Salvation History Flashcards

In theological terms, the 'covenant with Noah' (Genesis 9) was unique because it was made with:

Answer: All of humanity and all living creatures

The Noahic covenant (Genesis 9:8-17) was universal — made with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature, symbolized by the rainbow as God's sign of this universal promise.

The Exodus from Egypt is central to the Hebrew Bible because it established Israel as:

Answer: A people redeemed by God from slavery, bound to him through covenant

The Exodus — God's deliverance of enslaved Israel from Egypt — is the foundational event of Israel's identity as God's redeemed people, recalled throughout the Hebrew Bible as the basis of covenant obligation.

The 'Davidic covenant' in 2 Samuel 7 promised that:

Answer: God would establish David's dynasty forever, with his descendant reigning eternally

Nathan's oracle to David (2 Sam 7:12-16) promised that one of David's descendants would reign forever — a promise interpreted as fulfilled in Jesus the Messiah ('Son of David') in the NT.

In Catholic theology, the 'Paschal Mystery' refers to:

Answer: Christ's suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension as one saving event

The Paschal Mystery is the central saving event of Christianity: Christ's passion, death, resurrection, and glorification, through which humanity is redeemed.

The concept of 'typology' in biblical interpretation means:

Answer: OT persons, events, and institutions that foreshadow and are fulfilled in Christ and the NT

Typology is the interpretive method of reading OT persons (Adam, Moses, Jonah), events (Exodus, Passover), and institutions (Temple, priesthood) as types or foreshadowings fulfilled in Christ.

The 'New Covenant' promised by the prophet Jeremiah (31:31-34) would differ from the Mosaic covenant because:

Answer: It would be written on hearts rather than stone tablets, with personal knowledge of God

Jeremiah's New Covenant (31:31-34) would be internalized — written on hearts, not stone — with all knowing God directly and sins fully forgiven, fulfilled in Christ's death according to the NT.