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Salvation History

God’s Plan for Humanity. Salvation History. Salvation History. The world was without form And the world was void. In the Beginning. My Fathers Plan. Scott Hahn and Jeff Cavens do a tape series that I find helpful. A Framework - not to be confused with The Framework

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Salvation History

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  1. God’s Plan for Humanity Salvation History

  2. Salvation History • The world was without form • And the world was void In the Beginning

  3. My Fathers Plan Scott Hahn and Jeff Cavens do a tape series that I find helpful • A Framework - not to be confused with The Framework • God is a God of Covenants • Covenants are distinct from contracts • Contracts - quid pro quo (this for that) • Covenants imply relationship - a love relationship • In Hebrew there is a significance to 7 - to 7 oneself is to make an oath, to enter into a serious covenant • One can divide Salvation History into 12 periods and 7 covenants • God comes to us - He deals with stuff -matter - the Sacraments

  4. The Two Stories of Creation • The First Chapter of Genesis • This story reveals God’s relationship with all His creation! • The Second Chapter of Genesis • This story reveals God’s relationship with the human person God’s relationship with creation and with the Human person

  5. Genesis Chapters 1 All that God made was very good! • God brings form out of chaos • Day 1: Let there be light – Light and darkens are separated • Day 2: Let us separate the fluids: The Air and the Sea • Day 3: Gives form to the earth; vegetation and earth • God brings order to the world and now He will fill the void that exists in the form that He brought forth. • God Fills the void • Day 4: Creatures of light fill the day and the night, (e.g. sun, moon and stars. • Day 5: The birds and the fish fill the “fluids”. • Interesting to note that in the physical universe, both the air and the water are governed by the same mathematical equations. • Day 6: The animals and the greatest of all animals, the human person, are created, • Day 7: God makes the day of rest, a day to reflect on God’s Goodness

  6. God’s Plan for the Human Person The Human Person’s Original State • Adam (earth) was created • Original Innocence • Original Solitude • God made all the animals for Adam – they didn’t quite do it for him, then “bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh! … Whoa! Man! … Women • Original Solitude is pierced by the community of persons – the family – an image of the Trinity it self – a community of persons united in mutual unlimited love • A Marriage Covenant • The first covenant limited to a family

  7. God’s Plan for the Human Person The Fall • Adam was told • (Eve was not created yet) not to eat of the tree of Good and evil • Eve was obviously in the know • ( some scholars speculate that this was to establish the importance of Tradition (Eve failed to trust in the word of another human person) • Genesis 3:15 • I will put enmity between you and the woman, he will bruise your head and He/she will crush your head.

  8. The Proto-Gospel – Genesis 3:15 • Mel Gibson’s Passion focus’ on the passage • Remember the opening scene – Jesus crushes the serpents head • Also the Devil stalking Jesus holding a strange offspring?.. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and your offspring and yours. “Emnity between your offspring and hers”

  9. Salvation History The Twelve periods • The History of the Early World • The covenant with Adam and Eve (the family) • The covenant with Noah ( the Household) • The Patriarchs • The covenant with Abram or Abraham (the Tribe) • Israel in Egypt • The Covenant with Moses (the Nation or Tribes) • The Promised Land • The Conquest in Canaan

  10. Salvation History • The Judges • The United Kingdom • The covenant with David (the Jewish Kingdom) • The Divided Kingdom • The Exile • The Return • TheMaccabean Revolt • Jesus the Messiah • The Church • The covenant with Jesus (the whole world) The Twelve Periods (cont)

  11. The Exodus Event I will be your people, and you will be my God! • Let my people go! • Moses led the people from the cruel oppression of slavery. • The final plague? • The first born was to be taken via the Angel of death • How were the Israelites spared? • The blood of an unblemished male lamb on the doorpost • They were set free, but pursued until Moses used Aaron’s staff to split the Red Sea • They rejected God’s plan, but God provided them with manna from heaven

  12. The People’s Sin “Make for us a god in our image” • God’s plan is rejected, and Moses pleads his case • After the people create a god in that fits the world they had grown accustomed to in Egypt, God proposes to Moses to start over with him. • Moses suggests, “What would the neighbors think? You go to all the trouble of delivering this people, only to sacrifice them in the dessert? Very bad PR. • The people are spared, and when they refuse to take possession of the promised land, the generation who betrayed God a banished to wander in the dessert for 40 years, but their offspring survive. God still meets their physical needs.

  13. Early Structures of Leadership • When the Israelites settled in the promised land there was set up a system of Judges. • A judge is understood by some as a non-hereditary leader of the people. • From the Book of Joshua to Samuel there is a list of judges.

  14. The Judges ~ 1200 BC-1030 BC • In the Book of Joshua • Joshua† • In the Book of Judges • Othniel • Ehud • Shamgar • Deborah • Barak† • Gideon • Abimelech† • Tola • Jair • Jephthah • Ibzan • Elon • Abdon • Samson • In First Samuel • Eli • Samuel • †Not explicitly described as a judge

  15. The Kings of Israel –from Wikepedia

  16. The UnitedKingdom (~1000 BC – 931 BC) • The people wanted a King, God tried to talk them out of it, but they refused. • God honored their freedom • God always honors our freedom • The First Three Kings of Israel • Saul (between 1030 BC – 1010 BC) • David (1010 BC – 970 BC) • Bathsheba and Uriah • Solomon (to 931 BC)

  17. The Divided Kingdom • Israel (The North) • Jeroboam I • Nadab/Baasha • Elah/Zimri/Omri • Ahab • Ahaziah/Jehoram • Jehu • Jehoahaz • Jehoash • Jeroboam II • Menahem/Shallum/Zechariah • Hoshea/Pekah/Pekahiah • Fall of Samaria 721 BC • Judah (The South) • Rehoboam • Abihah • Asa • Jehoshaphat • Jehoram • Ahaziah • Jehoash • Amaziah • Uzziah • Jotham • Ahaz • Hezekiah • Manasseh • Amon • Josiah • Jehoiakim • Jehoahaz • Zedekiah • Jehoiachin • Falls in 586 BC

  18. Map of Israel – from wikepedia

  19. Babylonian Exile and Return • Israel is exiled in 587 BC, the first Temple is destroyed • King Cyrus invites them home and Temple is rebuilt 538 BC and 530 BC • Shift from prophets to sages and scribes • Hellenism becomes a stronger influence • Septuagint is translated in about 260 AD • Jews become autonomous but under the rule of the Roman Empire • The High Priesthood becomes very political

  20. Some Major Jewish Groups • Sadducees -“sad you see”, because they did not believe in the resurrection • Pharisees – believed in the resurrection and supernatural spirits • Essenes – Very austere group, may have been connected to John the Baptist • Zealots – Very zealous for the faith • Sicarii – “dagger bearers” – ancient terrorists

  21. Messianic Expectations • Judas Maccabeus – a Jewish revolt that led to the rededication of the Temple which is commemorated by the modern Jewish Holiday Hanukah.

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