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Session 4 OT Theme Vlog Jessica Bowen Colorado Christian University BIB101A Professor Shawn Bowen 08/20/2023
Fourth session: Vlog Part 1 Hi I'm Jessica Bowen and I'm a student at Colorado Christian University taking BIB101A: Old Testament Introduction. I'll be talking about two of my favorite Old Testament concepts today. A two-part video presentation makes up this Vlog. I identify the concepts in part one, show where they appear in the Old Testament, and discuss their significance. In part two, I go into greater detail on how these themes relate to the overall Old Testament plot and even cross over into the New Testament. Covenants, creation, God's sovereignty, the magnificence of YHWH—found in Exodus when God presented Himself as "I am who I am," as well as experienced every day in our own lives, kingship, and idolatry—are the six themes that Dr. Joe Slunaker describes as being present in the Old Testament. Believe me when I say that it was difficult to narrow it down to just two! There is a lot to the themes and how they all enhance the Old Testament's narrative and worth while also connecting it to the New Testament. Let's get going! Old Testament Themes in Part 2: Creation The concept of creation is the first one I found intriguing and important. When God created the universe in Genesis, we see the concept of creation in action, but it doesn't end there! Humans lack the intelligence and aptitude to comprehend all that God is as an artist, as well as all of His knowledge, wisdom, and logic. It seems to me to be a vast, unending Ocean. We frequently try to contain Him based on what we can hold in our own minds, which is analogous to cupping our hands with ocean waters. It is only a drop. And frequently, when we try to restrict God in this way to grasp things, we limit His glory by presuming that everything He is, and everything we can fit into our minds, is all that He is. But the entire Ocean is still there. Creation as an idea is uncountable in the same way! God continued to create after Genesis. In Exodus, Leviticus, the Old Testament, the New Testament, and throughout the entire Bible, he continues to create.
Dr. Slunaker says that, in addition to the Genesis creation narrative, "the flow of the story, the Old Testament, describes creation in other ways" (02:07). God actually continues to create even now! Have you ever observed that every time a new disease appears on earth, God plants a new plant that just so happens to have the homeopathic treatments for that illness? We have the ability to create new creatures and humans through birth, as well as new kinds of plants. We are finding new bug species, new stars, and even new galaxies! People become a new creation through Christ, our Artist, when they come to Christ and turn to Him in trust. God is constantly at work. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament portray God as a creator. The creation of the earth and humanity is mentioned by Dr. Slunaker, as well as the creation of the covenant with Abraham in Genesis, the creation of revelatory people to whom God reveals Himself—for example, to Moses as YHWH and the burning bush—and ultimately the creation of the new heaven and earth that will be seen at the second coming in Revelation. The Bible as a whole is united by the idea of creation, according to Dr. Slunaker, who refers to it as "this macro structural bookend" for both the Old and New Testaments. Covenant God created everything with the intention of glorifying Himself, but as we all know, the first two humans, Adam and Eve, rebelled and fell. People were now "dead" in their sins and defiled with sin. God had to "create" a strategy for our atonement and salvation, so He created a concept known as a "covenant." This brings up covenant, my second theme. We see what Dr. Slunaker (2021) refers to as "a consistent trajectory describing who God is and what He demands of His people" (1:09) when we examine the theme of covenant in the Old Testament. As Even while the idea of "what God demands" is frightening, we need to realize through the creation theme that our God is a very loving, patient, kind, and strong being. He cares deeply for His creation and
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