Oct 31, Tue - Quiz 4b Preparation & the Plagues

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 4b: Proverbs 11:1-4 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 4: Exodus 1-20
Journal:
- On the page 6 of your unit handout…

- - Read Proverbs 11:1-4

- - Answer questions 11-15

- When done: In the blank space at the bottom of this page, 

- - 16) Describe how sinful pride affects junior high students- Give an example.

- - 17) Describe how humbleness affects JH students— Give an example. 

- If all done with that: Answer the Questions 1-9

Memory Quiz Review:

- Your Verses: Proverbs 11:1-4

- - Disgrace: Dishonor, Shame, A loss of respect

- - Integrity: To be unified & whole, especially morally

- - Crookedness: Bent/twisted out of shape, morally

- - Treacherous: To be faithless, To betray

- Your Questions: Based upon our classroom discussion and your thoughtful reflection, use complete sentences to answer the following:

- - 1) Describe the effect of pride on our life. Give a Jr. High example.

- - - The verses say, "When pride comes, then comes disgrace."

- - - - Pride is... selfish arrogance, 'thinking you're all that' or thinking you are the absolute best at something, being 'full of yourself'

- - - - The effect of this is disgrace!

- - - - - This is similar to another popular phrase, 'Pride comes before the fall.'

- - - - - Being arrogant and proud causes us to not be careful, not accept or receive help, and in the end we just disgrace ourselves

- - - Provide an example from Jr. High life that shows how pride disgraces people

- - 2) Describe the effect of humbleness. Give a Jr. High example.

- - - The verses say, "with the humble is wisdom."

- - - - Humbleness is the opposite of pride, you don't brag, recognizing that you are not the best & that you need others

- - - - One of the effects of humbleness is that we gain wisdom!

- - - - - Think about it, if you don't think you know everything you'll accept help from others, you'll even ask people for help, you'll research and read to learn more, you'll pay more attention to life (instead of just yourself) and learn from your experiences

- - - Like before, provide an example from Jr. High life that shows how we can gain wisdom from being humble.

Other things to know about this verse:

What are some dishonest ways Jr. Highers are tempted to ‘weigh’ things today?

- The verses say, "A false balance is an abomination to the LORD"

- - Abomination: "An object of hatred or disgust"

- - A False Balance: This refers to scales used to weigh out money in the ancient world

- - - It was a scale that had two plates, one of the left, one on the right, that you put things

- - - - If something was set on one side, it should move down, unless you balance it with weight on the other side. 

- - - People had weights equal the weight of a specific amount of 'money' (usually gold or silver)

- - - - People could lie about how much a weight represented; they could also make it so that the scales were imbalanced in their favor. 

- - - - When someone then bought something from them, they would pay more than it actually cost

- - - Making these false combines both lying & cheating to hurt another person.

- - - - This is what God abhors

- - - Bearing all of that in mind, what are some dishonest ways Jr. Highers are be tempted to both cheat people out of things and lie?

- - - - Perhaps trading pencils when you have a lousy one and they have a good one?

- - - - Perhaps saying you cleaned your room when you only shoved stuff out of the way?

- - - - Perhaps using fake money in a vending machine?

- - - - There are other ways that such temptations come! You need to have at least one. Remember, these aren't good things! God abhors them!

- The Day of Wrath: 

- -  v4 mentions this.  It references a coming time of God's judgment and punishment toward sinners. 

- - History has had many 'days of wrath,' ultimately Christians understand that Gods ultimate 'Day of Wrath' is in the end times 

Exodus 5-11 – Study Packet, Page 2: Pharaoh vs. God

10 Plagues:

- These plagues serve 3 main purposes:
- - 1) Introduce God & His complete & authority (over all of creation!)
- - 2) Demonstrate the impotence (weakness, powerlessness) of Egypt’s gods/men (e.g. magicians & Pharaoh)
- - 3) Judge Egypt for their crimes against Israel
- So, what are the plagues?  They are… (copy these onto your Study Packet, Page 7)
- Plague 1: Water to Blood: For the Nile River, the streams, canals, ponds, reservoirs, and even water in wooden buckets & stone jars!
- - Magicians copy it
- - Pharaoh's heart is hardened and he won't let them go
- Plague 2: Frogs
- - Magicians copy it
- - Pharaoh asks Moses to pray to the LORD that they go & Pharaoh will then let Israel go; then Pharaoh changed his mind when they were really gone
- Plague 3: Gnats
- - The magicians cannot copy this or any others to come
- - Pharaoh: Hard heart, won't listen.
- Plague 4: Flies
- - Pharaoh: Sacrifice in this land, don't leave it (Moses refused); Next Pharaoh lied like in the 2nd plague
- Plague 5: Livestock Dies
- - Pharaoh: Hard heart, will not let them go
- Plague 6: Boils
- - Pharaoh: Hard heart, won't listen
- Plague 7: Hail & lightening
- - Pharaoh 'Repents,' says they can go when the hail stops--again he changes his mind
- Plague 8: Locust
- - Before the plague, Pharaoh says he can go, but only the men (Moses refuses)
- - After the plague, then Pharaoh 'fake repents' again & then has a hard heart & won't let them go
- Plague 9: Darkness
- - Pharaoh again 'fake repents,' & then has a hard heart & changes his mind
- Plague 10: Firstborn Dies
- - We'll get to the results of this later...


- Some notes on the plagues
- - Moses’ Initial Request: 3-Day trip
- - - Pharaoh continually refused this—kind of…
- - The Magicians’ Responses:
- - - Just as they copied the staff turning into a snake, they could copy the 1st 2 plagues
- - - - However, they were never able to 'stop' or 'counteract' the plagues!
- - - Ex 8:18-19) Then on the 3rd plague and every one after it, they could no longer copy it!
- - - - They recognized to Pharaoh that this was the 'finger of God'
- - - 9:11) To make things even worse, on the plague of boils--the boils were so bad on them, that they couldn't even appear before Moses & Aaron!
- - Pharaoh’s Responses:
- - - He continually refused to let Israel go
- - - Sometimes he would agree, only to change his mind after the plague was removed
- - - Sometimes he tried to compromise, letting only some go (just men, or just people, no animals), yet Moses would not accept this
- - - Finally after the 10th plague Pharaoh agrees to let them all go, sort of… (we'll get back to this later)

Oct 31, Mon - Quiz 4a

Next Quiz/Test: Today was Quiz 4a
- Friday is Quiz 4b: Proverbs 11:1-4 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 4: Exodus 1-20
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their quiz.

- Afterwards Period 8 caught up with yesterday's notes (see that blog post)

Oct 25, Wed - Moses' Beginnings

Next Quiz/Test: Monday is Quiz 4a: Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 4: Exodus 1-20
Journal 4-3: Study Packet, Page 11
- Read Exodus 2:1-10:
- - What tribe (or ‘house’) was Moses from?
- - How many months did his mother hide him?
- - What did she put Moses in?  Why?
- - - Did she follow Pharaoh’s order? (careful…)
- - Who found Moses?
- - - What did she look for next?  Who did she get?
- - - What did she end up doing with Moses?
- - What does ‘Moses’ sound like in Hebrew?
- - How did God show He is in control (sovereign) through this?

Exodus 1-2: Israel Grows, Egypt Attacks, God Prepares) Study Packet, Page 2
Israel Grows & Egypt Fears:
- For ~400 years Israel grows so much that…
- - Egypt fears & enslaves them
- - This makes Israel’s life bitter & hard!
- Pharaoh wants to make them smaller—
- - He commands the midwives to kill the male boys
- - - Midwives: Nurses who deliver babies
- - - Two Key Midwife heroes named: Shiphrah & Puah
- - The midwives feared God & didn’t obey Pharaoh’s sin
- Therefore, Pharaoh commanded everyone to throw Hebrew baby boys into the Nile River

Moses’ First 40 Years:
- One family save a son…
- - They put him in a basket in the Nile River, having his older sister, Miriam, watch to see what happened
- - - This area was a gentle part of the Nile
- - - Pharaoh’s daughter bathed here
- - - - She came out, found the child, had compassion, & adopted him
- - Miriam came to Pharaoh’s daughter and…
- - - Volunteered to help her hire a Hebrew mother as a nurse—
- - - She got their own mom!
- - Pharaoh’s daughter named the boy “Moses”
- - - This means: To draw out (since he was drawn out of the Nile)
- - - - And… later he draws Israel out of slavery!
- When 40 years old
- - Moses murdered an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew.
- - Pharaoh found out & sentenced Moses to death—
- - So Moses fled to Midian.

Moses’s Next 40 Years:
- Moses meets Jethro/Reuel (a priest)
- - He marries his daughter, Zipporah,
- - Together, they have 2 sons
- Meanwhile Israel groaned in their slavery!
- - They cried out for help—
- - And God heard them!
- - - He remembered His covenant
- - - He felt concern!

Moses at 80 Years Old:
- God gets Moses’ attention by a burning bush that doesn’t burn up!
- - God shares His personal name w/Moses—I AM
- - - Also known as: the LORD, YHWH, Yahweh, & Jehovah
- - - God  isn't limited by this name!
- - - - He’s not just… 'God of Canaan' or 'God or Rain'
- - - - He is the God Who Is!

Oct 24, Tue - Exodus Intro

Next Quiz/Test: Monday is Quiz 4a: Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 4: Exodus 1-20
Journal 4-2: Read Exodus 1:1-7

- 1) How many descendants of Jacob/Israel moved to Egypt with Joseph?
- - 70
- 2) v7) How did God bless these people of Israel? Write down the four words/phrases that explain this.
- - They... (See below)
- 3) How could this be a great thing for the people of Israel?
- - They grow in number and are a large group that can now be their own nation!
- 4) How could this be a dangerous thing for the people of Israel?
- - Various answers, but... if you were a natural Egyptian and you saw all these foreigners

The Pentateuch Table: Exodus (which means 'Exit')
- Key Idea: Redemption
- The Nation: Delivered (to set free)
- The People: Redeemed (which, like Redemption, means 'bought back' or 'saved,' it involves a price being paid to save something)
- God's Character: Merciful (time and time again in Exodus God's people do such sinful things that are like spitting in God's face! Yet God has mercy time and time again on them!)
- God's Role: Deliverer (of his people)
- God's Command: "Let my people go!"

Israel’s Beginnings:
- Exodus 1:6-7) The state of Israel, they
- - Were Fruitful!
- - Multiplied Greatly!
- - Became Exceeding Numerous!
- - The land was filled with them!
- - In general... There were a lot of them and they kept on growing!

- Ex 1:8-11) The Egyptians began to fear that Israel would fight against them, so they forced hard labor.
- - It sounds like the Israelites did not 'conform' to the Egyptian culture, so they were still their own distinct people.
- - Ex 1:12) Even though forced to work long and hard days, Israel still grew!

- Ex 1:15-16) Pharaoh gave a new command to keep Israel from growing
- - He told the midwives (who are nurses that delivers babies), "Kill the Israelite male children!"
- - Ex 1:17) The midwives did not do this because they feared God much more than Pharaoh, so God blessed them!
- - Ex 1:20) So... Israel still grew!

- Ex 1:22) Pharaoh gave another command, "Throw every newborn boy in the Nile River!"
- - This was now carried out by more than just midwives!
- - Perhaps his army would sweep the Israelite houses to see if they were hiding a child?
- - Who knows exactly, but this is where we come to the story of Moses!

Oct 23, Mon - Quiz 4a Preparation

Next Quiz/Test: Monday is Quiz 4a: Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)

Handouts: Unit 4 Study Packet (white)

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 4: Exodus 1-20
Journal 4-1: Study Packet, Pages 6 & 10

- On your new Unit 4 Study Packet…
- - Write your name on top
- - Note: You will get pages 1-3 soon…
- Go to page 6 and read Proverbs 6:16-19
- - Answer question 10 (from page 6) on page 10 as “Journal 4-1”
- - Some vocab to help you out:
- - - Detestable: A object of hatred or disgust
- - - Arrogance/Haughty: Prideful & arrogant
- - - Shed Blood: Violence, especially murder
- - - Devises: To plan or scheme
- - - Falsely Testify: To lie as a witness; To not correctly tell what you saw
- - - Haste: Hurry
- - - Dissension/Discord: Unhealthy fights & arguments between people
- When done:
- - Return to page 6
- - Complete questions 1-9, writing your answers on that page

Memory Quiz Preparation: Study Packet, Page 4
- Your Verses: Proverbs 6:16-19
- - Abomination: An object of hatred or disgust
- - Haughty: Prideful & arrogant (being ‘full of yourself’)
- - Devises: To plan or scheme
- - Haste: Hurry
- - Discord: Unhealthy fights & arguments between people, strife
- Your Questions: Based on our class discussion & your own personal reflection, use complete sentences & your own words to… Give specific examples of how Jr. Highers are tempted to commit these sins:
- - The first one in verse 17:
- - - 'Haughty Eyes' means being arrogant, having a lot of selfish pride in yourself.
- - The first one in verse 18: 
- - - 'a heart that devises wicked plans' means someone is planning to do something evil
- - The second one in verse 18: 
- - - 'feet that make haste to run to evil' means someone who doesn't necessarily plan evil, but when they see an opportunity to get or do something they want to, even if it is wrong they are quick to do it (maybe without even thinking much about it!)
- - The last one in verse 19:
- - - 'one who sows discord among brothers' is someone who tries to cause fights and arguments (Gossip, rumors, & lies are big ways this can happen)

Devotion Presentations: We concluded class by talking about these. 

Oct 23, Mon - Unit 3 Test

Next Quiz/Test: Today was your Unit 3 Test
- Monday (Oct 30) is Quiz 4a: Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)

Handouts: Study Packet

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 3
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their Unit 3 Test.

Oct 19, Thu - Unit 3 Review

Next Quiz/Test: MONDAY (Oct 23) is your Unit 3 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal: We had our binder check & then jumped right into the review activity below.

Unit 3 Review Game:
1. Although he was hated, enslaved, & imprisoned—what did Joseph receive from God that He shared w/his brothers?
Kindness & Forgiveness
2. Benjamin means ‘Son of my Right Hand,’ but what does the name Rachel wanted for him, Ben-Oni, mean?
Son of my Trouble
3. Describe 3 characteristics of the Psalms
Here are some example answers: hey are praise songs to God, the ancient hymnbook of Israel. They had many contributors (especially David). They are like a collection of personal prayers & devotions. They were written at different times for different reasons. They are divided into 5 books.
4. Even do when we make mistakes & do bad things, we learned that in all things God works His plan for… what? (c.f. Romans 8:28)
The good of those who love Him & are called according to His purposes
5. Even though we don’ deserve it, God pursues a _what?_ with us?
Relationship
6. God appeared to Jacob at the top of the ladder in his dream at Bethel—Jacob also thought he did what with God just before he met Esau? 
Wrestled
7. God knows this & therefore we can always trust that He will keep His promises.
The future
8. In order, name the relationship that Laban (the business man that always tried to get more wealth) had with these three people: Rachel, Rebekah, & Jacob
Father, Brother, Uncle/Father-in-Law
9. Judah & Reuben responded the wrong way to sexual temptation—Joseph responded the correct way!  What was that?
He ran away from it, even when it ‘hurt’ to do so!
10. Judah recommended selling Jacob into slavery and even committed adultery—but in the end he has a changed life and is willing to suffer to help Benjamin! What blessing did he receive from Jacob (a blessing similar to Jacob’s!)? 
He would rule over his brothers
11. Laban’s oldest daughter, Leah (she had ‘weak eyes,’ not being very pretty) had more *what* than Rachel?
Children
12. Laban’s youngest, Rachel, was loved by Jacob partially because Jacob thought she was more _what?_ than Leah?
Pretty/Beautiful
13. Who had the inappropriate relationship with Jacob’s concubine/wife Bilhah? This man also, for selfish reasons, helped keep his brothers from killing Joseph.
Reuben (Jacob’s 1st born child)
14. Needless & horrible drama are cased when people do what things? Give at least two general ideas from this unit.  
Get ahead of God. Work outside of God’s design
15. What 2 things did we share that God’s followers can trust in throughout their lives? 
God’s presence & help
16. What did Favoritism cause for Isaac, Rebekah, & Jacob’s families? 
Terrible conflicts & drama!
17. What did God promise to Jacob & his family as they moved to Egypt? It was a promise Jacob & Joseph both told their family, too. 
They would return to Canaan
18. What did Jacob’s new name, ‘Israel’ mean?
He Struggles with God
19. What did we emphasize in this unit that can never accomplish God’s will?  Simeon & Levi demonstrated it.
Our anger
20. What does the name ‘Edom’ mean? This was a nick-name given to Esau related to his hair color & the food that he loved—his descendants even were named Edomites.
Red
21. What location was named ‘House of God’? What nighttime event happened at this location? 
Bethel—Jacob dreamed of the ladder where God spoke from
22. What terrible thing did Simeon & Levi do in their anger over what happened to their sister?
Killed all the men of Shechem
23. What was the original name and original meaning of the name of the man who deceived his father to get a blessing? 
Jacob, He Takes By the Heel
24. What were the angels doing in Jacob’s dream of the ladder/stairs?
Going up/down
25. What were two key ways that Jacob was deceived? 
Laban tricked him into marrying Leah; his sons tricked him into thinking Joseph was dead.
26. When did Joseph’s brothers really know that Joseph forgave them?
After their father died
27. When Joseph’s brothers first met him in Egypt, they did this action.
Bowed before him
28. Who was the name of the hairy man who was also a skillful hunter?  (This guy lacked self-control.) 
Esau
29. Why does Jacob want to marry Rachel, Laban’s younger daughter? 
She is lovely!
30. Working w/God, we should pursue this in all relationships, as much as possible (c.f. Rom. 12:17-19).
Peace

Extra Review: You don't need to know these, but knowing them could help your grade...
31. What is a Birthright?
The double-inheritance for the firstborn son
32. What children did Leah have? 
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun
33. What children did Rachel have? 
Joseph & Benjamin
34. What children did Bilhah have? 
Dan & Naphtali
35. What children did Zilpah have? 
Gad & Asher

Oct 18, Wed - Joseph's Later Years

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 3 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal: In 5 or more sentences, explain the role God played in what happened to Joseph, according to these verses:
- Genesis 39:2, 21, 23
- Genesis 41:15-16, 39, 51-52

Genesis 42-50 –  God Brings Jacob’s Whole Family to Egypt: Study Packet, Page 2

Jacob Reunites w/His Brothers: The famine is also in Canaan, so…

- Israel/Jacob sent his sons to Egypt for food

- - Benjamin, his new favorite, stayed home

- - When the 10 brothers arrive they unknowingly…

- - - Meet Joseph & bow to him…

- - - - Remember that dream? … :-)

- - Joseph tests them to see if they can now be trusted!

- They pass his tests! (Especially Judah)

- - They were willing to suffer & die to save their family

- - - Even their father’s new favorite child, Benjamin

- Joseph joyously reveals who he is to them!

- - He expresses his complete forgiveness toward them

- - He invites them to Egypt for safety & provision—

- - - To survive the final 5 years of famine

- - - Jacob’s whole family comes to Egypt!

- As Jacob moves his family to Egypt…

- - God encourages Jacob & promises: “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again.”

- - Here Joseph provides for them all in the land of Goshen.

- Jacob lives in Egypt for 17 years in Egypt

Jacob/Israel Blessings:

- Jacob adopts Joseph’s 2 children

- - He gives them each an inheritance

- - He prophetically recognizes that the youngest (Ephraim) as receiving the greater blessing.

- - Joseph is told, “God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.”

- Jacob prophesies that…

- - God will be with his family & return them to Canaan

- When He blesses his kids…

- - Reuben, Simeon, & Levi are looked over for special blessings… Why?

- - Judah (4th born) receives the great blessing of leadership

- - The other sons all receive other various blessings & prophetic words concerning what the future holds.

- Jacob dies at 147 years old & is buried back in Canaan

Joseph’s Brothers’ Fear:

- When Jacob dies,

- - Joseph’s brothers fear that Joseph will now kill them

- - They think he has held a grudge all this time & is going to pay them back!

- They humble themselves before Joseph & beg him to forgive them

- - Joseph weeps and says, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones. (50:19-21)

Joseph’s Death:

- At 110 years old, Joseph knows he is about to die

- - He tells his family, “ God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.”

- He made them swear to take his bones back to Canaan when they return—

- - His bones were saved as a continual reminder that God would bring them home.

Genesis 42-50: God brings Jacob’s Whole Family to Egypt - Theology: Study Packet, Page 3

- God knows the future,  history does not surprise Him

- God keeps His promises & will often remind us of them

- God helps bring healing to family relationships

- God’s plans are best for our lives, even when it seems difficult

- God will be a loving shepherd to His people (Genesis 48:15)

Genesis 42-50: God brings Jacob’s Whole Family to Egypt - Anthropology: Study Packet, Page 3

- We should forgive one another

- We should try to see God’s bigger plan in the hardships of life

- We should not take revenge, but should let God be in charge of that

“Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children” – Genesis 50:19-21 (NIV)

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” - Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)

Here is your Process Grid for this unit:

Here is the picture summary of this unit:

Oct 17, Tue - Joseph's Roller Coaster

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 3 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Presentation: Be ready to present on your day! See class schedule.

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal: In 5 or more sentences, explain the role God played in what happened to Joseph, according to these verses:
- Genesis 39:2, 21, 23
- Genesis 41:15-16, 39, 51-52

Genesis 37-41 –  Joseph’s struggles & Rise: Study Packet, Page 2
Jacob’s Roller-Coaster Ride:
- Joseph was sold as a slave in Egypt to Potiphar (Pharaoh’s bodyguard captain)
- - God blesses Joseph w/success  & shows him kindness!
- - Potiphar promotes Joseph to the highest slave position!
- - - He overseer all of Potiphar’s house
- - Joseph is both prosperous & handsome..
- - - Potiphar’s wife tries to get him to sleep with her…
- - - When Joseph refuses to commit adultery—
- - - - She lies about him & gets him imprisoned
- In jail, God continued to bless Joseph!
- - The leader of the jail looked kindly upon Joseph
- - Joseph was promoted to the highest prisoner position!
- - - He is responsible over all the prisoners!

Jacob’s Roller-Coaster Ride: Years later…
- Pharaoh (Egypts king) imprisons his cupbearer and baker in Joseph’s jail
- - They each have disturbing dreams about the future…
- - - They ask Joseph about what they mean
- - - God gives Joseph an accurately interpretation of the dreams!
- - The cupbearer is freed from jail & returned to Pharaoh’s service! :-)
- - - The baker is put to death. :-(
- - Joseph asks the cupbearer to tell Pharaoh about Joseph’s own innocence & ask for his released
- - - The cupbearer promises to do so! :-)
- - - But then, the cupbearer forgot… :-(

Jacob’s Roller-Coaster Ride: Two years later…
- Pharaoh had a disturbing dream about the future!
- - No one could interpret what it meant!
- - The cupbearer them remembers Joseph!
- - - He tells Pharaoh about him
- - Pharaoh has Joseph brought in
- - - God interprets the dream for Joseph
- - - - 7 yrs of great abundance will be followed by 7 yrs of terrible famine!
- - - Pharaoh recognized God’s presence with/in Joseph
- - - - He promotes him to lead in this time as the 2nd in command of Egypt!
- - - Joseph (30 yo) is renamed Zaphenath-paneah
- - - - He marries Asenath
- - - - They have two children: Manasseh & Ephraim
- Joseph collected tons of food in the years of abundance
- - From his leadership, Egypt had plenty of food during the famine
- - They even have enough to sell it to all who had need—and paid!

Genesis 37-41: Josephs Struggles & Rise - Theology: Study Packet, Page 3
- God will work out His good plan for His people, even when terrible things happen to us
- “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Rom. 8:28 (NIV)

Genesis 37-41: Josephs Struggles & Rise - Anthropology: Study Packet, Page 3
- Favoritism within the family causes terrible conflicts
- Other people will recognize it when we humbly live in faith
- Often our mistakes will also become our children’s mistakes (e.g. Jacob’s deception)

Oct 16, Mon - Joseph's Early Years

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 3 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Outline: Due TODAY (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal: Study Packet, Page 6 (left side)
- On the left side of page 6…
- - Read this article: “Revenge: A Violent Cycle”
- - Writing in a small, but legible font… answer the 3 questions on the bottom
- If you get done:
- - Finish Study Packet pages 7-12
- - Study for Monday’s test
- - - Note: Your Binder Check is on Wednesday!
- - Read your book (or work on the book report)

Genesis 37-41 – Study Packet, Page 2 : Joseph’s struggles & Rise
Joseph’s Younger Years:
- Joseph is Jacob’s 2nd youngest child—
- - The firstborn child of… who?
- - Rachel!  Thus He is Jacob’s favorite child.
- At 17 years old…Joseph gave his father a bad report about his brothers (he ‘tells’ on them for their bad work)
- Jacob loves Joseph more than all his other sons
- - He gives Joseph a special, robe of many colors
- - Joseph’s brothers hate him & won’t speak nicely w/him
- Joseph shares a dream he had of his brothers bow before him
- - He tells them & they hate him even more because of it
- Joseph shares another dream that he had…
- - In this one, his brothers and parents bow before him
- - His father rebukes him, but his brothers grow in jealousy
- One day, while Jacobs 10 eldest sons are watching he sheep a far trip away from their home…
- - Jacob sends Joseph to check on them
- Jacob’s brothers see him from a distance…
- - Their hatred grows & plan to put “this dreamer’ to death,
- - - Reuben hopes to secretly saving Joseph to make his dad like him again—but when Reuben is gone for a bit…
- - - - The other brothers see traders heading to Egypt
- - - - Judah recommends they sell Joseph into slavery
- - - They do this, making some money!
- - - - They take Joseph’s colorful robe, rip it, dip it in blood
- - - - They use this to deceive Jacob into thinking he was killed by a wild animal

- Later, Judah sins by not caring for his daughter-in-law (Tamar).
- - He then sins again by committing adultery!
- Why the Bible has Odd Sinful Stories?
- - An example of what *not* to do!
- - It shows the dangerous of living in sin
- - This one specifically shows a contrast to Joseph!
- - - Judah gave into his temptation
- - - Joseph did not...
- - - - But we'll get into that story shortly!

Oct 13, Fri - Quiz 3b

Next Quiz/Test: Today was Quiz 3b: Psalm 139:1-3, 13-14 (ESV)
- MONDAY (Oct 23) is your Unit 3 Test

Handouts: Devotion 1 Presentation Schedule (yellow)

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)
- Devotion 1 Outline: Due Oct 16 (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their quiz.

After the quiz we caught up on some previously posted notes.

Oct 12, Thu - Jacob in Canaan

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3b: Psalm 139:1-3, 13-14 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Outline: Due Oct 16 (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal 3-4: Remembering how Jacob tried to make up with Esau… Think of a time in the past when you hurt someone (physically, mentally, emotionally, or socially!) & then tried to make it up to them.
- 1) How did you try to make it up?
- 2) What are some ways in general that you think would be good ways to ‘show’ you are sorry when you’ve done something wrong to someone?
- Write at least a five-sentence paragraph talking about this.

Genesis 32–36: Jacob’s Life in Canaan:
- Jacob Reunites w/Esau: God’s angels meet Jacob as he prepares to meet Esau
- - Jacob sends messengers with gifts to kindly greet Esau & seek his favor
- - - Esau, w/400 men, comes to meet Jacob
- - Jacob is greatly afraid & distressed, he plans for the worst & asks God for help:
- - - He recognizes he is unworthy of all the lovingkindness God has already shown
- - - He ‘reminds God’ of God’s promise to Jacob
- - That night, a mysterious man met Jacob and wrestled with him until daybreak
- - - In the morning, God reveals that it was He (His angel) that wrestled with Jacob
- - - Jacob is renamed Israel (“He Struggles w/God”) because “you have striven w/God & with men, & have prevailed.”
- - - Jacob names the place Peniel (“Face of God”)
- - When Jacob and Esau meet, they reconcile andhave peace—Esau won’t kill him!

- Jacob at Shechem: Jacob settles outside the city of Shechem
- - Shechem, the prince of this city, rape’s Dinah, Jacob’s daughter
- - Simeon & Levi are furious and take revenge for their sister
- - - They deceive the city w/a covenant that caused all the men to be in great pain
- - - Then they murdered all of the men andlooted the city
- - Jacob flees to Bethel
- - - Here he makes an altar to God and tells his family to stop worshiping false gods
- - - All of the cities are terrified of Jacob and leave him alone
- Jacob’s  Travels:
- - At Bethel God again appears to Jacob and blesses him, Jacob again sets up stones to remember it
- - While traveling, Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin & is buried on the way
- - - Jacob set up a pillar over her grave
- -  Reuben sleeps w/Bilhah, Jacob’s concubine, & Jacob found out…
- - At 180 years old, Isaac dies; Esau & Jacob bury him
- - Esau’s livestock grows, so he moves away from Jacob
- - - His family becomes the Edomites (of Edom)

Genesis 32–36: Jacob’s Life in Canaan - Theology:
- God can handle our ‘struggles’ w/Him; He won’t immediately reject us!
- God can bring peace into families where peace seems impossible

Genesis 32–36: Jacob’s Life in Canaan - Anthropology:
- We should pursue peace with each other (Romans 12:17-19)
- We cannot accomplish God’s will in our anger (James 1:19-20)
- We should lead our families to follow God (c.f. Genesis 18:19)
- We must flee from sexual temptations!  (2 Timothy 2:22)

Oct 11, Wed - Jacob & Laban Part Ways

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3b: Psalm 139:1-3, 13-14 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Outline: Due Oct 16 (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal:
- Work on page 7 of your Study Packet.
- - The verses are from Genesis
- - You may work quietly together as a table.
- When done, make sure you’re done with pages 8, 9, 10, 12

Genesis 29-31: Jacob & Laban: Study packet, page 2

- Jacob Prospers: After 14 years…

- - Laban gets home…

- - - He quickly realizes what happened and pursues them!

- - - - The night before he catches Jacob—

- - - - - God warns him to treat Jacob rightly

- - - - Laban catches up with Jacob…

- - - - - They have an angry argument

- - - - - Laban searches for the idols, but Rachel kept them hidden)

- - - - Jacob knows that God’s presence and help was the only reason he prospered during his time with Laban

- - - Jacob and Laban make a covenant at Mizpah

- - - - They both promise kindness to each other

- - - - As a sign of this covenant, they set up and name a heap of rocks (“Witness Heap”)

Genesis 29-31: Jacob and Laban - Theology:
- God blesses us in ways we do not deserve
- God can use terrible things for great purposes!

Genesis 29-31: Jacob and Laban - Anthropology:
- We cause horrible drama when we work outside of God’s design
- We’re often ‘caught’ by our own sins (as Jacob, the deceiver, was deceived)
- God’s followers, can trust in God’s presence & help throughout their lives

Oct 10, Tue - Jacob's Family Grows

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3b: Psalm 139:1-3, 13-14 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion 1 Outline: Due Oct 16 (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal 3-4: Study Packet, Page 9 & 14
- Read the right side of page 9 where it describes thirteen different types of Psalms
- As you do, answer these questions on page 14
- - 1) Who were the Psalms written to be sung & prayed by?
- - 2) Which of these types would most like to read?
- - 3) Why do you think there are so many different types of Psalms?  (As you answer this, include ideas that you learned from other parts on this page).
- - 4-6) Read Psalm 70(#4), 100(#5), & 117(#6). Share which of these 13 types of Psalms each seems to most be like. For each, explain why you picked the type that you did.
- If you get done:
- - Work on Devotion 1
- - Read your book Report book

Genesis 29-31: Jacob & Laban: Study packet, page 2

- Jacob’s Family Grows:
- - Jacob loves Rachel much more than Leah
- - - Instead of even trying to be fair, she is his favorite
- - - - So God lets Leah have children while Rachel remains barren
- - - After MUCH drama and conflict, Jacob has these children:
- - - - Each compete to give Jacob children
- - - - - Leah hopes to gain his love in this
- - - - - Rachel hopes to show her worth
- - - - They each give Jacob their servants for more kids ‘on their side’
- - In the end, Jacob has these children: Leah has 6 sons & Dinah (the only daughter), Zilpah (Leah’s servant) has 2 sons, Bilhah (Rachel’s) has 2 sons, & Rachel has Joseph
- - - Leah:  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah (the only daughter!)
- - - Zilpah (Leah’s): Gad, Asher
- - - Rachel: Joseph, Benjamin (later in time)
- - - Bilhah (Rachel’s): Dan, Naphtali

Jacob's Family Tree: I showed two pictures/charts that showed how Jacob's family grew
- Some fun things to point out:
- - Moses came from the line of Levi (of Leah & Jacob)
- - David came from the line of Judah (of Leah & Jacob)
- - Jesus then came from the line of David (of Leah & Jacob)

Genesis 29-31: Jacob & Laban: Study packet, page 2

- Jacob Prospers: After 14 years…

- - Laban sees that God blesses Jacob w/everything he does, so…

- - - Hoping to get rich, he gets Jacob to work for him for 6 more years

- - - - Instead of working for wives, Jacob is now working for his own flocks

- - - God greatly blesses Jacob’s for all 6 of these years

- - - - Jacob’s flocks grow MUCH more than Laban’s flocks 

- - - - Laban covets Jacob’s flocks 

- - - - - He keeps changing their agreements to get a better deal—

- - - - - But God keeps changing what happens so that Jacob prospers! 

- - - - Laban grows to dislike Jacob and God tells Jacob to return to Canaan

- - Jacob deceives Laban—

- - - He secretly leaves with his family and herds while Laban is gone…

- - - Rachel secretly steals her dad’s household idols (false god idols)

Oct 9, Mon - Quiz 3b Preparation

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3b: Psalm 139:1-3, 13-14 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal:
- On your Study Packet, page 12…
- - Work on the bottom section, “Psalm 139”
- - Read the verses & answer the questions.
- - NOTE: This will help you with next week’s quiz— which is on WEDNESDAY
- All done?
- - Work on Studying for Devotion 1, Part 2
- - This is due on MONDAY

Psalm 139 Review:
- 8) What does the Lord not know about us? 
- - Nothing
- - This points out God's omniscience (all-knowing) quality
- - There is nothing that God doesn't know about us!
- 9) Can we say things that surprise the Lord? (v4) 
- - Nope! He knows it before we speak it!
- 10) What are verses 5-7 emphasizing? 
- - That God is in all places!
- - He is Omnipresent (All-present)
- 11) How does the Lord “guide” us? (v10) 
- - By the hand! Like a parent walking with their loved child
- - This points toward God's omni-benevolence (His 'all-loving' nature)
- 12) When did God begin working on you? (v13) 
- - Even in our mother’s womb!
- - How does this relate to abortion? In the womb, we are already unique & special in God's eyes!
- - Already in the womb God had a special plan & purpose for us; we were a unique and marvelous creation of His! If God cared for us so much in the womb, shouldn’t we similarly care for others? How could we not value something that God values so much?
- 13) With what qualities did God make you? (v14)
- - The NLT words v14) “Thank you for making me so marvelously complex! Your workmanship is marvelous, how well I know it.”
- - Wonderfully & marvelously! (Marvelously complex!)
- - You are each a masterpiece of God's creation!
- - - Personally and lovingly created by Him!
- - - Again this emphasizes His omni-benevolence
- 14) Who is really in control of our ‘days’? (v16)
- - God!
- - This points out God's omnipotence (all-powerful) quality!

Quiz Preparation:
- Your Verses: Psalm 139:1-3, 13-14
- - Discern: Understood
- - Acquainted: To know
- Your Questions: Based upon our class discussion & your personal reflection, use complete sentences and your own words to specifically answer:
- - 1) In general, what types of things does this psalm say that God knows about us?  Give at least three different ideas. 
- - - Looking at these verses we see God knows when we... sit, rise, go out, or lay down; He knows our ways, he understands our thoughts
- - - In general you can see that He knows...
- - - - Our actions (sit, rise, lay down, ways)
- - - - - Including our words!
- - - - Our thoughts (thoughts & ways)
- - - - - Including who we are 'on the inside'
- - - - Our location (going out, laying down, rising or sitting),
- - - - Our future (& presumably our past)
- - - In general he knows everything there is to know about us! But you'll need to pick out at least two things to describe, not too general ('He knows everything') nor too specific ('When I sit').
- - - Make sure you describe it & don't just 'list' it.
- - 2) Explain two reasons this psalm gives for why we should value human life, even the unborn. 
- - - The NLT words v14 as: “Thank you for making me so marvelously complex! Your workmanship is marvelous, how well I know it.”
- - - Some things we talked about...
- - - - We are created and personally known by God, even in the womb! (You can see how a child in the womb is a unique individual already!)
- - - - God cared for us in the womb, shouldn't we care for others similarly?
- - - - God made us marvelously & wonderfully complex!
- - - - Since each of us is uniquely created by God, in His image--how could we not value something that God values so much?

Genesis 29-31: Jacob & Laban: Study packet, page 2
- Jacob Gets Married: Jacob gets up to Paddan-Aram (Haran)
- - At the well, Jacob encounters and helps Rachel
- - - She takes him to her house and Jacob meets Laban (Rebekah’s brother)
- - After about a month of freely working for Laban…
- - - Jacob and Laban make a deal—
- - - - Jacob will work for 7 years to marry Laban’s beautiful younger daughter, Rachel—
- - - - He already greatly loves her!
- - - - - “So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.” - Gen 29:20 (ESV)

- - 7 years later, on the wedding night… 

- - - Laban somehow deceives Jacob into marrying Leah! 

- - - - Laban’s eldest and not-as-beautiful (to Jacob) daughter

- - - - She was probably wearing a veil... and didn’t talk... It was also likely dark... maybe Laban even got Jacob drunk... 

- - - - We don’t really know how Laban did it! 

- - - Laban will still let Jacob marry Rachel if… 

- - - - Leah’s gets her 1-week honeymoon and…

- - - - Jacob promises to work another 7 years!

- - - Jacob agrees to work another 

- - - - 7 years to marry Rachel

- - - - - Laban gives his daughter’s servants to them

- - - - - - Leah’s servant: Zilpah

- - - - - - Rachel’s servant: Bilhah

Oct 6, Fri - Quiz 3a

Next Quiz/Test: Today was Quiz 3a: Psalm 23:1-4, 6 (ESV)
- Next Friday is Quiz 3b: Psalm 139:1-3, 13-14 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal: None given, student studied for & then took their quiz.

Genesis 25-28: Jacob’s and Esau’s Conflicts - Theology:
- God knows the future
- God will work out His good plan for His people even through our mistakes & failures (Rom. 8:28)
- God can sovereignly choose to give extra blessings to whomever He desires
- God gives us protection, comfort, & reassurance when we need it most
- God pursues a relationship w/us
- Jesus is the ladder that connects people to God (John 1:51)

Genesis 25-28: Jacob’s and Esau’s Conflicts - Anthropology:
- We really cause a lot of needless drama when we ‘get ahead of God’
- We can trust that God is faithful to keep His promises
- Favoritism within the family causes terrible conflicts
- We can ruin our future when we act w/o self-control
- "See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son." -  Hebrews 12:16 (NIV)

Oct 5, Thu - Jacob & Esau's Conflicts

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3a: Psalm 23:1-4, 6 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal 3-3: Study Packet, Page 13
- Remember that Favoritism is “the unfair favoring of one person or group at the expense of another.”
- - It happens when you give special treatment to someone based on irrelevant things (like their race, wealth, looks, etc…)
- Favoritism is unlike God’s character:
- - “God does not show favoritism” (Romans 2:11, Acts 10:34)
- - “There is no favoritism with him” (Ephesians 6:9)
- This is why it is wrong for us to show favoritism!
- - “But if you show favoritism, you sin…” (James 2:9)
- Now, answer these questions
- - 1) Explain when it is *not* favoritism to give a special blessing to someone.
- - 2) Explain when it *IS* favoritism to give a special blessing to someone.
- - 3) Explain why it was not favoritism for God to choose to give the special blessing to Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob.
- - 4) What are some other Bible stories that show God does NOT show favoritism?

Genesis 25-28: Jacob’s & Esau’s Conflicts: Study Packet, Page 2

- Jacob’s Dream:
- - God appears to Jacob in a dream as he flees toward Haran
- - - Notice how God so often takes the initiative to start relationships with us!
- - - He seeks us more than we seek Him!
- - Jacob sees a ladder w/angels going up/down
- - - This stretching from earth to heaven
- - - God told Jacob that he will receive Abraham’s  blessing—
- - - - “I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you”
- - When Jacob wakes up…
- - - He names the place Bethel (“House of God”)
- - - He sets up a rock to remember it (Memorial or ‘Cairn’ Stones)
- - - He promises to follow God, if God takes care of him.
- - - - “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord will be my God. . . and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
- - - - You can tell that Jacob has not yet learned to trust God!
- - So far, how have you seen God as sovereign in Jacob’s life?
- - - Many different possible answers. Just keep thinking about this.

Oct 4, Wed - Devotion Instructions

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3a: Psalm 23:1-4, 6 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal 3-2: Study packet, page 13
- Take out your Devotion 1 Preparation, Part 2. Set them on your table, next to you so I can get them. Then start this journal:
- Read this:
- - Favoritism is “the unfair favoring of one person or group at the expense of another.”
- - - This happens when you give special treatment to someone based on irrelevant things (like their race, wealth, looks, etc…)
- - Favoritism can be shown from…
- - - Parents to kids
- - - Teachers to students
- - - Coaches to players
- - - Friends to friends
- - - & beyond!
- Answer these questions
- - 1) Describe different ways that favoritism hurt a group (families, classrooms, teams, groups of friends, etc…)? 
- - 2) Are these examples of favoritism?  Explain your answer: 
- - - A coach who only lets the best players fill his small team
- - - A teacher who never calls on male students
- - - A Christian who only tells English-speakers about Jesus
- - - A parent who disciplines his son by removing video games but disciplines his daughter by removing books

Devotion Instructions: We reviewed this today
- Your Devotion is due in 1.5 weeks!
- - Type it on the form that I e-mail out tonight
- - Submit it to TurnItIn.com by 8am
- - Print out a copy, hole-punch it, & put it in your binder
- Use what you have learned and studied from…
- - Understanding the Bible
- - Devotion 1 Preparation, Parts 1 and 2

Oct 3, Tue - Jacob & Esau's Conflicts

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3a: Psalm 23:1-4, 6 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal 3-1: Read Genesis 25:19-34, then answer:
- 1. What was Rebekah’s 1st unfortunate condition?
- - She was barren
- - Isaac prayed for her and God allowed her to become pregnant
- 2. When God spoke to Rebekah, what did He say…
- - 2a. …was in her womb? Two nations
- - 2b. … would be their relationship? The older (Esau) will serve the younger (Jacob)
- 3. ‘Esau’ refers to the type of coat he was like…  What was that? Red & …. 
- - Red & … Hairy! (this is the meaning of 'Esau')
- - He was given another nick-name, 'Edom' which means 'red'; since he had red hair :-)
- 4. What did Esau become?
- - A man of the country, a skillful hunter
- 5. What does Jacob mean? (see the footnote)
- - He grasps the heel (figuratively it can mean, 'He deceives')
- 6. What did Jacob become?
- - A quiet man, staying among the tents ( a 'homebody')
- 7. Why did Esau sell Jacob his birthright?
- - For food! Red stew
- - He let his hunger control him!
- - - The Hebrews 12:16 refers to Esau as a 'immoral and godless person' because he "sold his own birthright for a single meal" (NAU)
- - - Letting your appetite control your every move, just taking what you want, when you want it--this is not a good idea!
- - The 'Birthright' is the double-inheritance that the firstborn son of a family would get.
- - - Since Isaac had 3 sons, when he died his inheritance would be split into three pieces, Esau would receive two of them, Jacob would receive one---until of course, Esau gave up his because he was hungry

Genesis 25-28: Jacob’s & Esau’s Conflicts:
- Jacob & Esau’s Births:
- - Rebekah was barren, Isaac prayed for her…
- - Rebekah became pregnant w/twins!
- - - They seemed to fight inside her, so she asked God about it
- - - - God shared, “Two nations are in you…the older shall serve the younger.”
- - - 1st) Esau: “Hairy” (because he was covered w/red hair)
- - - - He became a skillful hunter, a man of the field
- - - - Esau was Isaac’s favorite, because Isaac liked the taste of what he hunted
- - - - His nick-name became ‘Edom’ (red)
- - - 2nd) Jacob: “He takes by the heel,” because he held Esau’s heel at birth (his name later meant: “To supplant & deceive”)
- - - - He became a peaceful man, living in tents
- - - - Jacob was  Rebekah’s favorite child

- Esau’s Flaws:
- - Esau came in from work & was famished—
- - - He smelled Jacobs red lintel stew & asked for a bowl.
- - Jacob’s response?
- - - ‘I’ll give you a bowl if you give me your birthright”
- - - - Birthright: Study Packet, Page ___
- - - Instead of having self-control…
- - - - Esau does this to get a quick meal! (He follows the desires of his flesh.)
- - - This is when he gest the nickname ‘Edom’
- - Sometime after this…
- - - Esau marries two local women who do not serve God
- - - They made life for Isaac and Rebekah bitter.
- - - It would have been better that he married someone closer to his family not because they were racist against others but because the Hittites did not at all follow God!

- Jacob’s Deception: Isaac is getting old, his sight is going bad…
- - He realizes that he may soon die, so…
- - - He tells Esau that he will give him a great blessing
- - - First, he asks him to hunt an animal & prepare him a tasty meal
- - Rebekah heard & quickly worked w/Jacob to deceive Isaac
- - - He pretends to be Esau to get this blessing—and it works!
- - - Isaac gives Jacob God’s special blessing of great prosperity & leadership!
- - Esau returns & found out what Jacob did—he is furious!
- - - After he is ‘blessed’ to serve his brother, Esau plans to kill Jacob
- - Rebekah hears Esau’s plan & talks to Isaac
- - - They send Jacob far north to find a wife—
- - - - From their distant relatives (in Haran, also called Paddan-Aram)
- - Esau tries to please Isaac by…
- - - Taking a wife from Ishmael’s family…

Oct 2, Mon - Quiz 3a Prep & The Psalms

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 3a: Psalm 23:1-4, 6 (ESV)

Handouts: Unit 3 Study Packet (white)

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3: Psalms and Genesis 27-50
Journal: Unit 3 Study Packet, Page 10 & 8
- On page 10) Read Psalm 23 (top) & answer questions 1-7 (left)
- - - 1a. If God is our shepherd, what does that make us?
- - - - His sheep!
- - - 5. Why don’t we have to be afraid of the bad things in this world? What removes fear from our lives?
- - - - If we realize God is our Shepherd we can lose fear because as our Shepherd, he loves, guides, & cares for us.
- - - - Notice what this verse points out:
- - - - - He cares for our needs [food, shelter, safety] & gives us rest
- - - - - - We lie down in green pastures
- - - - - - He leads us besides quiet waters
- - - - - He restores our souls (giving us new energy and vigor, spiritually [& mentally/physically])
- - - - - He guides us in in righteous paths (Showing us the right way to go & right things to do)
- - - - - He is with us through 'the valley of the shadow of death' (not abandoning us in the hardest and most dangerous of times)
- - - - - His rod & staff comfort us (by guiding us the right way [e.g. a gentle push in the right direction from the staff/rod] and warding/scaring off dangers [e.g. a wolf being stuck with the rod]
- - - - - Even before our enemies He prepares a table to care for us
- - - - - He anoints us (gives us significance & showing how He values us)
- - - - - His goodness & love will follow us
- - - - - We have a secure future with Him!
- - - 7. What do you think is meant by dwelling in “the house of the LORD”?
- - - - This points out an afterlife, our time in heaven! A key reward for those who hope in Christ.
- - Next fill in the blanks that you remember on page 8, The Patriarchal Family Tree
- On page 8) Fill in as many blanks as you can remember for “The Patriarchal Family Tree x2!”
- When you are done:
- - Work on your Devotion 1 Preparation, Part 2
- - - This is due on Wednesday!
- - Study for your quiz
- - - This is on Friday
- - Work on your Devotion Outline Form rough draft
- - - Devotion 1 is due on October 17, typed & submitted onto TurnItIn.com

- - Read Psalm 23 (top) & answer questions 1-7 (left)

Memory Quiz Preparation:
- Your Verses: Psalm 23:1-4, 6 (ESV)
- - Want: A word referring to 'lack,,' or 'need,' to be lacking
- - Mercy: From the Hebrew word cHesed, refers to a loyal love, shown in kindness & goodness; also called 'lovingkindness' in some places
 - Your Questions: Based upon our class discussion & your personal reflection, use complete sentences to specifically give four practical Jr. High examples on how God could be our Good Shepherd.  Use four different ideas in these verses & put them in your own words.
- - There are all sorts of answers you can give for this!
- - - We looked at the pictures & words on your Study Packet, page 11 to guide our conversation for this.
- - Think specifically about how God can help us deal with fear (the psalm mentions many things we could be afraid of: Valley of the shadow of death, evil, enemies).
- - - How does the Good Shepherd help us not fear?
- - - Some of the questions from your Study Packet work pages can help here
- - There are many other things to look at, consider these thoughts:
- - - Why aren't we 'in want' (which means lacking something we need)?
- - - How does He make us lie down?
- - - How does He lead us?
- - - What are the green pastures & still waters?
- - - How does He restore our soul?
- - - How does goodness & mercy follow us?
- - How you answer these types of questions from this psalm will show your good reflection & give you what you need to answer this question.

An Introduction to the Psalms: Study Packet, Page 9

- Section of the Bible/O.T.? 

- - Poetry & Wisdom

- The Title: 

- - The Hebrew title means: Praises

- - The Greek/English title means: Songs

- - Ultimately, they are… Praise Songs to God!

- Authors: There are many! 

- - David, known as “the sweet psalmist of Israel,” wrote ~75 of the 150 psalms 

- - Other contributors include: Asaph (12), the sons of Korah (10), Solomon (two), Moses (one), Heman (one), & Ethan (one), with ~48 other anonymous psalmists! 

- Basic Qualities: 

- - This was the hymnal/song book of the ancient Hebrews

- - It is very much like a collection of personal prayers/devotions.

- - Many of the Psalms contain technical musical terms lost by the time the OT was translated into Greek (examples: Alamoth, Gittith, Higgaion, Mahalath, Miktam, Selah, & Shiggaion)

- - Psalms were written at different times, for different reasons

- - - Response to event

- - - Reflecting on God

- - - Prayer to God

- - The Book of Psalms is divided into five 'books' for reasons that are not precisely known today…