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After Moses sent twelve spies into Canaan to explore the people and the produce of the land, they reported upon their return that the land was very productive
but only two encouraged an attack
When Peter objected to Jesus's announcement that Jesus would be killed and raised to life, Jesus
called Peter "Satan"
During the reign of Solomon, he was famous for all but one of the following
carrying out many military campaigns
the proverb about fathers eating sour grapes and the children's teeth being set on edge was intended to teach that
children are punished for their father's sin
If it were true that the church forms the canon rather than that the canon forms the church, then the
church would have more authority than the canon
according to the theory of multiple authorship, Third Isaiah was written
close to 430 BC
according to the theory of multiple authorship, Second Isaiah was written
close to 540 BC
according to the theory of multiple authorship, First Isaiah was written
close to 700 BC
Mark's Gospel is characterized by the teaching of Jesus where he
combines his miracles with answering the frequent questions of his enemies
Daniel's prophecy about seventy "sevens" speaks of the
coming of the Messiah
David endangered his kingship by
committing adultery with Bathsheba, neglecting to punish Amnon for raping Tamar, forgiving Absalom for murdering Amnon
If the founding of Israel described in the first five books of the Bible is compared to the growth of a child in fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant, the book of Genesis fits the stage of
conception and gestation
By the time of Joshua's death, the invading Israelites had
conquered much, but not all, of Canaan
The three temptation of Jesus was to
convert stones to bread, jump off a high place, and worship Satan
Ezekiel showed that there would be a great distress in Judah by
cooking over excrement
According to Claus Westermann, the type of praise that recounts what God has done, and is the dominant praise in biblical psalms and in Luther's hymns is
declarative praise
The seven "I am" statements of Jesus in John's Gospel
define Jesus in picturesque language and remind us of the OT name of God, "I am"
God made a covenant on Mt. Sinai that he
delivered his people and they should obey him
The type of praise that relates who God is, and is the dominant praise in Babylonian psalms and contemporary hymns, is
descriptive praise
The Sadducees were those who
did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, angles, or rewards after death
When Nehemiah inspected the walls of Jerusalem upon his arrival, he
did so at night, in secret, on horseback
In very general terms, the book of Judges teaches that
disobedience brings defeat
Between the years of 900 BC and 700 BC, the Israelites were
divided as two nations, under kings from various families
According to Kugel, the idea of biblical poetry
does not include meter
The events of Elijah's life included his flight to Horeb, the test at Mt. Carmel, the drought, and the anointing of Elisha, in the order
drought, Mt. Carmel, Horeb, Elisha
the historical setting of the work and writing of the prophet Ezekiel is
during the early years of the Babylonian captivity
Jeremiah's prophetic ministry took place
during the last years of the kingdom of Judah
Most biblical wisdom literature was written
during the reign of Solomon
the biblical teaching about the authorship of the book of Daniel is that the book was written
during the time of Cyrus the Great
The death of Saul was followed immediately by
warfare between supporters of David and Saul
John the Baptist
was a relative of Jesus and promoted him at the beginning his public ministry
Ezekiel at the time of his call and throughout the period of his prophecy
was among the earlier exiles in Babylonia
Shortly before Isaac was born, Abraham
was circumcised with other males of him household
Job's confession of sin is particularly helpful to show that he
was more interested in God's mercy than in justice
The ark of the covenant
was the symbol of God'd presence
Saul
was under the authority of God's law & Samuel, offered burnt offerings without waiting for Samuel, did not utterly kill the Amalekites
When the Israelites crossed the Jordan River to enter the promised land, the
water stopped flowing, making dry ground
The river of life that flows from the throne of God and of the lamb
waters the tree of life that brings healing to the nations
Because many false prophets have gone out into the world, John says
we should test the spirits to see whether they are from God
The aftermath of defeat and captivity for the people of the northern kingdom (Israel) was that they
were scattered and never able to establish their nation again
A NT textbook written by a historically critic would most likely include the claim that the four gospels
were written by separate communities of believers to pass on their oral traditions about Jesus
Paul became a Christian
when Jesus appeared to him in a blinding flash of light
The main lesson that Paul learned from what he called "a thorn in my flesh" was that
when he was weak, then he was strong
Paul tells the Colossians should not let anyone judge them
when they break the ceremonial laws of the OT governing food and sacred days
Jesus said whoever wants to save his life
will lose it
Paul tells the Thessalonians that those who have fallen asleep
will rise from the dead when Christ returns
Paul teaches the Thessalonians that the man of lawlessness
will set himself up in God's temple
According to 1 Thess 4:13-18, those who are dead, having died in faith in Christ, are now
with Christ in their spirits while their bodies wait for the resurrection
King Xerxes' advisors urged him to depose Queen Vashti to uphold the principle that
wives should respect their husbands
Job called his friends
worthless physicians
The Abrahamic covenant was primarily about how Abraham
would have Jesus as a descendant
Peter says that believers who fall away from the faith
would have been better off never to have known the way of righteousness
If the founding of Israel described in the first five books of the Bible is compared to the growth of a child in fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant, the book of Deuteronomy fits the stage of
maturity
Given that words can have multiple meanings, the proper interpretation of the Old Testament prophecies
must always agree with the New Testament claims of fulfillment
Jesus said that whoever wants to be first
must be the last
To say that Script is inerrant is to say that Scripture
never teaches something that is untrue
Jesus called his twelve disciples from each of the following groups, as described in Luke
none of the answers are correct
If one examines the context and lets Scripture interpret Scripture, then the prophecy that God would send a prophet like Moses was fulfilled
not by John the Baptist, not by Joshua, by Jesus
God's law to the Israelites prescribed execution as the penalty for
numerous offenses, including cursing parents
In very general terms, the book of Joshua teaches that
obedience brings victory
the historical perspective of Isaiah tuns, with chapter 40, to the time
of deliverance of the Judeans from captivity
Moses grew up in a royal Egyptian household because
of his mothers desperate ploy to keep him alive
Hebrew poetry
often makes use of repetition of similar thoughts in different words
Mary, the mother of Jesus,
once complained about how Jesus treated her
In reading the New Testament, when deciding on how to understand an individual word, it is best to decide upon
one intended meaning which is signaled by the context
When Jesus was crucified
one of the two criminals crucified with him asked Jesus to remember him, and Jesus assured him of salvation
The interpreter should search for
only one intended sense
Of roughly sic hundred thousand men who left Egypt in the Exodus,
only two survived to enter Canaan
The historical psalms do not include the time in Israelite history when they
participated in Elijah's test on Mt. Carmel
When Ecclesiastes says, "nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad" it means that
people should enjoy the gifts of God
The story of Ruth falls historically during the
period of the Judges
Saul was validated as king by
private anointing, public lot, and victory at war
Because of her role in befriending Israelite spies sent into Jericho, one who was with her family was spared during the destruction of the city was a
prostitute named Rahab
Jesus
proved that he could forgive sins by proving that he could heal paralysis
An immediate result of Adam's disobedience and fall into sin was that
providing food became hard and painful work
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?... They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing" comes from the book of
psalms
"My body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay" comes from the book of
psalms
"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me... hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me... O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise... the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise" comes from the book of
psalms
the prophecy that a virgin would conceive and bear a son is best understood, according to the rules of interpretation, as predicting
the birth of Jesus
Jeremiah explains that when God blesses or curses nations through his prophets,
the blessings or cursing are potential, that is, they are able to be changed through future rebellion or repentance
When King Josiah ordered that the temple be repaired, there was found
the book of the law
When the Israelites asked Samuel for a king like other nations had, the kings generally were
the chief priest, the channel of all divine blessings, either divine or semi-divine
What guided the Magi to the birthplace of Jesus
the chief priests and teachers of the law, Jesus's star, King Herod
the teaching that the single prophet Isaiah wrote the entire book that bears his name is supported by
the claim of the book itself, references made to Isaiah in the book of Sirach, quotations in the NT
Just before Paul was stoned and left for dead at Lystra
the crowd worshipped him and Barnabas as Hermes and Zeus
When the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples at Pentecost
the disciples spoke in many different languages they had not studied
Among the reasons given for rejecting Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch is NOT
the discovery of earlier documents
Rev 20:1-6 presents the Millennium, in a Lutheran understanding as
the entire time from Christ's resurrection until his second coming
The Gnosticism tha JOhn combatted in his epistles taught that
the spiritual world is the realm of light and good, and the goal of those in the physical world must be to escape back to the spiritual
According to James, man cannot tame
the tongue
Until the construction of the Tower of Babel
the whole world had one language
Ephesians 1:3-14 is the Trinitarian section of the letter because
the work of the Father sending the Son, the redemption of the Son, and the guarantee of the Spirit are shown
"For God so loved _____ that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"
the world
Paul tells the Corinthians that God reconciled
the world to himself in Christ
When oppression and forced labor failed to control population growth among the Israelites in Egypt, the Pharaoh resorted to giving the order that
their baby boys be killed
Ezekiel teaches that a proper way of understanding why God might punish children sinful parents is that children can "inherit"
their parents' sinful behavior
1-2 Timothy and Titus are called "The Pastoral Letters" because
they are from Paul to these men who are the leaders and shepherding pastors of their congregations
James's complaint against his readers in Ch 2 was that
they confessed God to exist but did nothing while even the demons shuddered
The "Pauline Epistles" are so called because
they were all written by the historical Paul
When Peter saw a sheet being let down from heaven in a vision, he learned that
things previously considered "unclean", such as certain foods and Gentiles, were now considered "clean"
The Psalms say that in addition to the wicked, people who do not praise Yahweh are
those who are dead
Phil 2:6-11 describes the humiliation and exaltation of Christ by showing that
though he was God, he did not grasp after a constant demonstration of his equality with God
James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
thought they should call fire down from heaven to punish Samaritans
When Elijah called Elisha to follow him, he
threw his cloak around him
Many of the miracles that Jesus performed demonstrated the Creator's almighty power
thus effectively answering the main question posed by Satan during the time of temptation
When John the Baptist was in prison, he sent his disciples to Jesus
to ask whether Jesus really was the one who was to come
To rely on more clear passages to interpret less clear passages is
to let Scripture interpret Scripture
During the wanderings of the children of Israel in the desert, the lifting of the cloud covering the tabernacle was a sign
to move to a new location
Jesus said, "He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects him who sent me"
to seventy-two of his followers he sent ahead of him
If the founding of Israel described in the first five books of the Bible is compared to the growth of a child in fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant, the book of Numbers fits the stage of
toddler-hood
Before the Israelites became a monarchy, they had the organization of a
tribal confederacy
A person, event, or institution that foreshadows a future greater person, event, or institution, is called a
type
Which interpretation of the Song of Songs has the most difficulty with the principle that there is one intended sense
typological
The David covenant as it is recorded in 2 Samuel 7 was
unconditional
The Greek world "apocalypse" means
uncovering, revealing
If the claims of many historical critics were true, then the first five books of the OT were written by
unknown editors between the 10th and 6th centuries BC
when Jeremiah spoke of the temple becoming a "den of robbers" he meant that it was a place where
unrepentatnt wicked people felt safe
James writes his book with the purpose of
urging Christians to live fairly with one another and to show their faith by their actions of love and purity of life
The "sin of Jeroboam" which haunted the Northern Kingdom from its fording to its destruction is
using Bethel and Dan as worship sites
The Persian King Cyrus
allowed the Jews to return from the exile
The festival of Purim commemorates God's blessing the Jews by
allowing them to kill their enemies
The resurrection of Jesus in 1 Cor 15 is
an actual raising of the very body which was crucified
The Levites were
an entire tribe, one of twelve, of the Israelites
One reason Wellhausen's theory about the authorship of the Pentateuch become so popular is that he proposed
an evolutionary reconstruction of theology
John in 1 John writes against the Gnostics who found the incarnation of Jesus to be
an impossibility since they held that human flesh is evil and incapable of being united with the divine good
Paul spoke of he altar to the unknown god in Athens, Acts 17, as
an opening to the Gospel as he could tell them of this unknown God
According to Ps 91, whom does God command concerning you, to guard you in all your ways, to lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone?
angels
At God's command, Joshua repeatedly and characteristically
annihilated many Canaanites and their cities
According to Lowth's system of poetic analysis, "wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses," is an example of
antithetical parallelism
Paul tells the Corinthians that divisions in the church
are a problem that should be fixed
Paul teaches the Ephesians that Jews and Gentiles
are fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household
Paul tells the Corinthians that miraculous spiritual gifts such as healing, prophecy, speaking in different kinds of tongues
are given by the same Spirit and are for building up the one church
Psalm 119 was written
as an alphabetic acrostic
When Isaiah was called he did not
ask God to send someone else
Gideon put God to the test by
asking God to manipulate dew
Paul tells the Galatians that they should not let themselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery
because Christ had set them free from the ceremonial law of Moses
The "it" of the following sentence, "He [God] credited it to him [Abram] as righteousness" (Gen. 15:6) is that Abram
believed God
the first half of Ezekiel's chapter on individual responsibility teaches that
God punishes each sinner for his own sin
The Exodus is important because it recalls
God's faithfulness to his patriarchal covenants
Election, as defined in Ephesians, is
God's gracious choice of those who are saved in Christ through faith
The giant Philistine defeated by David I s
Goliath
The "father of form criticism" of the Psalms is
Gunkel
Most of the Old Testament, part of the Old Testament, and all of the New Testament were originally written in the following languages, respectively:
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
when the death of the king who exalted himself above every god is prophesied at the end of Daniel 11, it is about
the Antichrist being defeated
2 Pet 1:16-21 presents the Bible to be
the product of God's spirit working in and through men
The seventh year, during which time the land was to be left fallow, is called
the sabbath year
The Passover commemorates
the soaring of Israelites in Egypt
The historical record of the apostolic authorship or approval of the following books is relatively weak
Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2-3 John, Jude, Revelation
The birth of Jesus is generally connected with the time of
Herod the Great
the major kings with whom Isaiah interacted were
Ahaz and Hezekiah
The earlier of the two best kings after the time of David is
Hezekiah
The king of Jerusalem who rebelled against Sennacherib with the encouragement of Isaiah, and was preserved by God is
Hezekiah
The king of Judah who, unlike those who immediately preceded and followed him, was faithful to Yahweh, and during whose reign God rescued his people from Sennacherib's Assyrian army, was
Hezekiah
Theodicy deals with the question,
How can a just God allow evil to exist?
The prophetess who told Josiah that Yahweh would bring disaster upon the land, but would bless Josiah for his faithfulness, is
Huldah
In Matthew 5, Jesus frequently used the phrase, "you've heard it said... but I say to you..." what does he mean by the repetition of this phrase?
I am fulfillment of the Old Testament's demands, but I also call you to an understanding of God and his relationship with you that is higher than what you've known previously
the statement that God punishes the children to that third and fourth generation of those who hate him was intended to show that
guilty children can "inherit" sinful behavior
Yahweh promised Abraham that the convenient would be established through
Isaac
"a shoot will comes up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a branch will bear fruit" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"a voice of one calling: 'in the desert prepare the way for Yahweh; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God'" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"as rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth; it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"comfort, comfort my people, says your God. speak tenderly to Jerusalem... that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares Yahweh, 'as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"he was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lmab to the slaughter, and as sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"holy holy holy is Yahweh of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"surely he took up our infirmities and carried out sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by Him, and afflicted. but he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peach was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call himself Immanuel" comes from the book of
Isaiah
The city from which Naomi had left with her husband and sons and to which she came back years later with only her Moabite daughter-in-law, Ruth, was
Bethlehem
"Am I my brother's keeper?" was spoken by
Cain
The Medo-Persian king who first allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem and gave permission for the temple to be rebuilt is
Cyrus the Great
The hypothetical document that is highly moralistic is called
D
When the Philistines placed the captured Ark of Dragon
Dagon fell over
"he will set up an abomination that causes desolation" comes from the book of
Daniel
"in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heavens" comes from the book of
Daniel
"multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt" comes from the book of
Daniel
"seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy" comes from the book of
Daniel
When Nebuchadnezzar took hostages from Jerusalem into a "scholarship captivity" in 605 BC in order to ensure that the country would be docile, he took
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and others
The Medo-Persian king who regranted permission to the Jews to rebuild their temple and who warned their enemies not to hinder them on pain of death is
Darius the Great
The king who was not allowed to build the Temple, but did secure Jerusalem as the place for it to be built, was
David
The woman who served as a judge, settling disputes and leading troops in warfare, was the prophetess
Deborah
The promise that God would raise up a prophet like Moses, to whom the people would listen, is recorded in
Deuteronomy
The first of the two hypothetical documents that use "Elohim" as the name of God is
E
The hypothetical document in which God uses messengers and dreams to communicate is called
E
"'Meaningless! Meaningless!' says the Teacher. 'Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!'" comes from the book of
Ecclesiastes
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die..." comes from the book of
Ecclesiastes
Moses did not lead the Israelites into the promised land because he
had not honored God bringing water from the rock
When Jesus said "I am the bread of life"
he also said, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drunk his blood, you have no life in you"
When Jesus returned to his hometown of Nazareth
he could not do many miracles there
Moses was not allowed to enter promised land because
he did not honor God in the incident at Meribah
After Jesus enter Jerusalem to celebrate his last Passover,
he insulted the chief priests and elders by telling parables against them
When Jesus saw that the temple was being misused by those who were selling and buying there
he overturned tables in his anger
When Jesus performed miracles of healing and reviving from the dead,
he showed that he was the antidote for the wages of sin
In the context of Elijah's ascension into heaven, what did not happen
he told Elisha to stay close to him
When Jesus rose from the dead,
he told women to tell the disciples he had risen
When Jesus said that only the sick need a doctor
he was condemning the self righteous attitude of the Pharisees
Saul, who later was called Paul, became an apostle because
he was confronted by God on his way to kill Christians
When Israel was fighting the Amalekites, Aaron and Hur
held up the arms of Moses
The refrain that is found repeatedly in several psalms is
his love [or mercy] endures forever
One of the main controversies that Jesus encountered early in his ministry was
how the Sabbath should be observed
Paul teaches the Philippians that Jesus
humbled himself even though he was in the form of God
The question of the authorship of the Pentateuch has
implications for its authenticity and truthfulness
Which interpretation of the Song of Songs has the most difficulty explaining how it could be that the watchmen beat the queen, that the marriage was apparently consummated several times, or that the beloved is called both a Shulammite and an Egyptian princess
literal
Daniel's interpretation of the handwriting on the wall, written by a hand during a banquet hosted by King Belshazzar, was that Belshazzar, would
lose his kingdom to the Medes and the Persians
Ezekiel symbolized bearing the sin of Israel and of Judah by
lying on his side on the ground
When the Israelites saw that Moses was so long in coming down from Mt. Sinai, they
made a golden calf and sacrificed to it
The Psalms were written
mainly during the time of David, as early as the time of Moses. as late as after the Exile
The prophet who became so dismayed at his lack of effectiveness that he concluded that he was the only surviving person faithful to Yahweh of hosts was
Elijah
The prophet who lived for a time with a widow in Zarephath and restored her son to life was
Elijah
The prophet who on Mt. Carmel challenged 450 prophets of Baal in a confrontation to determine whether Baal or Yahweh, the God of Israel, would send fire to consume an offering was
Elijah
God identified his name to Moses on Mt. Sinai as
"I AM", "I AM WHO", "The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob"
Ezekiel reports that in his visions Yahweh typically addressed him as
"son of man"
Paul tells Titus that he should teach older men (1), older women (2), young men (3), and slaves (4)
(1) to be temperate, (2) to be reverent, (3) to be self controlled, (4) to be obedient
The Captivity Letters, generally through to be written by Paul from Rome, are
Ephesians, Colossians, Philippians, and Philemon
When Satan led Adam and Eve into sin, God said that
Eve's offspring would destroy Satan
"I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David... I Yahweh will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them" comes from the book of
Ezekiel
"I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws" comes from the book of
Ezekiel
"so I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet- a vast army" comes from the book of
Ezekiel
"son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me" comes from the book of
Ezekiel
"the soul who sins is the one who will die... I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares Lord Yahweh. Repent and live" comes from the book of
Ezekiel
"then they will know that I am Yahweh their God..." is a characteristic statement from the book of
Ezekiel
the vision of the restoration of the people in the imagery of a valley of dry bones is recorded in
Ezekiel
visions of the restoration of the Temple, its altar, its priests and Levites, and, with all of that, the resumption of sacrifice and festival worship are recorded in
Ezekiel
"the wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat... they will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool" comes from the book of
Isaiah
"we all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all" comes from the book of
Isaiah
the "suffering servant songs" are a feature of the latter chapters of the book of
Isaiah
the destruction of Jerusalem is foretold by the following actions of Ezekiel
making bread from various grains, besieging a clay brick, disposing of his beard
The cities of refuge were appointed by God so that
manslaughterers could avoid capital punishment
The central idea of the book of John may be expressed as the following
that you may know that Jesus is the Christ and have life is his name
The person who thought he would succeed David and had a big celebration, then was pardoned by Solomon, then was killed for requesting Abishag for a wife, was
Adonijah
Jezebel was the wife of
Ahab
The king of whom 1 Kings says that he "did more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than did all the kings of Israel before him," partly because he made Baal worship into the state-sponsored religion, was
Ahab
The Psalm that teaches that the Messiah would be David's Lord is Psalm
110
The Psalm that teaches that the Messiah would be the Son of God and a king is Psalm
2
John warns against false teachers in general and says that anyone who welcomes them shares in their work in
2 John
John warns against Diotrephes as a destructive force in the church and praises Demetrius as a good teacher in
3 John
Jesus's public ministry lasted approximately
3 years
The Psalm that directly addresses the Messianic King as God is Psalm
45
According to Kugel, biblical poetry can generally be analyzed as saying
A is so and what's more, B
The first high priest of Israel was
Aaron
The high priest who was banished to Anathoth for supporting the wrong person as the one to succeed David as king was
Abiathar
The son of David so ambitious to be king that, after he killed one of his brothers, he organized an armed conspiracy against his father was
Absalom
The Bible identifies the person who foreshadowed Jesus by showing how one man's actions can affect the entire human race was
Adam
The king who-made Baal worship into the state-sponsored religion for the first time is
Ahab
The neighboring country that had a long history of enmity against the Israelites, including wars at the time of Jephthah and of Saul, and that was descended from one of Lot's two children of incest, is
Ammon
The Greek king who thought he was a god and forced the Jews, on pain of death, to violate the law of God in many ways, is
Antiochus IV "Epiphanes"
The Medo-Persian king who authorized Ezra and Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem is
Artaxerxes I
in Ezekiel's chapter on individual responsibility, he speaks of
the "fruit" of actions rather than the "tree"
The country noted for its cruelty in war, whose soldiers would cut off hand and feet, noses and ears, put out eyes, and raise mounds of human heads is
Assyria
The nation that conquered the Northern Kingdom and led its inhabitants into exile is
Assyria
The nation that conquered the Southern Kingdom and led its inhabitants into exile is
Babylonia
The prophet who was hired to curse Israel but could pronounce only a blessing was
Balaam
When Paul and Barnabas were making plans to revisit Christians in all the towns where they had preached before,
Barnabas wanted to take Mark with them, but Paul refused
The last "king" of Babylon who was actually a regent for his father and witnessed the handwriting on the wall is
Belshazzar
During the period of the divided kingdom, the people of the southern kingdom (Judah) maintained the Temple and the royal palace at Jerusalem, while Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom (Israel) established places of worship at
Bethel and Dan
Moses plays a featured role in the narrative of each of the following books except
Genesis
According to Ps 90, who or what is responsible for the following things: turning men back to dust, sweeping men away in the sleep of death, consuming men in anger, afflicting men?
God
Peter's essential discovery at the home of Cornelius, Acts 10, was that
God allows everyone to come to Him, showing no favoritism
To believe in the inspiration of Scripture is to believe that
God breathed his words into the prophetic authors
the second half of Ezekiel's chapter on individual responsibility teaches that
God desires the wicked to repent and live
Daniel gained prominence in governing Babylon because he had
God given skill in interpreting dreams
According to Proverbs, at the creation of the world
God has a companion: wisdom
The canon of Scripture was formed in the following way
God inspires prophets to write particular words on a scroll. Those words work faith in the hearers. The believers acknowledge that the words are God's words, with canonical authority
According to John, the main reason we should love each other is that
God is love, and love comes from God
Paul tells the Romans that
God judges sinners and sends them to hell, God forgives sinners and gives them eternal life, salvation comes by grace, through faith, for the sake of Christ
Romans 4 uses as the great example of justification by faith
God justifies us as those who have not worked but rather only approach him by faith, trusting upon his generosity over the gulity
The godless men who slipped in among believers to exchange God's grace for immorality are compared by Jude to
Israelites who did not believe at the time of Exodus, Sodom and Gomorrah, angles who became demons
The first of the two hypothetical documents that use "Yahweh" as the name of God is
J
The hypothetical document that has a "primitive" theology in which God is like a man who does not have high morals is called
J
The judge who said, "if you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be Yahweh's, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering," is
Jephthah
"'the days are coming', declares Yahweh, 'when I will raise up to David a righteous branch... this is the name by which he will be called; Yahweh Our Righteousness" comes from the book of
Jeremiah
"'yes' declares Yahweh, 'I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare "Yahweh declares"" comes from the book of
Jeremiah
"before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart I appointed you as a prophet to the nations" comes from the book of
Jeremiah
"for I know the plans I have for you, declares Yahweh, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" comes from the book of
Jeremiah
"has this house which bears my name become a den of robbers to you?" comes from the book of
Jeremiah
"if at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I has planned" comes from the book of
Jeremiah
"the time is coming, declares Yahweh, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah" comes from the book of
Jeremiah
the prophet who explains clearly that the curses of God are potential, intended to lead to repentance and forgiveness, is
Jeremiah
the prophet who has a long ministry extending from the time of Josiah (626) to after the fall of the southern kingdom is
Jeremiah
the prophet who prophesied 70 years of captivity is
Jeremiah
the prophet who reports that a number of those not taken into captivity by the Babylonians went to Egypt to escape hostility, although in direct violation of Yahweh's command, was
Jeremiah
the prophet who speaks directly about the "new covenant" of forgiveness of sins is
Jeremiah
the prophet who was captured by the Babylonians but then released from his chains because of his former prophecies is
Jeremiah
the prophet who was forbidden to marry, was beaten, put in stocks, yoked, imprisoned, thrown into a cistern, and nearly killed is
Jeremiah
the prophet who was himself taken captive by the Babylonians, but released almost immediately to go back and continue his work among the people of Judah life behind, was
Jeremiah
the prophet who, in spite of the assurance that yahweh has set him apart and appointed him to be a prophet from before his birth, still protested, "I do not known how to speak, I am only a child" was
Jeremiah
when Ezekiel was in Babylon prophesying about Jerusalem, the prophet active in Jerusalem was
Jeremiah
The first fortified city within Canaan to be conquered by the newly arrived Israelites was
Jericho
The strongest member of the Jehu dynasty is
Jeroboam II
Daniel introduced his prayer for the deliverance of his people in exile with the information that
Jerusalem would be desolate 70 years, per Jeremiah
Of whom do the following words from the Davidic Covenant speak, according to the Book of Hebrews: "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"?
Jesus
Once when Jesus rebuked Peter
Jesus called Peter "Satan"
The drama of raising Lazarus from the dead was heightened because
Jesus deliberately waited several days before going to raise Lazarus and yet he cried at Lazarus' tomb
While the evening meal was being served just before Passover feast
Jesus washed the disciple's feet
The commander of the army who had disobeyed David on several occasions and who was killed by Solomon's order even though he was claiming sanctuary by holding onto the horns of the altar was
Joab
"I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed , yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eye- I, and not another" comes from the book of
Job
"Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. Yahweh have and Yahweh has taken away; may the name of Yahweh be praised" comes from the book of
Job
"Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble from evil?" comes from the book of
Job
Luther says that the finest part of the book of Job describes how
Job falters and thinks God is a tyrnat
A fine example of true friendship was that between David and
Jonathan
The leader who commanded the sun to stand still in order to gain more daylight and bring a battle to a successful conclusion was
Joshua
The man who led Israel into the promised land was
Joshua
The person who said, "As for me an my household, we will serve Yahweh," is
Joshua
The king who began his reign when he was 8 years old, found the Book of Law in the temple and reformed the nation to worship Yahweh properly is
Josiah
The later of the two best kings after the time of David is
Josiah
David first ruled as king over
Judah
The Jewish ruler who restored temple sacrifices after they had been stopped by the Seleucids is
Judas Maccabaeus
Moses, his brother Aaron, and his sister Miriam were of the tribe of
Levi
The worst king of the South, who ruled for a total of 55 years, during which time he was taken captive and he became repentant, who may have killed Isaiah and whose name is connected to sins that brought destruction upon the kingdom, is
Manasseh
the Bible says that when Jesus was in Bethany with Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus,
Mary poured perfume on Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair while Martha served dinner
The Israelites moved to Egypt and began their sojourn there during the
Middle Kingdom
Moses' sister, unnamed the account of how she watched over him while he was hid by the river bank, is later identified as
Miriam
The neighboring country that had a long history of enmity against the Israelites, including war at the time of Elisha, and which had opposed the Israelites at the time of the Exodus by hiring Balaam against them, is
Moab
When Jesus was transfigured on the mountain, there appeared with him
Moses and Elijah
Heb 11 has the roll call of faith and includes prominently these individuals
Moses. Abraham, Noah, and the people of Exodus
After a violent earthquake ripped open the Philippian prison into which Paul and Silas has been thrown
Paul demanded an apology from the magistrates before he would leave
If the founding of Israel described in the first five books of the Bible is compared to the growth of a child in fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant, the book of Exodus fits the stage of
birth
What is the state of the biblical text as they have been transmitted through the ages?
The original texts have been transmitted very accurately, but scribes have made errors as they copied the texts, so textual criticism is useful
The proverbs that say, "do not answer a food according to his folly... answer a fool according to his folly..." show that
both halves of verses are essential to the meaning
The prophet of Yahweh who confronted David for having Uriah killed and claimed Bathsheba as his wife, i.e., both murder and adultery, was
Nathan
The king who made Babylon into the greatest city of his day, complete with hanging gardens and powerful fortifications is
Nebuchadnezzar
Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt during the
New Kingdom
The great pyramids of Egypt were built during the
Old Kingdom
Two major dynasties of the Northern Kingdom are
Omri and Jehu
The hypothetical document that is mainly concerned with temple practices is called
P
The hypothetical document that provides a chronological framework for other hypothetical documents is called
P
The annual festival that happened in the spring during the barley harvest was
Passover/Unleavened Bread
The annual festival that happened in the summer during the wheat harvest was
Pentecost/Weeks
When Jesus was captured and put on trial
Peter denied knowing Jesus
When Ananias and Sapphire donated proceeds from the sale of their land to the apostles
Peter reproved them for lying to the Holy Spirit
The Pharisees differed from the Sadducees in the following way:
Pharisees added new laws to the Old Testament which they saw as legally binding, while Sadducees bound themselves only to the Old Testament
The neighboring country that was the greatest threat to Israel around the time of David, until David defeated them in battle, and who may have decended from tribes who fought in the Trojan war, is
Philista
The people who occupied the coastland south and west of the children of Israel and who challenged them in battle again and again throughout the reign of Saul and throughout the period of the judges were the
Philistines
The strong maritime nation with whom Omri developed close relations is
Phoenicia
"If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head and Yahweh will reward you" comes from the book of
Proverbs
"Trust in Yahweh with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" comes from the book of
Proverbs
"Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before Yahweh our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care" comes from the book us
Psalms
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb" comes from the book of
Psalms
"The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone... this is the day Yahweh has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. O Yahweh, save us [Hosanna]; O Yahweh, grant us success. Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh" comes from the book of
Psalms
The words "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool" and "you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek" comes from the book of
Psalms
The Pharaoh who did NOT live at the same time as Moses is
Ramessess II
During the lifetime of Jesus,
Rome controlled the entire region of Israel and the surrounding countries
What adds drama to the widow Ruth's persistent loyalty to her widowed mother-in-law is that
Ruth was a Moabite, Naomi was an Israelite
The judge who marries a Philistine and yet fought against the Philistines is
Samson
The prophet who followed Yahew's direction to select David as future king of the children of Israel was
Samuel
In response to his name being called out during the night, the answer, "Speak, for your servant is listening," was spoken by
Samuel at Shihol
"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel." these words were spoken by
Simeon when he held the baby Jesus in the temple
"Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires" comes from the book of
Song of songs
"My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies" comes from the book of
Song of songs
The neighboring country that was the greatest threat to the Northern Kingdom for most of its existence is
Syria
The founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, who defeated the Syro-Ephraimite coalition is
Tiglath-pileser III
The first two stone tablets of the 10 commandments were
broken by Moses
The annual festival that happened in the fall during the fruit and grape harvest was
Tabernacles/Booths
David's daughter who was raped by her half-brother Amnon is
Tamar
The law of levirate marriage said that
brothers of dead husbands should marry the widows
The OT has this relationship with the NT
The OT predicted that the Messiah would come both as a glorious savior and as a suffering servant, and the NT record the fulfillment of those predictions
Which of the following best describes the messianic promises of the Old Testament?
The Old Testament predictions about the coming Savior were so complete that, based on them alone, Old Testament believers were saved by faith in Jesus Christ.
That the Psalms reflect the experience of God's intervention in history rather than the cult of Israel is the teaching of
Westermann
The Medo-Persian king who married Ester is
Xerxes I, or Ahasuerus
The personal name of the God of the Old Testament is
Yahweh
The high priest who was faithful to David and Solomon, and from whom future high priest were descended, is
Zadok
The last time Nebuchadnezzar punished the Jews for refusing to pay tribute, he took captive
Zedekiah and many others
When Jesus rose from the dead
all the other answers are correct
When Jesus said "I am good shepherd"
all the other answers are correct
The traditional Jewish and Christian interpretation of the Song of Songs is
allegorical
Jesus said that the person who had greater faith than any he had found in Israel was
a Roman centurion with a mortally sick son
With regard to the prospect of life after death, the Old Testament speaks of
a bodily resurrection
Poetry is defined as
a combination of sound and meaning, ideas and feelings
Luke's Gospel is characterized by
a focus on the Holy Spirit, prayer, and parables
To illustrate how precious each person is to God, Jesus told a parable about
a lost sheep, a lost coin, a lost son
Poetic meter is defined as
a patterned flow of language
The book of Leviticus includes
a period of one year at Mt. Sinai, laws pertaining to Levites, bodily blemishes as signs of spiritual sickness
According to the most peaceful of competing theories, the Israelites emerged in Canaan through
a process of nomadic infiltration
According to the Bible, the Israelites emerged in Canaan through
a relatively complete conquest in the early 1300s
According to the modified conquest theory the Israelites emerged in Canaan through
a relatively partial conquest in the late 1200s
Mark was
a relatively unknown follower of Jesus, Mark's mother being from Jerusalem
The biblical text says that the leper Naaman was told to go to Elisha by
a servent
In Rev 7:1-17 and 21:1-4, heaven is presented as
a several of all pain, sorrow, and death with the inclusion of people from every nation, tribe, and language
The Colossians heresy which prompted the writing of the book of Colossians included this thought of practice
a slavish follow of rivals which, Paul argues, had been eclipsed by Christ
According to the more Marxist of competing theories, the Israelites emerged in Canaan through
a social revolt of pastoralists
Ezekiel spoke of himself as
a watchman from the house of Israel
In the proverb, "can a man scoop free into his lap without his clothes being burned?" the word fire stands for
adultery, which will bring punishment
the historical critical view of the authorship of the book of Daniel is that the book was written
after Antiochus IV desecrated the Temple
David secured Bathsheba as one of his several wives
after arranging the killing of her former husband
Jesus' birth, as reported in the Gospel of Matthew, comes
after his genealogy, showing how Jesus fulfills the place predicted for his birth
The Bible does not have laws that explicitly require
all NT Christians to avoid polygamy
With reference to the ceremonial laws governing which foods to eat and which days to honor as more sacred than others, Paul tells the Romans that
all food is clean and all days sacred, and they should not fight with others concerning these matters
Paul tells Timothy that God wants _____ to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth
all people
God's monologue on nature in the latter parr of Job has a primary purpose to
encourage faith in a merciful Creator
After Job worked through the pain of being deprived of his wealth, health, and family, he
enjoyed even more blessings than he had had before
In John 3, Jesus spoke of himself being like the serpent that Moses lifted up on a pole. The meaning behind this is
everyone who looked with faith on the serpent and upon Jesus on the cross would be healed
In addition to promoting the marriage of King Xerxes and Ester, Mordecai performed the great service of
exposing a plot against Xerxes' life
When the Israelites were trapped between Pharaoh's army and the Red Sea, they
first lamented that they would die, then walked through the sea on dry ground
The Lord's resolve, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth," was stated in anticipation of the
flood at the time of Noah
One of the principles of interpretation is that the proper interoperation of a passage from the Bible is normally one that
follows standard rules of grammar
David would not defile himself with the king's
food
Paul was arrested in the temple at Jerusalem
for teaching against Jews, Jewish law, and the temple
The type of criticism which is concerned with identifying genres and the situation in life that lay behind the compositions is
form
Paul most likely has
four missionary journeys
Matthew was noted among the Gospel writers for his
frequent references to Jesus as the one who fulfills the OT
Genesis 1 states that God created man, male and female. Genesis 2 adds the detail that the first female was formed
from a rib of then previously created male
According to the historicist position, the Book of Revelation speaks of events
from the first century AD to the end of the world
2 Corinthians has this emotional aspect on the part of Paul
frustration by Paul because of the continued misunderstanding of his ministry by the Corinthians
A proverb is
generally true
The ark of the covenant was placed
in the Holy of Holies
examining the book of Isaiah by the historical critical method often leads to the conclusion that the book of Isaiah
includes evidence of multiple authorship from hundreds of years after the prophet Isaiah
The book of Ruth teaches about Messiah by
including the genealogy of the Messiah, teaching about Boaz as a kinsman redeemer, showing the Gentiles are welcome in God's kingdom
If the founding of Israel described in the first five books of the Bible is compared to the growth of a child in fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant, the book of Leviticus fits the stage of
infancy
When Ester approached King Xerxes about the Jewish problem, she
invited him to dinner twice
According to the Book of Hebrews, faith
is being certain of what we do not see
Jesus is called the King of the Jews. This title
is both a mockery of the Jews by Pilate and an unintentionally true statement
Paul tells Timothy that all Scripture
is breath by God, or inspired
The Protevangelium
is the first gospel message in the Bible
Claus Westermann says that the word "praise" in Hebrew
is used where we would use "thanks"
The first miracle of changing water into wine is appropriate as the first miracle because
it is a celebration, a weeding which recalls the role of Jesus as the coming Groom, and it deals with a small matter, not life and death
The parable of the rich fool can best be summarized as
it is more important to build a treasure in heaven that on earth
The Transfiguration was vital because
it showed the willingness of Jesus, full of divine glory, to remain with the world, even when facing death
John's Gospel has three characteristics
it used ideas such as light, dark, love, hate, has no parables, and is written in a seemingly simple style
Jesus' baptism was necessary because
it would complete all righteousness by which he fulfills the requirements that others could not complete and extend his perfection to all people
The archaeology of Jericho is important to consider in connection to the emergence of Israelites in Canaan because
its archaeology is often interpreted to contradict the Bible
Paul tells the Romans that baptism
joins us to Jesus so we die and comes to life again with him
the major themes of Isaiah are
judgement and salvation
The parable of the 10 virgins can best be summarized as
keep yourself ready for the coming of Christ
Job's protestation of innocence in Job 31 shows that he
knew that sins of the heart were true sins
Jesus, in John 10, describes himself as the Good Shepherd, who willingly gives himself for the sheep,
laying down his life and being free to take his life back up when he chooses
In Galatians, Paul is amazed that the Galatians are so quickly
leaving the Gospel for a justification by their own deeds
In answer to the question, "How can I repay Yahweh for all his goodness to me?" the psalmist says that he will
lift up the cup of salvation and call on Yahweh
"The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against Yahweh and against his Anointed One... 'I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill... You are my Son, today I have become your Father...' His the Son , lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment" comes from the book of
psalms
"What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with the glory and honor" comes from the book of
psalms
"Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not be in want... even thought the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me" comes from the book of
psalms
The righteous person is "like a tree planted by streams of water" and a wicked person "like a chaff that the wind blows away" comes from the book of
psalms
Following the return from the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah assumed leadership in Jerusalem for
rebuilding the walls and gates of the city
Paul's request of Philemon was that Philemon
receive Onesimus back as a brother
Luke showed special attention to women by
recording the song and thoughts of Mary and recording two unique parables about women
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego brought on Nebuchadnezzar's rage and sentence of death by fire because they
refused to worship an enormous golden image
Ezekiel's description of returning to faith is
regaining the knowledge of God
The central message of Job's three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who came to advise him in his difficulty, was that Job should
repent of his sin, to be helped by God
The book of Leviticus is devoted chiefly to
rules for offerings, festivals, and ritual purity
When young David volunteered to represent the army of his people in a duel with the Philistines giant, Golian, Saul at first
said David could not fight, then gave him armor
when Nebuchadnezzar saw four men in the fiery furnace, although only three men had been thrown into it, he
said that God had sent an angel to rescue the men
Peter says that the prophets who predicted that Messiah
searched carefully to find the time and circumstances of the Messiah's coming
in Ezekiel's description of the Good Shepherd, he speaks of
sheep without a shepherd being shattered, Yahweh himself as the good shepherd, destroying the sleek and the strong
Paul tells the Galatians that whoever preaches a gospel other than what Paul preaches
should be eternally condemned
the historical details in Daniel prove to historical critics that the book must have been written
slightly after Antiochus IV set up the abomination in that temple in 167 BC
The offerings specified in the Old Testament ceremonial law were
sometimes mandatory, sometimes voluntary
In the books of Deuteronomy and Samuel, the kings are
sometimes spoken of as evil, sometimes as good
which of the following is an important messianic term for Daniel
son of man
David was not
spared of great suffering
Samuel the prophet did not
steadfastly support Saul
Absalom
stole the hearts of Israelites
When the Israelites in the wilderness asked the Lord what should be done with the person that had blasphemed the name of the Lord with a curse, the Lord said that he should be
stoned
The book of Hebrews, in discussing the role of Jesus, shows that he is
superior to angels, sacrifices, and priests due to his single sacrifice for all, his deity, and his role as creator
Dathan and Abiram, who rebelled against the leadership of Moses and Aaron, were
swallowed by the earth
According to Lowth's system of poetic analysis, "They crush your people, O Yahweh; they oppress your inheritance," is an example of
synonymous parallelism
According to Lowth's system of poetic analysis, "Unless Yahweh has given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death," is an example of
synthetic parallelism
Ecclesiastes explores the meaninglessness of life in order to
teach about the First Commandment
The kinsman redeemer was not charged with the specific duty of
teaching a relative about the Messiah
The NT teaches
that the OT demanded righteous actions and righteous thoughts, but that Jesus fulfilled those requirements in man's place
Just before he walked to the garden of Gethsemane and was arrested, Jesus prayed for all who would come to believe in him through his disciples' message
that they would be one as he and the Father were one
The holiest day of the year when the high priest would make sacrifices for the sin of the nation and send a scapegoat into the wilderness is
the Day of Atonement
The Bible identifies the event that foreshadowed baptism as
the Flood
The Jewish-Gentile controversy of Acts 15 was resolved by
the Gentiles agreeing to abstain from a few practices that were most offensive to the Jews
Paul's controversy with the Galatians was concerning
the Judaizers who claimed authority because of their association with the Jerusalem disciples
According to postmillennialism
the Millennium will occur before Christ's second coming
"In the beginning was ______, and ______ was with God, and _______ was God"
the Word
Coming after seven sabbath years, the fiftieth year of rest and liberty is called
the Year of the Jubilee
The sign given the shepherds to confirm the birth of Jesus, Luke 2, was
the appearance of a baby wrapped in a manger
Israelite wisdom includes
the fear of Yahweh and the skill as a craftsman
In the book of John, the "I am" statements by Jesus reflecting his divinity include all of these except
the golden gate to heaven
The two offerings that were for thanksgiving and fellowship were
the grain and the fellowship
In 1 Cor 13, love is presented as
the greatest spiritual gift which is an element of heaven which we can share today
After Paul appealed to Caesar
the king Agrippa said that he could have been set free if he had not appealed
The relationship between the law and the gospel in the Bible is that
the law always governs how people are condemned and the gospel always governs how people are saved, in both Old and New Testaments
After King Saul had fallen away from God, he turned away for
the medium of Endor.
when Jeremiah speaks of the "righteous branch" he meant
the messianic son of David
Of the three different aspects of law that God gave on Mt. Sinai and elsewhere in the Old Testament
the moral law regulates how we live
The book of Numbers contains records of
the number of men in each tribe
The Gospel of Matthew demonstrates that Jesus is
the one who corresponds with and surpasses the OT figures such as Moses and Elijah
God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because
the outcry against them was so great
The Bible says that an immediate result of Eve's disobedience and fall into sin was that
the pain of giving birth was greatly increased
On the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said that the following people are blessed:
the poor, mourners, meek, and persecuted
