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Bible Practice Exam Flashcards

1
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T/F the Bible places the minor prophets in chronological order

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False

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T/F We have enough “internal evidence” to somewhat place the minor prophets in chronological order.

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True. There aren’t absolute dates but there’s enough evidence for most of them to be somewhat in order

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3
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What does Ezekiel’s name mean?

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God will strengthen

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What is Ezekiel’s full name?

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Ezekiel Ben-Buzi (son of Buzi)

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Which prophet has the most dates than any other OT prophet’s book?

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Ezekiel; his prophecies can be dated with the most precision.

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Under which king’s reign was Ezekiel born in and what year?

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King Josiah (Jerusalem); 623 B.C.

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What year was Ezekiel taken into captivity by the Babylonians?

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597 B.C.

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How many visions was Ezekiel given and for how many years? List the dates.

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A series of 7 visions during the 22 years (593-571 BC)

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9
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What happens 50 years after the temple is rebuilt? List the year.

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Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem and then finally rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem. 466 B.C. ( Nehemiah 2:1)

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What year does Nehemiah go to Jerusalem and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem?

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466 B.C.

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How many years have passed from when the temple is rebuilt to when Nehemiah goes to rebuild the walls?

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50 Years

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12
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What year does Esther become queen?

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479 B.C. (Esther 2:16-17)

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13
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Who becomes queen in the year 479 B.C.?

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Esther

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14
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How many pre-exile prophets of JUDAH were there? List their names and dates.

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Obadiah (ca. 845 B.C.)
Joel (ca. 750 B.C.)
Isaiah (750-700 B.C.)
Micah (735-700 B.C.)
Nahum (626 B.C.)
Jeremiah (626-584 B.C.)
Zephaniah (625 B.C.)
Habakkuk (ca. 625-615 B.C.)

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15
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Who are the minor prophets and list how many chapters they have?

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Hosea, Zechariah (14)
Amos (9)
Micah (7)
Jonah, Malachi (4)
Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (3)
Haggai (2)
Obadiah (1)

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16
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Who are the major prophets and list many chapters they have?

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Isaiah (66)
Jeremiah (52)
Ezekiel (48)
Daniel (12)

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17
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Who coined the terms “major and minor prophets” and in what year?

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Augustine in the 5th century AD

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18
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What does “minor” refer to?

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The relative length of the writings when compared to the books of the “major” prophets.

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What are the approximate dates of the major and minor prophets’ writings for the PRE-EXILIC prophets of ISRAEL?

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Jonah (790 B.C.)
Hosea (755-725 B.C.)
Amos (752 B.C.)

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EXILIC PERIOD

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Ezekiel (593-571 B.C.)
Daniel (606-534 B.C.)

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POST-EXILIC PERIOD

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Haggai (520 B.C.)
Zechariah (520-518 B.C.)
Malachi (ca. 440 B.C.)

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22
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In which chapters did Daniel receive more visions of the four great empires and the end of times?

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Daniel ch. 7-12

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23
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In which chapter was Daniel in the lion’s den?

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Ch. 6

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24
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Which book and chapter did Belshazzar, probably the grandson of nebu, see the handwriting on the well and then was murdered that night?

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Daniel ch. 5

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25
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Who becomes king after Belshazzar dies?

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Darius the Mede.

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26
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In which book and chapter does Nebuchadnezzar dream of a great tree, was humbled by God, and later glorifies God and gets “restored” by the Lord to his throne.

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Daniel ch. 4

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27
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Who is cast into a furnace after refusing to bow down to the 90 ft tall gold image that Nebuchadnezzar sets up of himself?

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Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego

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28
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In which book and chapter are shadrach, meshach, and abednego cast into a furnace?

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Daniel ch. 3

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29
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What are the 4 kingdoms that Nebuchadnezzar dreams about in Daniel ch. 2?

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The Babylonian empire
The medo-Persian empire
The Grecian empire - Alexander the Great’s Empire
The Roman Empire

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30
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What does the rock and the mountain represent in king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream/Daniel’s vision?

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The rock symbolizes Christ, who forms a mountain (the kingdom of God) that “fills the whole earth.”

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31
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Who is taken captive to serve in the court of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel ch. 1?

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Daniel, shadrach, meshach, and abednego.

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32
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Who outlives the captivity?

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Daniel (Daniel 1:1, 606 B.C. to Daniel 1:21, 536 B.C.)

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33
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Which leaders does Daniel serve and until what year?

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The Babylonian and medo-Persian empires leaders until 534 B.C. (Daniel 10:3)

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34
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Why does the name “Daniel” mean?

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God is my judge.

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35
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What year was Daniel captured by the babylonian army?

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606 B.C. as a teen.

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36
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T/F Daniel es a member of the extended royal family

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True

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37
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T/F Daniel was made a eunuch and spent the rest of his long life in Babylon in the service of the royal court (Isaiah 39:7-Daniel 1:3)

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True

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38
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What was the second name Daniel went by?

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Belteshazzar

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39
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What book and chapter is described as “The river of God”

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Ezekiel ch. 47

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40
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In which chapter does Ezekiel’s wife die?

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Ch. 24

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41
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What phrase does Ezekiel use to describe his wife after her passing?

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“The delight of his eyes”

42
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In which chapters does God commission his servant Ezekiel?

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Ch. 1-3

43
Q

Which book and chapter does “the person who sins shall die” appear?

A

Ezekiel ch. 18

44
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In which book and chapter does Ezekiel deliver the message of doom to the captives, telling several parables, and constantly reminding the Jews that God was sovereign and He was cleansing His chosen nation?

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Ezekiel ch. 4-24

45
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How many times was “they/you shall know that I am the Sovereign Lord” used in Ezekiel?

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70 Times

46
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How many times was “sovereign” used in the book of Ezekiel?

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217 Times

47
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In which book and chapter does the Bible use “a new heart and a new spirit”?

A

Ezekiel chapter 36

48
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In which book and in which chapter does the Bible use “the valley of dry bones”?

A

Ezekiel chapter 37

49
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In which book and then which chapter does the Bible use “the condemnation of the ungodly shepherds”?

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Ezekiel chapter 34

50
Q

In which book and in which chapter does the Bible use “the allegory of the beautiful wife turned prostitute – Jerusalem”?

A

Ezekiel chapter 16

51
Q

What is Xerxes called in nehemiah?

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Artaxerxes

52
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What year did Xerxes in the book of Esther reign?

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486 BC

53
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Where can we see Xerxes depicted in film?

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In 300, about the battle of Thermopylae, and in one night with the king, which is where Esther becomes queen of Persia.

54
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In what year is the temple rebuilt?

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516 BC

55
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What is the temple often called?

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The second temple or zerubbabel’s temple (Ezekiel 6:15)

56
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In what year did Cyrus become king of Persia?

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536 BC (Ezra 1:1)

57
Q

What year is the third exiling of Judah?

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586 BC

58
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What happens during the third exiling of Judah?

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God through Nebuchadnezzar burns and destroys the walls of Jerusalem to rubber.

59
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What year does the second exile of Judah take place?

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597 BC

60
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Which king is taken to Babylon? And why is this significant?

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King Jehoiachin. This is significant as the line of David to Jesus comes through Jehoiachin. (Matt. 1:11)

61
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What year does Josiah die?

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609 BC (2 kings 23:29)

62
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What years is Israel taken into captivity by the Assyrians?

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722 BC (2 kings 23:24)

63
Q

What year is the kingdom divided? (1 kings 12)

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930 BC

64
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What year is Solomon crowned king of Israel and Judah?

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970 BC

65
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What year does David become king of Israel and Judah?

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1003 BC

66
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What year did David become king of Judah?

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1010 BC

67
Q

T/F Malachi, preaches that the promises of god remain unfulfilled, despite the Jews returning to their land.

A

True

68
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What does Malachi speak out against?

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Contemptible sacrifices, divorce, and the lack of tithes and offerings.

69
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What does Malachi predict?

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Malachi also predicts a forerunner will come before the lord’s visitation, who calls the children of Israel to repent in preparation for the coming of the messiah.

70
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In Ezekiel 25-32, how many nations does Ezekiel condemn judgment on when they mocked the lord? What are their names?

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Seven nations. Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, Sidon, and Egypt.

71
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Who is the youngest prophet? What was he known as?

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Ezekiel, haggai’s understudy.

72
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What were his messages about? (Ezekiel, haggai’s understudy)

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Like haggai, about gods protection and the restoration of his people. He tells of a day when God will bring the office of the king and priest together as one in the future. They will build at the temple of the Lord.

73
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who, in spite of impending, preached that God will restore his people and dwell with them?

A

Joel

74
Q

Who does Peter quote in acts 2:17-21 about preaching message of hope with the promise of the spirit?

A

Joel

75
Q

Which book announces the coming of the “deliver” despite impending doom?

A

Micah

76
Q

Which book highlights that the messiah will come from Bethlehem, and that the kingly figure will be tied with David?

A

Micah

77
Q

What is prophet Habakkuk’s message?

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God will not allow evil to go unchecked.

78
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How is God pictured in Habakkuk 2:1-17?

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Very powerfully as a “divine warrior” taking vengeance on evildoers.

79
Q

What was haggai’s message about the temple?

A

Encourage the builders of God’s new temple, especially Zerubbabel and Joshua.

80
Q

What did God encourage about the people’s work on the 2nd temple?

A

That it was a type of greater temple to come - Christianity!

81
Q

What year was the first of the three exiling of Judah by the Babylonians?

A

606 BC

82
Q

What is the date and book, chapter, and verse that Jeremiah’s prophecy of 70 years is taken?

A

606 BC. 2 chronicles 36:20-22

83
Q

Who was the prophet to the Assyrians?

A

Nahum

84
Q

Which chapter in Ezekiel talks about a message of deliverance, restoration, the future coming of the messiah, the temple, the KOG, and the “End Age”?

A

Ezekiel 33-48

85
Q

Who prophesied against Edom (the descendants of Esaú) who were also a source of conflict for the Israelites?

A

Obadiah

86
Q

Who called Nineveh to repent of their sins?

A

Jonah

87
Q

Who was the chief enemy of Israel in the book of Jonah?

A

Assyria

88
Q

During which king’s reign was Jonah a prophet during?

A

King Jeroboam, son of Jehoash.

89
Q

In which book describes when the remnant returns to God He will be rejoicing and singing, hence the song, “I hear God singing to me”?

A

Zephaniah

90
Q

Who is “just a shepherd” that God calls to be a prophet?

A

Amos

91
Q

What is Amos’ vision in Amos 9:11-12?

A

It relates to christ, God will reunite and rebuild the house of David

92
Q

What year was the term “synoptic gospel” coined?

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1780

93
Q

What do the components of the word “synoptic” mean in the greek?

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“Syn” means together. “Optic” means seen.

94
Q

Which of the gospels do commentators believe came first?

A

Mark, and Matthew and Luke used Mark as a resource.

95
Q

Who is peter’s son in the faith?

A

John Mark

96
Q

When was mark most likely written?

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40s or 50s AD

97
Q

What name was matthew also known by, what was his previous job, and who was his target audience?

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Levi, tax collector, the Jewish people.

98
Q

How do we know Matthew’s target audience was Jewish people?

A

He included the lineage of Jesus, and included several OT references. (43 references)

99
Q

Around what years was Matthew most likely written in?

A

50s or 60s AD

100
Q

Who was Luke’s target audience?

A

The gentiles

101
Q

When is the dating of Luke and what happened during this time?

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57-59 AD during the time of Paul’s imprisonment in Caesarea.

102
Q

Who is this book addressed to and what does his name mean?

A

Theophilus; friend of God.

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