Quiz 5 Flashcards
What is Isaiah all pointing towards?
The coming Messiah
What is the point of Isaiah?
Isaiah trying to win over the people of Israel from their sinful ways.
What made the Israelites worship detestable to God?
It was empty, their lives did not reflect a life worthy of God.
What is Isaiah’s response to seeing the LORD?
Falling down with the weight of Conviction
Isaiah’s ministry to to people that want to know God better, True or False?
False! They do not listen to him!
How much of Isaiah will remain after the Lord brings judgment on them?
Only a small group. And they will have the opportunity to look forward to the coming Messiah.
What were the Israelites doing wrong in the book of Isaiah?
Putting their trust in allied nations and other gods rather than the God of Israel.
When does the tone of Isaiah change?
Isaiah 40
Ezekiel was a priest from …
Jerusalem
What does the name Ezekiel mean?
Strengthened by God
When and where did Ezekiel’s ministry take place
While he was exiled in Babylon 567 BC
What did the Author of Ezekiel outline? in themes
-God’s soveriegnty over creation and Israel
-the temple mediating God’s glorious presence
-Believed that God abhors sin and will judge it accordingly
-Salvation is possible only through unmerited grace
The book of Ezekiel begins and ends with …
A vision of God’s soveriegnty
4 Sections of Ezekiel
-Vision and call
-God’s judgment on Israel
-God’s judgment on the Nations
-Israel’s future Salvation
What is the repreated phrase in Ezekiel?
So that you may know that I am the LORD
Yahweh often acts for the sake of __________ in Ezekiel
His own Name
God departed from the temple (37 + 47) and this resulted in the…
Destruction of the temple (24)
In Ezekiel 1, God meets Ezekiel in Babylon, which reveals what to the Israelites?
God is not confined to the physical temple.
When was the destruction of the temple?
586 BC
What did the destruction of the temple show?
The temple could be destroyed, but God could never be