2.2 & 2.3 Review Crossword 22-23

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  1. 5. The first man and woman’s rebellion against God resulted in selfishness and suspicion, messed up relationships, a world filled with _________. [Hint: starts with “V”]
  2. 6. The first man and woman start believing that God is lying to them. They believe that defining their own truth won’t kill them--they believe it will give them _______________. Instead
  3. 8. According to the Bible, God created a beautiful and orderly world out of darkness and chaos and gave the first man and woman the job of creating more ____________ and order by harnessing creation’s potential.
  4. 9. The first man and woman could have found real freedom by ________________ God’s knowledge of good and evil.
  5. 11. Jesus faced evil and _______________ its power.
  6. 12. According to the Bible, the first man and woman were called to _______ the world as God’s representatives.
  7. 15. [God created the world good.] We can summarize this part of the biblical metanarrative with the word ___________.
  8. 16. The Bible claims that Jesus was actually God, who had become __________ and come to do what humans couldn’t do for themselves.
  9. 17. [God offers redemption through Jesus, and He is in the process of restoring his creation to its original purpose.] We can summarize this part of the biblical metanarrative with the word ___________.
  10. 18. The leader promised by God would ______________ peoples hearts and minds so that they could make the right choice.
  11. 19. The Bible claims that Jesus came to take the ____________ of our evil onto himself.
  12. 21. The first man and woman had a choice: they could ________ with God or try to seize power for themselves.
  13. 22. [God’s good creation is corrupted because of human sin and rebellion.] We can summarize this part of the biblical metanarrative with the word ___________.
  14. 24. In Jesus, sacrificial love proves to be more powerful than _____ itself.
  15. 25. Like the first man and woman, their descendants chose to ____________ evil as good.
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  1. 1. The Bible is the story of what God is doing to _________ Himself by redeeming His fallen creation.
  2. 2. The Bible as a whole and Jesus himself claim that biblical Christianity tells the only ______ master story.
  3. 3. Jesus taught that God’s kingdom was an upside down kingdom, where real power is found in _____________________ [two words, but don’t leave a space between them]
  4. 4. The “Redemption/Restoration” part of the Bible’s metanarrative lets us know this about anything God put in this world: No matter how messed up it is, it can be __________ to its original purpose by Christ.
  5. 7. The Bible tells a powerful master story about the world. A master story like this is also known as a _______________.
  6. 10. The “Creation” part of the Bible’s metanarrative lets us know that anything God put in this world is fundamentally ________ because God created it.
  7. 13. God sent prophets to warn people about the consequences of rebellion…and to promise that God would send a new leader to __________ for their sin and failures.
  8. 14. Even though God gives them individual help and _______________, the man and woman’s descendants still choose to redefine good and evil on their own terms apart from God.
  9. 19. Jesus of Nazareth claimed that all of the Bibles stories were about him and that he had come to ______________ all of those stories and all of those promises.
  10. 20. At the Bible’s end, the writers speak of a future day when Jesus returns and rights all the wrongs, eradicates evil, and __________ heaven and earth.
  11. 21. Those who choose the way of Jesus are able to live in a different way, loving and forgiving others, because they are filled with God’s own _______ and because they have experienced these things themselves.
  12. 23. Jesus taught that God’s kingdom was an upside down kingdom, where those ruled would be those who ____ the poor (and even their own enemies!).
  13. 24. God warned the first man and woman that trying to __________ good and evil for themselves would end up killing them.
  14. 26. The first man and woman encounter a mysterious creature who gets them to _________ the truth of God’s words.