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| God promises David an eternal dynasty |
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| A hope for a "new covenant" that God will make with his people |
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| The reason for the fall and exile of Samaria, capitol of Israel (722 BC), is explained at length |
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| A figure called God's "Servant" who will die for the sins of the people and make them righteous |
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| God will transform everything, resulting in a "new heavens and new earth" |
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| An explicit statement of hope in the resurrection of the dead |
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| The argument that you become wise by fearing God and listening to instruction |
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| Cyrus, king of Persia, allows the Jewish exiles in Babylon to return |
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| What biblical books are included in the "Deuteronomistic History"? Why do scholars call these books "Deuteronomistic"? Why are these books considered to form a single literary work? |
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| Josh, Judges, Samuel, Kings; all quote Deuteronomy; same storyline |
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| What are the eight major arguments in the book of Genesis? |
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| God's creation is good; distinction between creator and creation; humanity is good, but something went wrong; God is comitted to working with messed up people; the promise to Abraham; God works in mysterious ways; People should respong to God in belief; God is in control |
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| In four places, the New Testament writers refer to God's promise to Abraham: Acts 3:25-26; Romans 4:13,16-25; Galations 3:8: Hebrews 11:8-13. Describe what they are saying about the promise to Abraham in these passages. |
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| Acts 3:25-26 and Romans 4:13,16-25-God blesses people through Jesus or Abraham's descenants; Galatians 3:8-God blesses the people; Hebres 11:8-13-God's promise of land |
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a) Who are the first two kings of Israel? b) List specific incidents from the story in 1 Samuel in which the author is showing which king is pleasing to God and which king is not
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| a) Saul and David b) Saul tried to kill David; David spared Saul's life twice |
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| Can Israelite prophecy by limited to prediction? Discuss three pieces of evidence relating to the issue |
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| No; Most of it is about the present; some prophecy is conditional, some prophecy is determined |
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| When the prophets accuse their contemporaries of negative behavior, what four categories of behavior do they condemn? |
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| Bad religion, sabbath violation/offerings, social injustice, corrupt leadership, failure to trust God |
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| When the prophets talk about restoration in the future, what does the future look like? List seven things that the prophets hope for. |
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| Spiritual transformation; renewed relationship; return from exile; bad guys judge, good guys delivered; transformation of the nations; coming Davidic ruler-Messiah; cosmic restoration |
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| What are the four most common forms of prophetic speech? (Be able to identify by short examples from the Bible) |
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| Accusation, Judgement, Instruction, Hope |
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| List four differences between prophetic speech and prophetic books |
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Prophetic speech-short, simple, oral, small
Prophetic books-large, complex, literary, large |
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| What two prophets prophesied during the siege and fall of Jerusalem, and spoke about these events? |
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| List the three most common types of Psalms |
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| Complaint, thanksgiving, hymns |
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What are the two main arguments in the book of Job? Explain how the story line creates these two arguments
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Argument of frame- God desires a true relationship
Argument of speech- Suffering does not equal sin |
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What is the main theme of the book of Daniel? Describe one specfic way that the author creates this theme by what he chose to record in the book.
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| Kingdom of God- God's lasts forever, Humans fall before God's; interpreting of dreams |
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