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Slow and gradual working out of God’s redemptive

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Salvation happens because
of God’s initiative.

God saved man because of

Hisgreat love for

mankind.
REVELATION

The basic idea of

revelation is to make
known something that is
hidden.
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know?
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when you
work?

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sweat glands.
This macro
photograph shows the
seeds on a
strawberry’s surface.
It was captured by
photographer Alexey
Kljatov.
Do you want to
know what a
Tiger’s skin looks
like when it’s
shaved?
Through an utterly free decision,
God has revealed himself and given
himself to man. This he does by
revealing the mystery, his plan of
loving goodness, formed from all
eternity in Christ, for the benefit of
all men. God has fully revealed this
plan by sending us his beloved Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy
Spirit.
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Prehistorical Genesis 1-2 GOD, ADAM,EVE CREATION STORY

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Trying to
Comprehend
God’s Love in
Human History
d c r e a t e d h u m a n
Go
e in g s in h is im a g e
b
li k e n e s s (G n
a nd
: 2 7 ) . O f a ll G o d’ s
1
crea t u r e s , it is
m a n b e in g s a lo n e
hu
a r e “ c a ll e d t o
t ha t
re , b y
sh a
n o w le d g e a n d
k
, in G o d ’ s o w n
love
life” (CCC, 356).
God manifested himself to the first
humans, Adam and Eve, and offered
them his first covenant. God “invited
them to intimate communion with
himself and clothed them with
resplendent grace and justice” (CCC,
54; cf. 374). “From their friendship with
God flowed the happiness of their
existence in paradise” (CCC, 384). But
because they turned away from God, they
lost paradise and their friendship and
intimacy with God. They also lost their
harmony within themselves, with each
other, and with all of creation (see CCC,
397–400). Sin, suffering, and death made
their entrance into human history (see
“After the unity of the human
race was shattered by sin, God
at once sought to save humanity
part by part” (CCC, 56). He
formed a series of covenants as
solemn commitments between
himself and human beings,
beginning with Noah. His
covenant with Noah offered
humans a chance to have a
relationship with him through
living uprightly (see CCC, 58).
“In order to gather . . . scattered
humanity, God call[ed] Abram
from his country, his kindred,
and his father’s house, and
[made] him Abraham, that is,
‘the father of a multitude of
nations’” (CCC, 59). God made a
promise to Abraham that would be
preserved by his descendants, the
patriarchs and the Chosen People,
and which would be fulfilled one
day through Christ, when God
gathered all his children into the
“After the patriarchs, God
formed Israel as his people by
freeing them from slavery in
Egypt. He established with
them the covenant of
Mount Sinai and, through
Moses, gave them his law
so that they would recognize
him and serve him as the one
living and true God, the
provident Father and just
judge, and so that they would
God appointed judges,
kings, and prophets to
remind the people of ancient
Israel about his promise of
salvation, and to call them to a
more faithful relationship with
him. “Through the prophets,
God form[ed] his people in the
hope of salvation, in the
expectation of a new and
everlasting covenant intended
for all, to be written on their
God sent his Son to the
Jewish people: this was the pinnacle
of human history. There remained
division among Jewish groups at the
time, and many Jewish leaders failed
to recognize Jesus as God’s Chosen
One. Many other Jews and Gentiles
did indeed recognize that Jesus was
Lord, and some became his first
disciples. Jesus Christ, the Messiah
spoken of by the prophets, was put to
death. He rose from the dead three
days later
Jesus sent the Holy
Spirit to assemble
believers into the
community of the
Church as part of his
promise to remain with us
forever. This Church
persists to this day. The
Church has always
consisted of sinners in
EL ISH
UM A
EN
– In the beginning, the gods Apsu and Tiamat give birth to younger gods, who
make so much noise that the older gods cannot sleep. Apsu and Tiamat decide to
quiet their children by killing them--but one of the young gods, Ea, finds out about
the plan and kills Apsu first.

That makes Tiamat very angry, and she vows to avenge her dead mate. Aroused,
she collected an army of dragons and monsters, and at its head she placed the god
Kingu, whom she gave magical powers as well. Even Ea was at a loss how to
combat such a host, until he finally called on his son Marduk to fight Tiamat. He
agrees, but only after the other gods say they will make him their ruler if he
succeeds.

Marduk catches Tiamat in a net and drives an evil wind down her throat,
making her belly blow up like a balloon. Then he shoots an arrow that bursts
her belly and pierces her heart. He smashes her skull and stretches out her
corpse.

Marduk creates the world out of Tiamat's dead body. The gods who had
sided with Tiamat are imprisoned. Marduk and Ea kill one of the captive
gods, and make human beings out of the god's blood. Human beings, according to
the Babylonian story, are made to be servants of the gods.
n “ f a l s e story,”
t h d o e s not mea uage.
My da y l a n g
every th i s a
as it can in s e , a m y
n t h e l i t e rary sen t o relate
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a t i v e t h at see p rimarily
na r r u t i s
c t u a l e v ents b i a t e d w i th
a s s o c
m b o l i c , often a t p e oples
sy c i e n
i o u s b e l iefs. An spiritual
relig e x p r e s s
s e d m y t hs t o r a l b eliefs.
u u l t u
h s a n d basic c r i es used
t ru t t s t o
o f t h e s e ancien
Man y
e s a n d s ymbols
hem ater,
common t near o r f ro m w
like c r e a t i o n
e n l y p o w ers,
e s b e t w een heav n s from
battl f h u m a
d t h e c reation o
an
the earth.
A 1-3 day- DIVISION
B 4-6 DAY- POPULATION
C CELEBRATION

1-LIGHT-DARKNESS
2-FIRMAMENT/DOME/VAULT, SEPARATED WATERS
ABOVE AND BENEATH
3 DRY LAND-BODIES OF WATER, VEGETATION
4 LUMINARIES,
5 winged and sea creatures
6 CREEPING CREATURES, MAN
7. God Rested
SECOND STORY OF CREATION