Chapter 4

• The promises of God to Abraham

  Land, people, blessings
• Abraham's family was not worshippers of Yahweh before the revelation
• God chooses one man to restore His people to Himself

  Abraham
• The additional promise of God to the Israelites when they return to him

  A new heart
• Physical needs preceded the need for justice and equality or even a good life
• Sacred objects as the main focus of the Israelites religious fervor

  Ark of the covenant and the Tent of meeting
• The key word in the Abrahamic covenant

  Restore
• God preserved Noah and all the animals because they were good
• The sinfulness of the Israelites deserved death but because of God's covenant, he cannot change God's restraint from doing so
• The depository of the copy of the Ten Commandment

  Ark of Covenant
• The book which emphasized the theme-obedience is rewarded with blessings and disobedience with all sorts of suffering

  Deuteronomy
• The Mosaic covenant has conditions for man and through those conditions, his sin is revealed and seen as a sacrifice


  Mosaic
• Father-in-law of Moses

  Jethro
• They survived in the desert because they learned to take care of each other and learned to think of the community and not only their individual needs
• Weaknesses as a people were already evident early in their journey
• Covenant establishes a

  Relationship
• As sojourners, they cannot afford to accumulate things but have to be content with the barest necessity
• Covenant is central in Old Testament theology


  Covenant
• The penalty for sin

  Death
• The key word in the Adamic covenant

  Redemption
• Benefits of a relationship with Yahweh

  Land, family, nation, blessing
• The covenant between Yahweh and the Israelites gave more benefits to the people
• The key word in the Noahic covenant

  Restraint
• These were later committed to written form individually or in smaller units, later collected and compiled forming a continuous story of the journey to promised land

  Oral stories
• God gave Noah and the earth as a sign of that covenant promise

  Rainbow
• David's son who was given three promises by God

  Solomon
• The collapsible structure that they carry around during their travels

  Tent of Meeting
• The focus of God's relationship was

  Revelation
• It played an important role in the crossing of the Jordan River and the conquest of Jericho

  Ark of the Covenant
• The 3 promises of God to David's son

  Throne, house, kingdom forever