Across
- 3. favorite son of Jacob whose jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt, where he eventually svaed his family from starvation
- 6. the worship or adoration of objects due to God alone; this is forbidden by the First Commandment
- 7. Adam and Eve's third son and eventual heir; his line carried on the true line of God
- 9. from the Greek "ten words"; the Ten Commandments given by Gof through Moses
- 10. Adam and Eve's first son and murderer of his brother, Abel
- 12. a solemn agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and gurantees
- 15. Hebrew for "anointed"; Christ is Priest, Prophet, and King so he has been this
- 17. the founder of the Hebrew nation; God formed his descendants into His Chosen People
- 18. the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac
- 19. the commission of the Original Sin by Adam and Eve, resulting in suffering, death and concupiscence
- 20. one who speaks to the people for God
- 22. the second King of Israel, a "man after God's heart"; God made a new covenenat with all nations through him
- 23. raised in the Pharaoh's court; later fled Egypt and God called him to go back and help free the Hebrews and give them the Decalogue
Down
- 1. the righteous man who, with his family and the animals, survived the flood in the Ark
- 2. the great prophet who guided the reforms of Hezekiah; his prophecies mostly refer to the coming of Jesus
- 3. temporary leaders appointed by God before the time of monarchy to lead the Israelites when enemies oppressed them
- 4. the conveyance by God to a spokesman of a message to be preached to many groups and people
- 5. the first Gospel, or "good news"
- 8. a Jewish feast commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites firstborn males from the Angel of Death by sprinkling the blood of a Lamb on the doorposts
- 11. younger son of Rebekah and Isaac who tricked his brother into giving him his inheritance and tricked his father into blessing him, so he became the heir; God renewed the covenant with Abraham's descendants through him
- 13. son of Abraham and Sarah born when they were very old; Isaac was the heir of God's promsies to Abraham
- 14. the leader of the Egyptians in ancient times; usually worshipped as God by the Egyptian people
- 16. personal name of God revealed to Moses meaning, "I am who I am."
- 19. a symbol of Baptism that God used to cleanse the world of sin and only saved Noah and his family and the animals
- 21. Greek for "going out";the Hebrews were freed form slavery in Egypt into the promised land by the saving acts of God