The Old Testament, By King James Version Of The Bible

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has provided me with a critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible and introduced a wide variety of interpretive strategies, including African American, anthropological, feminist, historical-critical, Jewish, and literary perspectives. These approaches were presented by our author’s, L. Juliana M. Claassens, Peter Enns, Walter Brueggemann, and John L. Collins. Each author provides a unique interpretation to help us comprehend how the text is an expression of one’s interpretive understanding. Having said that, the biggest influence has been how I will seek to present Old Testament scriptures more effectively while remembering the context and the audience in which I am presenting. For example, I believe the greatest lessons that I have been reminded of are, the Old Testaments Scriptures from my childhood, which have become a big part of my relationship with God and are based on a childlike faith, which must now grow in the richness of the different interpretations, it is this message that I can apply to life.

God’s covenant with Abraham displays the “choosiness” of his people in relation to Abraham and his offspring. The land from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates depicts Israel as the Promise Land handed directly to Abraham’s offspring from the covenant he made with God. Judaism’s direct correlation with God through Abraham and the Promise Land is seen through this covenant. The Bible connects God and his Chosen People through Genesis legitimizing the notion that Jews are in fact God’s Chosen People.

1. Using the book, notes, and biblical text itself, choose two of the Gospels and compare and contrast their presentation of the life of Christ. Be sure to include how things like the authors’ background and audience affect their message.

The King James version bible states in ‘Genesis 1:26-27’ that “Gods image is shared equally by women and men”. ‘Exodus 36:1’ says, “use your skills to honor God”. Despite what the bible seems to be saying, women do not have the same opportunities as men in Christian religious settings. Imagine a woman in the Christian faith who has the qualifications to preach the word of God and the eagerness to serve the Lord. Logically, she should be awarded the job position. However, she is not even considered for that opportunity. In multiple recurring instances, the church congregation has discriminated against women, not allowing them to have the same opportunities as the men in the community. These women are not only discriminated against, but are scoffed at, even penalized for wanting these positions. Women should not be penalized for having faith in the Lord and wanting to share it with others. The bible states how both women and men are equal and are to use the skills they have to honor God. The congregation should not limit these human resources to only men, when highly qualified and respected women are willing and able to serve. Gender discrimination is a problem in Christian Churches because women who are qualified are unable to access jobs, are experiencing emotional stress, and are being penalized for wanting changes within the church.

Throughout the Bible, there are an abundance of customs one may come across which are typically exemplified through the stories within the books of the Bible. Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 are a chief example of how stories are used to reiterate customs, such as marriage, in the Bible. Although some stories may appear to have strange placement, it is important to remember how much detail was put into every chapter and verse which shows that there is a reason each story is where it is.

The Second Covenant 18 And on that same day the LORD said, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. That’s a much larger area, than Israel has acquired to date. Evidently another war is coming. God doesn’t forget His

How does having land mean to you? How do you think of it? How do you treat it? Over what has seemed to have been an endless amount of years, humans have been around on this planet, opinions and perspectives on the meaning of land have reworked constantly. Not only do these opinions and perspectives rework over years, but they vary from group to group as well. People who lived in the Mummy era have a monstrous chance of having a different view than people who might have grown up in the Roman Empire era. In the pictures depicted on the previous pages, we see that there is a definite change in the use of land due to spiritual beliefs and human evolution.

A promise of land to Abraham. A look at the expanse of the land blessing, from God`s call to Abraham. Emphasis is placed on the amount of land and how for how long Abraham would receive it. Genesis 13:16- I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your

As God satisfies the needs of his faithful by providing them with drink and strength in v. 11b-c, he will also feed them with the inheritance of their father Jacob. The land promised to Jacob in Genesis 28:13-14 now becomes the possession of the people.117 In other words, the rewards are the abundant and secure life in the land promised to Jacob. The inheritance promised to the servants seems to follow the thematic pattern similar to that of 57:13b. As the prophet promises the land and God’s holy mountain in 57:13b, he also presents joy in the Lord and the bounteous and protected life on the land as God’s

165Wright, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, 95; Moshe Weinfeld, The Promise of the Land (Berkeley: University of California, 1993), 183-221. Weinfeld said, “Observing the laws of resting the land is, according to the priestly sources, a necessary condition for dwelling in the land.”

“The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants” (Leviticus 25:23). We do not have the right to buy or sell land for it is not ours. Land is a precious gift given to us by God and we must treat it as such. “You shall not pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. You shall not defile the land in which you live, in which I also dwell; for I the LORD dwell among the Israelites” (Numbers 35:33-34). By disrespecting land, we disrespect God for He is the

Genesis 17 consists of God laying out the covenant between Himself and Abram. He tells him that he shall have countless descendants, he will be the father of a multitude of nations, his descendants will be fruitful, that they shall possess the land of Canaan forever, and that he is now to be called Abraham. God’s one condition for the mark of the covenant was that all of the men were to be circumcised. In chapter 15, God told Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years. But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth.” The book of Exodus entails the story of the Jews as slaves in Egypt and how God appointed Moses to lead them out of Egypt, through the wilderness, and into the Promise Land. The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years before God allowed them to enter into the Promise Land with Joshua as their leader. In their wandering, God presented the Israelites with the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic covenant was formed. Before the Israelites entered the Promise Land, Moses gave them clear instructions on what would happen if they violated the terms of the covenant, saying, “Today I call on heaven and earth as witnesses against

New Testament. According to Renn (2005) much like the OT, the NT holds four Greek word translations to denote humble; they are tapeinoo, tapeinos, tapeinophrosyne, and tapeinosis. Mere comparison of the quantity of times the word humility appears in the NT as compared to the OT, one can clearly see the significance of Jesus Christ, his presence on earth and crucifixion. The largest distinction between the two Testaments is the fact that the NT was written after the birth and crucifixion of Christ. Thus, NT is spoken through the application of Jesus Christ and His teachings. NT teaches people to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior through whom eternal life is given (John 3:16). Thus, through such act all those who have faith are

Starting in the years of Jesus Christ the savior, a parable is a widely used term in the Christian religion. A parable is known as a story mainly used in the New Testament of Christianity. The purpose of a parable is to portray some kind of moral meaning or to teach a lesson. This is commonly done in the New Testament with a reading from one of the Apostles. These parables, commonly found in the scriptures were usually told by Matthew, Mark, Luke or John, four of the apostles. The main focus was to illustrate a lesson of morals and values. A lot of these stories told in the gospel are said to be simple, but create a visual image in the audience 's head. Although they may be simple to comprehend, the messages are very deep in meaning and are said to have a spirituality to them. Even some of the shorter parables have been known to impact a person’s morality, but not as much extremity of the longer more in depth stories of the scriptures.