TIMELINE PROJECT

Salvation History

• Covenant with Noah
• Covenant with Abraham
• Covenant with Moses

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• Kings and Prophets
• Wisdom Literature
• Jesus Christ, the New Covenant

COVENANT WITH NOAH

• The Flood was a divine punishment for prideful ambition.
• God entered into an everlasting covenant with Noah,his descendants, and "every living creature", .
• This covenant proposed to unify all God's children into one family through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• It also promised to never again destroy the earth with a flood.

COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM

• God called him out of his land,gave him a new name, and promised him many descendants.
• Abraham, the Patriarch, became the father of faith for the Jewish people
• Also became a Spiritual father for all believers of our Ancestry with God's people
• Circumcision was a sign of the covenant with Abraham to set descendants a part as God's people
• The Chosen People,called to prepare for that day when God would gather all his children into the unity of the Church

COVENANT WITH MOSES

• Aka, the Sinai Covenant, God formed Israel as his people
• On Mt. Sinai, God revealed his name as YHWH- "I AM WHO AM"
• Jewish people substituted YHWH with Adonai or "My Lord"
• God gave the Chosen People his Law to help people recognize and serve him
• This helped them look forward to the coming of the Promised Savior

KINGS AND PROPHETS

• God promised the Israelites their own land in Canaan which was then ruled by King David
• After Solomon's rule, God sent prophets to help form his people away from sin and towards Salvation
• The prophets were men like, Elijah,Ezekiel,Isaiah, and Jeremiah
• They "proclaim a radical redemption of the People of God,purification from all their infidelities,
• A salvation which will include all nations"

WISDOM LITERATURE

• God inspired bodies of writings of proverbs,riddles,stories,warnings, and questions to serve as a guide.
• The Book if Psalms, a collection of prayers to God, is an essential part of Wisdom Literature
• The Psalms praise God for his creation and for the great things he did for the chosen people
• The psalms share the hope the God will finally triumph,restore Israel among the nations, and right all wrongs
• Psalms tell of the future Messiah

JESUS CHRIST: THE NEW COVENANT

• Climax of Salvation History is the entrance of Jesus Christ into the World.
• Jesus Christ is God's total Word, his fullest Revelation
• John baptized Jesus and recognized that he was the Messiah
• His passion,Death,Resurrection, and Ascension finalized our Salvation
• Jesus said to Philip, "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father" (Jn 14:9)

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