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Exam

For each of the questions below, provide a brief (2-3 sentence) response. Provide biblical references where you can. 15 points.

1. What is the meaning of "substitutionary atonement?" Explain the ark of the covenant.

2. How did God's promise to David shape the message of the prophets? What did the prophets hope for?

3. In what way is the "Joseph" narrative significant in its historical context?

4. Why was Israel divided into two nations after the reign of Solomon? What was the consequence?

5. Who were the judges? Describe the situation in Israel at that time.

For each of the following passages, please indicate what Old Testament book it is found in, and why it is significant in terms of the revealing of God's plan for humanity (2-4 sentences). 20 points.

1. "Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; and I will bless those who bless you, and the on who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

2. "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement."

3. "But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'"

4. "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over My people Israel. And I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth.....When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever....And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."

5. "Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of parched ground; he has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon him nor appearance that we should be attracted to him… He was pierced through for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities… All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way, but the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on him…"

Complete the table detailing Old Testament history and themes. 15 points.

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