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Need
to make a distinction between creation story I (1:1-2:3)
and creation II (2:4-). For example, in creation
I: orderly creation by speaking the word, "let
there be light," and the order of creation
is: light first, then sky, land/sea, plants, sun/moon/stars,
living things, creature, male and female in the
image of God. God rested on the seventh day. In
creation II: man was made first from the dust of
ground, before creature, woman out of mans
rib, prohibited fruit of knowledge of good and evil.
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Noahs
vineyard: Noah started planting vine. He didn't know
that he was naked when he drank wine too much. Ham
didn't cover him, and he was cursed. |
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Babel
tower in ch. 11: scattering people by mixing of language.
Is diversity a punishment or a blessing? |
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Abrams
call in ch. 12. Tripled blessings and promise. I will
make you a great nation,
and all the earth will be blessed through you. |
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Abraham
saves Lot, his nephew. *Melchizedek of king of Salem,
priest of the Most High blesses Abraham. |
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Abrahams
believing in Gods
promise=rightousness in ch. 15. |
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Covenant
ceremony: split animals, smoking fire pot, ch. 15. |
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Abram=>Abraham
(father of nations), Sarai=>Sarah (mother of nations),
ch.17. |
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Abraham
bargains with God, starting from 50, 45, 40, 30, 20
and finally 10 righteous men. There were not even
10 righteous men in that city. |
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Lot
and his wife, his two daughters, flee. His wife ->
pillar of salt. |
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Incest:
Lots daughters wanted
to maintain family line, so they slept with their
father. First son named Moab, second son named Ben-Ammi |
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Circumcision
is the sign of covenant. Ch. 15. |
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Abraham
and Abimelech squabble over water at Beersheba. |
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Sacrifice
of Issac at Moriah. Ch. 22. |
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Jacob
wrestles at Jabbok with "man". Jacob named
Israel. Altar=Peniel. |
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Hamor
rapes Dinah (daughter of Jacob). Revenged. |
Sons
of Israel :
Reuben
Joseph Dan Gad Simeon Benjamin
Napthali Asher
Levi Judah Issachar
Zebulon
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Judah
cheats Tamar. *right of levirate marriage. Tamar also
cheats him. Judah: "she is more in the right
than I" |
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Joseph
and Potipars wife. |
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Joseph
places silver cup in Benjamins bags. |
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Israel
and family move to Egypt: 70 persons. Dwell in Goshen. |
Exodus
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Ten
plagues: pollution of Nile, frogs, gnats, filies,
cattle plague, boils, hail and thunderstorm, locusts,
thick darkness, death of first sons. |
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The
first Passover was in Egypt. |
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Consecration
of the first son. Ch. 13. |
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Led
by pillar of cloud, and pillar of fire. |
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Song
of the Sea=song of Miriam. Ch.15. |
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God
provides quail and manna. |
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Jethro:
Moses father-in-law,
a priest of Midian, suggests a system of judging to
help ease Moses burden of responsibility. |
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10
commandments in ch.20. *also in Deutronomy 5. |
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Three
annual feasts: unleavened bread, harvest (weeks),
ingathering (Succoth or Booths). |
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Who
is Moses? Of Levi, escape to Midian desert, marrying
Zipporah, Jethro being his father-in-law, receiving
the law at Sinai, first meeting God at burning bush.
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Leviticus: Holiness code. Holy, be holy as I am holy.
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Kinds
of offerings: burnt, cereal, peace, sin, guilt. But
no love offering! |
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Nadab
and Abihu died, because of unauthorized offerings.
(they are sons of Aaron). |
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Day
of atonement in ch. 16. Very important. Please read.
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The
holiness code in 19:1, "You shall be holy for
I am holy." |
Blood, neighbor, alien.
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Sabbath
year (7th): all rest. *Jubilee: 50th
year. Return of property. Back to original condition
to recovery. Jubilee is unique in Leviticus. Only
appears here. |
Numbers: they are marching,
thats why number is important(census), murmuring,
before Canaan.
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1:1-10:10
Census, continuation of Leviticus at Sinai. |
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10:10-36:13
Israel on the move. |
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Miriam
turned out leprosy why? because she blamed Moses
marriage with Zipporah. Healed
and comes back to tent after 7 days. Moses
petition to healing. Moses
humbleness. |
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12
spies go into Canaan. Bad reports from 10, but only
Joshua and Caleb only report good report. "if
God is with us, we can
" |
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Korah,
Dathan, Abirams rebellion
against Moses leadership.
*jealousy. |
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Moses
mistake: striking the rock at Meribah
Kadesh, desert of Zin. |
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Aaron
dies, his son Elezar takes over his priesthood. |
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Moses
bronze serpent on pole, everyone
who see this is healed. |
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Balaams
story: Balaam hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse
Israel, but he didnt.
blessed instead. Know asss
story. She-ass saw the angel of the Lord. |
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Joshua
to be Moses successor. |
Deuteronomy:
Moses farewell addresses in Moab
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theme:
keeping the commands=prosperity. Opp=perish |
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Sinai=Horeb |
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10
commandments in 5:6-21. |
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Shema
((am:$): Hear!!! 6:4- "Hear O Israel,
.you shall love your God with all your heart, mind and strength." |
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Warning
against self-righteousness, ch.9-10. |
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ch.12-26
: Law code, note Sabbath year, cities of refugee,
the levirate marriage, "the wandering Aramean
was my father
" in ch.26. |
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ch.27:
the liturgy of blessing and curses on mts. Gerizim
and Ebal. |
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Moses
speech: "I have set before you LIFE and DEATH.."
in 30:19. |
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The
songs of Moses: 32:1-43. |
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Moses
dies at mt. Nebo. Nobody know his grave. |
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"Never
since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like (
), whom the Lord know face to face. *Answer is Moses! |
Historical Books:
Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, I-II Chronicles,
Ezra &Nehemiah, Ruth, Esther
Joshua: complete victory
at Canaan and occupation of it. Allotment also.
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God
promises to be with Joshua. "courageous and faithful"
(1:5-9). |
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Joshua
sends 2 spies to Jericho. |
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Rahab
(harlot) hides 2 spies. Agreement made to save her
and whole her household when Israel attacks Jericho.
Crimpson cord is signal. |
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The
ark of the covenant step into the Jordan; Jordan river
parted and Israel crossed over on the dry ground.
12 stones to mark the crossing, erected at Gilgal. |
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The
new generation of Israel is circumcised at Gilgal. |
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The
Fall of Jericho: how did it fall? Simple! Marching
around the wall once a day for days, and on the seventh
day march seven times. And shout! |
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But
fail at Ai, because Achan sinned, hid some valuable
plunders. |
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The
Gibeonites trick Joshua by pretending they are foreigners.
A Result is that they became hewers of wood and drawers
of water. |
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The
sun stops: Joshua says, "Sun, stand still at
Gibeon" |
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Joshua
divides up the land according to the tribe. But Levi
does not have inheritance. |
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Cities
of refugee: to protect unintentional killers (homicide). |
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covenant
renewal ceremony at Shechem. "Choose this day
whom you will serve . . . but as for me and my household
we will serve the Lord." Ch. 24. |
Judges:
conquest was not complete according to this book (1:19-36).
A
cycle of story in this book goes like this: Israelites
did evil in the sight of the Lord-> They are under
of foreign power, suffering->God sends a judge to save
them->Again, evil-> . . . .
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Recognize
21:25, "in those days Israel had no king
." Also very frequently the following phrase appears:
"Israelites did what was evil in the sight of
the Lord" |
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Deborah:
woman judge. Working with Barak, fighting Canaan. |
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Jael,
a brave woman, kills Sisera (commander of Canaanite
army) by tent pegs. Ohhop! |
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Gideon
fights Midianites, with jars, torches and trumpets,
with 300 men. Why only 300 men? God does not want
Israelites to say that they are strong, so they win. |
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Jephthahs
daughter: o, poor girl. Because of her fathers
careless vow, she became victim(?), she was offered
for burnt offering. |
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Samson:
Nazirite vow. Slay 1000 men with jawbone of donkey.
Delilah lures him. Fatal death and end. Blinded. |
1 Samuel: Sauls
story
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Hannah
is barren and she prays; Eli priest at Shiloh. Samuel
is born and dedicated to the Lord, working under Elis
charge. |
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Samuel
anoints Saul, the first king in Israel and also David
to be king later. |
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Saul:
first king, loses favor of the Lord, try to kill David,
kill himself at battle |
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Jonathan:
son of Saul, friend of David |
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Michal:
daughter of Saul and wife of David |
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David:
son of Jesse, youngest son, king to replace Saul. |
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Goliath:
philistine, killed by David. |
2 Samuel: Davids
reign
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David:
laments Sauls death.
Anointed king of Judah at Hebron. Two years later
anointed king of Israel. Brings ark of the covenant.
Try to build temple but not allowed (thru Nathan the
prophet). Bathsheba became his wife after killing
her husband Uriah. |
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Absaloms
coup (his son) attempted. |
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Joab:
Davids chief military
commander, kills Abner, Absalom. |
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Mephibosheth:
Jonathans crippled
son saved by David. |
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Hiram,
king of Tyre: supplies cedar, carpenters for Davids
house and for Solomons work in his house and temple. |
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Nathan:
prophet to David. Ewe lamb parable. |
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Abiathar
and Zadok: Davids priests. |
1
Kings
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Adonijah:
son of David, wants to be king but killed by Solomon.
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(Adonijah
was supported by Abiathar and Joab). |
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Solomon:
son of David (thru Bathsheba), king after David. Asking
for wisdom. Builds temple. The end is evil. Following
after wives foreign
gods. Solomon was supported by Nathan and Zadok. |
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Rehoboam:
son of Solomon. Follows young mens advice instead of old advisors. Northern tribes stood against
him. So, divided into two kingdoms (Northern kingdom,
Israel, and Southern kingdom, Judah). |
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Jeroboam:
first king of Israel. Evil. |
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Ahab:
evil. Jezebel is his wife. Association with Elijah. |
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Jezebel:
Phoenician. Evil. Plot to take Naboths vineyard. Try to kill Elijah. The end is terrible: the
dogs eats up her body. |
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Elijah:
mt. Carmel, fight Baar priests. Fire comes to burn
his offerings. |
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Elisha:
Elijah casts his mantle on him. |
2
Kings
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Elijah:
taken up into heaven with a chariot of fire and horses
of fire. |
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Elisha:
Curing Naamans leprosy,
who is commander of Aram. |
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Gehazi:
Elishas servant, takes
money from Naaman and becomes leper. |
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Hezekiah:
king of Judah. Very good. Consults Isaiah. Become
ill. Sign: "sun-dial" |
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Isaiah:
predicts Babylonian captivity. |
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Josiah:
king of Judah. Reforming king. Repairs temple. Book
of law found in the temple. Religious reform. Passover
re-instituted. |
1-2 Chronicles:
treat lightly. Because of overlapping contents found in
Kings.
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Little
attention to Northern kingdom. |
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Nothing
about Elijah and Elisha. |
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Levites
given much credit throughout. |
Ezra
& Nehemiah
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The
edict of Cyrus, king of Persia -> Israel returns
to rebuild temple. |
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Under
Darius of Persia, a second group comes to Jerusalem.
Work supported by prophets such Haggai and Zechariah. |
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Nehemiah:
he was cupbearer to the king, returns to Jerusalem
as governor, to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
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Nehemiahs
reforms: tithes, put away foreign wives. |
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Ezra:
the priest, brings the book of law. Contemporary of
Nehemiah. Put away foreign wives. |
Ruth
This
is a beautiful story, developing around field and harvest
and levirate marriage. Read it as a whole.
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Naomi
is Ruths mother-in-law,
who lost her husband and her two sons. |
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Levirate
marriage is custom in this story. |
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Boaz:
marrying Ruth. Becomes ancestor of David. |
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Ruth:
from Moab; Ruths adamant
saying: I will go wherever you go; where you will
die, I will die; where you are buried, I will be buried
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Esther
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Queen
Vashti: refuses to appear at kings banquet and is deposed as a result of kings
furor. |
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Mordeicai:
a Jew, a monor official, cousin of Esther, asking
Esther to work for Israelites by approaching king
(which means risking her life). |
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Hamaan:
high official. Want to get rid of Jews. Hanged. |
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Esther:
our heroine queen. Approached king. Hamaans Plot discovered. Saves her people. |
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That
is why Purim is established to mark this event. |
Prophets: Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel & Minor prophets: Amos,
Hosea, Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habukkuk, Haggai, Zechariah,
Obadiah, Obadiah, Malachi, Joel, Jonah
Isaiah
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son
of Amoz, at the times of king Uzziah, Ahaz, Hezekiah. |
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song
of vineyard (5:8); I planted best quality vine but
produced bad. |
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call
narrative (6:1-8). The Lord is on throne. I am a man
of unclean lips
cleaned
by a live coal. Take a note of v.8: whom shall I send?
Here I am. Send me." |
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sign
of Immanuel: 7:1-17 |
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a
child is born: 9:6-7 |
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the
branch from Jesse : 11:1-9. *also here peaceful garden
where children can play with lions. |
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Servant
song (ch.40-55). Especially note: 53:3-6; 55:1-8. |
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the
spirit of the Lord is on me, to preach good news to
(61:1-4) |
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new
heaven and new earth (65:17-25) |
Jeremiah
jailed and taken to Egypt
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Active
in Jerusalem before, during and after the fall of
Jerusalem. |
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New
covenant in ch.31. |
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criticizing
the lying prophets and priests (ch.5,7) |
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call
narrative: I am only a child. |
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no
wife and children. |
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the
image of potter and pottery (ch.18-19) |
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lamenting
his birth because of his hard time (suffering from
his people). |
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word
like fire and hammer (23:28-32) |
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bearing
a yoke of bars: symbolizing slavery to Babylon. |
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the
story of the scroll (ch. 32): written, destroyed,
and rewritten. Who is his scribe? Baruk. |
Ezekiel exilic
period, by the river Chebar, in Babylon.
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called
"mortal" |
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wheel
within a wheel (1:16) |
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eat
scroll (2:8-9) also 3:1-3. Eat scroll is very unique
expression. |
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brick
and siege. Iron plate. Lie upon your left side 390
days,
|
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pack
baggage and dig a hole through the wall (12:3-6):
why? symbolically telling the fall of Jerusalem. |
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Vision
of the VALLEY OF DRY BONES (ch. 37). Lesson: Israel
is recovered. |
Daniel
Dream interpreter, post-exilic, apocalyptic, written in
Aramic.
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Daniel
and 3 friends: Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego) |
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Interpretation
of dream: statue (gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay).
Empires. |
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Three
friends cast into fiery furnace. But safe and give
glory to God. |
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Handwriting
on the wall: Mene Mene Tekel Parsin. "your days
are numbered.." |
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Daniel
cast into Lions den
but safe. Daniel was praying regularly. |
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Daniels
dream about 4 beasts. |
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recognize
verses: like a son of man with the clouds (7:13);
come to everlasting life (12:2) |
Amos ah! justice
and
justice, for the poor, he was among the shepherds of Tekoa,
sycamore tree. Criticized the wealthy, a wrong concept
of the day of the Lord.
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5:24:
"Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness
like an ever-flowing stream." |
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Amos
is from Judah but goes up to North (Israel), facing
Amaziah high priest. (7:7-10) |
Hosea whoredom
and gomer
 |
infidelity
of Israel |
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3
sons named after prophetic messages. |
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recognize
11:1-3; 13:14 |
Micah,
you should love kindness, walk humbly with God (6:8)
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Ruler
will come from Bethlehem (5:2). Messianic connection.
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Zephaniah
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I
will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them
may call on the name of the Lord (3:9) |
Nahum
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Oracles
against Nineveh |
Habakkuk questions,
why are the wicked prosperous?
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"The
righteous will live by their faith" 2:4 |
Haggai silver is mine,
and the gold is mine
rebuild temple.
Zechariah
 |
A
contemporary of Haggai, your king rides on a donkey!
Messianic image. |
Obadiah Indictment
of Edom
Malachi
 |
My
messenger! "Elijah will come again, before the
great and terrible day of the Lord." 4:5-6 |
Joel like
noel song, we sing joel, joel, because God pours out his
spirit on all flesh. (2:28)
Jonah
joking about God. Then I ran away to Tarsis. I
dont like Neneveh. They are my enemy. I did not
know how much I was so stingy and a narrow-minded person.
Psalms
& Wisdom literature
Psalms
Whenever
you are in a worship service, carefully learn which psalms
are used. Know them by heart. The most important psalms
are: 1, 8, 22, 46, 51, 84, 90, 91, 100 and 137.
During
your devotional time, read psalms.
Proverbs
proves the system
of reward and punishment.
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be
familiar with following verses: |
3:6, 9:10, 15:1, 16:9, 22:6, 22:1, 25:21-22
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some
verses contain PERSONIFIED WISDOM. (1:20, 3:17, 8:1-36,
9:1-6, 16:1, 31:10-31 |
Ecclesiastes
vanity, vanity, vanities, I know because I experienced
all.
A
little dark color of wisdom: for example, "better
to go to the mourners house than to feasting house"
"death is better than birth"
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identify
the following verses: |
1:1-3, 7-8, 14-16, 18; 3:1-9; 5:5, 12; 7:1-2; 10:19; 11:1;
12:1
Song
of Solomon
A
lyric love poem, no god is mentioned like Esther.
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Look
at special language: |
"My beloved is like
"
"Make haste, my beloved, .."
"I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys"
"
for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel
as the grave."
Job
 |
Basically,
this book talks about human suffering in a different
way. Namely, it is against deuteronomic view of blessing
and punishment. This book seems to tell us that there
is no clear reason why the innocent are suffering.
Rather, a deeper level of our relationship with God
must be placed upon us among any other things. |
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Focus
on the plot how it happened (heavenly meeting with
satan,...), and how his four friends came to tell
him what? What was its final product of all this process? |
NEW
TESTAMENT
Synoptic Gospels
Mark.
mark this is a kind of the early gospel, written
around 68-73 C.E, the time of the Roman-Jewish war (66-70
C.E).
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Audience:
Christians facing persecution. |
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Human
condition: self-centered (saving life, being great,
power over) |
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Vision:
other-centered |
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Jesus:
son of man
messianic secrecy, limited authority |
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Disciples:
afraid, do not understand, want power |
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purpose
of writing: to empower fearing Christians |
HOW TO BEGIN
 |
Jesus
appears as adult and identity as messiah is unknown. |
HOW TO END
 |
ends
in failure and fear as women flee from the grave.
|
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ending
at 16:8 (short ending), longer ending is after 16:9. |
UNIQUE CONTENT
 |
1:15,
"The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God
is at hand" |
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3:17,
Boanerges = sons of thunder (James and John) |
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2:27-28,
"The Sabbath was made for man" |
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4:11,
"To you has been given the secret of the kingdom
of God" |
 |
8:34-35,
"For whoever would save his life will be lost
it
" |
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14:51,
young man who left the linen cloth and ran away. |
UNIQUE
HEALINGS
 |
Deaf
and dumb man, "Ephphatha, be opened" 7:34 |
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Blind
man of Bethsaida: "I see men, but they look like
trees, walking" (8:22-26) |
UNIQUE PARABLE
 |
The
seed growing secretely (4:26-29) |
Matthew
Jesus as royal Davidic King, great teacher, judge
 |
Date:
80-90C.E. |
 |
Audience:
Christian Jews in conflict with Pharisees |
 |
Human
condition: blind hypocrisy |
 |
Vision:
follow law with integrity, leading to society of righteousness |
 |
Jesus:
royal figure who fulfills the law and prophets, teacher,
publicly known, founds the church, model of righteousness |
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Disciples:
model of discipleship, understand, little faith, commissioned |
HOW TO BEGIN:
 |
royal
genealogy (from Abraham to Joseph) |
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infancy
narrative: wise men, Herods plot to kill Jesus, fleeing to Egypt |
HOW TO END:
 |
disciples
commissioned on mountain in Galilee |
UNIQUE CONTENT
 |
Sermon
on the Mount (especially 5:1-12 & the Lords prayer 6:9-13) |
 |
check
the difference with Lukes sermon on the Plain. for example, blessed are those who
are poor (Luke) |
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Peter
on the water (14:28-33) |
 |
Peters
confession at Caesarea Philippi. Peter (Petroj) =
rock, "I will build my church" |
 |
picture
of last judgment: sheep and goats (25:31-46) |
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death
of Judah: potters
field (27:3-10) |
UNIQUE MIRACLE
AND HEALING
 |
Tax
in fishs mouth (17:24-27).
Go to Michigan Lake and try it, whether you can find
coin in fish's mouth. |
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Two
blind men: have mercy on us, Son of David! (9:27-31) |
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Dumb
demoniac |
UNIQUE PARABLES
 |
weeds
in the wheat (13:24-30) |
 |
the
kingdom of heaven is like: mustard seed, leaven, hidden
treasure, pearl of great value, |
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net
thrown into the sea (13:31-50) |
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unforgiving
servant (18:23-35) |
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laborers
in the vineyard (20:1-16): "the last will be
first and the first will be last" |
 |
two
sons (21:28-32) "which of the two did the will
of his father?" "tax collectors and |
 |
prostitutes
are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you" |
 |
marriage
feast and wedding garment (22:1-14): a king preparing
a feast. "For many are called but few are chosen" |
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Ten
wise and foolish virgins (25:1-13), "keep awake
therefore, for you know neither
the day nor the hour" |
 |
Talents:
5, 2, and 1 talent. Cf.: pounds (same amount) in Luke |
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Last
judgment (25:31-46) |
Luke
very
like social gospel (like Amos)
 |
Date:
80-90 C.E |
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Audience:
predominantly Gentile Christians or Gentile God-fearers |
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Human
condition: society without mercy, iniquities in wealth
and power |
 |
Vision:
society with mercy, sharing of wealth, use of power
to serve |
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Jesus:
devoted to God first, came to seek and save the lost,
prophets tragic death. |
 |
Disciples:
12 and 70 sent out |
HOW TO BEGIN
 |
Lowly
Jesus (manger), |
 |
Infancy
narrative: Elizabeth, Zechariah,
annunciation to Mary, shepherds in the field, magnificat,
Simeon and Anna the prophetess |
 |
Roman
events (emperor Augustus, registration at hometown),
orderly account as historian |
(I examined the past)
HOW
TO END
 |
Jesus
explains scripture (24:46-49) |
 |
shows
necessity of suffering (24:25-26) |
 |
on
the road to Emmaus (24:13-32), disciples
eyes were opened when Jesus gave
. ..
Commissioning in Jerusalem, promise of Spirit. |
UNIQUE CONTENT
 |
teaching
of John the Baptist (3:10-14) "share tunics,
be content with your pay" |
 |
genealogy
of Jesus: from Joseph to Adam. |
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Christ
rejected at Nazareth (4:16-30), reading the scroll
of Isaiah, "the spirit of the Lord is on me" |
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sermon
on the plain (6:20-49): blessed are you who are poor
(not in spirit), blessed are you who hunger now, blessed
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