Religion VI TEST
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- Canaan
- Joshua and the Israelites plan to cross the Jordan river and invade Canaan
- Joshua
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Joshua 1. leads the people
2. is firm + steadfast
1. God is w/ Joshua
2. protects Joshua
3. brings victory to the Israelites - Jordan River
- when the priests enter the river and Joshua and crew are crossing the waters cease to flow
- jericho
- Joshua and the Israelites sieged the city and took it over
- Ai
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-after destruction of Jericho Joshua and men predict easy conquest
-Israel is defeated and Joshua calls to God
-God says he has broken the ban by taking loot from Jericho - The Ban
- an order to destroy everything in a conquered town and to take nothing of one's own
- Judges
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-a tribal leader who are unlikely to lead
1.commit idolatry
2.God gets angry
3.People are oppresed-->God sends a oppressor
4.People cry out to God
5.God sends a judge
6.Judge defeats oppression
7.People return to God - Idolatry
- worshiping an idol rather than worshiping God
- Jephthah
- Judge who was an outcast b/c he had onligitimate family
- Gideon
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Youngest- judge
enters battle with 300 pp. to show God is with him - Samson
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-Nazirte- a man consecrated to God from birth
-Strong and in the tim eof the Philistines - Deborah
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Judge or prophet- Women
-oppresed by Canaanites - Samuel
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-Judge, preist, prophet
-anoints 1st king of Israel
- warns people not to get a king b/c a king will take their possesions - Philistines
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They are BAD PEOPLE
-David beat them (goliath)
-Samson defeated - Cananites
- people from Canaan defeated by Deborah
- Davidic Covenant
- God promises a King from the house of David will always be on the throne
- Anoint
- To become king by slathering with oil, blessing
- Saul
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King anointed by Samuel
-military leader
SINS- 1. Violates ban
2.offers sacrifice - David
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-secretley anointed
-problems w/ Saul (cloak)
- Defeated Philistines and Goliath
-United the tripes
Made Jerusalem them capital of Judah and brought ark
SINS
-Do not covet your neighbors wife
-do not commit adultery
-do not kill - Goliath
- Philistine killed by David
- Temple
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-built by Solomon in Jerusalem
-Destroyed by Babylonians
-Rebuilt by Remnant after exile - Jerusalem
- Political capital of South b/c it's b/w N. and S. tribes of Israel
- Bathsheba
- Uriah's wife who David commits adultery upon
- Nathan
- David's advisor and prophet
- Solomon
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-asks for wise heart rather than wealth and power
-Firm borders
-Built Temple
-Book of proverbs
-COMMITS IDOLATRY w/ pagan wives--> son will loose kingdom - Rehoboam
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Solomons son
-people complained the taxes were to high
-People made a seperate kingdom in the North called Israel - The SPLIT OF KINGDOMS
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NORTH + SOUTH
NAME: Israel , Judah
rel. cap: Dan and Bethel , Jerusalem
pol. cap: Samaria , Jerusalem
1st king: Jeroboam , Rehoboam - Elijah
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-Drought fled
-pp. protect him on journey (widom+raven)
-Elijah and Baal (cooking contest and bulls)-->Elijah wins
-Naboth vineyard--> Ahab wants
-Ahab and Jezebal bear false witness--> Elijah predicts death, etc.
-Goes to Bethel to be Elisha's successor
-flamming chariots and wind to heaven - Ba'al
- -God who Canaanites + Israelites keep worshiping with pagan wives
- Amos
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Prophet, Israel who isnt accepted
-"You must put your love for God into action"
-Women of Samaria are selfish--> God says they will be dragged by hooks
AMOS is speaking agaisnt Israek=lites for God
--> kicked out of Israel and accused of being a false prophet - 922 BCE
- Split Kingdoms
- Ark of the Covenant
- powerful symbol of God's prescence brought to Jerusalem by David
- Dan and Bethel
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religious capitals of Israel
-where Israelites commit idolatry - Prophet
- someone who delivers God's message
- Non-writing Prophets
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Samuel
Nathan
Elijah
Elisha - Writing prophets
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Jeremiah
Isaiah
Ezekial
Amos
Hosea
Micah - True Prophet and Flase Prophet
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1. often reluctant to speak for God
a. Eagerly takes on Job
2.Tells people the truth
b. Says what the people want to hear
3.realist
c.optimist
4.Lives the messge preched
d. all talk to action - Elisha
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-parts Jordan river
-asks for double portion of Elijah - Gomer
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Hosea's wife who isn't faithful to him
-->example of Israel and how they aren't faithful to God
marrage vows= covenant
Affairs= idolatry - Hosea
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spoke to Israel and life mirrored Israel
-Wife-Gomer
-Children names butchery, no pity for Israel and not God's people
-God will forgive if you listen--> don't listen - Vassal
- Israel was vassal and had to pay Assyrians
- 721 Bce
- Assyrians conquered Israel
- Assyrians
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Conquered Israel
-seperates families
-intermarried w/ Israelite-->Samaritans
Hated by jews for intermarring b/c= non-loyalty - Isaiah
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-Amos's son and prophet
-came to save Israel from Babylonians
-Vineyard Song- metaphor
-->a fertile vineyard goes bad
-->example of how Judah is an unfaithful love to God
-God calls him , he agrees
-->angel cleanses him
-people hearts are sluggish
-Immanuel prophecy
-Hezekaih destroys all pagan shrines and insists sacrifices be made in the temple--> ISAIAH assures safety - Immanuel
- A virgin will have a son named Immanuel who will be king and a preist
- Second Isaiah
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-Raises hope for pp in Babylonian capture for when they return to Jerusalem
-Cyrus the Persian-> sets them free
-Joyous expectations upon return - Third Isaiah
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Problem- people are fasting but God isn't answering their prayers
Solution: Isaiah tells people to go out and do something like but food for the homeless with the money they save fasting - Haggai
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"get building guys"
-doesn't look good,m Haggai says as long as you tried God will come - Malachi
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-stop making unpure sacrifices to God
- tithe- 10% of earnings go to the church - Nebuchadnezzar
- King of the Babylonians
- 701 BCE
- Assyrians were going to attack Israel but a plague wiped them out
- Ezekiel
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-uses pantomimes
1-eats a scroll saying God's sadness and it tastes good--> God's word is sweet
2-model of Jerusalem, makes pp. attack it as it gets destroyed--> God will watch Jerusalem get destroyed
3-cuts hair, burns 1/3(disease), sprinkles 1/3 and beats it (people will die in battle, 1/3 scatters in wind (taken by Babyloninas)
-Wife dies-> doesn't show grief--> not recognizing what you loose
EXILE
-Vision of Dry Bones-> people in exile w/ no faith-> told to prophesize to the bones (he will prophesize to the people) - Exile
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Babylonians
Destroy temple
take people to exile in Babylon
-give them jobs and let them practice religion
-peoples home=synagogue