Covenants

A covenant is when God partners with us. There are different types of covenants. There are conditional covenants which are when both sides have to keep the covenant and unconditional covenants when one side keeps it no matter what. God made many covenants with the people of Isreal. During the times he made the covenant Israel broke every covenant that God made with them. Something I relate to this is signatures because they are signing something they agree to like you do in a covenant.

Names

Names have meaning. For example, El means powerful creator God and yhwh means loving and caring. The name I connected with was God almighty. I connected with this name because I feel God’s presence whenever something cool is happening. The visual I have is my passport. I picked this because it has my

name on it.

Conflict/doubt

We learned it is healthy to ask questions. When you do have questions to bring them to God. During this lesson, I connected to God because I found out that important people also struggle in their faith with God. The item I associated with this topic is a cross. I picked this one because Jesus was struggling with God about dying on a cross. Another reason I picked this is that the disciples also struggled with the cross.

Slavery/Salvation 

We learned that our struggles become part of our story. We read about God rescuing the Israelites from slavery. When we read the story I was amazed at God because he kept giving the Israelites chances after they kept breaking them. The item I thought of for this one is a hospital. I choose this item because it is a place to go if you’re sick and need to have help. This item relates because being cured is salvation and slavery is the illness.

Hospital building, medical icon. Healthcare, hospital and medical diagnostics. Urgency and emergency services. Vector illustration in flat style

Sinai Law

This law reflects God’s wisdom. All of us are surrounded by golden calves. One of the golden calves in my life is in sports. When I’m playing sports I often do things I wouldn’t do in real life. An example of something like that is when I was playing soccer I shoved someone trying to get to the ball like me and I wanted to get it so I shoved her. It didn’t end up good because the coach came over and got mad but in the end everything was fine.

A Savior 

All of the old testament is God making brokenness whole thought Jesus. There is a lot of brokenness in the world. Some of the brokenness is murder, war, and poverty. All of these topics can be caused by the violence of some sort. The item that I associated with this is a cross. I choose this item because a savior to everyone is Jesus and he died on a cross.

Salute To A King

In this Isreal wants a king also known as a Melek. God in this story wants a nagid to guide people to God. the Problem with the Israelites wanting a king is that kings can get distracted from God. God on the other hand can’t get distracted from what is good. An object I associated with this is a fork. I choose this Item because it has different ways that it could lead you like a king. 

Slide To Destruction 

Because Isreal sins they are sent into exile. But even though they are exiled through prophets and promises God is with them. I connected with the part where God was with them even though they can’t see him. When I went to the upper peninsula I felt God through nature because it was amazing. The visual I picked for this is my grandparents. I picked my grandparents because they are always there to help.