Bible Exam

Question 1

Three Patriarchs and Relationship

Answer 1

Abraham is the father of Isaac, who is the father of Jacob.

Question 2

Lot, Ishmael, Moab, Ammon to Israel

Answer 2

Abraham is Lot’s Uncle. He is the father to Moab, thru incestuous relationship with his older daughter, and Ammon, through his younger daughter.

Both descendants of Moabites and Ammonites oppressed the nation of Israel.

Ishmael is the son of Abraham thru Hagar

Question 3

5 Judges who ruled over Israel

Answer 3

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Question 4

Two preexilic prophets. Two postexilic prophets

Answer 4

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Question 5

Identify Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus

Answer 5

Cyrus (mentioned in Daniel and Ezra)

Question 6

Give outline of OT history includes key dates

Answer 6

4000 Primeval Age: Creation, Fall, Flood, Babel
2000 Patriarchal Age: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph 1500 Mosaic Age: Moses, Joshua
1000 Davidic Age; David, Solomon
700 Israel exiled to Assyria (last king Hoshea)
600 Judah exiled to Babylon
500 Restoration: Ezra, Nehemiah
AD 30 Christ’s ministry and death
70 Romans destroy Jerusalem

729 - Hezekiah - the last king of the northern kingdom
609 (end of Josiah, beginning of Johoiakim);
609-539 exile history
597 Siege by Nabu during Johoiakim; Rich people like Dan was taken.
588 Zekediah rebelled and another siege
586 Complete destruction
538 Israel returned to Palestine (Darius the Medes conquered Babylon)

Question 7

7 days

Answer 7

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Question 8

what is the meaning of gen 3:15 ..

Answer 8

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Question 9

promises of abe

Answer 9

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Question 10

significance of Israel of Joseph being sold into slavery.

Answer 10

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Question 11

describes the exodus (not book of exodus) from the departure from Egypt to the entrance to the land, including key figures and places.

Answer 11

2 census, Aaronic priesthood blessing, Korah’s rebellion, Aaron’s budding staff, Striking of the rock/ Aaron’s death, ,brozen snake (num 21)

wondering in the desert with manna and water, giving the law

Question 12

1, 2, 8, 19, 51, 100, 103, 110, 119, 139

Answer 12

psalm 119
psalm 139 (god being omnipotent, omniscient. David praised God because he is fearfully and wonderfully made. david also asked God to search his heart and test his thought).

Question 13

herod the great, herod antipas, pontius pilate

Answer 13

1. Herod the Great: Mat. 2; Lk. 1 King of the Jews during the time of Jesus’ birth. He was the King Herod whom the Magi visited as they sought Jesus. Gave orders to kill all boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under. Joseph had been told by the Lord in a dream to flee to Egypt. They returned after Herod’s death.
2. Herod Antipas: (AKA Herod the Tetrarch) Mt. 14; Lk. 3, 9, 13, 23; Mk. 6 The Herod who imprisoned and executed John the Baptist. He also briefly encountered Jesus when he was sent by Pilate to Herod (Lk. 23). He divorced his first wife in order to marry Herodias, the wife of his half-brother Herod Philip. John was imprisoned because he denounced this second marriage as unlawful (Mk. 6:17ff).
3. pontius pilate: roman governor over the district of judea. he oversaw jesus’s trial.

Question 14

pharisees and saducees

Answer 14

Sadducees: Throughout the Gospels, esp. Mk. 12. Anti supernaturalist: denied resurrection and angels. Were priestly, aristocratic, wealthy and largely unpopular with the people. Cooperated with the Romans. They were the governing party of the religious establishment.

Pharisees: Throughout the Gospels, esp. Mt. 23.Non-professional, small (6,000 adherents), influential. Held in high esteem by populace and they considered themselves the true Israel. Insisted they preserved and interpreted the oral Law of Moses (see Mt. 5:20). Beliefs: attempted to balance human merit and divine grace; soul is imperishable and there will be a resurrection of the dead; simple living (no concession to luxury); high view of human capacity. For them the life of faith was obedience to the Law and they held de facto that tradition and interpretation supersede law

Question 15

nicodemus, samaritan woman, zaccheus, lazarus.

Answer 15

lazarus (luke 16, john 11)
samaritan woman (john 4)
zaccheus (luke 19)

Question 16

matthias, stephen, cornelius, barnabas

Answer 16

cornelius (acts 10), a gentile centurion who received a visition to look for peter…which leads to the baptism of spirit
barnabas. partner with paul on first missionary journey. disagreed with paul in acts 15 for wanting to take john mark with him to cyprus.

Question 17

abuses in 1 cor

Answer 17

division among believers (1-3)
sleeping with mother-in-law (5)
sexual immorality, homosexuality (6)
lawsuit among believers (6)
marriage and divorce (7)
abuse of lord's supper (11)
abuse of spiritual gift (12,14 )

Question 18

old and new cov in hebrews

Answer 18

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Question 19

pastoral epistles and significance

Answer 19

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Question 20

lord saw their wickedness

Answer 20

gen 6

Question 21

slow to anger

Answer 21

exod 34

Question 22

choose for yoursel fwho you will serve; whether gods which your father served which were beyond

Answer 22

josh 24

Question 23

But Samuel replied: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

Answer 23

1 samul 15

Question 24

Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.

Answer 24

1 kgs 18

Question 25

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Answer 25

prov 1

Question 26

it will come about after this and i will pour out my spirit on all mankind

Answer 26

joel 2

Question 27

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Answer 27

john 10

Question 28

He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

Answer 28

luke 24

Question 29

for we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law

Answer 29

rom 3:28

Question 30

what shall we say then? the gentiles who did not pursue rightesouess

Answer 30

romans 9

Question 31

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21God made him who had no sin to be sinb for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Answer 31

2 cor 5

Question 32

christ redeemed us from the curse of the law

Answer 32

galatians 3

Question 33

i count all things as rubbish

Answer 33

phi 3

Question 34

if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Answer 34

1 tim 3

Question 35

but sanctify god as lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who ask you to give an accoutn for the hope that is within you

Answer 35

1 pet 3:15

Question 36

So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning

Answer 36

2 peter 1:19

Question 37

1See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,a we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

Answer 37

1 john 3