Theo 1E Fill-In

The prophet ________ was a priest and seems to have been the only ___________ who served actively as a ______ .

Ezekiel ; prophet ; priest

T or F: The idea that the judges were understood as prophets is supported by textual evidence throughout the New Testament.

False ; Old Testament // New Testament

T or F: The prophet often spoke messages that were popular with the ruling establishment.

False; unpopular // popular

What did Ezekiel's vision of the restored Israel let people know?

It let people know that the restored Israel would not go back to its old ways

Unlike Jeremiah, who remained in ________ , Ezekiel was deported with the first group of ________ and began his role as a prophet five years later in ________ ; he was the first prophet called to prophesy outside the ___________.

Jerusalem ; exiles ; Babylon ; Promised Land

In his vision of the _____________ Ezekiel is seeing a vision of the restored ___________ The message is that restoration is possible. Even the _________ of the destruction brought down on Israel as a result of the conquests of ________ and Babylon can be overcome in the ____________.

Valley of the dry bones ; Israel ; devastation ; Assyria ; plan of God

The ____________ is a special kind of a __________ from God and they were present through the early and late stages of the Old Testament.

prophet ; messenger

T or F : In a second vision, Ezekiel sees pagan worship and rituals being performed at the Temple and the Spirit of God leaving Jerusalem.

True

T or F: During the time of the kings the prophets retained their connection to the military activities of Israel and were often consulted about the likelihood of victory.

True

T or F: Jeremiah suffered personal agony and trauma in sharing an unpopular message.

True

T or F: The Church teaches that the Suffering Servant prophecies are fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

True

T or F: The New Testament quotes Isaiah more than any other prophetic book.

True

T or F: The prophets Moses, Isaiah, and Jeremiah all protested that they were not good enough to speak for God.

True

T or F: The prophets are all of these things: messengers, law-protectors, advocates for the poor, and servants.

True

T or F: The prophets during the time of the kings were "demilitarized judges," since warfare became the business of the kings; they became the "spiritually selected messengers of God."

True

T or F: When Jesus condemned the corrupt Temple practices of his day, he referred to Jeremiah's bitter attack on the Temple, calling the Temple a "den of thieves."

True

The strongest __________ like Amos, Micah, and __________ appeared during a time when there was the ________ and mistreatment of the ________.

prophets ; Isaiah ; worst oppression ; poor

In it he is called to be a prophet, even though he is told that the people may well _________ his message. He was then handed a ______ covered with writing and was told to eat it and then to speak God's words to the __________.

reject ; scroll ; house of Israel

What were the three main points of Jeremiah's Temple Sermon?

- The sacrificial system does not automatically take away the consequences of sin. The sacrifice is invalid if the person intends to sin again. - Jerusalem is not immune to punishment just because the Temple stands there. God destroyed Shiloh another famous temple, and he can destroy Solomon's great Temple as well. - The sins of pagan worship and oppression of the "alien, orphan, and widow" are severely condemned

What two important things was Ezekiel shown in his vision of the Temple?

1) the extent of the pagan corruption in Jerusalem 2) the fact that God was not permanently "locked" to the Temple: his spirit could be found anywhere and everywhere.

The ___________ prophet who authored Isaiah 40-55 lived at the time of the end of the _______________. The prophet understood that __________ was soon to be the new power of the region and that its more __________ ruler, _________, would be God's instrument to return the Jews to their ____________.

Anonymous ; Babylonian Exile ; Persia ; tolerant ;Cyrus ; homeland

The Book of _________ was composed nearly two centuries after the exile in order to encourage Jews to __________________ in the midst of an increasingly oppressive __________ culture.

Baruch ; remain faithful ; Greek

Jeremiah, hoped to avoid the _________ and he also understood the current ________ to Babylonian rule to be God's response to the people's _________.

Destruction of the temple ; political ; sinfulness

Prophets received a call from ________ to leave their __________ way of life to follow it, and the call came in ___________ ways. Prophets heard voices, had dreams, saw __________, or received ____________ to share God's message.

God ; former ; different ; voices ; visions ; inspiration

According to the prophets, what was the so-called "measuring stick" God would use to test Israel's righteousness?

How they treated the weakest members of their society ; the widow, the orphan and the foreigner

The prophets were "________________" who almost always spoke in the ____________, as if God were speaking. The phrase, "_____________" is called the "messenger _________". Additionally, prophets are often classified as God's _________.

Messengers of God ; first person ; Thus says the Lord ; formula ; servants

__________ was the prophet who heard ____________ of liberation and shared it with the people. ___________ the last of Israel's ___________ , was also called a prophet.

Moses ; God's message ; Samuel ; Judges

Why were chapters 25-32, the "Oracles against the Nations," inserted into this part of the Book of Ezekiel?

Placed in the text at the very moment of Jerusalem's destruction by Babylon

The prophet Jeremiah was from a _________ family and grew up just outside the wall of ____________ . He began his ministry during the reign of _________.

Priestly ; Jerusalem ; Josiah

Therefore, they should not resist it, but should submit to it and ________ of their idolatry and their abuse of the _______, in the hope that _________ would relent.

Repent ; poor ; God

Jeremiah remained in Jerusalem through all the events of the ________ and the _______ of the people. His prophecies were recorded by a _________, Baruch.

Siege ; exile ; secretary

The prophet believes that at least one identity of the "_________" is the Jewish people, due to their experience in ________.

Suffering Servant ; exile

What was unique about the "one vocation" of an Old Testament judge?

The appearance of an angel of the Lord indicates that these judges were considered prophets. The vocations of prophet and king were combined to be one vocation. "Warrior Prohpet"

Why is the middle section of Daniel written as if it had occurred four centuries earlier? Why does it use symbols?

This was done to allow the author to take on the role of the prophet and discuss the difficulties facing the people during the time of Antiochus IV without fear of persecution. It uses symbols so that the author could speak more freely than the oppressive government would normally allow.

Identify the three major and the twelve minor prophets. What is the difference between a major and minor prophet?

The major prophets are : - Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The major prophets' books in the Old Testament are very lengthy, unlike those of the minor prophets whose are much briefer. The minor prophets are : - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.

What was the message of the prophets?

The message of the prophets was meant to convert their listeners to God and warned them to repent for their sins

What is the message of the final eleven chapters of the Book of Isaiah?

The message of these chapters is one of hope; it looks forward to a New Jerusalem and a day when God's light will attract all people to God.

Briefly identify the pattern of the call narratives of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Moses.

The setting is one of mystery or holiness. God initiates the call and the persons resists. God reassures the person and sends them a message.

What do the five poems found in the Book of Lamentations, lament?

These poems mournfully lament the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, a symbol that God had abandoned his people.

What do Isaiah's "Servant of God" songs describe? Whom are they connected with?

They describe a messianic figure known as the "Servant of God" who is described as bringing righteousness to the world. The Servant Songs are connected with the mission of Jesus.

The religious concern of the prophets—to worship __________ and no other gods—was always accompanied by their social and _________ concerns.

YHWH ; political

_______________ appealed so much to the Jews in the centuries around the life of _________ because the highly symbolic nature of the writing ________ both the authors and the readers from ________, since the language would be difficult to ________ by those outside the __________ context of the author and his intended ___________.

apocalyptic writing ; Jesus ; protected ; persecution ; decipher ; cultural ; audience

The prophets showed passionate _________ for the poor whenever they suffered oppression by the ________.

concern ; rich

The prophets usually based their ___________ of Israel on the statutes and ___________ of Moses, with a strong connection between Moses as the "__________" and the prophets as "____________". In determining the origins and development of the ___________, the connection with Moses is important.

criticism ; commandments ; lawgiver ; law protectors ; prophets

The final chapter of Baruch likewise reminds Jews living in ________ lands not to be tricked by the predominance of ______.

far-off lands ; idols

The element of ________ is crucial to understanding the prophets who were concerned about the _______ and ________ practices of their times, especially the __________ of the rich.

justice ; social ; economic ; oppressive behavior

Prophecy became a ___________ movement too. ________ was the earliest prophet whose gathered __________ were written in book form, and after him, other books were formed from the sayings of different ___________ . .

literary ; Amos ; sayings ; prophets

The first thirty-nine chapters of Isaiah detail the ___________ of the prophet in ____________.

ministry ; Jerusalem

And then, somewhat _________ , the books of prophetic messages _________ in the Old Testament.

mysteriously ; ceased

He recognizes that suffering has given them a more __________ and loving way to view and __________ to the rest of the world: the People of God will be a ___________, with a "________" to take to all the _________.

peaceful ; respond ; missionary ; light ; nations

Ezekiel has a vision of the _________ of God in Heaven, accompanied by a series of strange ____________ and equipped with ________ and wings.

throne ; creatures ; wheels

At the Temple, he had a ________ of the Lord in glory, in which a ___________ touches his mouth with an ember from the _______ and thus removes his _________. Isaiah was ___________ and proclaimed his unworthiness to be God's ___________.

vision ; seraphim ; alter ; sinfulness ; humble ; servant