Lamentations – He is the man of sorrows who weeps over Jerusalem (Entire context of the book)
Hosea – He is the forgiving and redeeming husband to the unfaithful wife (Hosea 1:2) Joel – He is the savior of those who call on God (Joel 2:32) Amos – He is the rescuer of Judah (Entire context of the book) Obadiah – He is the deliverer of Mount Zion (Obadiah 1:17)
Nehemiah – He is the guide of the remnant of God’s people (Nehemiah 1:3; 2:5) Esther – He is our providential protector (Esther 4:14) Job – He is our advocate to plead our case to God, and the redeemer (Job 9:33) Psalm – He is the one who is crucified, but not left in Hades (Psalm 16:10)
Nahum – He is the stronghold in the day of wrath (Nahum 1:7) Habakkuk – He is the justifier of those who live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4) Zephaniah – He is the channel through whom all nations can worship (Zephaniah 3) Haggai – He is the shaker of heaven and earth whose kingdom can never be shaken (Haggai 2:6)
Gideon was one of Israel's 12 judges. Although he's referenced only briefly in the Hall of Faith, Gideon's story is featured prominently in the book of Judges. He is a fascinating Bible character almost anyone can relate to. Like many of us, he was plagued with doubts and acutely aware of his own weaknesses.
Abel was the second son of Adam and Eve. He was the first martyr in the Bible and also the first shepherd. Very little else is known about Abel, except that he found favor in God's eyes by offering him a pleasing sacrifice. As a result, Abel was murdered by his older brother Cain, whose sacrifice did not please God.
Mary Fairchild. Updated June 25, 2019. Hebrews Chapter 11 is often called the "Hall of Faith" or the "Faith Hall of Fame.". In this noted chapter, the writer of the book of Hebrews introduces an impressive list of heroic figures from the Old Testament --remarkable men and women whose stories stand out to encourage and challenge the faith.
The death of Isaac would have contradicted every promise God had made to Abraham, so his willingness to perform the ultimate sacrifice of killing his son is probably the most dramatic example of faith and trust in God found in the entire Bible.
The first person listed in the Hall of Faith is Abel .
Hebrews 11:20. It was by faith that Isaac promised blessings for the future to his sons, Jacob and Esau. (NLT) The Jewish patriarch, Isaac, fathered twin boys, Jacob and Esau.
One of Abraham's most notable feats of faith occurred when he willingly obeyed God's command in Genesis 22:2: "Take your son, your only son -- yes, Isaac, whom you love so much -- and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.".
Sisera, the only remaining man of the Canaanite army fled in fear to the tent of Heber, a Kenite; Heber's wife _____ slew Sisera there.
Judah drove out the inhabitants of the mountains but failed to drive out the inhabitants of the valley.
Thielicke also appreciates the “I-Thou” character of man but locates the specific content of the image at a different point.
The explicit theme of the image of God appears in three texts in the Old Testament: Genesis 1:26–27; 5:1–2; and 9:6. I am excluding from the discussion such important texts as Psalm 17:15 and Ecclesiastes 7:20 because, although these texts bear upon the essence of man as such, they are not part of the Old Testament’s own teaching about the image of God. Given this limitation, intrinsic to the Old Testament itself, we readily see that among the ancient writers there is not a great interest in describing man in terms of the image of God. This cautions us, perhaps, that we should measure our emphasis accordingly.
Furthermore, Romans 8:18 and 21 speak of glory as the destiny of the believer, which in verse 29 is described as conformity to the image of God’s Son. Thus, it is important to emphasize that in the present text the meaning attached to “the image of his Son” is the glorification of the saints.
Second, and by far the most important feature of Genesis 1, is the actual statement that man is in God’s image. On the basis of the linguistic evidence presented above, it would reflect a theological prejudice to deny that the author means man’s physical appearance images his Maker.
In the New Testament, Jesus Christ is the image of God, and when all the information is gathered, we know we are speaking of image here in a radically different sense than we found in the Old Testament. “He is the image of the invisible God. . . .
1) Man is the final creation; 2) only man is stated as being in the image of God; 3) only man is given dominion over all the earth; 4) prior to the creation of man alone was there divine counsel; and 5) only man is explicitly stated as being created male and female.
Man is not created to be the image of God but — as is said in vv. 26 and 27, but also Genesis 5:1 (and again in the command not to shed human blood, Genesis 9:6) — he is created in correspondence with the image of God. 6. This looks very much like theological expediency, however.