...He lived by hunting and fruit gathering with his family. Every time he killed an animal, they prepared and gave thanks to God by giving offerings. They lived happily and to them life were so good. They took care of God’s creation and valued everything that they came across in the forest. Their God was happy with the way they took care of his creations. Their God provided them with everything they need in their life. His wife was so happy that her daughters lived in a ways that impress God. One day, God invited him to enter into a covenant with him. This was to give him the authority over other creatures and God’s creation. The hunter was so happy that he told his wife and his two daughters. They danced in round cycles giving praise to their creator for giving him authority over everything on the earth. They echoed the name of their creator at the top of their voices. He finally entered into a covenant with God the following day. He was to be monitoring all the creatures in the forest and giving reports to God. The report was to be communicated to his daughters Jessica and June. June and Jessica were to master the words from their father very well. They were to say the same message in the mountain without altering anything. Each one of them was to be given part of the message that she would say it in the mountain. The Hunter started his role by requesting God to stop the communication between human beings and animals. This was because; human beings hunt and kill animals for their...
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...The Great Awakening was a movement in colonial times influenced by leaders such as George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards. One of Jonathan edwards’ most influencial sermon was “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. In this sermon, he demonstrates how God’s wrath is unstoppable and only Christ can save you from an eternity of misery. In his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God’, Jonathan Edwards impacts religious beliefs of colonial American people through rhetoric and persuasion during the Great Awakening. Edwards’ sermon revolutionizes the religious beliefs during the Great Awakening. Edwards uses the simile: “ The God holds you over the pit of Hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like a fire… you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes than the worst venomous serpent is in ours” (Edwards 89). This new idea of God being a God of fury and relentless wrath revolutionized the belief of colonial Americans. William Farley states in his article on the Great Awakening that “Overnight, the town was transformed. The citizens sang hymns in the streets, the tavern closed, young people pursued God in bands, and it...
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...figures of speech in his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. In order to keep his sermon interesting and meaningful, Edwards uses similes. He uses personification to give his sermon life and to connect with his audience. Finally, to create rhythm and mood, Jonathan Edwards uses alliteration. Edwards does a phenomenal job using these three figures of speech and provides excellent examples of each. A simile is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared using the word “like” or “as”. Jonathan Edwards uses many similes...
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...Flannery O’Connor’s short story, Revelation includes the self-righteous character Ruby Turpin. Revelation depicts violence and Mrs.Turpin is one of the stories main victim. One day while Mrs.Turpin waits in the doctor's waiting room amongst others, a young girl by the name of Mary Grace, gives Ruby the verbal threat of telling her to go back to hell where she came from and calling her an old wart hog. Offended and confused, Ruby goes home. As the day passes, her anger moves away from the girl who attacked her to now being angry at god. Ruby simply cannot comprehend why God sent her, the good, respectable Ruby Turpin, such a horrible message. She is angry and find herself yelling at God, until suddenly she has a vision. The vision dismantles the image Ruby has drawn of herself, and perceived of other people and of the world. At the end of the story, Ruby is given grace by God. The verbal and physical violence is what stimulated Ruby Turpin’s spiritual awakening. The violence found in this short story is not only a destructive force, but also seems to be productive with a divine and spiritual purpose. In the waiting room, what Ruby describes to be an “ugly girl” with the significant name of Mary...
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...The verbalization, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, is set in the time of the Great Awakening. Although this time period was after the Puritans, it sets the stage for the abundance of Edwards’ notions. Edwards’ speech, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, speaks to the audience because of the harshness and the ability to create trepidation in people. He strategically lowers the audience’s self-love and makes it feel guilty until eventually when hearing the horrors of hell, you endure fear. The speech begins by making you terror hell and then gives you the loophole out of it. Although the message is not distinctly stated, Edwards’ vigor in speech blows the audience into believing every single word. Given the setting and circumstances of his time, Edwards' speech, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", is an example of an effective argument due to his allusions to the past and polished use of visual imagery to engender fear in his audience. Edwards’ speech uses visual imagery, therefore leaving a mark and creating guilt in the audiences’ conscious. After creating multiple emotions like: guilt, fear, self-realization, he gives them a mode to be saved from it all. Although each of these images were diminutive and concise, when allied with the allusions they create the trepidation Edwards worked...
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...both. The Assyrians had committed terrible killings against the people of Israel, traveling into their midst would have been frightening. Jonah also despised the Assyrians and probably would have liked to see God punish them. Yet, Jonah knew God's nature. He knew that if he preached repentance to the Ninevites, they would repent and God would spare them. (Jonah 4:2) Jonah hops on a boat headed for Tarshish, attempting to hide out from God. At night, a huge storm comes up and tosses the boat wildly. The sailors are afraid and all start to pray to their gods, while Jonah sleeps soundly below deck. (Jonah 1:4-6) The captain goes down to Jonah's cabin and pulls him out of bed. "And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah." (Jonah 1:7 ) The sailors all question Jonah about what he's done to bring this storm on them. He confesses that he is running away from the Lord's will and tells the sailors to throw him overboard to spare their lives. They do as he says. (Jonah 1:8-15) As Jonah is sinking into the sea, a big fish swallows him. (Jonah 1:17) Here we see God's great mercy. He could have let Jonah suffer the consequences of his actions and drown. Yet, God...
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...them. Though out out time in class learning about textual criticism I have found myself becoming closer to God. There are a few reasons for this affect; one is that most of the textual variants are so miner that there really is no need to talk about them at all, such as spelling of words, and the changing of meaning of words though time. Another is that I believe God did not write the Bible, man did, but God heavily influenced the writings. Because we are human there will be textual differences making me want to study and understand the Bible more. Textual criticism will always be a part of the Bible because if there is something out there people usually question it which causes criticism. Some of the ways I...
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... THIS IS A POWERFUL MESSAGE. PLEASE READ ALL OF IT. I AM PASSING IT ON BECAUSE I AM CERTAINLY NOT ASHAMED TO DO SO. In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.............. Dart Test. A young lady named Sally, relates an experience she had in a seminary class, given by her teacher, Dr. Smith. She says that Dr. Smith was known for his elaborate object lessons. One particular day, Sally walked into the seminary and knew they were in for a fun day. On the wall was a big target and on a nearby table were many darts. Dr. Smith told the students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked or someone who had made them angry, and he would allow them to throw darts at the person's picture. Sally's friend drew a picture of who had stolen her boyfriend. Another friend drew a picture of his little brother. Sally drew a picture of a former friend, putting a great deal of detail into her drawing, even drawing pimples on the face. Sally was pleased with the overall effect she had achieved. The class lined up and began throwing darts. Some of the students threw their darts with such force that their targets were ripping apart. Sally looked forward to her turn, and was filled with disappointment when Dr. Smith, because of time limits, asked the students to return to their seats. As Sally sat thinking about how angry she was because she didn't...
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...wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Bradford’s piece is a Separatist’s interpretation of the Reformation in England and the early years of the newly founded Plymouth colony. Edward’s piece touches upon the topic of the seriousness of sin in his Puritan congregation. One common theme among the pieces, Of Plymouth Plantation and the Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, is that Puritan faith, beliefs, attitudes, and values is based on charity and hard work involving...
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...Hosea 1-3, 11 The Lord told Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman and to have children with her. They had three kids the first a boy named named Jezreel, the second a daughter named Lo-Ruhamah, and the third was a boy named Lo-Ammi. All three having negative meanings about the land of Israel that God feels betrayed by. Hosea then becomes angered with the thought of his wife and her adultery. “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband…” (Hosea 1:2). Then the Lord basically says I will make her pay for her mistakes and she will know she is better off with you rather then her other men. The Lord then tells Hosea to go love his wife again even though she has committed adultery. Love her like God loves the Israelites who have continuously turned on him for other Gods. Jonah God directed Jonah to go to Nineveh however Jonah disobeyed and boarded a ship to Trashish. There was a large storm and the sailors become nervous, then Jonah explained that God was bringing judgment upon him. The sailors then threw him into the sea where he was swallowed up by a huge fish. God then had the fish cough him up three days later. Jonah then decided to obeyed God and went to Nineveh to fulfill his mission. Amos Amos came as the days of the wicked Northern Kingdom were coming to an end. The people were religious but it was barely spiritual. Amos announces that the neighboring nations would be punished. Amos warns that Israel will be destroyed, and gives...
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...Hands of an Angry God,” is to influence the listeners to absorb the Puritan beliefs. The sermon uses powerful imagery, various metaphors and intense emotion to portray the wrath of an angry God towards the sinners. Thus, Edwards impresses upon the audience, the fury of the God towards those who haven’t repented their sins. The use of imagery by Edwards helps him to convey his message to the audience in an effective manner. One instance of a strong imagery used in the sermon is “The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present; they increase more and more …If God should only withdraw his hand from the flood-gate, it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury, and would come upon you with omnipotent power…” This segment provides a clear picture to the audience about the uncontrollable angst of the Almighty towards the guilty. It paints a picture of horror and agony among the the listeners. The tone created by Edwards’ imagery in this excerpt is intimidating to the audience. Edwards conveys the intensity of the wrath of God to the audience by giving them a visual of the fierceness of the great waters that would rush forth from a dam if God wishes to release his hands from the flood-gate. The choice of imagery by Jonathan Edwards is very effective in this segment because, by comparing the fiery overflow of the great waters from the dam to the inconceivable fury of the God, he fills...
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...Faith Halverson Mr. Woolwine Period 4/ AP English 11 2 October 2014 “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” – Rhetorical Analysis Christian revivalist speaker, Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (July 8, 2014) persuades that his audience is doomed to hellfire if they fail to head his message of repentance. He supports his claim by first using angry and fear inducing diction that is full of imagery, then he uses figurative language to emphasis the images and experiences of hell, and finally he shifts the tone at the end to provide hope for salvation. Edwards’ purpose is to convert individuals in order to bring more people to his view of salvation. He creates an aggressive and fearful tone for an audience of Christians that he believes is sinful and must repent. In order to create strong diction, Edwards uses long, powerful sounding words to put authority, fear, and describe images in his sermon. Since this passage is meant to be heard, and not read, these words sound strong when spoken aloud, especially with a harsh voice, like Edwards most likely did to evoke fear. Examples of this include: “lake of burning brimstone” (14), “the floods of God’s vengeance” (46), and “punishment will indeed be infinite” (101), each of these phrases, along with many others in the sermon, uses words that one should fear, like vengeance, which means inflicted punishment. Some of these phrases threaten the reader with punishment and eternal suffering; this...
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...Although Jonah and Amos are regarded as established prophets of the Bible, their incongruity becomes apparent through Jonah’s resistance and unintentional message of mercy in contrast to Amos’s willingness and condemning nature. Even though Amos was “neither a prophet or prophet’s son,” uninvolved with religious institutions, he does not appear to demonstrate any refusal to prophesy. He addresses the people, “Hear this word the Lord has spoken against you” and “Hear tis word, O house of Israel I take up concerning you.” His statements do not downplay the directness of God. Furthermore, Amos speaks to the Israelites soon after having his visions, with immediacy at God’s first command. Conversely, Jonah illustrates absolute aversion...
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...thinking in Europe, which slowly and assuredly reaches the American Colonies the Puritan religion and political structure transforms as well. This innovative manner of thinking opens the door for the individual to get closer to God through their own intellect, while relying on reason and rationality. By the end of the eighteenth century this novel approach develops into the movement recognized as the “Enlightenment”. An interpretation from brittanica.com describes Jonathan Edwards as he “is stimulator of the religious revival known as the “Great Awakening,” and one of the forerunners of the age of Protestant missionary expansion in the 19th century”. His sermon titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” set forth to persuade the followers of God and sinners too, differing in age, gender and social status to renounce their wicked ways and surrender to the will of God. For that reason the underlying, but...
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...Eternity is an inexplicable subject that lies beyond the human’s knowledge and power, which gradually diminish as faith and belief are the only remnant forces that guide human to the afterlife. Jonathan Edwards, the author of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, and Anne Bradstreet, the author of Verses upon Burning of our House, both exemplify Puritan literature that reflects contemporary ideals and beliefs in the extraterrestrial life, embracing God as the ultimate deity who is responsible for salvation. Even though Edwards and Bradstreet share a veneration of God, their perceptions of God are contrasting, resulting in varying religious perspectives and literature voices that can be easily distinguished. The sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God was written by Jonathan Edwards, a minister at a church in Northampton, to enlighten the congregation on its members’ behaviors. As he employs a logical...
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