OT Mind Map

OT Mind Map

1. 1. Creation

   • The name "Adam" in Hebrew means human.
   • The first chapter of the bible which contains creation has multiple instances where the number 7 a theme.
     • God(3) +heaven(6) + earth(5)= 14 letters (7X2=14)
     • God rested on the 7th day.
   • "Timshel" is a Hebrew word that is a commandment from God meaning "you must" or "a command" which means we are not bound to sin but we must make our own choices.
   • Woman was made of the rib of Adam and her name was Eve which means "to breath".

2. 3. The Flood

   • The ark of Noah was made of Gopher wood with Noah and his family as the only people to build it.
     • He had 3 sons: Japeth, Ham, and Shem who were all three marriod without children and Noah himself was married.
   • The Nephilim were half angels half humans. They were created when the "sons of God" came down and sinned with the "daughters of men" before the flood.
     • The hybrid of this was something like a giant or extremely large human.
   • God regretted creating life because of how evil humans were.
   • When the flood was over, God promised to never flood the earth ever again and sealed his promise with the first ever rainbow.

3. 2. The Fall

   • After Adam and Eve's sin, Genesis moves east.
   • Satan tempts Eve by "giving" her the chance of being as smart as God.
     • After eating from the tree, Adam and Eve gain knowledge of their nakedness and hide in the bushes.
   • Adam and Eve's punishments for their disobedience were: -Pain in child bearing -Husband to 'rule' over wife -Working hard for their food -Death
     • Because of their sin and disobedience, Adam and Eve were also banished from the Garden of Eden never to return.
   • After the serpent tempted Eve. God told him he would crawl on his belly forever.

4. 4. Blessing of Abraham

   • Abraham and Sarah could not conceive a child because they were both past the age of childbearing.
     • God came to Abraham and told him he would descendants as many as stars in the sky and sand on the ground.
   • Abraham disobeyed God and let Sarah talk him into sleeping with Hagar and impregnating her with Ismael starting Islam and Christianity "hate".
     • Hagar was and Egyptian servant girl that was later banished with her son Ishmael to wander.
   • When the 3 messengers of God told Abraham him and Sarah would have a child, Sarah overheard and laughed.
     • She laughed because at the age of ninety and her husband one hundred it was impossible to bear children.

5. 5. Jacob and his Family

   • Jacob and Esau were complete opposites of each other. Rebecca, their mother, liked Jacob more and Issac, their father, loved Esau more.
     • Because he was the eldest and slightly because he was his father's favorite child, Esau was supposed to receive his fathers blessing which in Ancint Jewish culture is extremely important and valued in a family.
       • Due to his greed, Esau gave his blessing away to Jacob for a bowl of stew because he was "famished".
         • Jacob agreed to give him a bowl of soup if Esau gave him his fathers blessing, which Esau accepted.
       • After taking his brothers blessing, he fled his home because Esau threatened to kill him.
   • Jacob had 4 women to bear all of his sons including Joseph. Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, and Zilpah.

6. 6. Exodus

   • The birth of moses in which he was hidden for 3 months during the killing of all Hebrew baby boys. He was floated down the Nile river in a basket made of papyrus by his mother who watched over him in the palace as his "nurse" for the princess who found him.He was raised as an Egyptian Prince.
   • After killing a slave master that was beating a slave, Moses fled to Midian.
     • He then married Zipphorah, the daughter of Jesse, and worked as a shepherd. Later God spoke to him through a burning bush telling him to tell Egypt to let the Hebrew people go.
     • After he killed the slave master, the body was secretly buried before Moses escaped Egypt.
   • The plagues were the result of Pharaohs refusal to release the Hebrews. This went on until Pharaohs son died which is what changed his mind and he later let the Hebrews go.
     • Pharaoh did however did go follow the Hebrews with his army which is why God split the Red Sea for the Hebrews to get across safely.

7. 7. Mt. Sinai

   • After escaping the Egyptians for the second time, the Hebrew, led by Moses, made their way to the promised land with their children, wives, and belongings.
   • God provided the Hebrews with a cloud by day and a tunnel of fire by night.
     • He also gave them quail and manna to eat while they were traveling to the promised land, "The land of milk and honey".
   • Moses was taking such a long time on Mount Sinai after God called him up there to give him the commandments, the Israelites got drunk and burnt their gold and turned it into a golden calf to resemble God and began to praise it with the help of Aaron, (Moses' brother).
     • When Moses came back down from Mount Sinai, he saw the calf and the people drunk and threw the tablets with the commandments with them on the ground. He told the people to strap a sword to themselves and run back and forth killing people because of their sin.
   • Aaron lied and told Moses that the people wanted a god so he threw their gold into the furnace and out came the calf.

8. 8. Kings

   • Saul was the first King to rule, he was also part of the tribe of Benjamin.
     • He was the first because Israel had been begging God for a leader. Saul was at first attractive and a good man for the Israelites.
   • Saul appointed David out of all of Jesse's sons, who was also the weakest of his sons.
   • David defeated Goliath the Ammonite giant with a sling shot, a rock, and faith in God.
   • While Daivd became King, he coveted with Uriah, his best friends, wife and killed him to erase his mistake. Because of his mistake, his son died at birth and God said he wouldn't be building the temple.
   • The King after David was his son, Solomon who was also the wisest man on earth.

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