UNIT 1B - THE OLD TESTAMENT – CREATION, DE-CREATION, …



UNIT 1B - THE OLD TESTAMENT – CREATION, DE-CREATION,

RE-CREATION

REVIEW

CREATION:

The Creation of the World - Genesis 1

1. How many Gods are in the story?

2. Did God plan the world or did it happen by chance?

3. Why was God’s creation pleasing?

4. What kind of day was the seventh day?

5. Place the following Creation events in chronological order:

a. ___ God separates the water below (sea) from the dry land.

b. ___ God populates the land with animals and with people.

c. ___ God creates light and separates it from the darkness.

d. ___ God places the light in the sky (sun, moon, stars…)

e. ___ God separates the water above (rain) from the water below (sea)

f. ___ God celebrates by resting.

g. ___ God populates the air with birds and the sea with fish.

6. List the 4 truths as taught in the 1st Creation story

7. Why are there two Creation stories in the Bible?

8. How did the Ancient Hebrews learn and pass down this First Creation story through many generations?

9. What is the pattern of week in the first Creation story? i.e. 3 days of ….

10. List and describe the 5 memory devices used to commit the pattern of each day to memory.

11. Draw the Ancient Hebrew view of the Universe and include: birds, dome, earth’s foundation, fish, God’s home, land, mammals, moon, plants, stars, sun, waters above, waters below.

The Creation of Adam and Eve - Genesis 2

12. Was God close to us when God made us (Adam and Eve)? How do you know?

13. Were men and women made equal (Adam and Eve)? Are they close to each other?

DE-CREATION:

Adam and Eve and Sin - Genesis 3

14. Who are the 4 main characters in the 2nd creation story?

Adam, Eve, Snake, God

15. What did God ask the people not to do?

16. What did the snake do? What is the snake a symbol of?

17. What is eating the fruit symbolic of?

18. How did God respond to their actions?

19. Who did the man blame? Who did the woman blame?

20. What are the effects of sin?

21. Match the following symbols with the form of alienation:

a. Person/self curse

b. Person/God hiding

c. Person/nature violence

d. Person/person naked

Cain and Abel - Genesis 4

22. Who were Cain and Abel?

23. What were their occupations?

24. Whose offering did God accept?

25. What sin did Cain commit?

26. How did God respond to Cain?

Noah’s Ark – A First Covenant with God

27. Why did God have to flood the world? What was wrong with it? Gen. 6:9-14

28. What was Noah to build? Gen. 6:9-14

29. What did God promise Noah at the end of the flood? Gen 8:1-4; 8:20 - 9:1-7

30. What was the sign of the covenant?

- What is sin?

-What are two types of sins?

RE-CREATION:

The Story of Abraham – A Second Covenant with God

31. What does God promise Abraham in the covenant (agreement) in Genesis 17:1-14?

32. In Genesis 22:1-15, how did God test Abraham?

33. What is the significance of the name change of Abram to Abraham?

34. Match the following:

a. ____ Ur 1. Sarah’s maid

b. ____ Haran 2. son of Hagar and Abram

c. ____ Sarah 3. Abram’s birthplace

d. ____ Ishmael 4. city to which Abram’s family moved

e. ____ Isaac 5. son of Abraham and Sarah

f. ____ Hagar 6. Abraham’s wife

35. Why did God stop Abraham from sacrificing his son?

Moses and the 10 Commandments – A Third Covenant with God

36. In which book of the Bible do we find the story of Moses?

37. List the 10 plagues brought upon Egypt by Moses.

38. Which plague finally made the Pharaoh change his mind in keeping the enslaved Israelites in Egypt?

39. With which annual holiday do the Jewish people celebrate their freedom from their Egyptian captors?

40. What does God give to Moses and the Jews in Exodus 20:1-17?

41. On which mountain did God bestow Moses with the Ten Commandments?

42. Why are the Ten Commandments divided in such a way that the first three are grouped together, and the last seven with each other?

43. Write the Ten Commandments in order.

44. Choose 4 commandments and explain in detail what they ask of us.

45. In your opinion, why are the 10 Commandments important to our relationship with God and other people?

46. How many years did the Israelites wander around in the desert?

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