the book of ruth |
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| loss of family, R is loyal, N and R enter Bethlehem, Boaz, plan for aid, kinsman redemption, gain of family and deliverer |
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| how does Boaz distinguish himself in the narrative? |
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| Pursues Ruth courageously and honorably |
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| How does God use him in the narrative in the process of “transformation?” Why is this significant? |
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| a redeemer of both property and person(kinsman redeemer); |
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| God raises ___ up as the ____ of what will become the ____ ____. |
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| God raises boaz up as the continuation of what will become the royal line |
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| Lev 25 and Duet. 25 tie into ruth because |
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| property redemption and person redemption |
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| Know the significance of the genealogy at the end of ruth |
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| Why is is 1 samuel important in redemptive history in connection with Genesis 3:15? |
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| this is important because God has to prepare his king |
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| What is Gods strategy in the time of Samuel. Provide a theology of KINGship and king. |
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| Even though humans slant everything towards evil, God slants it towards good and when the Bible portrays something as evil, it is evil; God is transforming everything and setting up his plan for the king. |
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| Know the barreness motif (eg.Hannah) and how that plays a significant role in redemptive history |
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| Hannah is barren but God promises her a child. Since God makes this promise, we see two things: if God intervenes to give the son, then the son is going to do great things in redemptive history and be very important and God answers her prayer and turns her grief into joy which is what the messiah does; Her son is Samuel. Also, Hannah’s song sounds a lot like Mary’s song, but this is the first song. Hannah’s song is giving opening theology of what it means to be a king; here there is recognition that God, through the coming messiah, has changed her life personally and that is indicative of massive changes that are going to take place; He is going to turn everything around, God will crush all the wicked and He will give strength to His king and exalt the horn of his anointed one; form this, Hannah realizes that everything hinges on Jesus and the nation needs to be prepared for its king and Samuel will be in charge of this |
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| Understand the significance of Samuel in the narrative – how was God using him to proclaim the centrality of the KING relative to the priests and to all Israel? |
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| God has to get rid of the Priestly line because they are bad because Eli is a fake king because he doesn’t come from the right line and because he is eating the fat that should be reserved for the Lord. Samuel must tell Eli that he is going to die and Samuel is also to remind everyone of the fact that God reigns. |
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| Samuel was to act like Mediator. How did he do so relative to Eli’s line (or even to Israel in 1 Sam 7)? |
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| The Israelites were afraid of the Philistines and they wanted Samuel to cry out to the Lord that He might save them. Then Samuel sacrificed a lamb as a burnt offering and the Philistines were thrown into a panic from the thunder that the Lord creates; the Israelites then slaughtered the Philistines; then they recognized that the Lord had helped them |
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| Know the flow and purpose of the ark narrative – what does this show about God’s supreme sovereignty? |
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| The ark narrative is the foundation for the Davidic king. God is Israel’s true king and He is the supreme king and all the kings are compared to God, the true KING. The Israelites want to save the middle land that they are trying to protect, so they bring the Ark of the Covenant there, which shows that they basically turn God into a relic, demonstrating that He is not their king but their “santa claus” Eli dies and He is so fat that it crushes him; the word heavy means glory because when you become heavy, you steal from God’s glory and when you do that, you die. The Philistines are then going to have to learn the same lesson because they believe that by capturing the ark, they have captured God. They put it at their feet and think that they have put their enemies at their feet and Dagon is at the foot of the ark the next day worshipping because he believes that God ahs fallen over, then the next day, his hands and his head are cut off, so now Dagon cannot fight and he is dead. Yahweh killed him, and once Dagon dies there is a huge plague that comes out (Bubonic plague). They then return the ark and God has proven that He is the true God and Real King. |
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| What was saul's role in preparing for the King? |
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| Saul is used by God for immediate purposes such as providing victory to the nation against Nahash the Ammorite. |
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| Note the three major failings of Saul and the consequences for the first and the last |
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| The first failure is when he does a premature sacrifice; Samuel= “Your dynasty is over”; He was seeking God his own way. The second failure was the foolish vow. Here it becomes clear that Jonathan has the heart of a true king and he calls Saul the “trouble of Israel” and they cannot eat until they kill them all, but Jonathan eats some honey and he is fine. The third failure is direct disobedience to God’s word and this leads to aging and family lives and Saul is no longer king. |
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| What was wrong for Israels desire for a king? |
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| They wanted someone to replace God or instead of Him |
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| Who should have fought Goliath? |
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| David cant resist temptation but _____ can. |
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