BIBL 104 LUO Quiz 4

Obadiah announced that God would judge ____________ because of their participation with the southern kingdom of Judah's enemies in the plundering of Jerusalem.

Edom

In Malachi, the Lord promised that He would send the prophet _________ prior to the future Day of the Lord to restore His people.

Elijah

According to Micah, the Lord was angry that social injustice became common in Israel. He was worried this would soon spread to Judah.

False

Habakkuk prophesied in Israel prior to the Assyrian invasion and warned that the Lord would send the Assyrians to punish the people in Samaria.

False

The book of Isaiah opens with seven sermons that serve as a thematic introduction to the book.

False

in Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the healer of nations

False

Habakkuk's third question was

"Will the Lord have mercy?"

According to the textbook, the New Testament explains that John the Baptist is the fulfillment of the messenger prophesied by Malachi.

True

According to the textbook, the key verse to the book of Lamentations is "Because of the Lord's faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness" (Lam. 3:22-23).

True

Micah was a prophet in Judah and a contemporary of the prophet ________.

Isaiah

In Malachi, God denounces HIs People by raising the question of

Tithing

Altogether the book of Malachi raises twenty-three questions.

True

Critical scholarship has argues for multiple authorship of the book and has viewed chapters 40-66 coming after the time of Isaiah.

True

Habakkuk's first question was:

Why does the Lord not punish injustice in Judah

In Malachi, God denounces His people by raising the question of

Worship

Haggai in tandem with ______________ challenged the postexilic community to resume the work of rebuilding the temple.

Zechariah

Habakkuk was a contemporary of

all of the above

Jeremiah told Judah that they would be able to resist the Babylonians. However, submission to Babylon was the only way Jerusalem would be spared from destruction.

false

The moral failure of Judah's leadership had little impact on the spiritual corruption of the nation. However, the same could not be said for Judah's priests.

false

According to Micah, because the rich deprived the poor of their land, the Lord would now do the same to them.

true

Amos compared the wealthy women of Samaria to well-fed cattle in that they oppressed the poor and were consumed with their own selfish pleasures.

true

Haggai encouraged some of the older people who still remembered the glorious first temple and felt like giving up when they considered the inferiority of the new temple.

true

Hosea's ministry began at a time of great economic prosperity for Israel, but that rapidly disintegrated into one of national catastrophe by the end of his ministry.

true

In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the branch of Jesse

true

The book of Nahum is a message against

Nineveh

In Malachi, the Lord promised that He would send the prophet ______________ prior to the future Day of the Lord to restore His people.

Elijah

Jonah's prayer in Jonah 2:1-10 closely follows the form of a songs of confession in the Psalms - where the worshipper confesses a sin to God and asks for a specific act of deliverance.

False

Micah prophecies that God would raise up another "ruler over Israel" who would come from the Galilean town of Nazareth. This prophecy is fulfilled in Matthew 2:3-6.

False

The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is marked by grace and truth.

False

Micah was a prophet in Judah and a contemporary of the prophet _________.

Isaiah

In Malachi, God denounces HIs People by raising the question of

Justice

The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is noted for peace without end.

The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is noted for peace without end.

Daniel and his three friends were given Babylonian names in order to acclimate them to Babylonian life and culture.

True

During an extravagant banquet Belshazzar saw a divine handwritten message that appeared on the plaster wall of the palace. This message indicated that his kingdom had been numbered, weighted, and divided.

True

God's promise in Jeremiah 29:11 ("For I know the plans I have for you . . . to give you a future and a hope) addresses the impending exile and the future restoration of Judah because God loved His people with an eternal love.

True

Hosea charged Israel with three separate indictments. One of these indictments indicated that "The Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land."

True

In Acts 8, Philip explains to the Ethiopian eunuch that the innocent lamb led to slaughter in Isaiah 53 refers to Jesus.

True

Judgment, however, was not the final word for Judah or the nations. In the last days, the Lord would purify the speech of all peoples so they might worship and serve Him.

True

Matthew 8:17 quotes from Isa 53:4 ("He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases") as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah's suffering servant.

True

Peter cites and quotes from Isa 53:4-5, 9, 11-12 ("He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth," and "by his wounds you have been healed") in 1 Peter 2:21-25 as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah's suffering servant.

True

The book of Jonah is a two-part story. The first part of the book is about God's mercy to His disobedient prophet. The second part of the book is about God's mercy to the wicked people of Nineveh.

True

The story of Jonah is a reminder that the Lord's plan of salvation extends beyond Israel to include all the nations, even those who were Israels greatest enemies.

True

The use of the title "Holy One of Israel" appears equally in both "halves" of the book of Isaiah. This unifying element argues for Isaiah's authorship of the whole book.

True

Zachariah's book can be divided up into eight visions, four messages, and two burdens.

True

Zephaniah highlights the judgment of God by detailing how God will reverse his work of creation and destroy all living things.

True

Amos concluded his prophecies of unrelenting judgment with a message of hope concerning Israel's future restoration. God promised:

agricultural productivity

Hosea compared Israel's unfaithfulness to spoiled grapes, a wild vine, a trained heifer, and a rebellious daughter.

false

In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the bread of life

false

Matthew 8:17 quotes from Isa 53:4 ("He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases") as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah's suffering servant.

true

Micah likened the greed and the disregard of israel's leaders for the poor to cannibals that chopped the people up and made them into stew

true

One poem in Lamentations portrays Jerusalem as a grieving widow mourning her destruction.

true

Peter cites and quotes from Isa 53:4-5, 9, 11-12 ("He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth," and "by his wounds you have been healed") in 1 Peter 2:21-25 as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah's suffering servant.

true

The book of Malachi is structured around disputations in which the Lord dialogues with His people in a series of questions and answers.

true

The extended message of salvation at the center of the book of Micah, as well as the emphasis on salvation at the end of each section, reflects Micah's focus on the hope of Israel's future salvation.

true

Zephaniah's preaching thus helped influence perhaps the greatest revival in Judah's history.

true

Like a con artist, Nineveh had seduced other nations into alliances and then had betrayed them because of her greed and lust for wealth.

false

Nahum delivered his messages during the reign of Josiah around the same time Daniel commenced his prophetic ministry.

false

the Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as a Might Savior

false

Amos compared the wealthy women of Samaria to well-fed cattle in that they oppressed the poor and were consumed with their own selfish pleasures

true

Daniel and his three friends were placed in a three-year training program to learn the language, literature, and the sciences of the Babylonians.

true

Daniel's three friends were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

true

During an extravagant banquet Belshazzar desecrated the temple vessels taken from Jerusalem.

true

Ezekiel also delivered a series of oracles against Egypt.

true

In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the coming conqueror.

true

In isaiah, Christ is pictured as the coming conquerer

true

Isaiah ministered in to the southern two tribes known as Judah.

true