Week 2: Tobit

Objective: 

• Historical Context of the Story of Tobit

• Faithfulness to the Lord
• The guardian angel and their protection 

Resources:

Fr Luka Maher Series:

• https://youtu.be/qSoNKojpmEQ?si=TvBKR-26iL10YDVT

Body:

• The events of the Book of Tobit happened during the Assyrian Exile (Northern Kingdom)
  • This shows how righteous Tobit is 
• Sennacherib went to take over the Southern kingdom 
• At the time, Hezekiah and Isaiah prayed and fasted that God wouldn't allow that to happen 
• An angel went down and killed 185 k from the army 
• He got so mad and killed all the jews and left their bodies in the street 
• Tobit used to go burry them 
• Both families are from the tribe of Naphtali (Tobit, Hanna, and Tobias) & (Raguel, Hanna, and Sara) - Both loved the Lord 
  • Both families are faced with tribulation 

Reading: *** From the Orthodox Study Bible***

• Read chapter 1&2& 3:7-11, 16-17 as an intro
• Read chapter 4: Tobit commandments to Tobias
• Read chapter 5" The meeting with Raphael 

Key verse(s):

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Comments:

Review/recap questions:
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Homework:
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