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Blog #12
To ready yourself for Tuesday’s class, please write a blog post on the following: What does Scripture mean by “fulfillment”? (Use the citation from Hosea as an example in your answer.) Second, identify anything you can see in these opening chapters of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke that addresses the elements of the Old…
Blog #11
The key to the wilderness generations downfall within the Book of Numbers is solely their ungratefulness. They were ungrateful of God freeing them of slavery from Egypt and setting them on a path to a land which was “flowing with milk and honey.” Blessed as God’s Chosen People, their inability to acquire meat and have complete…
Blog #10
Purity/Impurity, as Douglas describes, are things that create unity in experience. Purity creates order, and impurity highlights the disorder. That order is following the life that God wants mankind to follow, therefore purity is the way of God, and impurity is sinning. The problem with following the way of purity is the challenge of doing…
Blog #9
Who is God? This question has lingered over mankind for as long as existence. Within the Old Testament, God is referred to by the name of Yahweh. For the all-powerful (omnipotent) being to be described given the few instances across mankind’s timespan that God has shown himself to his creations has not made this question…
Blog #8
The story of Joseph, within the Book of Genesis, is a story of forgiveness. Joseph, the favored son of Jacob (or Israel), always had things going for him. His brothers jealousy was strong. Once Joseph reported to have dreams of the divine and the stars bowing before him, his brother’s jealousy grew into anger until…
Blog #7
The story of Jacob’s wrestling with an unidentified individual within Genesis 32 is not as direct as previous scriptures I’ve read. To start to understand Jacob, you must understand he lacks faith. Jacob has never prayed in his life. Jacob was fleeing from his brother, Esau, who was furious of Jacob taking his birthright. One…
Blog #6
The definition of religion is a very subjective term. Religion can be a way of life to some. Some like the idea of religion but don’t dedicate themselves to what religion can be. And for others, religion is nonexistent. There are countless religions scattered around the globe, big or small, that state completely different things…
Blog #5
People have longed for truth for as long as humanity has existed. Not just in everyday life, but most importantly for the truth of life on Earth’s origin. Wilkens states, “A desire to know the truth of things has been implanted in our souls and is natural to human beings.” It truly is unavoidable for…
Blog #4
At the beginning of Chapter 12 of Genesis, god told Abraham, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” This, as we spoke about in class, is another instance where mankind is trying to make a name for themselves. This instance varies from prior actions in the Genesis…
Blog #3
Prior to the first sin of mankind, in which Eve was seduced by the Serpent into eating the product (different books suggest different fruits) of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and shared some with Adam when Gods only command was that its fruits were forbidden, not much is known of how those…
Blog #2
Within the scripture of Genesis 2-3, knowledge is given a focal point quite indirectly. Adam is a culmination of being created from dust (Adam in Hebrew means Earth), and given life through the breath of God. Earth had yet to be a green, lively place due to rain not falling yet, but God created the…
Blog #1
Genesis 1:1 – 2:4 gives insight to what was before the universe existed. Genesis 1:1 explained that god created all of what we observe and live from nothing. The opening verse states, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty…” The first thing I notice is that God is capitalized. This…
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