Stages of God's Revelation

Stages of God's Revelation

by Myla Nacorda

​PreHistorical Stage

• ​Ancient Semitic Cosmogony

• ​Enuma Elish

• ​Creation Stories in the Bible

  • ​First Story of Creation from the Priestly Writer

  • ​Second Story of Creation from the Yahwist Writer

​Patriarchal Stage

• ​Abraham- the FAther of all nations and the Father of Faith

• ​Isaac

• ​Jacob who was later called "Israel". Father of the Twelve Tribes

​Mosaic Stage

• ​Moses was chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

• ​"I am Who Am" revealed Himself to Moses in the burning bush.

• ​The plagues show the struggle between God and the obstinate pharaoh.

• ​The Passover (Hebrew Pesach) ritual was performed by the Israelites as instructed by Moses.

​The Judges

• ​The Judges are charismatic leaders appointed by God to protect the Israelites against the foreign invaders and to keep them faithful to the covenant

  • ​Gideon

  • ​Samson

  • ​Jepthah

  • ​Deborah

Multiple Choice

1. Abrham's descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sands in the sea.

• Prosperity

• Popularity

• Posterity

• Proficiency

Multiple Choice

2. The transmission of the revealed truths of God which were not put into writing.

• tradition

• Tradition

Multiple Choice

3. The process by which God reveals Himself and His plan of salvation to mankind.

• Salvation History

• Revelation

• Faith

• Tradition

Multiple Choice

4. God revealed Himself to an apostle who reveals the truths contained in the Deposit of Truth.

• Private Revelation

• Public Revelation

Multiple Select

5. The Word of God written by sacred writers under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

• Bible

• Sacred Scripture

• Tradition

• tradition

Multiple Choice

6. The shape of the world according to those who do not belong to the ancient Hebrew.

• inverted bowl

• bowl shape

• oblate spheroid

Multiple Choice

7. The god who demands authority over all other gods after killing the god built by Tiamat.

• Apsu

• Kingu

• Marduk

• Ea

Multiple Choice

8. The firstborn son of Jacob with the younger daughter of Laban.

• Reuben

• Simeon

• Benjamin

• Joseph

Multiple Choice

9. The man who was deceived by his own blood and lost his birthright and blessings.

• Ishmael

• Isaac

• Esau

• Jacob

Multiple Choice

10. Which of the following is not contained in the commandments given to Moses?

• You shall not kill. 

• Yous shall not bear a grudge.

• You shall not steal.

• You shall not commit adultery.