Old Testament: Salvation History

In the Creation Narrative, there is revelation of God.

a) The one who creates, the Creator;

b) The powerful Word by which everything created: and

c) the mighty Spririt (Wind) that gives order to chaos.

Three Persona in One GOD

Father

Son

Holy Spirit

7 Days of Creation

1) Light

2) Let there be an expanse in the midst of the water

3) Land, Sea, and the Plants

4) Sun, Moon & Stars

5) Let the water filled with swarming living creatures and flying creatures fly above the land.

6) God created man in his image

7) God rested

The creation of “ex nihihilo”

“out of nothing” or “nothing can be made”

God looked at everything he made. And behold!

It was very good.

The pinnacle of God's creation is?

Man

“God created man in His image, in the divine image He created him, male and female He created them”

Genesis 1:27

The Nature of Man

is a union of body and soul. With his soul he has the power of intellect and freewill, and in this he is like God

Man

3.The sense of Responsibility toward the create world , i. e. stewardship

God blessed them and God told them, ________; and conquer it. _______ of the sea, the flying creatures of the skies, and all the living creatures that move on the land.

Be fertile and multiply; fill the land .. Rule over the creatures

3.The sense of Responsibility toward the create world , i. e. stewardship

as an image of God was appointed to exercise stewardship over all earthly creatures

is to subdue them (creation) and use them for God's Glory.

Man

3.The sense of Responsibility toward the create world , i. e. stewardship

is a prayer of praise and glory to God for the dignity and power He has given man.

Psalm 8

"Then God said, "Let us make man in our

image, after our likeness. ()" God

created man in his image; in God's image he

created him; male and female he created

them.

4. The dignity of human beings The seventh day

Genesis

Chapter 2

* "God ceased to work on the seventh day

from all the tasks he had done." "So

God blessed the seventh day and made it

holy."

5. The Seventh Day

Out of the ground the LORD God made grow 3 every tree that was delightful to look at..

1)good for food,

2) with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and

3)The tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

"A river rises in Eden* to water the garden; beyond there it divides and becomes four branches.”

1) Pishon

2) Gihon

3) Tigris

4) Euphrates

River

It is the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. The gold of that land is good; bdellium and lapis lazuli are also there.

Pishon

it is the one that winds all through the land of Cush.g

Gihon

it is 3rd river, the one that flows east of Asshur.

4th river is?

Tigris

Euphrates

The Sacred Teachings on the Life in the Garden of Eden

1) The Garden of Eden as Paradise

2) The authority guven to humanity

3)God as the giver of Life

4) The Sacrament of Marriage

The Garden of Eden as Paradise

Eden>Paradise= Perfect World (Peace, Harmony)

Eden>Paradise= Perfect World (No Illness/Desease , No Death)

Genesis 2:20

The Sacred Scriptures present the “___ ___” through the giving names.

The authority given to humanity

Power of Dominion

Genesis 2:7

Life comes from ___, Man comes from the ___. As a person who comes from the ___, man iw nothing but God gives him the importance to be the best among His creation.

God as the giver of Life

God, Dust

Ash Wednesday

Remember that you are the dust, and to dust you shall return

Ecclesiastes 3:20

The first book of the Sacred Scriptures speaks what?

Sacrament of Marriage

The Sacrament of Marriage was founded on the “___ ___”, the union of one man and one woman.

It has the character of “ ___” and “___”

Principle of Monogamy

“Unity” “indissolubity”

It has clear in the teaching of the creation narrative that the “__” is “ ___” and not as a slave/thing of man.

“Woman” “partner of life”

The “woman”, as a “partner” is created as a “__ “ of man's happiness and not as an “___” of man's desires/pleasure

“subject” “object “

shruedest/cunning of all elements

Serpent

The “__” represents the Devil (Satan)

Serpent

The mission of the Devil/Satan was to “__” or to “__”

tempt or to trick

Theologian (Eve)

Has been the of the downfall of humanity

Sin Pride

Two types of Sins

a) sin of omission

b) sin of commision

Kind of sin

is a sin for not acting on what should be done.

Ex. One has to forgive enemy, but one refuse it.

Sin of omission

Kind of Sin

is an act forbidden by God, but commited by the person.

Ex. Act of theft. (Adultery)

Sin of Commision

2 Effects of the Fall of Man

Original Sin

The Death of Man

The sin of the First Couple

Original Sin

the desire to commit sin becomes part of the humanity

concupiscence

No Ilness-No Death

Human beings became mortals. Death comes to the world.

The Death of Man

The First Goodnews

Proto-Evangelium

In spite of the the pain of “__” there is a blessing in the midst of the curse.

Fall

God made a promise.

It was the promise of the “____()” and the woman who shall bear Him in her womb, the ___

coming of the Savior ( Jesus Christ )

Virgin Mary

5 Basic Prayer

Sign of the Cross

Hail Mary

Glory be

Our Father

Apostle's creed

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

The Hail Mary Prayer

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be prayer

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Our Father Prayer

Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Apostle's Creed Prayer

I believe in God,

the Father almighty,

Creator of heaven and earth,

and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died and was buried;

he descended into hell;

on the third day he rose again from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;

from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and life everlasting.

Amen.