Yahweh

mechanism for the people to understand and connect with the supernatural world. They also were said to have challenged the monarchy regarding social/economic issues (Stanley, 417). Pre-exilic prophets spoke against the monarchy, pronouncing judgment by Yahweh for their insurrection, especially worshipping…

laws, as instructed by God. It is explained well in by Leuchter and Lamb in “Joshua”, stating, “Joshua uses a variety of tactics to compel the people to be more obedient. He reviews what YHWH has done for them, gives them a direct command to serve Yahweh, tells them to make a choice, speaks of his own family’s example, uses reverse psychology, and finally he sets up a witness stone that will somehow testify against them if they don’t obey throughout the book of Joshua. In response to Joshua’s…

greatest construction period since the pyramids were constructed, over a thousand years before. Many slave labourers were used, including the Israelis. Impact of Ancient Israel The idea of the Covenant = formal agreement between Hebrews and God (Yahweh) The concept of Monotheism – Hebrews worshipped God and only God, and in return, they would be God’s Chosen People and given Canaan as the Promised Land Spiritual ideas profoundly influenced Western culture, morality, ethics and…

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate details in various area of the Old Testament. For example, in Psalm 1, the blessed person is seen as one who delights in the “law" or direction of Yahweh and thinks upon what it says day and night. The insights into the character of God or the attributes of people who accomplished great things with God highlighted throughout the Old Testament will also be illustrated. Furthermore, the comparison and contrast of the two different types of people…

Module 3 Discussion Forum: 1.Think of four identifiers that are central to defining who you are as a person and explain why you hold them to be so central. What core values do these identifiers point to? GOD, MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND MY EDUCATION. Those are my identifiers and in that exact same descending order. GOD protects and guide me, my family and is the reason why I am continuing and education. That will be expanded upon in question two, regarding internalization. You may be…

and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. (Exodus 2.23) This cry for help however cannot be seen in a theological light because the cry was not addressed to Yahweh. It was only a “raw political act of giving voice to the irreducible political datum of suffering at the hands of coercive power” (Scott and Cavanaugh…

2015, page 227). He also brings into light that the taunt song implies a distant fulfillment all together. Hassler says that Yahweh makes it known to Habakkuk and the people he is writing to understand that they will receive fulfillment but just not anytime soon. This aides greatly to the author’s main hypothesis that the prophecy in Isaiah and Habakkuk has yet to be fulfilled…

5 Jesus is the One When sin entered the world of humanity through Adam, the relationship between God and man was broken. In order for restoration to occur, it became necessary to substitute the lifeblood of another. Because love is at the core of God’s character, he granted mercy and forgiveness to all of humankind by providing the perfect sacrifice for the redemption of his creation. Romans 3:23-24 says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified…

not more blameworthy than they or any other human being. But since he shares his friends blueprint assumption that God is behind all that has happened to him, the only alternative conclusion available to him is that God is in fact arbitrary. When Yahweh appears at the end of this book, he no more agrees with Job’s theology than he agrees with the theology of his friends. First, while everyone else at the time the Old Testament was written believed that the world was fashioned and ruled by many…

the oldest source and one of Southern focus, describes God as an anthropomorphic deity and focuses on the making and fulfillment of promises. In addition, within this source, God is referred to solely as “Yahweh”. The E-Source (Elohist), which focuses on the North, does not support the idea of Yahweh being an anthropomorphic deity. This source supports communication through angels and demons, as well as prophecy. The D-Source (Deuteronomist) deals with issues that are dissimilar to any that are…