Chapter Eight:Meeting God in the Old Testament2 Samuel 

-23:5Main Scripture1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 139More ScripturesAfter following the general course of the nation of Israel for hundreds of years, the Bible’s lens zooms in on one remarkable figure: David. As the Scriptural record reveals him, David is many things that seem opposed to us: poet and bloody-handed hero, philosopher and conqueror. However, David is most defined by his relationship with God, for it is God who raises Him from obscurity to immortal fame. Let’s see what it meant for David that God was his Shepherd.Questions: 2 Samuel 22:1-23:5 Shepherd The song of David as recorded in 2 Samuel 22 is perhaps David’s fullest explanation of what God is to him. Summarize each context below, and then explain what the passage in parentheses next to it has to do with it.1. 2 Samuel 22:2-3 (1 Samuel 19:18-24).2. 2 Samuel 22:4-20 (2 Samuel 15:30-31; 2Samuel 17:1-14).3. 2 Samuel 22:21-28 (1 Chronicles 15:11-15).4. 2 Samuel 22:29-37 (1 Samuel 17:41-47).Chapter Eight:Meeting God in the Old Testament2 Samuel 22:1-23:5Main Scripture1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 139More ScripturesAfter following the general course of the nation of Israel for hundreds of years, the Bible’s lens zooms in on one remarkable figure: David. As the Scriptural record reveals him, David is many things that seem opposed to us: poet and bloody-handed hero, philosopher and conqueror. However, David is most defined by his relationship with God, for it is God who raises Him from obscurity to immortal fame. Let’s see what it meant for David that God was his Shepherd.Questions: 2 Samuel 22:1-23:5Shepherd17Meeting God in the Old Testament: Chapter Eight5. 2 Samuel 22:38-43 (2 Samuel 5:17-25).6. 2 Samuel 22:44-46 (2 Samuel 8).7. What does David’s life summary in 2 Samuel 23:1-5 say both about him and about God?1. In 1 Samuel 16:7, what does God say that gives insight into why He chooses David as king? What does this tell us about God?2. According to Psalm 23, how does David perceive God? How does he perceive himself? How does this help us understand God better?3. In Psalm 51, why would David’s sin cause him to be so heartbroken?4. Also in Psalm 51, upon what aspect of God’s character does David rely? Why is this important?5. What picture of God does David paint in Psalm 139? What does David’s understanding prompt him to do? What does this say to us about God’s nature?1. What are the differences between understanding God as a Protector and understanding Him as a Shepherd?2. How should our understanding of God as a Shepherd cause us to live differently?Questions: Other Scriptures

160302 Lesson 9 Meeting God in the Old Testiment as Pardoner IPad

Genesis 33:18, 20 reads:  “Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. . .  Then he erected an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.”Translated, the name of Jacob’s altar is “God, the God of Israel.”  When Jacob chooses this name for his new altar, he probably doesn’t intend to make a statement of huge Scriptural significance.  His new name is Israel, God is his God, and he’s quite happy about that.  However, the name that Jacob applies to his altar can  be  applied  equally  well  to  the  entire  Old  Testament.    Those  thirty-nine  books  of  the  Bible  are  about God and how He is defined by His relationship with His chosen people.  God is the hero of the story.Often,  when  we  study  the  Old  Law,  we  do  so  on  a  small  scale  as  we  become  entranced  by  the  stories  of godly  men  ranging  from Abraham  to  Nehemiah.    Although  these  stories  are  instructive  and  important, sometimes they distract us from understanding God.  This textbook aims to correct that mistaken focus.  It divides  the  history  of  God’s  ancient  dealings  with  mankind  into  twelve  segments and  describes  each segment in terms of the aspect of God’s cha