10 Points Flashcards
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.
HOW MANY BOOKS ARE THERE in the Bible?
66
WHAT ARE THE TWO divisions of the Bible?
Old Testament and New Testament
WHAT DOES “TESTAMENT” mean?
Covenant
HOW MANY BOOKS ARE IN THE OLD Testament?
39
IN WHAT LANGUAGE WAS MOST OF THE OLD Testament written?
Hebrew
HOW MANY BOOKS ARE IN THE NEW Testament?
27
IN WHAT LANGUAGE WAS MOST OF THE NEW Testament written?
Greek
ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DID God inspire to write the Bible?
40
APPROXIMATELY how many years did it take to write the Bible?
1600 years
WHICH BOOK OF THE BIBLE TELLS ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF THE WORLD?
Genesis
WHAT ARE THE 4 Gospels?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
WHAT DOES THE WORD “GOSPEL” mean?
“Good News”
WHAT IS THE THEME of the 4 Gospels?
The life and teaching of Jesus
WHO WROTE MORE books of the Bible than any other person?
Paul
WHICH BOOK OF THE BIBLE TELLS ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH?
Acts
WHICH NEW Testament book is composed almost entirely of prophecies of the future?
Revelation
WHICH OF THE OLD Testament books is a collection of hymns and songs?
Psalms
WHO WROTE MANY of the Psalms?
King David
WHAT IS AN EPISTLE?
A letter sent by an apostle
WHAT IS THE LONGEST BOOK of the Bible?
Psalms
WHAT IS THE SHORTEST chapter in the Bible?
Psalm 117
WHAT IS THE LONGEST chapter in the Bible?
Psalm 119
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHERE did the universe come from?
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
WHO WERE THE FIRST MAN and first woman?
Adam and Eve
HOW ARE people different from animals?
God created people in His own image.
WHO WERE THE FIRST TWO brothers?
Cain and Abel
WHO WAS THE FIRST MURDERER?
Cain
HOW DID SIN enter the world?
Through the disobedience of Adam and Eve
THE account of man’s first sin mentioned what 2 trees?
The tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil The tree of life
WHAT MAN WALKED with God until God took him to heaven without dying?
Enoch
WHO LIVED longer than any other person, and how long did he live?
Methuselah–969 years
WHY DID GOD SEND a flood upon the earth?
Because people were so wicked that they thought about evil all the time.
WHOM DID GOD SPARE from the Great Flood?
Noah and his family
WHO WERE THE THREE sons of Noah?
Shem, Ham, Japheth
WHEN THE FLOOD came, how long did it rain?
40 days and nights
WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF THE FIRST rainbow?
It was God’s promise that the world would never again be destroyed by a flood.
AFTER THE Flood, how did the people rebel against God?
By building a tower to reach heaven.
HOW DID GOD JUDGE the people who built the tower of Babel?
By confusing their languages so they couldn’t understand one another.
HOW DID GOD TEST Abraham’s faith when He asked him to leave Ur of the Chaldees?
By asking Abraham to follow Him without telling him where He would lead him.
WHO WAS ABRAHAM’S NEPHEW?
Lot
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL name of the country God promised to Abraham?
Canaan
WHO WAS ABRAHAM’S WIFE?
Sarah
TO WHAT COUNTRY did Abraham go in time of famine?
Egypt
WHY WAS IT wrong for Lot to live in Sodom?
Because the men of Sodom were very wicked sinners.
WHO WAS MELCHIZEDEK?
Priest of God and King of Salem
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SON BORN TO ABRAHAM AND HAGAR?
Ishmael
WHAT TWO CITIES did God destroy with fire because of their great wickedness?
Sodom and Gomorrah
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SON BORN TO ABRAHAM AND SARAH?
Isaac
HOW OLD WERE Abraham and Sarah when Isaac was born?
Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90 years old.
WHO WAS ISAAC’S wife?
Rebekah
WHO WERE THE TWIN sons of Isaac and Rebekah?
Esau and Jacob
WHAT DID ESAU sell to Jacob?
His birthright
HOW DID JACOB OBTAIN the blessing of the firstborn son instead of Esau?
By making his father, Isaac, think he was Esau
WHERE DID JACOB HAVE a dream of a ladder reaching to heaven?
Bethel
WHO WAS THE MOTHER of Joseph and Benjamin?
Rachel
WHAT NEW name did God give to Jacob and what did it mean?
Israel, which means, “he struggles with God”
WHAT SPECIAL meaning did Joseph’s dreams have?
He would be a great ruler someday, and his family would bow down to him.
HOW DID JACOB SHOW his special love for Joseph?
By giving him a coat of many colors
INTO what country was Joseph sold as a slave?
Egypt
WHO WAS JOSEPH’S first master in Egypt?
Potiphar
WHAT HAPPENED TO JOSEPH when he refused to commit sin with his master’s wife?
He was put into prison.
WHOSE DREAMS did Joseph interpret while in prison?
Pharaoh’s baker and cupbearer
WHAT DID JOSEPH say was the the meaning of the king’s dream?
7 good years would be followed by 7 years of famine.
WHOM DID PHARAOH appoint to prepare for the famine?
Joseph
WHAT ARE THE NAMES of the 2 sons of Joseph?
Ephraim and Manasseh
WHY DID JOSEPH’S brothers come to Egypt?
To buy food
WHERE DID JACOB AND his family settle in Egypt?
Goshen
WHO WAS THE BABY that Pharaoh’s daughter found floating in the river?
Moses
WHY DID MOSES flee from Egypt?
Because it was known that he had killed an Egyptian who mistreated an Israelite.
WHO WAS MOSES’ father-in-law and what was his position?
Jethro; priest of Midian
WHERE DID GOD appear to Moses out of the burning bush?
Mount Horeb
WHAT PROMISE did God make to Moses at the burning bush?
That God would rescue the children of Israel out of Egypt
HOW DID GOD PERSUADE Pharaoh to let the Israelite’s go?
By send 10 plagues upon the land of Egypt
WHOM DID GOD GIVE Moses to help him in bringing the people of Israel out of Egypt?
Moses’ brother Aaron
WHAT WAS THE TENTH and last plague that fell upon Egypt?
The death of the firstborn
WHAT FEAST did God establish to remember the Israelites’ deliverance from Egypt?
Passover
BY WHAT MIRACLE DID ISRAEL leave the land of Egypt?
The Parting of the Red Sea
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EGYPTIANS who tried to follow the Israelites through the Red Sea?
They all drowned.
WHO WAS THE SISTER of Moses?
Miriam
HOW DID GOD CHANGE the bitter water of Marah into good water?
By showing Moses a piece of wood to throw into the water.
HOW DID GOD PROVIDE BREAD for the Israelites in the wilderness?
By sending manna
WHAT MIRACLE DID God perform for Moses at Rephidim?
God brought water from a rock.
HOW DID AARON and Hur help Moses gain the victory over the Amalekites?
By holding up Moses’ hands
ON WHAT mountain did God give Moses the Ten Commandments?
Mt. Sinai
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH IS the first of the 10 Commandments?
Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other Gods before me.”
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROHIBITS THE worshipping of idols?
Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself an image.”
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROHIBITS CURSING and swearing?
Exodus 20:7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.”
QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS SETS aside one day each week as special unto God?
Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy.”
WHAT DID PAUL call “the first commandment of promise”?
Honor your father and your mother.
WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROTECTS THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN life?
“You shall not murder.”
WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROTECTS THE SACREDNESS OF MARRIAGE?
“You shall not commit adultery.”
WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROTECTS OUR right to own possessions?
“You shall not steal.”
WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROHIBITS lying?
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”
WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS FORBIDS wrong desires?
“You shall not covet…anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
IN WHICH book and chapter of the Bible do we find the first record of the 10 Commandments?
Exodus chapter 20
WHAT DID THE ISRAELITES build in which to worship God while they were in the wilderness?
The Tabernacle
WHAT SIN did Aaron and the people of Israel commit at Mt. Sinai?
Making and worshipping the idol of the golden calf
FROM WHICH of the tribes of Israel were the priests chosen?
Levi
WHAT WAS THE MAIN purpose of the sacrifices and offerings made by the Israelites?
To make atonement for their sins
WHAT DID GOD use to lead the Israelites in the wilderness?
A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night
WHY WERE THE 12 spies sent by Moses into Canaan?
To see what kind of land it was and what kind of people lived there
WHAT EVIDENCE did the spies bring back to show that Canaan was a good land?
They brought fruit from the land.
WHICH TWO of the 12 spies said the Israelites could capture the land of Canaan?
Joshua and Caleb
HOW MANY YEARS did the Israelites wander in the wilderness?
40 years
HOW DID GOD PROVE to the children of Israel that Moses and Aaron were his chosen leaders?
He caused Aaron’s rod to blossom.
HOW DID MOSES disobey God when the water came from the rock at Meribah?
He struck the rock instead of speaking to it.
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.
WHOM DID GOD APPOINT to be the leader of Israel after Moses?
Joshua
WHY WAS MOSES not allowed to go into the land of Canaan?
Because he disobeyed God at Meribah
FROM WHAT mountain did Moses see the Promised Land?
Nebo
HOW OLD WAS Moses when he died?
120 years
WHO WERE THE ONLY 2 men who left Egypt to enter Canaan?
Joshua and Caleb
WHO PROTECTED the spies Joshua sent to Jericho?
Rahab
HOW DID RAHAB mark her house so she would be protected when Jericho was captured?
By placing a scarlet cord in the window of her house