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THE OLD TESTAMENT

Emma Clark English

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THE OLD TESTAMENT

1. Creation
- 2. The Fall
  - God tells Adam & Eve not to eat from one tree
    - He tells them they will surely "die"
    - Satan takes the shape of a snake
    - Satan tempts eve into eating the fruit
      - Eve gives Adam the fruit to eat
        They realize they are naked and become ashamed
        God knows that Adam and Eve ate the fruit and sends them out of the garden
        Consequences for man: He must work all the days of his life
        Consequences for women: Child birth and the need for her husband
  - Cain & Abel
    - The children of Adam & Eve
      - Cain is a farmer
      - Abel is a Shepherd
      - Cain kills Abel
  - This represents the weight of sin we have to carry with us all our lives
- Day 1: Earth, light and dark
  - Day 2: Sky
    - Day 3: Dry land and plants
      - Day 4: Moon, Stars, Sun
        Day 5: Flying Animals And Sea Life
        Day 6: Land Animals And Humans
        Day 7: God Sleeps
- God created Humans
  - Adam
    - First Man
      - Job is to care for the Garden
      - Not good for man to be alone
    - Eve
      - First Woman
        Comes from Adam
        Adam's Partner
        Gives birth to Cain & Able
    - Takes Rib out of Adam
    - *means "man" in hebrew
- I dint know how to describe the purity of the garden and creation so I had to put it into this simple word
4. Abraham
- Married to Sarah
  - Sarah is barren and cannot have a baby
    - Sarah comes up with an idea, Abraham will sleep with Sarah's servant, Hagar and they will have a child through her
      - Hagar becomes pregnant and gives birth to Ishmael
        After Isaac is born, Sarah get's jealous and sends Hagar and Ishmael into the wilderness
    - Sarah gives birth to Isaac, which means the one who laughs
      - God tells Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to God even though he is his only son
- From the city of UR
  - God tells Abraham to move to Canaan and leave his birthplace behind
- He has a different name, Abram, and so does his wife, Sarai
  - God promises Abraham 3 things:
    - 1. He will be a great nation: though his descendants his name will become a great nation
      - 2. to be a blessing: he will have as many descendants as sand on the beach and stars in the sky
        3. Land: the land of canaan and from Egypt/up
5. Jacob
- Gets Esau's birthright by giving him a bowl of red stew
  - Goes to his father Isaac and steals Esau's birthright by tricking his father
    - Esau vows to kill Jacob, so Jacob runs away
- Jacob works for his Uncle for 7 years to marry Rachel, but is tricked into marrying Leah. He must work 7 more years for Rachel
  - Rachel is barren and cannot have any children
- Saw a ladder to heaven
- Wrestles with God
- Name changed to "Israel"
- Family Line:
  - Leah
    - Reuben
    - Simeon
    - Levi
    - Judah
    - Issachar
    - Zebulun
    - Zilpah
      - Gad
      - Asher
  - Rachel
    - Joseph
    - Benjamin
    - Bilhah
      - Dan
      - Naphatil
- Jacob's love isn't free, it has to be earned (like money, this isn't about Jacob wanting money)
3. The Flood
- God see's that man is evil and is sad that he created them
  - God decides to drown them all, including animals
- He see's one righteous man, Noah
  - Tell's Noah to create an ark
    - He tell's Noah to take two of every kind of animal on the ark
      - Noah and his family are the only people on the boat (8)
        It rains for 40 days and 40 nights
        Noah sends out 3 doves until they find land
        Ark lands on a mountain
        Noah makes a sacrifice
- This represents baptism and the cleansing of the world's sins
6. Mt. Sinai
- The mountain is holy
  - There's a cleansing ceremony for many days and no one is allowed to go by the mountain
- There was smoke on the mountain becuase God came upon it in fire
- Moses goes up the mountain for 4o days and 40 nights
  - Moses receives the 10 commandments on the mountain
  - God tells Moses how to build the tabernacle
  - Everyone thinks Moses has died on the mountain
    - Aaron builds a golden calf out of jewelry
      - Moses finds out and get's angry, he breaks the 10 commandments
      - They are not allowed to enter the promised land becuase they sinned
- It's interesting that god takes the shape of smoke on a mountain. Smoke is shapeless (like God?) and a mountain is the highest point in the region. Does this represent God how he's this like shapeless but high power?
7. Judges
- Before the kings, there were judges to keep people in line
- There were 12 judges
  - Othniel
  - Ehud
  - Shamgar
  - Deborah
    - Only woman judge
    - She's pretty cool
  - Gideon
  - Tola
  - Jair
  - Jephthah
  - Ibzan
  - Elon
  - Abdon
  - Samson
    - One of the most well known judges
      - Samson and Delilah
    - Got strength from his hair
- Samson is the last judge
8. Kings
- God did not want a king, but the Israelites wanted a king for themselves
  - God did not want a king, so like by the human kings wearing crowns does it somehow relate to how Jesus is wearing a crown of thorns on his head? Like this related to it since the line of David runs though Jesus
- Saul is the first anointed king
  - Saul is a good king for a long time, but when he finds out David is going to be the next king he goes crazy
    - Saul want to kill David, but David refuses to kill Saul
      - Saul dies in battle by being wounded but takes his own life by falling on his sword
  - Saul's son Jonathan and David are best friends
    - David marries Saul's daughter
- David is anointed king long before he actually becomes king
  - David kills Goliath as a boy
  - After Saul's death David becomes king
    - David and Bathsheba have Solomon
      - Solomon is Israel's wisest and last king
        Solomon is supposed to build the temple, not David
    - David is Israel's favorite king