Kings and Prophets Awaiting the Messiah Flashcards
_____________ to God was the key to Israel’s success in taking possession of the ___________ ____________
Obedience, Promised Land
The ____________ of the ____________ ______ took place over a period of _____ or so
conquest, Promised Land, 220
In ancient Israel, _________ were local ________ leaders who acted as temporary ___________ leaders, as well as __________ of disputes within and between tribes
judges, tribe, military, arbiters
__________ were also expected to remind the people of their ____________ to ______
Judges, responsibility, God
The books of __________ and ___________ cover the historical period ________ the Israelite ___________
Joshua, Judges, before, monarchy
Name some judges
- Deborah
- Gideon
- Jephthah
- Samson
Name the Steps in the Cycle of Apostasy
- Israelites sinned
- God’s discipline
- Israelites repent
- YHWH pitied them (maybe also Israelites rise up)
- Judge died…
Repeat
Samuel was Israel’s ______ and most ___________ judge, and was also _________
last, significant, priest
Toward the end of Samuel’s life, the people clamored for a ______. Samuel _________ ________ this.
king, warned against
What was the first reason Samuel gave to warn the Israelites about a monarchy?
It was an affront to God: Israel’s sole King
What was the second reason Samuel gave to warn the Israelites about a monarchy?
A human king would:
- Make them pay taxes
- Put their children into military service
- Treat them as if they were slaves
_______ was selected king but lost the __________ because he disobeyed ________ __________
Saul, kingship, divine commands
________ was anointed by __________ to replace _______
David, Samuel, Saul
________ fell on his ________ in despair, he did NOT die in _________
Saul, sword, battle
David became the sole king of Israel, uniting all _________ into a single _________
tribes, nation
_______, ____________, and __________ discord were King David’s vices
sex, violence, family
The biblical ___________ were not afraid to show the _____________ of Israel’s __________
authors, weakness, heroes
However, King David _________ that nothing, not even ______, can keep us from the _______ of God
prays, sin, love
_____________ succeeded his father as king
Solomon
Solomon is best remembered for his __________
wisdom
After Solomon’s death, Israel split into the ____________ ___ ________ (______) and the ____________ ___ ________ (______) under his successor, ________ ___________
Kingdom of Judah, south, the Kingdom of Israel, north, King Rehoboam
Solomon was ____________ by his _________
corrupted, office
prophet
“one who speaks for another”
There is only one true God— _______
YHWH
The one God is _______, and God demands that we __________ sin
holy, renounce
God would not __________ His ___________ to send the __________
abandon, promises, Messiah
__________ taunted the king’s ________ prophets
Elijah, pagan
Next to Moses, Elijah is the ___________ of the _____ prophets
greatest, OT (Old Testament)
Elijah was present at Jesus’ ______________
Transfiguration
___________ succeeded Elijah
Elisha
What was the message of Amos?
Worship of God must show itself in concrete deeds of mercy and justice to the weak and the poor.
What was the message of Hosea?
To accuse Israel of sin and infidelity to God but show that God still loved the Chosen People.
Amos and Hosea were Israel’s prophets of ________ __________. Helped people understand “the least of these.”
social, justice
What did Isaiah, a prophet of the southern kingdom, do?
Compared the nation to a vineyard that God cultivated.
Isaiah is the _________ of all the ____________ books
largest, prophetic
The book is the work of ________ authors
three
What did Jeremiah do?
He shouted the love of a God who desperately wanted the Chosen People to repent
Jeremiah became a ____________ symbol of God’s _____________
living, message
Jeremiah compared ________ to a _________ who would mold the nation in his hands
YHWH, potter
What was the message of Micah, a southern prophet?
Micah foretold a coming Messiah who would lead Israel to peace and justice
What was the message of Ezekiel, a southern prophet?
Ezekiel’s message was to keep the Sabbath and follow the law of holiness
Ezekiel placed great value on the __________ and __________ __________
Temple, Temple, worship
Babylonian Exile: Living in a ________ land and ______________ led to a loss of _____________
foreign, intermarriage, identity
Without a Temple, Jewish _________ gathered in _____________ where they __________ and ___________ together
exiles, synagogues, studied, prayed
Second Isaiah, the Suffering Servant, speaks of God’s Chosen One who will bring __________ to the world and ________ the __________ _______ tenderly
justice, treat, bruised, reed
Suffering Servant tells how God chose the ___________ before his _________
servant, birth
Suffering Servant describes how God’s __________ ____________ runs into ____________
special, messenger, resentment
What does the Suffering Servant parallel?
It parallels to Jesus Christ’s suffering—lamb led to slaughter
After the return to the Holy Land, a purified ___________ was more ___________ to its _____________ of witnessing to the _________ by keeping the ______
Judaism, faithful, vocation, nations, Law
Jesus Christ—the __________—was born in ____________ while Herod the _________ ruled as king of __________
Messiah, Bethlehem, Great, Judea
