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Bible Unit 2
Jonah, Amos, Hosea
| Question | Answer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What city was Jonah called to go and preach to? | Nineveh | ||||
| What is the AIM of Jonah on the first level? | A: the Northern people of Israel | I: to show mercy to the Assyrians | M: trust in God when he does things we don't understand | ||
| What is the AIM of Jonah on the second level? | A: us today! | I: to point to Jesus | M: will we engage in proximity to our enemies (like Jesus)? | ||
| Why was Jonah so upset when the people repented? | Jonah thought that God was too nice. | ||||
| What is Injustice? | the intentional distortion of God's creation to the destruction of God's creation | ||||
| What is Justice? | the intentional restoration of God's creation | ||||
| How do we see these definitions played out in Just Mercy? (3) | Justice: Brian Stevenson reveals the truth of "Johnny D" (Walter McMillan) so that he is released from prison and death row. | Injustice: Herb being put on death row and his execution | Ray's long detainment while he was innocent, Rhonda's death | ||
| What does the name "Amos" mean? | burden/burdened | ||||
| What are 3 injustices in the book of Amos? | murder | oppressing poor | slavery (enslaving a whole town) | ||
| What is the structure of the book of Hosea? | Part 1 (Ch. 1-3) Hosea's marriage to Gomer | Part 2 (Ch. 4-11) warnings to Israel | Part 3 (Ch. 12-14) a history lesson to Israel: God doesn't quit | ||
| What does the Hebrew word "yada" mean? | To know, intimately and experientially | ||||
| How did we define idolatry in class? | choosing something or someone else to be God over your life. | ||||
| What false god were the Israelites worshipping? Why? | Baal (god of fertility and rain), for more children and rain on their crops, other nations | ||||
| What are the 5 key terms in Hosea? | Allegory: metaphors based on reality | Yada | Anthropomorphism: describing God with human characteristics | Idolatry | Hypocrite: to play a part; Israelites serving God and Baal at different times |
| What is the genre of the book of Hosea? How would you describe this genre? | Allegory | metaphors based on reality (like Hosea and Gomer) this represents something but is based on something that really happened | |||
| Why did God tell Hosea to marry Gomer? | To show an example of what God would do to Israel-keep coming back mercifully, not giving up | ||||
| How do we see love in Hosea? | God will forgive them in the end, Hosea doesn’t give up on Gomer. God will keep coming back and back just like Hosea to Gomer. |