Religion Flashcards
What does “prophet” mean in the Old Testament?
A person called by God to deliver God’s message
What common message was given by all prophets to the people of Israel?
The prophets called people to correct their sinful ways and stay faithful to the covenant.
Which prophet showed the power of the one true God by building an altar at Mount Carmel that was set ablaze by “fire from heaven”?
Elijah
Ahab wanted Naboth’s vineyard because?
It was just what he needed to enlarge his own garden.
Why didn’t Naboth want to sell his vineyard?
This land was given to his family by God as their inheritance.
Why didn’t Naboth want to sell his vineyard?
This land was given to his family by God as their inheritance.
King Ahab was content with Naboth’s refusal to sell the vineyard
True or False?
False.
What King did Elijah have to confront to make the Lord send rain to end the three-year drought?
Ahab.
Where did Elijah meet the prophets of Baal and Asherah?
Mt. Carmel.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal and Asherah to?
Create a fire.
What does Elijah in Hebrew mean?
“Yahweh is my God”.
What was the name of Hosea’s wife?
Gomer.
What name means “for you are not my people, and I will not be your God”?
Loammi.
What name means “for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel”?
Loruhamah.
What does Hosea’s difficult marriage to Gomer represent?
God who is faithful even when Israel is unfaithful.
How many children did Gomer birth for Hosea
3.
Who was Hosea’s father?
Beeri.
What does Hosea’s life and message challenges us to do?
Understand God’s love for us in spite of our sinfulness.
What amazing thing did the Lord ask Hosea to do when He first spoke to him?
Marry a prostitute and have children with her.
What does Hosea in Hebrew mean?
Salvation.
How did the Lord tell Hosea to love the adulteress woman?
According to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel.
How was Jeremiah called to be a prophet?
Jeremiah was young and didn’t know how to speak so God touched his mouth and put words in to his mouth.
Did Jeremiah compare a potter to God and the clay to Israel?
True or False?
True.
Jeremiah was born only a few miles north of Jerusalem. Where?
Anathoth.
Ezekiel means ______________.
God strengthens.
God wanted His message to..
Because the people to turn to Him for life and salvation.
According to Ezekiel, who were the people which Israelites blamed for the judgment?
Their forefathers.
Who was the father of Jeremiah?
Hilkiah.
Who was the king of Judah when Jeremiah started his ministry?
Josiah.
Who was the king of Judah when his ministry ended?
Zedekiah.
Where did prophet Jeremiah die?
Egypt.
What was Jonah doing when the captain of the ship found him?
Sleeping.
Why was Jonah angry at God?
Not judging Nineveh.
Jonah wanted God to respond to his anger in which way?
Punishing Nineveh.
Isaiah’s book contains another possible Messianic prophecy about a shoot coming from a stump. Which Biblical figure did Isaiah state would be the stump from where the shoot would come?
David.
According to Isaiah, how can the Israelites achieved holiness?
By always trying to be faithful to the covenant with God.
Why was Jonah swallowed by a large fish and brought to Nineveh?
God intervened and was helping Jonah to accept and fulfill his mission.
Why was Jonah swallowed by a large fish and brought to Nineveh?
God intervened and was helping Jonah to accept and fulfill his mission.
When God called Jonah to preach to the Assyrians in Nineveh, what did Jonah decide to do?
He tried to run away by boarding a ship and going to another land.
How long Jonah was in the belly of the fish?
Three days and Three nights.
Isaiah in Hebrew means ____________________.
God saves.
What does the name Jonah means?
Dove.
