Bible Week 15

Identify four themes that run throughout the book of Micah.

1. God desires justice, mercy, and humility from His people. 2. God always keeps His promises. 3. God is loving 4. God punishes disobedience.

Identify three key themes from the book of Obadiah.

1. God will restore His people. 2. God always keeps His promises. 3. God cannot allow sin to go unpunished.

According to Micah 6:8, what are the three things that God requires from His people?

1. walk humbly with God 2. act justly 3. love mercy

What happened in Nineveh when Jonah finally preached repentance to them?

A spiritual revival broke out.

Micah 5:2 - "But you, _______ Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."

Bethlehem

What is the bad news that Micah predicts?

Destruction of the northern kingdom by the Assyrians and the southern kingdom by the Babylonians.

The book of Obadiah contains prophecies about God's punishment of which nation?

Edom

What lineage do the people of Edom come from?

Esau

What lineage do the people of Israel come from?

Jacob

How can Jesus be compared to Jonah?

Like Jonah spent three days/nights in the belly of a whale, Christ spent three days in the grave after His death.

Where does God command Jonah to go preach repentance?

Nineveh

What is the good news that Micah predicts?

The birth of the Messiah, the King of the Jews.

Jonah shows us that God's plan of salvation is for _______ _______.

all people

What does "Obadiah" mean?

servant of Yahweh

Obadiah is the _______ book in the Old Testament.

shortest

How long was Jonah in the belly of the whale?

three days and three nights