...Israel and its Kings Introduction Israel demands a king. * An aged leader was one of the reasons for demanding new leadership (1 Samuel 8:1). Samuel had grown old, and apparently his age was beginning to affect his ability to lead the nation. It appeared he would not live much longer and the people feared that the nation might slip back into the lawless days. A corrupt leadership and judicial system was a reason for demanding a new system of government (1 Samuel 8:2-3). Because of his age, Samuel had appointed his two sons to succeed him: Joel, which means "the Lord is God," and Abijah, which means "my father is the Lord." With Samuel as their father, they had received a godly upbringing. But they lived hypocritical lives: they did not follow in the steps of their father. They turned away from God and became greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice. In determining controversial cases, they accepted bribes and ruled in favor of the oppressor or guilty party. This wickedness reminded the people of Eli's two sons, and they feared returning to the lawless, corrupt days of the judges. Thus, a desire arose within the people for new leadership, the leadership of a king. A desire to be like the surrounding nations was another reason the Israelites requested a king (1 Samuel 8:4-5). Note that the tribal leaders of Israel gathered together and traveled to Ramah. In conference with Samuel, they laid out their three reasons for desiring a king: Samuel was old...
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...know for the test are: Cuneiform- Earliest forms of writing Diaspora- Jews that live outside Israel Delta- Empire- A single supreme authority Fertile Crescent- An area of fertile soil Hieroglyphics- Egyptian form of writing Mesopotamia- It’s the area of the Tigris-Euphrates Monotheistic- Belief of only one god Mummification- How Egyptians prepared the body before burial. Papyrus- Ancient Egyptian paper Pharaoh- Egyptian king Polytheistic- Belief of more than one god Rosetta Stone- A stone with writing on it in two different languages Sabbath- A religious day for jews Theocracy- A government of three Torah- A book of religious laws for jews Ziggurat- Rectangular stepped tower Important People: Cyrus the Great- The first Assyrian king Darius the third king of persia David king of Isreal Hammurabi the sixth Amorite king Hatshepsut the fifth pharaoh of eygpt Nebuchadnezzar Assyrian king Ramses II the third pharaoh Sargon akkadian emperor Solomon the king of Israel and son of david Thurmose III the third pharaoh of the 18th dynasty Tutankhamen pharaoh of the 18th dynasty Zoroaster the founder of zorastrianism Concepts you will need to know for this test are: 1.) Who was the first civilization to settle in the Fertile Crescent? Mesopotamia 2.) Why was Mesopotamia called, “land between the rivers”? What rivers? The tigris and Euphrates and it was literally between two rivers ...
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...Anne-Marie Sievu Rels 101 2nd February,2016. Reflection Paper 1 What I learnt from Proverbs, Esther and Joseph about what it means to be human. The reason why I transferred to Trinity Western University is because I wanted a deeper understanding of my faith and what it meant to be a believer of God. For as long as I can remember, I have always said, when asked that I am Christian but in truth, I never ever did what a Christian does to maintain their faith. I started Rels 101 in the second week of the semester and I had absolutely no idea what the class would be all about. I came to class without a bible, course pack and the required text book. I was a few minutes late and within minutes of getting comfortable I realized the Book of Proverbs was the topic of discussion. This excited me because it's been something I had always wanted to finally read and understand. As you have already guessed, I am not the best “Christian” around and before this, my bible sat at the bottom of my self collecting dust. Dirk Büchener, my professor spoke with so much passion explaining a verse suggested by a student and this grabbed my attention. That day was the day when I first opened my Bible App on my phone. Little did I know that a book so small held so much wisdom. The introduction of Proverbs immediately grabs the readers attention as it says in chapter 1 vs 5 that “let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance(.)” As someone who is seeking...
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...to cut taxes and threaten to raise them. | Why is Asa viewed as a good king but given a mixed review? | His lack of faith in God to assist with attack on Baasha in Northern Kingdom. | How did Jehoshaphat show piety on the one hand but political naivete on the other? | He went thru the country removing pagan shrines and sent teachers in the land teaching the law. he was judged for helping the wicked. | What is most memorable about Athaliah? | She proceeded to kill off rest of males in the royal family so that she could rule. | How did Joash bring hope to the Southern Kingdom? | by repairing the temple restoring the worship and sacrificial system. | What did he do that caused him to be assassinated? | He ordered , God's prophet Zechariah to be stoned to death on the temple grounds. His heart was turned away from God. | In what way did Uzziah demonstrate spiritual foolishness? | He went into the temple to burn incense, something only the priest could do. | What were the consequences? | Cause he didn't listen, God struck him with leprosy. | What is most memorable about Ahaz? | Ahaz turned away from YHWH, he served the pagan gods, including Baal, even performed child sacrifices. He promoted the spiritual revival. | Compare and contrast Hezekiah with his father, Ahaz, and with David. | he was viewed as one of the worst kings in the Southern Kingdom. Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, God of Isreal. | What was the role of Isaiah in the Southern Kingdom? | Prophet and historian...
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...Matthew The Book of Matthew is of gospel genre. Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus. He does this to prove that Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah, coming from the line of David, being born of a virgin, and being born in Bethlehem. I could only imagine the birth of Jesus as something extra special. That night after Mary gave birth to Jesus they were visited by some special people. The Magi visited King Herod looking for the new born king in Bethlehem. After their visit Herod was concerned. He ordered the killing of all male children in Bethlehem under the age of two. Joseph, Mary and Jesus escape Herod and fled to Egypt. We know little to nothing of Jesus in his early years. Later after returning to Nazareth, Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist. This marks the beginning of Jesus’s ministry. Some of the other major events we find in Matthew is when he goes on to pick his twelve disciples and begins to preach on the “Kingdom of Heaven”. We learn that Jesus came to fulfill the Law. During his ministry he performs miracles, he teaches, and preaches the word. At the end of the book we learn of Jesus’s arrest, trial, crucifixion, death, burial, and his resurrection. Acts The Book of Acts is of narrative genre. The Major themes of Acts provides a detailed, orderly, eyewitness account of the birth and growth of the early church and the spread of the gospel after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There was a growing opposition to the new Church...
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...Name: Student ID: Course: BIBL 104 B01 Date: 15 June 2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Sarah Sarah was born Sarai in the city of Ur and lived from about 1986 BC to 1859 BC (127 years). She was faithful and often described as a very beautiful wife of Abraham, as well as his half-sister—both sharing the same father, Terah. God blessed Sarai and her husband, who was then named Abram, declaring that Abram would be the “father of all nations”. Through this covenant is when Sarai became Sarah and Abram became Abraham. Abraham was to birth a nation, meaning that he was to bore a son. But Sarah was barren…as well as impatient and even doubtful of God’s promise. How could she birth a child at her old age? Determined to give her husband the fated child that God promised, she allowed Abraham to impregnate their slave, Hagar. This plan backfired, for Sarah became extremely jealous of Hagar and the two women quickly became adversaries. Sarah later banished Hagar and her son by Abraham, Ishmael, from their household. At age 90, Sarah finally bore Abraham’s son according to God’s will, a boy named Isaac. God did not forget His promise to Abraham and He especially did not forget Sarah, even when she decided to take matters into her own hands. Sarah’s story perfectly reminds us that what God has promised for you, it is especially for you! Even despite her doubt and the pain and conflict she caused by taking advantage of Hagar, God still came through with His...
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...Prophet Sulaiman AS inherited from his father, Prophet Dawud AS the prophethood and kingdom. He was the third king of Isreal and he ruled the kingdom for 700 years. He asked to Allah for a kingdom that will never occur to nobody else, and Allah SWT granted his dua’. Prophet Sulaiman AS also was granted with a lot of the great miracles such as he had the power to control the wind for a distance of a month and the power to control the devils from the Jinn. In addition, Allah SWT also taught him the language of birds and he could understand what the animals speak. Allah SWT had gathered unto Sulaiman AS with the armies from mankind, the Jinn and the birds. They were all set in battle order and gathered in one place. One day, when he was inspecting his army, he noticed the absence of one bird called Hudhud...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INTERTESTAMENT PERIOD PAPER A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. BOB KENDALL FOR NEW TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE MASTERS OF PASTORAL COUNSELING DEGREE IN THE LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SEMINARY BY JASON MOORE OMAHA, NE OCTOBER 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………1 SILENCE WITHOUT SILENCE...……………………………………………………………..2 SUMMARY………………………………………………………………………………….….7 iii INTRODUCTION For many people the transition from the Old Testament to the New Testament is strange and considerably confusing. Without knowing what took place in the “silent years”, it very well can be a difficult task to make the leap from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The Old Testament world looks and sounds completely different from the world the New Testament describes, however, the same spirit inspired the writings of both canons. It must be known to the reader that the Old and New Testaments complement each other. In order to get the full understanding and the entire picture of God’s Word, you must understand them together. But, in order to understand them together, there is the time period of 400 years that are not included. This 400 year time frame plays a huge part in understanding how the two different worlds of the Old and New Testaments come together to make a comprehensive story. The “Intertestamental Period” is a short amount of time in relativity to the rest of Biblical history, but this short time frame...
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...STUDY GUIDE: MODULE 1 Fee and Stuart. 1. Know: Hermeneutics is the art and science, or as some would say the theory and practice, of interpretation. 2. What do they say is the aim of a good interpretation? What is not the aim? The aim of good interpretation is not uniqueness; one is not trying to discover what no one else has ever seen before. 3. According to Fee and Stuart, what is the antidote to bad interpretation? Is not no interpretation but good interpretation, based on commonsense guidlelines. 4. They define “The Bible” in part as… The Bible is not a series of… propositions and imperatives; it is not simply a collection of “sayings from chairman God,” as though he looked down on us from heaven and said: “hey you down there, learn these truths. Number 1, there is no God but One, and I am he. Number 2, I am the Creator of all things, including humankind” – and so on, all the way through proposition number 7,777 and imperative number 7777. 5. Know the kinds of “communication” mentioned that God uses to convey his Word. Narrative history, genealogies, chronicles, laws of all kinds, poetry of all kinds, proverbs, prophetic oracles, riddles, drama, biographical sketches, parables, letters, sermons, and apocalypses. 6. “To interpret properly the “then and there” of the biblical texts, you must…” not only know some general rules that apply to all the words of the Bible, but you also need to learn the special rules that apply to each of...
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...Thematic Analysis Template Student: Copy and paste the down arrow ( ) into boxes to show that a unit of material is continuing.Copy and paste the left arrow ( ) into boxes to show where a unit of material ends. | Paragraphs(Submit in parts 1-3) | Immediate Context(Submit in Parts 2-3) | Major Points(Submit in Part 3) | Major Sections(Submit in Part 3) | Theme(Submit in Part 3) | 1:1–5 Introduction | | | | 1:1–28:31 | 1:6–11 The Ascension | | | | | 1:12–14 The Upper Room | | | | | 1:15–26 Peter Speech | | | | | 2:1–4The day of Pentecost | | | | | 2:5–13 The Crowd were bewildered | | | | | 2:14–21 Peter’s Sermon | | | | | 2:22–28 Men of Isreal listen to words | | | | | 2:29–36 David says of him | | | | | 2:37–42 The Ingathering | | | | | 2:43–4Signs and wonders taking place | | | | | 3:1–10 Healing the lame | | | | | 3:11–16 Peter’s Second Sermon | | | | | 3:17–26 God Acknowledge | | | | | 4:1–4 John and Peter Arrested | | | | | 4:5–12 The priest inquire the power | | | | | 4:13–22 Threats and Release | | | | | 4:23–31 The Holy Spirit filled the room | | | | | 4:32–35 Sharing among Believers | | | | | 4:36–37 Money laid at the apostles feet | | | | | 5:1-6 Fate of Ananias and Sapphrra | | | | | 5:7-11 Peter ask questions | | | | | 5:12–16 Men and women added to the multitude | | | | | 5:17–21a Peter’s release and imprisonment |...
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...Adlerisms 1. “I can think, I can wait, I can fast…” –Siddhartha 2. “Fate will unwind as it must…” -Beowulf 3. “A mistake is repeated until it is learned…” -Confucius 4. “My worst enemy, my best friend – myself…” -Henry Reyna – Zoot Suit 5. “Tender yourself more dearly!” -Polonius, Hamlet 6. “If you fail to prepare – prepare to fail…” -Steve Prefontaine, Olympic Gold Medalist 7. “Our intentions are far more different than our actions…” -Coach Adler LQHS 8. “Defeat distraction, or distractions will defeat you…” -Coach Adler LQHS 9. “Those who settle for less end with less…” -Coach Adler LQHS 10. “A good fall makes one wiser…” -Aesop 11. “If I were you I would turn back now and save some time and grief. Believe me; you’re heading in the wrong direction…” -Coach Adler LQHS, The Two Ants 12. “In the middle of the journey of our life – I came to find myself in a dark woods where the straightway was lost…” -Dante Alighieri 13. “Acta non verba” (Actions not words) -Latin Idiom 14. “Carpe diem” (Seize the day) -Latin Idiom 15. “A good student only needs to be told once!” -Coach Adler LQHS 16. “Every day wasted is another day you’ll never get back!” -Boyd Grant, Fresno State Basketball 17. “A future filled with regret is not a bright one…” -Koby Serreitelli 18. “If you remain organized you stay in control” -Elise Alverzez 2013 19. “Impossible is just a big word that gets thrown around by small...
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...UN Simulation Information History: (Retrieved from ‘’ The World Since 1945’’ Second Edition by Daniel R. Brower. New Jersey, 2005) * By 1960’s military dictatorship had taken power in most middle Eastern countries they justified their rule by promoting social reform and often by claiming to be defenders of the Muslim faith Jewish Problem: * Jewish settlers living among Arab-speaking peoples in Palestine achieved the Zionist dream of a Jewish nation-state shortly after ww2 * the inflexible opposition of Arab states to the very existence of Israel led to four separate wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors * Pan- Arab Nationalism To unite Arab peoples under one nation * Zionism- Jewish movement * Later, Palestinians entered into the struggle against the Jewish state in an effort to forge their own nation-state nationalism was at the heart of the Middle East turmoil in the last half of the century Oil Conflict/issue * Oil fields concentrated in the area around the Persian Golf contained greater petroleum reserves of higher quality than anywhere else in the world * The dependence of industrial countries on this vital resoourse brought the preasures of the cold war to bear on the oil-rich countries * SOVIETS AND U.S KEPT CLOSE WATCH ON THE UNSTABLE GOVERNMENTS THERE * Governments of land with large oil reserves nationalized their petroleum industry to get direct access to a share of the profits created an international...
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...Kyle Jordan Estanislao TREDTWO C37 2/17/2015 The Clutches of Sin Sin as we all know is formally defined as the infraction against the word of God. With every sinful act we commit, it is like we are distancing ourselves from God. Despite this, it seems that nobody could still stay away from the clutches of sin. Nobody is perfect. We live in an imperfect world filled with temptations and bad influences. Unfortunately no matter how hard we try to stay away and fight off these negative inducements, eventually we would succumb to the pull of sin. As my father always quotes from the bible “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Due to this, people have this common notion in mind that if everybody eventually turns out to be a sinner, then why bother trying so hard not to be one. These people would then rationalize that it is ok to sin because God is super forgiving and that by confessing our sins, everything would be ok. It is as if by simply telling someone of one’s bad deeds, it would magically erase all the damages done because of one’s sinful acts. What they don’t realize is that as described in the lecture, sin is a spiral that enslaves us, making us addicted to it. Every time we commit a sin, it opens us to a possibility that we would keep repeating them until it now harms our major social and personal relations. Sin doesn’t just affect oneself, it also affects the people around us. Every time we commit a sin, more likely than not, someone would be negatively...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Since the 1960s to date, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been given due recognitions especially in the developed nations for playing very important roles towards fostering accelerated economic growth, development and stability within several economies (Yitzhaki, 2006). They make-up the largest proportion of businesses all over the world and play tremendous roles in employment generation, provision of goods and services, creating a better standard of living, as well as immensely contributing to the gross domestic products (GDPs) of many countries (OECD, 2000).Over the last few decades, the contributions of the SMEs sector, the development of the largest economies in the world have beamed the searchlight on the uniqueness of the SMEs; and this have succeeded in overruling previously held views that SMEs were only ―miniature versions‖ of larger companies (Al-Shaikh 1998; Gaskill et al. 1993). And although Small and Medium Enterprises have been at the center of the policy debate for quite some time in both developed and developing countries, little analytical work has been undertaken in this area.The dearth information that exists among researchers on Small and Medium Enterprises however provides a sense of how important this sector is for sustainable development in emerging economies (Medina, 2001). For instance, recent studies conducted by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) concur that SMEs...
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...Table 1 Selected Interest Rates (Per cent) 2008 2009 2010 /1 2011 /2 2012 /2 Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Treasury Bill Issue Rate 8.50 8.30 8.80 8.70 4.00 7.40 6.40 6.40 1.49 3.05 5.23 9.10 8.89 8.83 9.32 15.67 14.92 14.98 13.08 11.82 Monetary Policy Rate 3/ 9.50 10.25 9.75 9.75 9.75 8.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.25 6.25 7.50 8.00 9.25 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 Savings 2.94 2.79 2.75 2.92 2.62 2.67 2.36 3.33 3.03 1.95 1.49 1.51 1.41 1.40 1.46 1.41 1.67 1.76 1.79 1.66 Call 3.78 4.02 4.47 4.63 5.36 4.55 6.04 4.80 2.66 1.63 3.34 1.82 4.67 6.50 1.73 5.00 6.27 8.85 7 days 6.46 5.98 5.92 6.64 5.90 6.71 6.08 5.77 2.91 2.64 1.80 1.77 2.04 2.06 2.13 3.39 4.30 4.47 4.84 5.16 1 month 10.61 11.26 12.13 11.65 12.92 11.69 11.12 12.73 7.36 4.51 3.58 3.66 4.21 4.52 4.71 6.58 7.45 7.46 8.09 8.15 3 months 10.40 11.96 12.81 12.26 12.84 12.63 12.17 13.15 8.60 4.98 5.16 4.63 5.36 5.14 5.49 6.80 8.15 7.80 8.79 9.15 6 months 9.72 11.76 ...
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