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1. Section 1 God’s Plan for Salvation: The Big Picture

2. Section 1, Part 3 The Path to Restoration

3. Introduction • God’s plan was paused but not thwarted • God develops a new plan to restore what was lost in the Fall • Begins immediately with a promise to Adam & Eve [1st& 2ndAdamic] • Continues through the covenants of the Old Testament • Noahan, Abrahamic, Mosaic, & Davidic • Chosen people who have the gift of the Law • The consequences of Original Sin break every covenant • God shows his fidelity by making a new covenant with His People • Unconditional love, patience, and understanding • Continually sends prophets to call His People back to fidelity • The OT covenants and prophets point to the coming Messiah who will suffer for His People & restore original holiness & justice • Five Articles • (A. 8) God’s Promise to Adam and Eve • (A. 9) The Old Testament Covenants: Part One • (A. 10) The Old Testament Covenants: Part Two • (A. 11) Covenant Keeping: Successes and Failures • (A.12) The Growing Messianic Hope

4. A. 8: God’s Promise to Adam & Eve • A great spiritual truth is hidden in Gn. 3 amongst bleakness of the Fall & its effects • Grandpa—eyes of faith for providence • The Proto-evangelium—Gn. 3: 15 • Etymology • Literal sense & Spiritual sense • Etiology • Allegorical = Christ, Tropological = moral, & Anagogical = end • Definitions & interpretations (chart in book) • 2ndAdamic Covenant under a spiritual interpretation • Easter Exultet— “Oh happy fault, oh necessary sin of Adam that won for us so great a Redeemer” • What was the 1stAdamic Covenant

5. A. 8 cont.: God’s Promise to Adam & Eve • Remainder of Primeval History—Gn. 4-11 • God remains faithful; though sin increases in kind & number • Cain & Abel—Gn. 4: 1-16 • Jealousy, fratricide, shepherds/farmers, sacrifice, God’s mark—mercy • Noah and the Flood—Gn. 6:5 -- 9:17 • Look at in A. 9 • The Tower of Babel—Gn. 11: 1-9 • Babylon, later Exile, ziggurats, pride, confuse speech to scatter & limit evil, fidelity to Noahan, etiology • Written history will begin with a more direct approach by God picking one nation • St. Leo the Great (440-461)—we gained more in Christ than we lost in Original Sin

6. Article 9: The Old Testament Covenants: Part One • Define covenant • Pagan covenants versus Israel’s covenants • Look at four OT covenants that point us to the Paschal Mystery • The Noahan Covenant—Gn. 6-10 • Mediator (just), 1st Explicit Promise, & Sign • Universal nature—chart in A. 9 • Melchizedek, King Cyrus, Ruth, (Rahab and/or Tamar) • Break—polytheism including idolatry of own leaders • The Abrahamaic Covenant—Gn. 12 (13, 15, 17) • Mediator, 3 Promises, 3 Signs--circumcision • Which promise is most important • God forms the Hebrew’s  Israelites  Jews  … by choosing them • Abraham & his descendants (Isaac & Jacob/Israel) are the Patriarchs of God’s Chosen People • Remainder of Genesis relates their story which shows God’s faithfulness despite His peoples unfaithfulness

7. Dr. Scott Hahn: The OT Covenants (13:00) A Father Who Keeps His Promises, Part 1 Individual Assignment 1) Key to understanding the OT 2) Contrast covenant and contract 3) How many covenants 4) Will there be any more 5) What connects Gn. & Rev. 6) Why does law increase in the OT 7) 3 key elements of the Bible 8) Human history is like what 9) Another difference between covenant & contract 10) Explain “a covenant has conditions but is unconditional”

8. Homework • HW 1.3; #1-4 • Read AA. 10-12

9. Article 10: The Old Testament Covenants: Part Two • The Mosaic Covenant • The theophany at Mount Sinai—Ex. 19: 16-25 (other OT ones—holy fear) • Mediator, Promise, Sign • The 10 Commandments—Ex. 20 & Deut. 5 • Old and obsoleteor just fulfilled • Structure—right relationships • Exodus, Leviticus, & Deuteronomy • Relationship between Law & Covenant • Torah/Pentateuch • The Davidic Covenant—2 Sm 7: 4-13 • Mediator, Promise, Sign, & Receiver • Ark of the Covenant—definition, history, & contents (Ex. 25) • Literal & spiritual interpretation & fulfillment • Destruction of Judah in 598 b.c. & the covenant—notion of Messiah • Jesus is a direct descendent of David through both Mary & Joseph—Mt. 1 & Lk. 3 • Relationship between the OT Covenants & the Paschal Mystery

10. Article 11: Covenant Keeping: Successes and Failures • The historical & prophetic books of the OT reveal that Israel struggled in keeping the covenants God made with them • The Judges • Israelites led by Joshua settle in Canaan • Confederation of tribes with no central government • Judges traces 12 judges (six in detail) who God raises up as need • Ancient military leaders who also settled disputes • Cycle: faithful, forgetful, unfaithful, suffering, repent, delivered, faithful • Theme: God desires complete commitment • Israel is incapable so cycle of judges which gradually declines • Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson • People ask for a king to be like the other nations

11. Article 11: Covenant Keeping: Successes & Failures cont. • The Monarchy—1,2 Samuel & 1,2 Kings (1,2 Chronicles repeats) • God bears peoples rejection & has Samuel anoint them King Saul • Kings are flawed but committed to God, the Law & the Covenant at first • Saul—trust; David—lust; Solomon—greed • Kingdom splits into northern Israel and southern Judah (1,2 Kgs.) • Jeroboam’s idolatry & string of bad kings led to Assyrian conquer in 722 b.c. • Rehoboam also did evil but Judah had good kings to call them back to fidelity • Asa, Hezekiah, Josiah,…who destroyed idols & led religious and Covenantal reforms • Kingdom firmly establishes the Israelites as God’s Chosen People • Land, people, Jerusalem Temple under Solomon, ritual & Law firmly established • Kingdom ultimately fails so Christ can spiritually rather than literally fulfill

12. Article 11: Covenant Keeping: Successes & Failures cont. • The Prophets • Mouthpieces of God to bring people back to Covenant & Law • Warn & assure—sign of true prophets vs. false • 4 major—Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel • 12 minor as well as many more who foreshadow Christ as prophet

13. Article 12: The Growing Messianic Hope • Theological virtue of hope • Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on hope in Spe Salvi • Ultimately true prophets were prophets of hope • If the people were faithful to the covenant, eventually God would send the Messiah to form the New & Everlasting Covenant • These prophets & their prophecies increased with frequency & intensity as the birth of Christ approached in the inter-testamental period after the Exile • As a result, people’s hope was growing stronger & stronger • Chart in A. 12 illustrates how Christ fulfills all of the OT prophetic hopes • OT Prophet; OT Prophecy; Christ’s NT Fulfillment • Typology

14. You Tube Video: Typology • Dr. Scott Hahn

15. Typology Project—10 Point HW grade due Monday • Understanding typology • Pick one of the following OT biblical stories we studied: • First Adamic Covenant (Gn. 1-2) • Cain & Abel (Gn. 4) • The Flood & Noahan Covenant (Gn. 6-10) • The Tower of Babel (Gn. 11) • The Abrahamaic Covenant (Gn. 12, 13, 15, 17) • The Mosaic Covenant (Ex. 19-20 & Dt. 5) • The Davidic Covenant (2 Sm. 7) • Explain what typology is & how it can be used to exegete the bible • Name as many antitypes as you can & their New Testament types • For each pair of antitype & type you find, explain how the OT antitype foreshadows the NT type & how the NT type fulfills the OT antitype

16. Homework • HW 1.3; #5-7 • Study for the Quiz #3 Monday (AA. 8-12) • Make sure the HW #3 is ready to turn in tomorrow (1.3 ;#1-7)