What is the nature of God according to CCC 1?
God infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.
What does Genesis 3:15 say?
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
What does Genesis 50:20 convey?
As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
What does Exodus 14:13-14 instruct?
Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today … The Lord will fight for you, you have only to be still.
What are the key events in Genesis 12-25a?
- God tells Abraham to leave his homeland
- Melchizedek blesses Abraham
- Ishmael is born
- Three men visit Abraham
- Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
- Isaac is born
- God tells Abraham to sacrifice his only son
- Isaac and Rebecca get married
What are the key events in Genesis 25b-36?
- The birth of Jacob and Esau
- Esau sells birthright to Jacob and Jacob gets blessing
- Jacob dreams of a ladder and gets married four times
- Jacob wrestles with God
What are the key events in Genesis 37-50?
- Joseph’s brothers sell him
- Joseph is thrown in jail
- Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams and rises to power
- Joseph’s brothers beg for food and he forgives them
What are the key events in Exodus 1-18?
- Israelites are forced into slavery
- Birth of Moses
- Moses kills an Egyptian and flees to Midian
- The burning bush
- Moses returns to Egypt
- God hardened Pharaoh’s heart and the 9 plagues
- The Passover (10th plague)
- The passing through the Red Sea
- Manna from heaven
What are the key events in Exodus 19-40?
- Arrival at Mount Sinai and the ten commandments
- Ratification of the covenant
- The golden calf
- Renewal of the covenant
- Built the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant
- God’s presence descends on the Tabernacle
What are the promises made to Abram?
Great Nation: People and Land
Great Name: Kingship
Worldwide Blessing
What does ‘I am Who am’ mean according to Exodus 3:14?
God is being itself.
What does Exodus 3:15 convey?
(The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isacc, the God of Jacob.)
God of relationship.
What does Exodus 34:6-7 describe?
(The Lord, the Lord, a God gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in love and fidelity…)
God is gracious and merciful.
What are the meanings of Scripture?
Literal Sense: Historical events
Spiritual Sense (Typology): OT foreshadowing NT
Allegorical Sense: Christ and the Church
Moral Sense: How to live
Anagogical: The last things
What does the fight of God/Moses vs. Pharaoh represent?
Moral/Allegorical: God/Us vs. Devil
What does the manna in the desert symbolize?
Allegorical: The Eucharist
What does the congregation of Israel at Mount Sinai represent?
Allegorical: The Church
What does the wilderness Tabernacle symbolize?
Allegorical: Us/A Church
What does the Ark of the Covenant represent?
Allegorical: A Tabernacle/Mary
What does the Golden Calf symbolize?
Moral: Anything placed above God
What does the Promised Land represent?
Heaven
What does Melchizedek symbolize?
Christ
What does the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah foreshadow?
The final judgment
What does Abraham’s obedience of faith teach us?
We should also have faith.
