WORLD RELIGIONS

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WORLD RELIGIONS

• Judaism _at_2000 BCE
• Oldest MONOTHEIST religion i/t world
• Abraham 1st Jew
• born in UR (Iraq today)
• Land of Milk Honey
• Father of Isaac
• 2nd Jew
• Father of Ishmael
• 1st Arab
• Moses
• 10 Commandments
• G-d

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GENESIS CREATION STORY the beginning

• Adam Eve (Genesis 2)
• Creation Story
• Noah (Genesis 6)
• Ark the flood
• Abraham- 1st Jew (1900 BCE)
• Genesis 12-25
• Isaac 2nd Jew (Gen. 21-24)
• Sarahs only son
• Jewish Arab split
• Ishmael
• 1st son of Abraham
• Hagar
• Jacob 3rd Jew (Israel)
• (Gen.26-35)
• 12 sons gt 12 Tribes of Israel
• Judah Judaism named after
• Joseph 11th son
• sold into slavery
• Egyptian Slavery

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Egyptian Slavery

• Moses
• born a Jew
• raised as Pharaohs grandson
• killed an Egyptian guard
• sent into exile
• Exodus thru Deuteronomy
• Met Jethro and married his daughter
• returned to Egypt
• let my people go
• 10 Plagues
• Exodus _at_ 600,000 Jews
• Ten Commandments
• Conquest of Canaan
• Torah Tenack

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The Jewish TempleThe Holy of Holies

• 1st Temple Period
• 1006-586 BCE
• King David
• King Solomon
• Babylonian Captivity
• 586-536 BCE
• 2nd Temple Period
• 536 BCE - 70 CE
• Greek Romans
• Jesus born

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Jesus Christ

• Yeshua ben Josep
• Jesus of Galilee
• Jesus of Nazareth
• Believe in the teachings divinity of Jesus
• God in the flesh
• Jesus is the son of God
• The TRINITY
• Father, Son Holy Spirit
• Came to earth to save people from their sins
• Died to save their souls
• Descendent of David

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Birth of Jesus

• Born in Bethlehem
• Born to Joseph and Mary
• Mary believed to be a virgin
• Angel Gabriel announces to Mary she is pregnant
  w/ Gods son
• 2000 years ago, during Roman times

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Baptism of Jesus

• Chose 12 Apostles or followers
• Jesus baptized in the Jordan River (Luke 321)
• Washed away his sins
• Recognized by John the Baptist as the savior of
  the world
• Jesus John the Baptist were cousins

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Works of Jesus

• MIRACLES
• fish becomes a symbol of Christianity (Matt.
  1413-31)
• made water into wine (John 29)
• Rose Lazarus from the dead (John 11)
• Jesus cures a cripple (John 51)
• Jesus walks on water (John 616)
• TEACHINGS
• Love God w/ all your heart, soul all your mind
  (Matt. 2237)
• Do unto others as you would have others do unto
  you (Matt. 2239)
• Easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a
  needle, then for a rich man to enter heaven
  (Matt. 1924)
• Acts vs Faith
• John 316
• James 226