Topic - Why do bad things happen to good people?It should deal especially with the material we've read from after Deuteronomy, although you may certainly speak as well of the material before. And, again, make sure to back up your argument with quotation, description of incidents, reference to characters or language or whatever else seems useful. You are entitle to your opinion about the subjects mentioned. But you need to establish what , in your opinion, the Bible says about these subjects
Use bible references and quotes from bible. I am attaching the old paper and you can see the comments on the paper. Please make sure to correct those mistakes.
THE BIBLCAL HERO3 THE BIBLCAL HERO Introduction To beseech another’s cause is the demand of God to support which is presented extensively throughout the summons of the Bible. While reading The Bible, people come across some portrays powerful Biblical characters with their great stories. They were considered as Biblical heroes as they had put the demand of God into action for the betterment of the people. Whether these characters are qualified or not, God demands of God on Biblical characters to that they speak confidently in both the New and Old Testaments. [Be careful of your grammar. Many of these lines are not sentences at all.] This paper attempts to talk about some of the Biblical heroes and quote the relevant passages from the Bible. Moses (Exodus) This biblical hero has taught Exodus teaches that God can still use a person who considers himself considers to be unqualified. Moses had an exclusive place. He was a Hebrew by birth but brought up in Pharaoh’s palace. Hebrews were the slaves of the Egyptians. God called Moses and asked him to go to Pharaoh and set all the Hebrews free from slavery. Moses did not want to go which is why he offered a slew of excuses to God (Exodus 3 and 4)., Uuntil the final exclamation of Moses, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else” (Exodus 4:3), which God patiently answers. Moses’ request was relatable as well as pitiful because setting people free is desired by almost everybody, yet we frequently hope that God asks others to perform such activity (World Vision, 2019). Agreeing to do what God has asked Moses to sdo, Moses went to Pharaoh but his pleads were denied consistently to set the Hebrews free. It took ten plagues which have destroyed the wealth and health of the people in Egypt before Moses’ plea was granted by Pharaoh. To change Pharaoh’s heart was not really up to Moses, God looked to it. It just goes to show that Moses was truthful in replying to God’s call to stand for the Hebrews inconsiderate of the time it will be consuming and rest left to God (World Vision, 2019). [OK, Moses persists. But note that he complains to God, at first, that he is only making things worse. And you need to deal with Moses’ challenge to God to wipe him out of the Bible if God doesn’t forgive Israel. Is this part of Moses’ heroism? How does it change your model of the Biblical hero? Noah Noah was first seen in the book of Genesis when some of his lineage was shown. He had three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth (Genesis 5:32; 6:10). According to the Bible, Noah founded refinement in the sight of God. He was just a man, who was impeccable in his time and marched with God (Genesis 6:9). He was of the age when the world was turning sinful continuously (Kowalski, 2001). God wanted to start the world all over again because this time saddened Him immensely. Therefore, God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.” (Genesis 6:13). Noah was a righteous man before God, he and his family were chosen to be taken away by God in order to save them from the destruction of the world which was God’s plan. God commanded Noah to build an ark. Noah was 600 years old when he started building the ark (Genesis 7:6). Wand when God said to Noah that there it will raining heavily, though the place had never witnessed rain from the sky. [Why do you think there had never been rain?]Yet, Noah believed God without a question and did as demanded by God. His faith in God saved him, his family and the animal kingdom (Kowalski, 2001). [Your point seems to be that Noah is heroic because he believed what God said. But, then, Moses, though no doubt a believer, wishes God to send someone else, as you note. Are these two different types of heroism or the same sort?] Abraham Abraham’s original name “Abram” was first mentioned in the Bible. Hise was the son of Terah and had sisters and brothers. While reading through In Genesis 11, Abraham’s father took him along with his wife and his brother’ son Lot in order to live in the region of Canaan, yet God’s plans for Abram were different. Abram was only twenty-five years old when God commanded him to leave his father and take his wife and family. Abram followed God’s command (Hendel & Hendel, 2005). God makes a promise to Abram in Genesis 12 because Abram’s obedience pleased Him, “And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.” (Genesis 12:7). Why do you say that God makes a promise to Abram “because Abram’s obedience pleased Him.” God makes that promise as an instigation for Abram’s obedience. That is, the promise comes first. Some heavy challenges were faced by Abram in his life regarding his wife (Genesis 12), the King of Sodom (Genesis 14 and 15) and his child (Genesis 16). God reminded Abram that he will have a son in Genesis 17 and it will not be what Hagar the handmaid fool ?to him. In Genesis 17, Abram’ name was changed into Abraham since God reiterates His pact with him. Abraham was the brilliant hero of faith and the reason he was considered to be righteous was due to his faithfulness (Hendel & Hendel, 2005). You need to cite incidents in the Bible rather than rely on a secondary source. Abraham is called the “hero of faith” because of his willingness to sacrifice his son to God. But this willingness surely seems ethically problematical. You need to discuss it. Joseph of Nazareth People who do not read bible on a regular basis also know about the carpenter, Joseph. He was espoused to Mary at the time when she was pregnant having Jesus in her womb. He was not a man of any existent disrepute nor was he rich. He was just a simple man who had promised Mary to take her as his wife (Glessner, 2015). Joseph was given the news by the messenger of God that Jesus the Christ will be born and God had chosen Mary to deliver Jesus whereas Joseph will be the earthly father of the Christ, “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife.” (Matthew 1:19-24). Joseph accepted God’s command and became earthly father of Mary’s child, he took an enormous responsibility. One can imagine Joseph being a father to Jesus would be just like regular fathers, teaching him how to walk and speak. Training Jesus in his trading occupation as during Biblical times, it was practiced and it is still exists in the world. Joseph was perfectly chosen by God to be a husband to Mary and a father to Jesus Christ (Glessner, 2015). [I don’t understand what your point is, here. What are you saying is special about Joseph? That he trained his son to be a carpenter? That he fostered his spiritual development as son of God? It’s unclear.] Jacob Jacob’s father was Isaac, having 12 sons made them the first tribes of Israel eventually. With a bowl of pottage, Jacob bought the birth right from his twin brother. In Bible, Jacob’s most popular biblical incident was how he was tricked by his father-in-law at his wedding night. He wanted to marry Rachel as he loved her dearly and for this he had laboured for years and years. When the marriage ceremony was over, his father-in-law swapped Rachel with her elder sister Leah and therefore, the marriage was concluded with the mistaken wife. Jacob also married Rachel and had children with Leah (Knoppers, 2007). [What point are you trying to make here?] Until after physical brawling with God, Jacob did not walk with God regularly. He got eternal limp due to his disordered hip after losing the match to God. Jacob lastly turned to God and he was renamed to Israel (struggles with God) by God. Jacob is called a hero of faith in the Bible because “By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.” (Hebrews 11:21). [This isn’t a sufficiently coherent reading of Jacob’s career.] Conclusion Everybody likes the story which has hero and with whom they can relate or learn from. Their story of victory and survival inspires several people. In the Bible also, there asre many true stories of the Biblical heroes., A few of them have been mentioned above. Moses, who had set the Hebrews free from Pharaoh; Noah, who saved mankind and animal kingdom; Abraham, who was a righteous man; Joseph, chosen to be an earthly father of Jesus and Jacob, renamed to Israel. Whether these characters are qualified or not, demands of God on Biblical characters to speak confidently? in both the New and Old Testaments. Reference Glessner, J. M. (2015). Joseph of Nazareth in the Protevangelium of James. Journal of the Bible and its Reception, 2(2), 263-287. Hendel, R., & Hendel, R. S. (2005). Remembering Abraham: Culture, Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible. Oxford University Press on Demand. Knoppers, G. N. (2007). Cutheans or children of Jacob? The issue of samaritan origins in 2 Kings17. In Reflection and Refraction (pp. 223-239). Brill. Kowalski, G. (2001). The Bible According to Noah: Theology as If Animals Mattered. Lantern Books. World Vision (2019) 6 HEROES OF ADVOCACY IN THE BIBLE Retrieved from https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/10/04/6-advocacy-heroes-in-the-bible-world-vision/ The question of what makes these Biblical characters special is an important one, and you speak of a number of the most interesting characters. But you don’t have a coherent vision of what is special about them. For example, you say that they all speak “confidently.” But where do they speak confidently, in what incidents, in what passages? Perhaps you mean that they are confident in God. Better would be to argue that they grow confident in God. But, in general, I’m not sure if this is your main point or something else is. Mostly, you just seem to summarize some of the major incidents without any