Exam #3 (Exile & Return)

Question 1

Daniel (1) (Principle Characters)

Answer 1

Stories and visions from Babylonian captivity about God’s sovereignty over his people, kings, and nations, lion’s den, favor, young…

Question 2

Shadrach (Hannah) (2) (Principle Characters)

Answer 2

Daniel’s friend, remained faithful, God blesses them escaping a fiery death, ate vegetables

Question 3

Meshach (Mishael) (3) (Principle Characters)

Answer 3

Daniel’s friend, remained faithful, God blesses them escaping a fiery death, ate vegetables

Question 4

Abednego (Azariah) (4) (Principle Characters)

Answer 4

Daniel’s friend, remained faithful, God blesses them escaping a fiery death, ate vegetables

Question 5

Ezekiel (5) (Principle Characters)

Answer 5

Judgment on Judah and the nations and the future restoration of God’s presence, “they will know that I am YHWH” SEVEN VISIONS- 1) God, 2) Abomination in the Temple 3) People Slain in Jerusalem 4) Temple and Cherubim, 5) 25 wicked rulers, 6) Valley of Dry Bones 7) Temple

Question 6

Belshazzar (6) (Principle Characters)

Answer 6

?

Question 7

Cyrus (7) (Principle Characters)

Answer 7

Releases the Jews, fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy about the 70 years

Question 8

Zerubbabel (8) (Principle Characters)

Answer 8

first return in 536 BC under Zerubbabel-> foundation of the temple laid, adversaries hinder the work, Haggai/Zechariah the glory of the temple, rebuilt the alter, offered burnt offerings, temple restoration begins, temple restoration resumes, observed the Passover

Question 9

Esther (Mordecai) (9) (Principle Characters)

Answer 9

God’s providence over his people during the Babylonian captivity, GOD is never mentioned, Esther presents a God who is behind the everyday events of life. What we might call “coincidence”, this book sees as “God at work”

Question 10

Ahasuerus/Xerxes (10) (Principle Characters)

Answer 10

?

Question 11

Ezra (11) (Principle Characters)

Answer 11

First two returns from Babylonian captivity; restoration of Israel’s temple and community

Question 12

Nehemiah (12) (Principle Characters)

Answer 12

the third return from Babylonian captivity; restoration of Jerusalem’s wall and covenant, rebuilds the walls, and revival and reforms

Question 13

Babylonian Captivity (1) (Principle Places)

Answer 13

Not slavery, a stranger and alien, limited freedom or worship, subject to foreign rulers, open to foreign persecution, promises and foretastes of hope…for 70 years!

Question 14

Ministry of Daniel, Ezekiel (2) (Principle Places)

Answer 14

Daniel- Stories and visions from Babylonian captivity about God’s sovereignty over his people, kings, and nations;
Ezekiel- Judgment on Judah and the nations and the future restoration of God’s presence

Question 15

Return of Exiles w/ Zerubbabel (3) (Principle Places)

Answer 15

first return in 536 BC under Zerubbabel-> foundation of the temple laid, adversaries hinder the work, Haggai/Zechariah the glory of the temple, rebuilt the alter, offered burnt offerings, temple restoration begins, temple restoration resumes, observed the Passover

Question 16

Ministry of Haggai and Zechariah (4) (Principle Places)

Answer 16

Rebuilding of the temple and the renewal of the people,
Haggai: call to Israel’s returned exiles to complete the rebuilding of the temple,
Zechariah: call to repentance among the returned exiles and the comfort of Messiah’s future restoration

Question 17

Ministry of Obediah and Joel (5) (Principle Places)

Answer 17

Joel: call for Judah’s repentance following a locust plague and future judgment and blessing in the Day of the Lord

Question 18

Deliverance through Esther (6) (Principle Places)

Answer 18

Becomes the new queen, Prays and fasts for the deliverance of her people, Haman is promoted and wants to kill and the Jews, Banquets, -> HAMAN;’S DEATH and Mordecai’s promotion

Question 19

Rebuilding of Jerusalem under Nehemiah (7) (Principle Places)

Answer 19

the third return from Babylonian captivity; restoration of Jerusalem’s wall and covenant, rebuilds the walls, and revival and reforms

Question 20

Ministry of Malachi (8) (Principle Places)

Answer 20

call to repentance in light of God’s covenant love for Israel

Question 21

Fall of Babylon (1) (Principle Dates)

Answer 21

539 BC

Question 22

Decree of Cyrus; First Return- Zerubbabel (2) (Principle Dates)

Answer 22

536 BC

Question 23

Second Temple Completed (3) (Principle Dates)

Answer 23

516 BC

Question 24

Second Return- Ezra (4) (Principle Dates)

Answer 24

458 BC

Question 25

Third Return- Nehemiah (5) (Principle Dates)

Answer 25

445 BC

Question 26

Close of OT History (6) (Principle Dates)

Answer 26

400 BC