We still have some believers that there is a higher power that exists. Muslim, Judaists, and Christians believe in the existence of one God also called Monotheism believe that is only a single God who created the heavens and the earth and all the things on it. On the other hand, Polytheism believes in many Gods, and we have the naysayers that are referred to as Atheists they believe in no God (evolution). To explain this aspect to the reader Youngblood quoted Isaiah 45:22 a book in the Old Testament which states; “I am God, and there is no other” Youngblood also refers to the New Testament in book of John 14, sharing that if Christians know God the Son they also know God the Father, showing that they are the same. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me (John
The heart of the Old Testament second edition is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Robert 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 as a separate entity. In the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the pillar of the Old Testament. He then discusses these nine themes of the Old Testaments with supporting scriptures from the New Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, covenant, law, sovereignty, theocracy, sacrifice, election, redemption and faith (Youngblood, 1998).
Jonathan, I agree with your statement we do tend to view the New Testament through the lens of our twenty-first-century culture. Even though we know that it's not the best way to interpret the New Testament we seem to get a better grasp from doing this. I like how you brought up the original authors of the New Testament and how they wrote through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Yes, it is difficult to fit in someone else's shoes, but the Holy Spirit that existed when scripture was penned can lead, guide and direct our path today just as it did then. I would agree with you that the three methods that the authors bring forth are a great way to view the New Testament.
In reality and fiction, there is a sense of disconnect from the things and ideas that have been set in stone from the past. This prominent theme looms before our daily lives to subtly remind us of the importance of our past. In modern times, teenagers constantly want to “grow up” in order to feel like they have control of their lives. They clash with their parents and throw themselves into freedom. In exchange, they choose to ignore the past.
I enjoyed very much all the good points mentioned in your discussion board regarding the Bible. I do believe that, it is important to learn the history, meaning and behind God’s plan for the Bible in our regular day lives. In the meantime, I would like to highlight the fact that, nevertheless, the Bible is all God’s Word, but, it is also good, in order to better appreciate, that Christians study other scriptures such as Old and New Testament, Gospel, the Psalms, Proverbs, Wisdom, and so forth. There are differences about the scriptures, for example, the Bible describes God’s word to us, whereas the psalms, are prayers written to God as poetry is set to music. As stated in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable
The Bible is so detailed that every person has a different view for every
The Bible is saturated with knowledge and we are able to understand what it means. We have a duty to study the Bible in its entirety, meaning we have no right to leave nothing out in our studies of the Bible. As we dive into the prosperous word of God we should approach it with an open heart and an eagerness to learn all we can from it. The Old testament is treated like Revelation at times. We feel as if it’s not needed to study those books of the Bible in our lives.
Interpretive Questions 3 Genesis 32:24- And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Question- Who was the “man” with whom Jacob wrestled?
Media Diet Analysis Summary Before recording all of my media exposure I knew that the amount of time I spend with different types of media is a longer amount of time than it probably should be. Surprisingly though, I had about the same amount of media exposure on the weekday and the weekend day, the difference being from thirteen hours and sixteen minutes on the weekday to my weekend day exposure of thirteen hours and fifty-five minutes. I noticed that most of the time I spend on different kinds of media I’m in some kind of bedroom, whether it be mine or someone else’s, even on some of the times that it said “off-campus”. There was a lack of any other kind of media besides texting, social media and music; even though I spend a good amount of time with these types of
In Ezekiel 1-3 God is once again demanding someone, Ezekiel, to follow His every command against those who have been rebellious. I found it interesting that Ezekiel sat in Israel, watching and listening, overwhelmed for a total of seven days. This is a recurring amount of time that pops up occasionally, beginning in Genesis. Just as He did with the Egyptian Pharaoh and Moses, God sent Ezekiel to the Israelites knowing that he could not change their ways or their minds, perhaps even preventing it. However, he is still told that he must warn these people of their timely death or it will be on his conscious.
Another biblical reference we see is of a false God. In Matthew 7:15-20 it tells us how to detect a false prophet by their fruits they produce. Within the movie in the colonel's office, he has a flag hanging with a Greek symbol which means alpha and omega (beginning and the last). The Colonel uses this symbol to bless his people to restore humanity, since they believe they are the first and the last. Another example is when the colonel says he sacrificed his one and only son.
Based on Chapter 6 one way the Old Testament story is connected to the New Testament story is the belief that God will be the king of the world again but the coming of Jesus Christ. A recurrent theme in the Old Testament is Israel’s exile and restoration, going away from God and coming back to follow him. The Israelites often turned away from God and worshipped other Gods and when that did not work out for them and things started to go bad in the world they cried out to the Lord. Every time the Israelites cried out to the Lord to save them he did but the people also had to endure suffering and punishment for what they did. The connection according to Wright, is in the belief of the Israelites that the “monsters” who have attacked God’s people
In the history of the hebrews the religion has displayed a remarkable adaptability and continuity. Starting when God flooded the world and spared nobody but Noah and his family, when God had Abraham leave Mesopotamia and settle in the land of the Canaanites, And when God had Moses lead his people out of slavery and into the promised land. All of these points change the face of the Hebrew culture and their religion. The Hebrews history was remarkable which they managed to survive as people and as a culture. From the Hebrews point of view the whole purpose was to illuminate their relationship with God When God was in the picture with the Hebrews things became different, God did not allow more than one god which is called monotheism.
Old Testament Covenants In the Old testament you see God making a lot of promises. During Biblical times these were called Covenants. A Covenant is an “Arrangement between two parties involving mutual obligations; especially the arrangement that established the relationship between God and his people, expressed in grace first with Israel and then with the church. Through that covenant God has conveyed to humanity the meaning of human life and salvation Covenant is one of the central themes of the Bible, where some covenants are between human beings, other between God and Human Beings.”
Christianity explains salvation as redemption by God’s grace through faith from unrighteousness and sins to Cleanliness, also known as Salvation. The Bible explores salvation in different perspectives including reconciliation, redemption, ransom, forgiveness, and justification. Even though the Bible is a unitary book, the new and the old testaments present salvation in different aspects. However, the different aspects are complementary. In fact, the Old Testament presents many prophesies about salvation that was fulfilled in the New Testament (Kärkkäinen 87).
