Old Testament saints

Our roles to the current generation should be as the Old Testament Prophets. The prophets of the Old Testament had very specific roles. God called some to foretell, some to be messengers, and some to forthtell. God used some of the most unlikely men and women to do His will. God used Noah to build an Ark. The Ark was meant to preserve His animals and Noah’s family. It was also used as a sign of His majesty. God used a prostitute to show that He could forgive anyone their sins and to also show…

only help bring people to biblical understandings. After looking at the ancient Near East literature and Proverbs I can confidently come to the conclusion that there are parallels between them. In the book Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament, John H. Walton suggest, “One of the principles that shows up often in the ancient Near East as well as in Israel , explicitly as well as implicitly, regarding both how God acts and how society works, is the idea of just retribution”…

the Israelites are convinced that through Abraham their people were chosen to adhere to this binding contract, and as a result of their loyalty, their people would receive the blessings God (Tullock & McEntire, 2012, p. 58). Furthermore, as the Old Testament continues in the Book of Exodus after God reiterates to the Israelites if they obey the covenant, then he will consider their people a treasured possession (Exodus 19:4-6, New International Version). Now, that we understand the covenant…

The main Biblical idea behind a covenant means a coming together of two or more parties. Our text, Dictionary of the Old Testament Pentateuch, defines the term as “a solemn commitment guaranteeing promises or obligations, undertaken by one or both covenanting parties” (139). The modern world equivalent is called a contract, which typically outlines promises that the parties are agreeing on. In the Bible the word covenant is used in many different contexts. Specifically in Genesis, these are…

acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. (Oxford Dictionary pg. 1) God limits the knowledge of his doings a great amount in the Hebrew Bible, but specifically in the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, many stories, such as Adam and Eve or Job, reveals how God limits knowledge from his people. The question is, why does God limits knowledge from his people? God is said to know everything and the world and loves his people; so…

As we reach the end of the Old Testament, we also reach the Minor Prophets which cover the books of Hosea to Malachi. The prophetic books of the Bible are books of judgment and punishment. They also cover and illustrate the issues of idolatry, social injustices and religious ritualism. Even now in the 21st century these issues still apply to us and we can learn things from the teachings of the prophets. A man named Amos prophesized in Israel during a time of prosperity for the nation;…

"I 'm not a very good man, sir, but I am sheriff of Maycomb County. Lived in this town all my life an ' I 'm goin ' on forty-three years old. Know everything that 's happened here since before I was born. There 's a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it 's dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead.” (Sheriff Tate, Chapter 30)…

Giving purpose to life is valuable and eases the mind of many questions. However, how is a creation story to be interpreted? The creation story in the Old Testament is a story that has many meanings behind the text. The meanings of the text strongly convey their messages, and possibly impact future cultures. The story seems to go back and forth between what existed before this creation. The very first verse states “God created the heavens and the earth” then the story moves to state “Let us…

hand, and send her out of his house." (Deuteronomy 24:1) • This primary source from the Old Testament conveys that a wife did not have the right to divorce her husband but, a husband could divorce his wife for any reason, and he had no obligation to financially care for her • Women were excluded from public religious life and were rarely taught the Torah, even in…

is that child and the different eras of history mark the “trimesters.” I see this birthing process of Jesus taking place in 3 trimesters; first and second trimester takes place within two sections in the Old Testament and then the Intertestamental Period is the third trimester. The Old Testament is God’s story of mankind and of Israel, the nation. The story of mankind can be found in the Bible in Genesis…