Religious Education Notes - Covenants, Salvation History - PDF

Religious Education Theone Yamila A Quimno | 11 Our Lady of Czestochowa | SEM 2 Lesson 1: The Covenants ​ A covenant 4.​ Davidic Covenant -A chosen relationship or partnership that ​ 2 Samuel 7 binds promises to reach a common goal. ​ God prom...

Religious Education Theone Yamila A Quimno | 11 Our Lady of Czestochowa | SEM 2 Lesson 1: The Covenants ​ A covenant 4.​ Davidic Covenant -A chosen relationship or partnership that ​ 2 Samuel 7 binds promises to reach a common goal. ​ God promises a descendant of -Accompanied by oaths, signs and David to reign on the throne over ceremonies. the people of God. -Contains defined obligations and ​ This Covenant becomes the basis for commitments. the hope of the Messiah. -God explains His relationships with us in ​ Gospels’ concern to show Jesus was Covenants the rightful King of the Jews ​ Covenants in Sacred Scriptures 5.​ New Covenant Five covenants are crucial for ​ New Testament unsdestanding the story of the Bible ans ​ Shows how Jesus Christ fulfills God’s redemptive plan. these Covenant promises. ​ “This cup is the new covenant in 1.​ Noahic Covenant My blood, which is poured out for ​ From Genesis 9 you.” ​ After the flood God renews the blessings of creation, reaffirming God’s image. Lesson 2: The Salvation History ​ This covenant promises the 1.​ Time of Seti restraint of human evil ​ (1318-1309B.C) ​ Sealed with the rainbow ​ Egyptian slavery began in the early 13th century B.C. and ended during 2.​ Abrahamic Covenant the Time of Ramses II(1309-1237 ​ Genesis 12 and 15 B.C) ​ God promises Abraham land, 2.​ Goshen section of Egypt descendants, and blessings. ​ Jacob and his family settled in ​ Abraham was at his old age to bear a Goshen section of Egypt. child but there is nothing 3.​ Pharaoh tries to slow down the impossible with God Hebrews’ ​ This covenant is sealed with the rite ​ Increases the brutality of their of circumcision. work(Exod. 1:10) ​ Command Jewish midwives to kill 3.​ Mosaic Covenant people’s male newborns. ​ Exodus 19 and 24 ​ Moses refused to be called the son ​ God supplies the Law that is meant of Pharoah’s daughter. to govern and shape the people of 4.​ Moses grew up as a prince in egypt Israel in the promised land. ​ Became a military leader He killed ​ Highlights the “The Ten an egyptian who was “smiting a Commandments ” Hebrew one of his brethren.” ​ He became a shepard. Religious Education Theone Yamila A Quimno | 11 Our Lady of Czestochowa | SEM 2 5.​ God calls Moses Destruction and Exile: in 606 B.C.E, ​ God called unto him out of the Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem and midst of a burning bush and said takes away some of its people to Babylon. “Moses, Moses” and Moses In 586 B.C.E., Nebuchadnezzar destroys answered, “Here am I.” Jerusalem and carries the rest of the Jews away into Babylonian captivity. Solomon’s 6.​ Moses’s response to God’s call temple is destroyed and Judah is in ​ “Who am I, that I should go unto captivity in Babylon for 70 years. Pharaoh”, Moses was content with his life as a shepherd in Midian. The three waves of captivity ​ “What if they ask me?” Moses had 1.​ 10,000 leading citizens are every advantage to learn and deported first, there were cultivate his intellect. government officials Daniel ​ “What if they won't believe me”: and Ezekiel were taken Being vulnerable is scary, especially 2.​ The temple and the palace to a potentially hostile group. are destroyed, and the ​ “I can’t talk very well”: Moses says general population is he is slow in speech and slow in deported to tongue. Babylon(587-586 B.C) ​ “O Lord, please just send someone 3.​ All the rest (except the poor else to do it.: Moses' final excuse is this is because they were desperate, unfruitfulness deemed to be less of a ​ threat) are deported ​ Exodus For almost 50 years the people of God had -” Yod Hey Waw Hay/ Yod Heh Waw Heh” lived in Babylon. Many abandoned their - Story of Hebrew people’s enslavement. culture and accepted their fate. Some of - Launching of their new relationship with them, however, stayed faithful to God. God - Egyptian masters worked the Israelites Return to Zion “ruthlessly”​ Cyrus king of Persia permits the Jews to - Made their lives “bitter” return to Jerusalem and build the - “Hard” in the sense of “cruel” temple. After 7 decades they marched Exodus teaches us about: toward a new era of their lives. -God’s power to redeem his people from The Jews return in 3 waves oppression 1.​ Zerubbabel (538 B.C.E) -His willingness to forgive -His desire for a loving relationship with 2.​ Ezra (458 B.C.E) his people to take. 3.​ Nehemiah (445 B.C.E) They knew for a fact that it was God Lesson 3: The Babylonian who sent Cyrus to set them free Captivity Religious Education Theone Yamila A Quimno | 11 Our Lady of Czestochowa | SEM 2