what is a covenant? | a commitment of love between God and Jews |
what is the name of an everlasting covenant? | Brit Olam |
what is meant by an everlasting covenant? | God will never break his covenant agreement with Jews even if they don't uphold their side |
What are the two types of covenant | Patriarchal covenant
Sinaitic Covenant |
What is the patriarchal covenant | covenant with Abraham, who realised there could only be one God |
What is the sinaitic covenant | Covenant with moses on mount sinai who lead jews out of egypt |
What responsibilities do Jews have as God's chosen people? | They should teach the world about God's laws - Exodus 19:6
They should live as an example to others - Isaiah 49:6 |
Why is Abraham referred to as the father of Judaism? | He was the first to teach the idea of one God |
what is abraham's story | god promised abraham and his wife a great nation. abraham's wife was past the age of having children but managed to fall pregnant and had a son named isaac.
when isaac was a teenager God told abraham to sacrifice isaac. abraham was prepared to do it but when he was about to follow through god stopped him and told him to sacrifice a nearby ram instead.
a covenant was made with abraham and he and his family would be the start of Israel |
What are the twelve tribes of Israel named after? | Jacob's (son of Isaac) twelve sons |
what is the importance of abraham | Tells us the importance of trusting our religious sense. Abraham trusted his instinct that there was only one God, that his family should move to a new land and trusted God would tell them where this was
Tells us we should hold onto faith even when things seem hopeless. He and his wife thought they would never had children yet had a son isaac who grew to become the second great patriarch
Shows us a two way relationship between God and man. God does something for Abraham and vice versa
Tells us if you follow God his blessings will be passed onto you
We learn about obedience to God’s will. It is okay to ask questions but we just trust
The nation of Israel stems from Abraham |