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24 Cards in this Set
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Sin of commission
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the bad things we do (commit)
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Sin of omission
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good things we should be doing but overlook (omit)
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"Original sin"
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the tendency of humans to do evil
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Literal: Old Testament sin meant breaking the rules and the consequence was punishment
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Contextual: sin meant hurting relationships and consequence was some form of alienation
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Venial sins
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Lesser sins that would harm or hurt relationships
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Mortal sins
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Sins to a degree that can kill or destroy relationships
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Literal: Nephilim - who?
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Some time after flood, angels see how beautiful human women are and come down and have relations with them
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Contextual: Nephilim - who?
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Thought the Philistine were the Nephilim
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How did the Nephilim story get into the Genesis accounts?
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How does the Bible portray God's fairness and justice?
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1) Announced ahead
2) Gives non-sinners a chance 3) Saved the species But still carried out his intention to rid the world of sin. |
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Was the Flood Story just a story of destruction?
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No, also as much a story of creation.
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Flood rain - how long?
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40 days/night - literal
Time of prep. - contextual |
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Extent of flood - what?
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covered whole world - literal
Tigris/Euprates flooded - contextual |
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How long did Noah live?
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950 years
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Three sons of Noah and who descended from them
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Shem - Semitic cultures
Ham - Notherm African, Phoenician, Japheth - Indo-European, Maritime (sea-faring) people Nimrod is in here somehow - first king |
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Three elements of a biblical covenant
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1) words of agreement
2) sign 3) sacrifice |
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God's covenent with Noah - 3 parts
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1) words of agreement - God will never destroy earth with flood again
2) sign - rainbow 3) sacrifice - Not sure, but seems Noah sacrificed the clean animals and birds. Notes say something about splitting an animal in half. |
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Sin of Ham
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saw father naked - literal
viloated father in a way only God sees him - contextual |
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How did Noah test waters?
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1) Raven - at end of 40 days
2) Dove - he came back, waits 7 days 3) Dove - came back with olive leaf, waits 7 more days 4) Dove - never came back |
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Ark materials?
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Pitch - animal poop
Gopher wood |
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Ark dimensions
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length - 300 cubits
width - 50 cubits heighth - 30 cubits |
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Who was on ark?
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8 people - Nouah, wife, 3 sons and their wives
7 pairs of each clean animal 7 pairs of each bird 1 pair of each non-clean animal Check this |
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Ziggurat?
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Tower
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Babel - sin and consequences
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Sin - they got arrogant and built a tower - literal
Sin - trying to be on God's level - contextual Conseq. - God confused speech - lit. Conseq - alienation of nations - Cont. Nation from nation - racism, sexism, terrorism, suspicion |
