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45 Cards in this Set
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Jehovah |
name for God |
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divine sovereignty |
God's complete and permanent control over the world |
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image of God |
a set of qualities possessed by all humans that reflect God's own personality |
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Creation Mandate |
God's command for man to take care of His creation (Genesis 1:28) |
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culture |
the physical and mental environment developed through human thought and work |
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civilization |
human culture as lived in cities or under the influence of cities |
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city |
a cultural institution in which humans who share certain core values work together to improve their quality of life |
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seed of the serpent |
people who descended from Adam and Eve who don't love God |
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seed of the woman |
people who descended from Adam and Eve who love God |
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nation |
a large group of people who share land, family history, language, and culture |
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nation-state |
nations having their own governments, independent of other nations |
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city-states |
cities that had their own governments, independent of other cities |
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Table of Nations |
the name givent to Genesis 10; it lists the descendants of Noah's sons, Ham, Shem, and Japheth |
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polytheism |
the belief that there are many gods |
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Abrahamic Covenant |
an agreement between God and Abraham that said that God would give Abraham many descendants, land, and great blessing |
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Mosaic Covenant |
God's promise to Israel (through Moses) that if they promised to obey all of God's rules, He would make them His own special nation |
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Messiah |
a descendant of David who would lead humans to exercise dominion just as God had intended from the beginning |
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New Covenant |
God's promise through Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:31–34) to put His rules in the hearts of His people so that they would want to obey (the gift of the Holy Spirit) |
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Jesus of Nazareth |
the Messiah, the Redeemer, the most important human who has ever lived |
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Christ |
Christ is Greek for "anointed one" and refers to the Messiah |
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gospel |
means "good news" and refers to Jesus dying for our sins and being raised from the dead, offering eternal life to all who believe in Him |
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Judaism |
the religion of the Jews, distinct from Christianity |
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Saul of Tarsus |
A leader of the Jewish opposition to Christianity who was converted to Christianity and then played a key role in the spread of Christianity
Jesus changed his name to Paul. He wrote lots of the New Testament. |
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Nero |
an emperor of Rome who persecuted Christians cruelly |
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Diocletian |
the last Roman emperor who persecuted Christians, destroying church buildings and burning Bibles |
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Constantine |
Roman emperor who converted to Christianity and ended the persecution |
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Edict of Milan |
issued by Constantine in AD 312, it ended the persecution of Christians |
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Arius |
church teacher who said that Jesus was not God |
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Council of Nicaea |
when the church leader Arius said that Jesus was not God, the emperor Constantine called this meeting with many church leaders to talk about it; they concluded that Jesus was God |
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Theodosius I |
Roman emperor who made Christianity the only recognized religion in the empire |
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Constantinople |
the emperor Constantine moved the capital of Rome here and called it New Rome, but the people called it Constantinople, meaning Constantine's City |
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barbarians |
a Roman name for people who were not part of Greek or Roman culture |
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Byzantine Empire |
the emperor Theodosius I split the Roman empire into two; on the west was the Roman Empire and to the east was the Byzantine Empire |
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Augustine |
Christian leader from North Africa who wrote the book City of God, which said that Christians should not fear the fall of the Roman Empire, because God's city is forever, and Christians are citizens of God's city, not any city made by man |
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Nestorians |
followers of Nestorius who taught that Jesus was God and human but was not a single person |
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Patrick |
a missionary from Britain to Ireland (AD 432) who helped Christianity thrive there
St. Patrick's Day on March 17th is for him |
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Why have all human societies been religious in some way? |
Humans are made in God's image. They know that they have not made themselves, and they sense that to understand themselves they must know their Creator. |
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How has the Fall damaged human religion? |
Instead of seeking to know God, fallen humans seek to produce a god that is made in their own image. |
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What were the core values of the city of Babel? |
build, make a name for themselves, and remain together |
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How were the Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants similar and different? |
the end result was the similar (Abraham's offspring would be blessed) but the AC was unconditional, MC was conditional |
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Why is Jesus of Nazareth the most important person in the history of the world? |
He is the only one sent by God to fulfill all the major promises in scripture. |
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What two teachings of Paul helped Christianity spread among the Gentiles (non-Jews)? |
Jesus fulfilled the conditions of the Mosaic Covenant (the law); Jesus is Abraham's seed, so anyone who is united with Jesus is a descendant of Abraham. |
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How did the favor of the Roman government change the Christian church? |
The church grew rapidly, however, the purity of the church was damaged. |
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How does Genesis 3:15 tell the story of human history? |
It predicts the future of the human race. Sin divided humanity into two groups: the seed of the serpent (those opposed to God) and the seed of the woman (those who follow God). |
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How did Christ fulfill the Creation Mandate in His coming? |
He defeated sin and death, the two main obstacles that came at the Fall |
