Abraham, Moses
1. The first eleven chapters of Genesis possess a ________________ and ____________ emphasis. universal and cosmic (Davis, 1998, p. 155)
2. With the introduction of Abraham, Moses begins to ___________________ redemptive history. Particularize (Davis, 1998, p. 155).
3. How has archaeology verified the historicity of these chapters in Genesis? It further reinforced that the Bible is the only true source of information verifying the events and time of Genesis. This is because of a large quanitity of material was on the basis of antisupernatural presuppositions. Since the acts of God were involved they are best appreciated when considered historical and divinely inspired (Davis, 1998, p. 156).
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How is the promise in jeopardy (both 1 and 2) in this section? When Abraham went into Egypt and the pharoh took Sarah and that could have ruined everything from making it to Canaan and Sarah bearing Abraham’s son (Davis, 1998, p. 175-176).
9. Who is Melchizadek? Be thorough. He was king Salem and “priest of the most high God” and he brought bread and wine to Abraham. He was a historical, human person who typified Christ (Davis, 1998, p. 181).
10. Which view from #9 do you hold to? Why? I would go with how Melchizadek was typified Christ. This is because the book talks about how he worshipped no Canannite gods along with the meaning behind the titles of God in verses 18 and 19 (Davis, 1998, p. 181).
11. What is significant about Abraham’s rescue of Lot and victory over the Eastern Kings? That from his experience in Egypt, Abraham learned the importance ofhow the gifts of the ungodly are often attached to deadly strings. Even though he was successful in saving his nephew and gaining respect and gifts from earthly kings he still obeyed God (Davis, 1998, p. …show more content…
12. Why is Genesis 15 an “especially important” chapter? It is important because the apostle Paul built his case for justification by faith on it (Davis, 1998, p. 183).
13. T/F—The vocabulary and style of Genesis 15 are in harmony with the rest of the book and therefore should be considered Mosaic in origin. Explain your answer. True, The language and flow of the text are such that there seems to be no difficulty with assuming it to be a single litrary unit (Davis, 1998, p. 194).
14. Abraham called God “Lord” because ______________________________ and he called God “Jehovah” because _____________________. “He was his master” “had given him the covenant promises” (Davis, 1998, p. 184).
15. What was Abraham afraid of? He was fearful about a male heir to inherit his present possessions and even more significantly the future blessings promised by God (Davis, 1998, p. 185).
16. How did God reaffirm Abraham’s faith? He reminded him that He took him out of Ur to make this land his inheritance but when that wasn’t enough, God “cut a covenant” by comingin the form of a smoking furnance and a burning lamp and walked by Abraham (Davis, 1998, p.
2. With the introduction of Abraham, Moses begins to ___________________ redemptive history. Particularize (Davis, 1998, p. 155).
3. How has archaeology verified the historicity of these chapters in Genesis? It further reinforced that the Bible is the only true source of information verifying the events and time of Genesis. This is because of a large quanitity of material was on the basis of antisupernatural presuppositions. Since the acts of God were involved they are best appreciated when considered historical and divinely inspired (Davis, 1998, p. 156).
4. What are the three possible locations …show more content…
How is the promise in jeopardy (both 1 and 2) in this section? When Abraham went into Egypt and the pharoh took Sarah and that could have ruined everything from making it to Canaan and Sarah bearing Abraham’s son (Davis, 1998, p. 175-176).
9. Who is Melchizadek? Be thorough. He was king Salem and “priest of the most high God” and he brought bread and wine to Abraham. He was a historical, human person who typified Christ (Davis, 1998, p. 181).
10. Which view from #9 do you hold to? Why? I would go with how Melchizadek was typified Christ. This is because the book talks about how he worshipped no Canannite gods along with the meaning behind the titles of God in verses 18 and 19 (Davis, 1998, p. 181).
11. What is significant about Abraham’s rescue of Lot and victory over the Eastern Kings? That from his experience in Egypt, Abraham learned the importance ofhow the gifts of the ungodly are often attached to deadly strings. Even though he was successful in saving his nephew and gaining respect and gifts from earthly kings he still obeyed God (Davis, 1998, p. …show more content…
12. Why is Genesis 15 an “especially important” chapter? It is important because the apostle Paul built his case for justification by faith on it (Davis, 1998, p. 183).
13. T/F—The vocabulary and style of Genesis 15 are in harmony with the rest of the book and therefore should be considered Mosaic in origin. Explain your answer. True, The language and flow of the text are such that there seems to be no difficulty with assuming it to be a single litrary unit (Davis, 1998, p. 194).
14. Abraham called God “Lord” because ______________________________ and he called God “Jehovah” because _____________________. “He was his master” “had given him the covenant promises” (Davis, 1998, p. 184).
15. What was Abraham afraid of? He was fearful about a male heir to inherit his present possessions and even more significantly the future blessings promised by God (Davis, 1998, p. 185).
16. How did God reaffirm Abraham’s faith? He reminded him that He took him out of Ur to make this land his inheritance but when that wasn’t enough, God “cut a covenant” by comingin the form of a smoking furnance and a burning lamp and walked by Abraham (Davis, 1998, p.