Survey of the Bible Final

The New Testament chronicles the beginning of the ________ and the spread of Christianity.

early church

The apostle Paul was originally an ________ of the Church.

enemy

The departure of the children of Israel from Egypt is known as the...

exodus

In his _____________ letter, the apostle John writes of God's love and encourages his readers to obey God's commandments.

first

The last plague that God visited on Egypt was the death of the ________.

firstborns

The Intertestamental period is a gap of approximately ________ between the last events of the Old Testament and the birth of Christ.

four hundred years

The ark of the covenant was covered in ________.

gold

In the book of Galatians, Paul emphasizes salvation by ___________ through ______________. .

grace, faith

The Old Testament provides a record of ________.

history

The craftsmen building the tabernacle made one altar for burnt offerings and another altar for ________.

incense

Joseph ________ the dreams of Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker.

interpreted

The Old Testament is the ________ to understanding the New Testament.

key

The Epistles written by Paul are essentially ________ to the churches.

letters

Many of the laws in Exodus were set out to maintain the ________ and physical well-being of the people of Israel.

moral

Zophar told Job that he was wicked, and he deserved ________ punishment than he had already received.

more

If Job wrote the book that bears his name, it could be the _____ book in the Bible.

oldest

Joseph made a new law that gave Pharaoh ________ of the harvest.

one-fifth

God sent a ________ on the people who worshipped the golden calf.

plague

The Orthodox canon includes an additional ________.

psalm

God supplied a ____________ to be offered in Isaac's place after Abraham demonstrated his willingness to be obedient

ram

Mankind grew more and more wicked until God ________ making man.

regretted

Paying or repaying for doing something that is against the law is called ________.

restitution

God ________ what Job had lost and richly blessed Job.

restored

God tested Abraham by asking him to ________ his son, Isaac.

sacrifice

Isaac repeated the sin of his father when he asked Rebekah to say that she was his ________.

sister

Jacob's other sons sold Joseph into ________.

slavery

God told Abram that He would give Abram a ____________ to inherit what He had given Abram.

son

The apostle Matthew was a Jewish citizen working as a _____ _____ for the Romans.

tax collector

When Pharaoh did not listen to Moses, God struck Egypt with a series of _____ plagues.

ten

Rebekah and Jacob ______________ Isaac into giving Esau's blessing to Jacob.

tricked

God rebuked Job's friends for not speaking the ________.

truth

When Jacob (Israel) blessed his sons, he named them the ________.

twelve tribes of Israel

Eliphaz maintained his argument that suffering is a result of being ________.

wicked

The night before Jacob returned to his homeland, he ________ with God all night.

wrestled

Elihu brought a ________ perspective to the conversation.

youthful

The book of ______ describes the division of the kingdom into the northern kingdom of Israel from the southern kingdom of Judah.

1 Kings

In ____, the author wrote to warn believers of the danger and destructive nature of false teaching.

2 Peter

The New Testament is a collection of ______________ books written over a period of fifty to sixty years.

27

One of the overarching messages of the book of ____ is that "actions speak louder than words."

Amos

Micah predicted the destruction of Israel by the ______ and of Judah by the ________.

Assyrians, Babylonians

As a kinsman redeemer, _____ is a picture of Christ, who is our ultimate Redeemer.

Boaz

Jacob (Israel) made Joseph promise to bury him in ________.

Canaan

This book gives the most concise description of Christ's superiority that is found in the entire Bible.

Colossians

Who might have written the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Essenes

______ was a Jewish orphan who eventually became the queen of Persia.

Esther

Which two books were written in Babylon during the time of exile?

Ezekiel and Daniel

The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles were probably authored by ____.

Ezra

The book of _______ covers about 2,200 years of history.

Genesis

In Job Chapter 30, Job accused ________ of causing his downfall.

God

What three languages was the Bible originally written in? (Choose three.)

Greek, Ancient Hebrew, and Aramaic

God uses _____ to wake His people up from their spiritual apathy and encourage them to remain strong and holy.

Haggai

What three miracles did God work through Moses to convince the children of Israel to believe what Moses told them?

He turned water into blood, made Moses; hand look leprous, and turned Moses' staff into a snake.

Abraham was one hundred years old when ________ was born.

Isaac

The theme of ____ is that God's grace enables and compels believers to live out their faith in Christ.

James

______ is one of the longest books in the Bible.

Jeremiah

Jacob loved ________ more than any of his other sons.

Joseph

Pharaoh appointed _____________________ to the position of overseer of the Egyptian harvest so that he could see to the storing of the food.

Joseph

Deuteronomy was written by Moses and probably finished by ______ because Deuteronomy recounts the details of Moses' death.

Joshua

______ called for spiritual renewal among the Israelites, who were ignoring God's laws, not tithing, and offering unacceptable sacrifices.

Malachi

This gospel was written first.

Mark

Who developed the Protestant canon?

Martin Luther

God ordered ________ to build a great ship and gather two of each animal on Earth to save them.

Noah

Every year, the children of Israel celebrate their deliverance from Egypt and the sparing of the firstborns with a feast called ________.

Passover

In the book of ______, Paul exhorts believers to imitate Christ in their thoughts, words, and actions.

Philippians

In this book, Jesus is the King and Savior who will one day return to the earth.

Revelation

Jewish tradition credits the prophet ______ with writing the book of Judges.

Samuel

Jacob's sons attacked and looted the city of ________ after one of the men assaulted their sister, Dinah.

Shechem

Which book contains perhaps the best song that Solomon ever wrote?

Song of Solomon

What two events from the Old Testament find fulfillment through Christ in the New Testament, thus proving that Christianity is the one true religion?

The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and Passover

Which modern English translation was the first major revision of the Bible since the King James Version?

The English Revised Version

Paul writes the letter to _____, pastor of several churches in Crete, to encourage him to appoint godly leaders in the churches, warn him against false teachers, and tell him to live out his faith well.

Titus

At the ________, God caused the people working on the tower to begin speaking many different languages and to become confused, and as a result, they began dispersing across the Earth.

Tower of Babel

Which Bible version was the first major English translation?

Wycliffe's Bible

God reprimanded Cain for his ________.

anger

Intertestamental means ________.

between the testaments

When the Israelites ran out of food, God gave them ________ from heaven.

bread

God placed a ________ over the tabernacle to tell the people if they should move the camp or if they should remain where they were.

cloud

God gave the children of Israel a pillar of ________ to follow during the day, and a pillar of ________ to follow at night.

cloud; fire

The word ________________ means something or someone made holy, set apart from other things or people.

consecrated

The process of ________ the priests took seven days.

consecrating

God changed the names of Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah as a sign of His ________.

covenant

Nehemiah was _______ to King Artaxerxes, which made it possible for him to ask the king for permission to lead the Israelites back to Jerusalem.

cupbearer

Joseph reminded his brothers that God had promised to ________ them.

deliver

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he ________ the golden calf and gathered the people that stayed faithful to God.

destroyed

Because of the strict rules of copyists regarding how to hand-copy early manuscripts, there are few ________ between the Dead Sea Scrolls and newer transcripts of Scripture.

discrepancies

God allowed the children of Israel to cross the Red Sea on ________.

dry ground