ancient civilizations

Question 1

what promise did God make to Abraham? what is it called?

Answer 1

His descendants would become a great nation, he would be blessed, and the Jews would be a blessing to all nations-Abrahamic Covenant

Question 2

What special name did God give Jacob and the twelve tribes?

Answer 2

ISRAEL

Question 3

What was the Exodus? When did it happen?

Answer 3

WHEN THE PHARAOH FINALLY LET THE ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT; 1446 BC

Question 4

What important event happened at Mount Sinai? (pg. 91)

Answer 4

GOD GAVE ISRAEL THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Question 5

What was the Mosaic Covenant? (pg. 91)

Answer 5

ISRAEL WOULD OBEY GOD’S LAW - IF THEY DID, GOD WOULD BLESS THEM; IF THEY DISOBEYED, HE WOULD PUNISH THE NATION OF ISRAEL

Question 6

What U.S. government building contains several images of Moses and the Ten Commandments? (pg. 91)

Answer 6

THE SUPREME COURT

Question 7

What was the Tabernacle a symbol of? (pg. 92)

Answer 7

GOD’S PRESENCE WITH HIS PEOPLE

Question 8

Define Monotheism. (pg. 94)

Answer 8

WORSHIP OF ONE GOD

Question 9

What is the Hebrew name for the one true God? (pg. 94)

Answer 9

YAHWEH

Question 10

What was the center of worship after the tabernacle? (pg. 94)

Answer 10

THE TEMPLE

Question 11

Define Atonement. (pg. 94)

Answer 11

RESTORATION BETWEEN GOD AND MEN

Question 12

Why did God command the Israelites to celebrate Passover each year? (pg. 95)

Answer 12

SO THEY WOULD REMEMBER GOD’S DELIVERING THEM FROM THE DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORN AND FROM SLAVERY IN EGYPT

Question 13

Who led the Israelites into the Promised Land? (pg. 96)

Answer 13

JOSHUA

Question 14

Where is Israel located? (pg. 97)

Answer 14

THE MIDDLE EAST

Question 15

What four modern countries made up Canaan? (pg. 97)

Answer 15

ISRAEL, LEBANON, JORDAN, AND SYRIA

Question 16

What natural resource is mined near the Dead Sea? (pg.97)

Answer 16

SALT

Question 17

What was the pattern that Israel found themselves in with God for over 300 years?

Answer 17

DISOBEDIENCE - PUNISHMENT - REPENTANCE - DELIVERANCE

Question 18

Who was Israel’s first king? Who replaced him? Why? (pg. 98)

Answer 18

SAUL; DAVID; SAUL DISOBEYED GOD

Question 19

What was the Davidic Covenant? (pg. 100)

Answer 19

DAVID WOULD HAVE A HEIR TO HIS THRONE AND GOD WOULD ESTABLISH HIS THRONE FOREVER

Question 20

What happened to Israel after Solomon’s death? (pg. 100)

Answer 20

-ISRAEL WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO NATIONS

Question 21

Describe the Northern Kingdom. (pg. 102)

Answer 21

Name: ISRAEL
Capital: SAMARIA
Number of tribes: 10
Number of kings: 19
Number of good kings: 0

Question 22

Describe the Southern Kingdom. (pg. 103)

Answer 22

Name: JUDAH
Capital: JERUSALEM
Number of tribes: 2
Number of kings: 19/1 Queen
Number of good kings: FEW

Question 23

What happened in 586 BC? (pg. 103)

Answer 23

KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONQUERED JUDAH, DESTROYED JERUSALEM & THE TEMPLE, AND EXILED PEOPLE INTO BABYLON

Question 24

Define Diaspora. (pg. 103)

Answer 24

SCATTERING OF THE ISRAELITES INTO MANY OTHER NATIONS

Question 25

In what covenant did God promise to restore the Israelites to their land and change their hearts? (pg. 103)

Answer 25

NEW COVENANT

Question 26

How do Christians remember the New Covenant? (pg. 103)

Answer 26

THE LORD’S SUPPER/COMMUNION

Question 27

Define Samaritans. (pg. 104)

Answer 27

ISRAELITES WHO INTERMARRIED WITH CONQUERED PEOPLE

Question 28

Define Septuagint. (pg. 106)

Answer 28

OLD TESTAMENT IN GREEK

Question 29

Define Gentile. (pg. 106)

Answer 29

GREEKS AND OTHERS WHO WERE NOT JEWS

Question 30

Who was Antiochus IV? List all the things he did that offended the Jews? (pg. 107)

Answer 30

-SELEUCID KING WHO RULED JUDEA
-STOLE THE TREASURES & SACRED VESSELS FROM THE TEMPLE
-TORE DOWN THE CITY WALLS
-HE SACRIFICED PIGS ON THE ALTAR OF GOD
-PLACED IDOLS IN THE TEMPLE
-PUT UP ALTARS TO FALSE GODS
-OUTLAWED OWNING THE TORAH
-KILLED JEWS WHO KEPT THE SABBATH

Question 31

Who was Mattathias? What did he do? (pg. 108)

Answer 31

A JEWISH PRIEST; DIDN’T WORSHIP GREEK IDOLS, KILLED AN OFFICIAL, DESTROYED THE ALTAR, AND BEGAN A REVOLT

Question 32

Who led the revolt after Mattathias’ death? (pg. 108)

Answer 32

HIS SON - JUDAS MACCABEUS

Question 33

After defeating the Seleucids, what did Judas Mattahias do? (pg. 108)

Answer 33

LED HIS TROOPS TO JERUSALEM TO CLEANSE & REDEDICATE THE TEMPLE

Question 34

What was this celebration (that continues to be celebrated today) called? (pg. 108)

Answer 34

HANUKKAH

Question 35

What two groups became important in Judea? (pg. 109)

Answer 35

PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES

Question 36

What did the Jews believe would be true of the promised Messiah? (pg. 110)

Answer 36

A DESCENDANT OF DAVID WHO WOULD RIGHT ALL THE WRONGS THEY HAD SUFFERED - A POLITICAL RULER

Question 37

Why did the Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah? (pg. 111)

Answer 37

THEY BELIEVED JESUS WAS AGAINST CAESAR, THEY MISUNDERSTOOD THE TRUE MEANING OF THE MESSIAH AND THE NEED FOR REPENTANCE

Question 38

When will the final fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant happen? (pg. 111)

Answer 38

WHEN JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH AND RULES FROM JERUSALEM

Question 39

What became the Jewish center of worship while the Jews were in exile?

Answer 39

SYNAGOGUE

Question 40

Who destroyed the second temple? When did this happen?(pg. 112/115)

Answer 40

THE ROMANS; 70 AD

Question 41

What was God’s purpose for the law? (pg. 112)

Answer 41

TO CAUSE PEOPLE TO TURN TO THE MESSIAH FOR SALVATION

Question 42

What was Masada? What happened there? (pg. 116)

Answer 42

THE 3RD/LAST STRONGHOLD - THE JEWS COMMITTED MASS SUICIDE INSTEAD OF BE CONQUERED BY THE ROMANS

Question 43

What was the result? (pg. 116)

Answer 43

ISRAEL CEASES TO EXIST AS A NATION

Question 44

When was the nation of Israel rebuilt? (pg. 116)

Answer 44

1948