The author Ronald Youngblood observed the preface of the Old Treatment in the book, The Heart of the Old Testament by demonstrating the basic outline of the Scriptures is to trace the development of certain key ideas from one end of the Bible to the other. This book serves a great purpose that lays out nine themes that constitute the heart of the Old Testament. The nine themes are monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Dr. Ron Youngblood has achieved his purpose in an admirable layout before us the heart of the Old Testament in a careful and practical manner. Dr. Youngblood links the key theological strands of the Old Testament to the New in a style that is biblically sound, highly readable,
The movie “The Matrix” and the “Book of Exodus,” have some noteworthy parallels. One of these parallels is that both stories are about humankind being led toward a path of freedom by one man (the hero). In “The Matrix” humans are a slave to Artificial Intelligence, the energy source needed for Artificial Intelligence to thrive. In the “Book of Exodus” the Hebrew are a slave to Egypt, and are used as the energy source to build a great city for the Pharaoh. There are parallels between the two hero’s
The Heart of the Old Testament is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Youngblood wrote this book with a goal of showing people that the Old Testament is not any different from the New Testament, and should not be treated or believed any differently. Throughout the course of the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the foundation of the Old Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant 1 and covenant 2, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption.
This reminds me of the words of Paul in Romans 2:11,
In his book, Youngblood discusses about the law of the Lord. As written in Psalm 19:7, the law of God is perfect. The Bible explains what should be considered right or wrong. Jesus said that “out of the heart, the mouth speaks”. He goes on to say that, it is not what goes into the mouth of a person that makes him unclean, but that which comes out of the same mouth (Youngblood, 1998).
Romans 12 and the Sermon on the Mount Comparison The Sermon on the Mount was preached by Jesus Christ nearly 2,000 years ago. It was recorded in the book of Matthew chapter 5 through 7 and became the core elements of Christianity. These teachings can be found in chapter 12 of the book of Romans written by the Apostle Paul and in other religion’s basis in the world. The most significant principles are “love your neighbor as yourself,” “do not repay evil for evil,” “and live in harmony with one another.”
Study Guide for Final Exam 1. Basic truths about the bible: its divisions into Old and Now Test:an-mt. Whot (low; lho 'testament mean? Who was the old covenant between? Who was the tiew covenant between? 2.
Interweaving Creation: Birth Narratives in Ifa-Yoruba Traditions, Hebrew Bible, Muhammad, and Yoruba Mythos Religious traditions offer a variety of viewpoints on the world's creation and the origin stories of venerated figures. This essay aims to explore the fascinating comparisons and distinctions between the creation narratives found in the Hebrew Bible and the Ifa-Yoruba Tradition's accounts of the origin of the universe. Additionally, it explores a birth narrative from the Ifa-Yoruba Tradition that centers on a beloved character and makes analogies to the accounts of Muhammad's birth and life. We will explore the threads that bind these stories together through this comparative analysis, learning about the similarities and contrasts between
One of God 's many rule is “Love your neighbor as yourself.” when you show favoritism to some of your neighbor your going again of the rule written in the scripture, you must treat everyone as equal, as God views all of us as
The Levitical laws are often times baffling and arbitrary. They the raise question of why God has placed certain creatures as clean and others as not? However, the anthropological work of Mary Douglas and Michael Carroll helps give some insight to the nature of these laws and their purposes. Douglas gives two categories for the previous views of the laws found in Leviticus, which are they are meaningless or arbitrary, or they are to illustrate virtues and vices.
Those few that have studied history, and understand what's coming, they are sounding the alarm. Regardless of what you have heard, from late night talking-head comics or the fully controlled mainstream media about this man, he has studied the agendas of the wealthy and powerful of this world, for decades, and is sounding the shofar, perhaps the last of the warnings we will receive before resistance is pointless. Good people are slow to anger while purposeful evil is infecting their lives.
In the New Testament God stated that people should rid themselves out of all malice and hypocrisy. This can be seen when He stated the following, “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.” (English Standard Version, 1 Peter 2.1). In this verse God is making a call to everyone, so they will stop being hypocrite and leave all malice behind. In the other side, Atticus while talking to Mr. Hacke Tate once said “I can’t live one way in town and another way in my home” (Lee 276).
The Holocaust was a horrible crime against humanity which impacted society forever. 6 million Jews died at the hand of the Nazis during this time of war. Elie Wiesel, holocaust survivor, best-selling author of Night, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient declared ‘‘When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted, because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – must become the center of the universe.’’. When governments make a decision to get involved and help a certain group of people, depending on the situation, their actions could endanger an entire country.
However, according to Christians, this may contradict certain aspects of scripture. For example, in the King James bible, James 2:10 says “For whosoever shall keep the law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all” (King James Bible, James. 2.10). Moreover, I also read in the biblical text that God judges those according to their spiritual competence; too much is given much is required.
The writer's primary concern was showing authority and organizing pieces of literature. "In various ways, it is argued that God's governance is to maintain an order that cannot be mocked, disregarded, or nullified, however, while this function contains an important religious affirmation, it also lends itself to ideological use by those in positions of power"( Brueggemann,1985). According to the attending section in unit 1, "The Old Testament has been the sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity for over 2,500 years and are one of the most important collections of texts in the Western World"(Tullock,& McEntire,2012). Nevertheless, The Old Testament is also referred to as The Hebrew scriptures.
