Mod 3 Week 10 Quiz Review (Bible)

For how long was God silent between the Old and New Testaments?

400 years

This prophet was a shepherd who God chose to preach against the "social injustices, moral degeneracy, and spiritual apostasy" within the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

Amos

Habakkuk brought a message about the punishment of what two nations?

Babylon, Judah

This prophet was a high-ranking official in the Persian and Babylonian empires. He had visions about Israel's future that concerned him. He shared stories that demonstrated God's deliverance towards his followers.

Daniel

The three divisions of the book of Haggai concentrate on what three actions of God?

God brings distress, God shows favor, God will shake

The message of Malachi was one that reminded the people of God about what two important ideas related to God and His people?

God loves His people

Zephaniah could have possibly become king of Judah because his great, great grandfather was _____________________________.

Hezekiah

This prophet was told to marry a prostitute. After she left him, he was instructed to bring her back. This demonstrated a true picture of God's relationship to his beloved Israelites.

Hosea

God sent this prophet to warn the Israelites of their imminent judgment. He also informed them about a future king and who would take on the "sins of us all."

Isaiah

What two New Testament people are prophesied about in the book of Malachi?

John the Baptist, Jesus

This prophet was called by God to go to the wicked city of Nineveh to preach forgiveness. He tried to run, but God sent him there anyway.

Jonah

This prophet wrote a collection of sorrowful poems about the fall of Jerusalem into the hands of Babylon.

Lamentations

What is the last book of the Old Testament?

Malachi

What is the fifth and last section of the Old Testament?

Minor Prophets

Which of the following was NOT a vision that Zechariah had?

a chariot of fire flying with angels

Haggai was a prophet who lived _______________________ the exile of the Israelites in Babylon.

after

Malachi brought his message to the Jews _________________________________.

after the exile

Just as Moses told the wilderness generation, Haggai told the exiled generation that with obedience comes ___________________________, and with unfaithfulness comes ________________________.

blessings...ruin

The newer generation of Israelites was no more obedient than their ancestors who lived before the exile. Through the prophet Malachi, God exposes the people's ___________________________ and confronts their ___________________________.

corruption

Malachi is written as a series of ________________________.

disputes

Zechariah received God's message through ___________________________________________.

dreams or visions

Choose three things the prophets of the Old Testament did as part of their ministry to the Jewish people in both the northern and southern kingdoms.

encouraged the people, exhorted the people, warned the people

Much of the book of Habakkuk is written as poems of ___________________________.

lament

Daniel

major prophet

Ezekiel

major prophet

Isaiah

major prophet

Jeremiah

major prophet

Lamentations (written by Jeremiah)

major prophet

Despite the repeated offenses against God, He offers redemption to His people because God is _____________________________.

merciful

Amos

minor prophet

Habakkuk

minor prophet

Haggai

minor prophet

Hosea

minor prophet

Joel

minor prophet

Jonah

minor prophet

Malachi

minor prophet

Micah

minor prophet

Nahum

minor prophet

Obadiah

minor prophet

Zechariah

minor prophet

Zephaniah

minor prophet

Through the message of Malachi, God charged the Israelites with robbing Him by ________________________________________.

not giving their tithes to the storehouse

Habakkuk accuses Babylon of being ____________________ and _____________________.

proud...greedy

Even though Zephaniah and other prophets spoke of the destruction of Jerusalem, God always promises to protect and save the ________________________ who choose to love and obey God.

remnant

The prophet Zephaniah reminded the people of God that judgment was based on ______________________________.

spirituality

One of Haggai's charges against the people of Jerusalem was their neglect of the __________________________.

temple

Zechariah wrote of the Messiah and His ________________________________________.

triumphal entry to Jerusalem on a donkey