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(BEGINNINGS) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES 1.) Why is the study of the Old Testament basic to understanding the New Testament? a) The Old Testament is basic to understanding the New because the Old Testament shows what most people have gone threw before they had Christ in their life. Also a lot of the New Testament refers you back to the Old Testament to get a better understanding on how to follow threw with the New. 2.) What was the crucial issue in Adam and Eve’s relationship with God? a) The doubt in the mind of Adam and Eve lead to disobedience which was the crucial issue in their relationship with God. 3.) How was God’s mercy manifested in the account of the fall? a) God gave a promise of a way out of judgment before the effects of the judgment even occurred. 4.) What were the moral causes of the Flood? a) People used God’s given talents to promote themselves in positions to gain power which led to evil and violence. 5.) What was the sign of significance of the covenant with Noah? a) A rainbow was the sign of the covenant with Noah, promising that God would never destroy the earth by flood again. 6.) What motivated the people to build the Tower of Babel? a) The people were proud of what they had accomplished on their present land, so they didn’t want to obey God’s command to spread abroad the earth. The disobedience of the people motivated them to build the Tower of Babel. 7.) Trace the steps of disobedience in the story of the Fall of the human race. Compare and contrast this with human behavior today. a) The first step was the coming of the â€Å"tempter† which people live with every day, the temptation to disobey God and do as they please. The second step was the changing of God’s specific instructions and consequences which led to the follow threw of disobeying God. I see so many times these days’ people try to take the word of God (The Bible) and twist it and make there own beliefs and adjustments to it to make it fit them instead of making themselves fit the word of God. 8.) Write a paragraph to explain the emphasis the New Testament puts upon the following events: Creation (John 1:1, 2; Acts 14:15; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11; 10:6) People created in the image of God (1 Cor. 11:7; Col.