10 Point Questions (at cutoff - no QQ) Flashcards
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What is the Bible?
The Bible is the inspired Word of God and is His revelation to all people of himself and His plan of salvation.
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How many books are there
in the Bible?
Sixty-six
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What are the two
divisions of the Bible?
Old Testament and New Testament
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What does “testament”
mean?
Covenant
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How many books are in the Old
Testament?
Thirty-nine
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In what language was most of the Old
Testament written?
Hebrew
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How many books are in the New
Testament?
Twenty-seven
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In what language was most of the New
Testament written?
Greek
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About how many people did
God inspire to write the Bible?
[about] forty
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Approximately
how many years did it take to write the Bible?
[Approximately] 1,600 years
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Which book of the Bible tells about the beginnings of the world?
Genesis
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What are the four
Gospels?
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
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What does the word “gospel”
mean?
Good news
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What is the theme
of the four Gospels?
The life and teaching of Jesus
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Who wrote more
books of the Bible than any other person?
Paul
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Which book of the Bible tells about the beginnings of the Church?
Acts
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Which New
Testament book is composed almost entirely of prophecies of the future?
Revelation
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Which of the Old
Testament books is a collection of hymns and songs?
Psalms
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Who wrote many
of the Psalms?
King David
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What is an epistle?
A letter sent by an apostle
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What is the longest book
of the Bible?
Psalms
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What is the shortest
chapter of the Bible?
Psalm 117
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What is the longest chapter
in the Bible?
Psalm 119
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Who were the first man
and first woman?
Adam and Eve
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How are
people different from animals?
God created people in His own image.
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Who were the first two
brothers?
Cain and Abel
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Who was the first murderer?
Cain
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How did sin
enter the world?
Through the disobedience of Adam and Eve
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The
account of man’s first sin mentioned what two trees?
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, The tree of life
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What man walked
with God until God took him to heaven without dying?
Enoch
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Who lived
longer than any other person, and how long did he live?
Methuselah - 969 years
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Why did God send
a flood upon the earth?
Because people were so wicked and they thought about evil all the time
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Whom did God spare
from the Great Flood?
Noah and his family
Who were the three
sons of Noah?
Shem
Ham
Japheth
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When the Flood
came, how long did it rain?
Forty days and nights
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What was the meaning of the first
rainbow?
It was God’s promise that the world would never again be destroyed by a flood.
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After the
Flood, how did the people rebel against God?
By building a tower that reached into the sky to make themselves famous
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How did God judge
the people who built the tower of Babel?
God confused the people with different languages so they couldn’t understand one another.
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How did God test
Abraham’s faith when he asked him to leave his home?
By asking Abraham to follow Him without telling him where He would lead him
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Who was Abraham’s nephew?
Lot
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What was the original
name of the country God promised to Abraham?
Canaan
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Who was Abraham’s wife?
Sarah
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To what country
did Abraham go in time of famine?
Egypt
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Why was it
wrong for Lot to live in Sodom?
Because the people of Sodom were very wicked and constantly sinned again the Lord
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Who was Malchizedek?
Priest of God and King of Salem
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What was the name of the son born to Abraham and Hagar?
Ishmael
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What two cities
did God destroy with fire because of their great wickedness?
Sodom and Gomorrah
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What was the name of the son born to Abraham and Sarah?
Isaac
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How old were
Abraham and Sarah when Isaac was born?
Abraham was one hundred and Sarah was ninety years old.
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Who was Isaac’s
wife?
Rebekah
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Who were the twin
sons of Isaac and Rebekah?
Esau and Jacob
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What did Esau
sell to Jacob?
His birthright
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How did Jacob obtain
the blessing of the firstborn son instead of Esau?
By making his father, Isaac, think he was Esau
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Where did Jacob have
a dream of a stairway reaching to heaven?
Bethel
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Who was the mother
of Joseph and Benjamin?
Rachel
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What new
name did God give to Jacob after he wrestled with God?
Israel
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What special
meaning did Joseph’s dreams have?
He would be a great ruler someday, and his family would bow down to him.
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How did Jacob show
his special love for Joseph?
By giving him a beautiful robe [coat of many colors]
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Into
what country was Joseph sold as a slave?
Egypt
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Who was Joseph’s
first master in Egypt?
Potiphar
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What happened to Joseph
when he refused to commit sin with his master’s wife?
He was put into prison.
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Whose dreams
did Joseph interpret while in prison?
Pharaoh’s baker and cupbearer
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What did Joseph
say was the meaning of the king’s dream?
Seven good years would be followed by seven years of famine.
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Whom did Pharaoh
appoint to prepare for the famine?
Joseph
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What are the names
of the two sons of Joseph?
Ephriam and Manasseh
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Why did Joseph’s
brothers go to Egypt?
To buy food
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Where did Jacob and
his family settle in Egypt?
Goshen
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Who was the baby
that Pharaoh’s daughter found floating in the river?
Moses
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Why did Moses
flee from Egypt?
Because it was known that he had killed an Egyptian who mistreated an Israelite
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Who was Moses’
father-in-law and what was his position?
Jethro; priest of Midian
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Where did God
appear to Moses out of the burning bush?
Mount Sinai
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What promise
did God make to Moses at the burning bush?
That God would rescue the Israelites out of Egypt
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How did God persuade
Pharaoh to let the Israelites go?
By sending ten plagues upon the land of Egypt
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Whom did God give
Moses to help him in bringing the Israelites out of Egypt?
Moses’ brother Aaron
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What was the tenth
and last plague that fell upon Egypt?
The death of the firstborn
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What feast
did God establish to remember the Israelites’ deliverance from Egypt?
Passover
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By what miracle did the Israelites leave
the land of Egypt?
The parting of the sea [Red Sea]
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What happened to the Egyptians
who tried to follow the Israelites through the Red Sea?
They all drowned.
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Who was the sister
of Moses?
Miriam
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How did God change
the bitter water of Marah into good water?
By showing Moses a piece of wood to throw into the water
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How did God provide bread
for the Israelites in the wilderness?
By sending manna
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What miracle did
God perform for Moses at Rephidim?
God brought water from a rock.
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How did Aaron
and Hur help Moses gain the victory over the Amalekites?
By holding up Moses’ hands
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On what
mountain did God give Moses the Ten Commandments?
Mount Sinai
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What did Paul
call “the first commandment with promise”?
“Honor your father and mother”
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Which of the Ten Commandments protects the sacredness of human
life?
“You must not murder”
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Which of the Ten Commandments protects the sacredness of marriage?
“You must not commit adultery.”
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Which of the Ten Commandments protects our
right to own possessions?
“You must not steal.”
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Which of the Ten Commandments prohibits
lying?
“You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.”
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Which of the Ten Commandments forbids
wrong desires?
You must not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.
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In which
book and chapter of the Bible do we find the first record of the Ten Commandments?
Exodus [chapter] 20
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What did the Israelites
build in which to worship God while they were in the wilderness?
The tabernacle
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What sin
did Aaron and the Israelites commit at Mount Sinai?
Making and worshipping the idol of the golden calf
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From which
of the tribes of Israel were the priests chosen?
Levi
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What was the main
purpose of the sacrifices and offerings made by the Israelites?
To purify them from their sins
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What did God
use to lead the Israelites in the wilderness?
A cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night
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Why were the
twelve spies sent by Moses into Canaan?
To see what kind of land it was and what kind of people lived there
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What evidence
did the spies bring back to show that Canaan was a good land?
They brought fruit from the land.
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Which two
of the twelve spies said the Israelites could capture the land of Canaan?
Joshua and Caleb
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How many years
did the Israelites wander in the wilderness?
Forty years
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How did God prove
to the Israelites that Moses and Aaron were His chosen leaders?
He caused Aaron’s staff to sprout, bud, and blossom.
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How did Moses
disobey God when the water came from the rock at Meribah?
He struck the rock instead of speaking to it.
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How did God provide healing
for the Israelites when they were bitten by the snakes?
God told Moses to make a bronze snake that the people could look at and be healed.
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Whom did God appoint
to be the leader of Israel after Moses?
Joshua
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Why was Moses
not allowed to go into the land of Canaan?
Because he failed to trust God and demonstrate God’s holiness to the Israelites at Meribah
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From what
mountain did Moses see the Promised Land?
Nebo
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How old was
Moses when he died?
120 years
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Who were the only
two men who left Egypt and entered Canaan?
Joshua and Caleb
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Who protected
the spies Joshua sent to Jericho?
Rahab
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How did Rahab
mark her house so she would be protected when Jericho was captured?
By placing a scarlet rope in the window of her house