Old Testament Review

Old Testament Review

1. 1. Creation

   • God created the world in 7 days.
     • God rested on the 7th day.
   • God created mankind.
     • God first made man and named him Adam.
       • God made Eve, the first woman, out of man.
     • Mankind was the first thing God said that was very good.
   • There were two untouchable trees
     • Tree of knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life.
       • Adam and Eve were permitted to eat from any tree but these two
         • God said that if they did, they would surely die.
   • Adam named all the animals.
   • Humans were the first thing to be "very good"
   • God created mankind in his own image.

2. 2. The Fall

   • God cursed mankind after they ate from the tree.
     • Woman were to have pain in childbirth and to submit to their husbands.
     • Men were to work for their food
   • They were kicked out of the garden.
     • God placed an angel with a flaming sword at the entrance of the Garden.
   • The serpent tempted Eve to partake in the fruit of the tree.
     • Eve then tempted her husband to eat the fruit as well.
       • Adam and eve realized they were naked and hid themselves. They sewed together fig leaves to cover themselves.
         • The Lord came looking for them in the Garden.
   • Adam blamed Eve for his sin.
   • The Lord fashioned them clothes
   • God said they must not eat from the Tree of Life.

3. 3. The Flood

   • Noah was asked to build an ark.
     • He was to bring two of each animal on the ark
       • There were 8 humans on the boat, one was Noah and the other 7 were his family members
   • Rained for 40 days and 40 nights.
   • Noah sent out a Dove to see if there was dry land.
     • The Dove came back with a branch.
       • They got to dry land and Noah made a sacrifice to God.
         • God put a rainbow in the sky to show that he would never destroy the world in a flood again.
   • God gave his specific instructions on how to build the Ark.
   • God sent a flood to earth because everybody was evil.
   • They landed in a moutain range.
   • The flood happened because mankind was evil.

4. 4. Blessing of Abraham

   • Sarai became Sarah
   • Abrams became Abraham
   • There were three blessings given to Abraham by God.
     • "I will make you a great nation"
       • "I will make your name great"
         • "People will be blessed through you"
   • God also told Abraham that he would bless those who blessed him and curse those who cursed him.

5. 5. Jacob & His Family

   • Jacob had a twin brother named Esau.
   • Jacob was in love with Rachel and made a deal to work for Laban in order to marry her.
     • Laban tricked him and after working for 7 year he gave Jacob Leah instead
       • After 7 more years of working, he finally got Rachel's hand in marriage.
         • This caused competition between Leah and Rachel for Jacob's affection.
   • Jacob had 12 sons.
   • Joseph was Jacob's favorite son because to was the only son that Rachel gave birth to.
   • Jacob gave Joseph the coat of many colors.
   • There was rivalry between Jacobs son Joseph and the rest of the brothers.

6. 6. Exodus

   • Israelites were living in Egypt.
     • The Israelites grew in number and Pharaoh made them slaves.
       • Pharaoh ordered the midwives to kill all the male babies
         • All the boy babies ended up dead besides Moses
   • Moses lived with Pharaoh and his daughter.
   • Moses killed an Egyptian and ran away.
   • Moses came back later to free the Israelites from slavery.
   • Moses was put in a basket in the Nile river to hide him form the people trying to kill him
   • God sent 12 plagues to Egypt through Moses

7. 7. Mt. Sinai

   • Lord told Moses he would appear to him in a dense cloud
   • The Lord told Moses to tell the people to get ready for the third day.
   • Mt. Sinai was covered with smoke.
   • The Lord gave Moses the 1o commandments.
     • The people saw that Moses was up there so long and asked Aaron to make them idols.
       • Aaron collected the people's gold earrings and created a Golden Calf.
         • Moses came down and saw the Gold Calf and threw the 10 Commandments down out of anger.
   • The Lord struck the people with a plague because of the Golden Calf.

8. 8. The Judges

   • There were 12 judges in the bible.
     • Othniel
       • Ehud
         • Shamgar
           • Deborah
             • Gideon
               • Tola
                 • Jair
                   • Jephthah
                     • Ibzan
                       • Elon
                         • Abdon
                           • Samson
   • The people didn't want Judges and continually begged for kings.
   • There was a continuous cycle when it came to the Judges.
   • The primary reasons for Israel's failure during the period of the judges were either lack of faith in God or lack of obedience in God.
   • The people always commit a greater evil after the judge dies.
   • Deborah was the only female judge.

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