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Term
The Bible is a growing _________ of God and His plan of salvation for humanity.
Definition
revelation
Term
The New Testament can be considered in the ____________ and the __________ that give an account and explanation of God's work through Jesus Christ, the Church and bringing His creation to completion in eternity.
Definition
historical book; epistles
Term
The Pentateuch is composed of the first five books of the Bible: __________,__________,___________,__________,__________.
Definition
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Term
The Pentateuch was written essentially by ___________.
Definition
Moses
Term
Some of the significant Scriptures about creation are ___________, Isaiah 40:26-28, ________________, and Hebrews 11:3.
Definition
Genesis 1:1, John 1:3
Term
__________ is the act of God whereby he brought forth the visible and the invisible universe(_______________) without the use of pre-existing materials and gave the world an existence distinct from Him but always dependent on Him.
Definition
Creation, Colossians 1:16
Term
Adam and Eve were judged for their disobedience, but God gave them a _________________________________.`
Definition
promise of redemption (Genesis 3:15
Term
Seth's firstborn was ___________. and then, the people began to call upon God ( Genesis 4:26).
Definition
Enosh
Term
___________, one of the descendants of Enosh, walked so close to God that was brought to be with Him ( Genesis 5:24).
Definition
Enoch
Term
Noah and his family were saved from the Flood because Noah's ___________________ with God.
Definition
right relationship
Term
The Abrahamic Covenant is found in Genesis 12:1-3 and was established as a ________________.
Definition
blood covenant (Genesis 15:1-21)
Term
The Abrahamic Covenant is the foundation for the _________________________________and _________________________________.
Definition
Palestinian Covenant(Deuteronomy 30:1-10); Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:12-16)
Term
At the burning bush, God chose Moses to deliver His people and revealed the revelation of His name: ______________
Definition
I AM
Term
___________--________, which means the owner and ruler of all things, is the most frequently used name when addressing God.
Definition
Adonai- the Lord
Term
At the time of the tenth plague against Egypt, the ____________ was instituted.
Definition
Passover
Term
The purposes of the Law are (1)________________, (2)to reveal the sinfulness of humanity, (3)____________, and (4) to preserve the people.
Definition
to reveal the holiness of God; to reveal the need of salvation
Term
The Ten Commandments are ...
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord.
4.
5.Honor you father and mother.
6.You shall not murder.
7.
8. You shall not steal.
9.
10.You shall not covet.
Definition
2.You shall not make any idols
4.Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
7.You shall not commit adultery.
9.You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Term
The Sabbath year occurred once every __________ years and was a _____________, especially for the land.
Definition
seven; time of rest
Term
The _____________ was a Jewish celebration that occurred every 50 years and was a time for everything to be restored back to its proper order.
Definition
Year of Jubilee
Term
The ______________ was the beginning of the Jewish religious year and is a symbol of Jesus Christ.
Definition
Passover
Term
The _______________________ was a celebration that came 50 days after the Passover and celebrated the gathering of the whole harvest.
Definition
Festival of Pentecost
Term
The ____________________ followed ten days after the Feast of Trumpets and was a day of fasting and atonement for the collective sins of the nation.
Definition
Day of Atonement
Term
The ______________________ was a celebration that reminded the Israelites of the time they wandered through the wilderness and had no permanent dwelling place.
Definition
Festival of Tabernacles
Term
The ____________________ was an act of worship as a fellowship offering with God.
Definition
peace offering
Term
Moses was not allowed to enter into __________; he went to Mt. Nebo where he died at the age of 120.
Definition
Canaan
Term
The Exodus began 400 years after Joseph's death and concluded with the Israelites at ______________.
Definition
Mt. Sinai
Term
________________ was written during the year that the Israelites camped at Mt. Sinai.
Definition
Leviticus
Term
The First revelation of the Law, the priesthood, the sacred calendar, and the sacrifices are recorded in ___________.
Definition
Leviticus
Term
The first ten chapters of Numbers occurs during the year at ______________, and the remaining chapters are a record of the _____________ and ______________.
Definition
Mt. Sinai; Kadesh-barnes rebellion; wilderness wandering
Term
The Book of ____________ is given that title because it records two censuses.
Definition
Numbers
Term
______________ means "second law," which was four addresses that Moses gave the Israelites at the end of their wandering.
Definition
Deuteronomy
Term
The theme of the Book of Joshua is _______________.
Definition
faith and compromise
Term
The Book of __________ intends to show that God did fulfill His promise to give the land of Canaan to Abraham's descendants.
Definition
Joshua
Term
_______________ is the theme of the Book of Judges.
Definition
Failure through compromise
Term
_______________ records a time of lack in central leadership and general disorder in Israel.
Definition
Judges
Term
Four of the judges in the Book of Judges who had faith in God were __________, ____________, __________ and ___________.
Definition
Deborah. Gideon, Jephthah and Ehud
Term
_________ delivered God's people miraculously, and then at the end of his life, he made an idol.
Definition
Gideon
Term
Ruth, a ____________, is the central person in the Book of Ruth.
Definition
Moabite
Term
God's grace through a _____________ is the theme in the Book of Ruth.
Definition
kinsman-redeemer
Term
The Israelite monarchy began in ____________.
Definition
1050 B.C.
Term
The Northern kingdom lasted until ___________ and the southern kingdom of Judah lasted until __________.
Definition
722 B.C.; 586 B.C.
Term
The Israelites demanded a ________.
Definition
king
Term
Israel had these reasons for wanting a king: (1) Samuel was old, (2) _______________ and (3) they wanted to prevent military losses.
Definition
they wanted to be like other nations
Term
___________ was able to rule all of Israel during his kingship.
Definition
David
Term
The ___________ that Solomon built in seven years used the floor plan of the Tabernacle.
Definition
temple
Term
The Book of Psalms can be divided into two types of psalms----_____________.
Definition
praise and lament
Term
The Old Testament book that best illustrates lament is the Book of __________.
Definition
Lamentations
Term
The Book of Proverbs endeavors to teach youth about how to achieve a good life for (1)______________, and (2) ____________.
Definition
decision making; responsible leadership
Term
The writer of _____________ has an underlying reverence for God that is deeper than his despair, and he has a faith in God's control of the world,
Definition
Ecclesiastes
Term
________ is a example of a man whose life was above reproach to whom trouble came.
Definition
Job
Term
The prophetic tradition began with ______________ (Deuteronomy 18:15-22)
Definition
Moses
Term
A common phrase, "______________," prefaces the message of God.
Definition
Thus says the Lord
Term
God's prophets spoke and wrote in _________ form in verse.
Definition
poetic
Term
The primary passion of the prophets was __________.
Definition
grief
Term
The Major Prophets were _______, ___________, ____________, and __________.
Definition
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel
Term
___________ sowed seeds of division by the way he governed.
Definition
Solomon
Term
Solomon taxed the people very heavily in order to ____________, ____________, and other buildings in the kingdom.
Definition
build the Temple, his palace
Term
The people urged ___________ to give them tax and forced-labor relief.
Definition
Rehoboam
Term
_______________< a well-respected administrator in Solomon's court, became the king of the northern half of the kingdom.
Definition
Jeroboam
Term
The Northern Kingdom was destroyed because of (1)_____________, (2)___________, and (3) its departure
Definition
its unfaithfulness to God; its sin
Term
The intermixing of foreigners with the people of the Northern Kingdom created the _______________.
Definition
Samaritans
Term
___________ name means "Yahweh is God," which explains his mission to confront the threat of Baal worship.
Definition
Elijah
Term
__________ name means "God saves," which describes his mission to announce that God was the Northern Kingdom's salvation.
Definition
Elisha's
Term
Most of the book of the Minor Prophets feature their messages; however, the Book of _________ tells a story about the prophet, rather than his message.
Definition
Jonah
Term
The focus of the Book of Jonah is on God's call for the prophet to go to ____________.
Definition
Nineveh
Term
The entire Book of Jonah can be considered as a _______________ of how God deals with His people.
Definition
symbolic representation
Term
________ means "to carry," which illustrates that God carried Amos from the Southern Kingdom to the Northern Kingdom.
Definition
Amos
Term
Amos gave a crucial warning about God's judgment, which was depicted as not just a slap on the wrist, but as a __________________, devastating the entire kingdom.
Definition
roaring lion
Term
In the Book of Amos, Israel's sins were ____________, and _____________________.
Definition
social injustice, and religious compromise
Term
Hosea's contemporaries were ____________ and _____________.
Definition
Amos and Jonah
Term
________ was the prophet to the last generation of the Northern Kingdom-- the last messenger of judgment before destruction came.
Definition
Hosea
Term
The Southern Kingdom was comprised of two tribes of Israel _____________ and ______________.
Definition
Benjamin, Judah
Term
The six godly kings of Judah were 1)Asa (911-870 B.C.), 2)__________ (873-848 B.C.), 3)Joash (835-796 B.C.), 4)___________(791-739 B.C.), 5) Hezekiah (728-686 B.C.). and 6) ___________ (597-589 B.C.).
Definition
Jehoshaphat; Uzziah; Josiah
Term
Four wicked kings of Judah were 1) Ahaz (748-714 B.C.), 2) __________ (697-642 B.C.), Jehaikim (609-597 B.C.), and ____________ (597-586 B.C.).
Definition
Mannasseh; Zedekaih
Term
___________ not only destroyed false worship, but he initiated constructive programs-- such as sending Levites throughout the land to teach the Law of Moses-- to help the people.
Definition
Johoshaphat
Term
Jehoshaphat had one major failure in his reign ____________________, Jehoram, to Athalia, the daughter of Jezebel.
Definition
the marriage of his son
Term
When ________ was six years old, Jehoida brought him out of hiding and had him crowned king.
Definition
Joash
Term
Ahaz promoted __________ worship, even sacrificing one of his sons to Baal.
Definition
Baal
Term
___________ was the most wicked king in the history of Judah.
Definition
Mannasseh
Term
_________ prophesied to show how God works from one generation to the next to preserve His covenant with the generations.
Definition
Isaiah
Term
In the first chapters of Isaiah, God speaks to His people by using ___________________.
Definition
lawsuit imagery
Term
In the Book of Isaiah, the ____________ is giving His life for the next generation.
Definition
Suffering Servant (Messiah)
Term
The theme of the Book of Micah is _____________.
Definition
Judgment
Term
____________ prophesied the downfall of Ninevah, which had become a very wicked city that was cruel to God's people.
Definition
Nahum
Term
Nahum began his message by giving a revelation od God's nature-- God is a ___________ and _________ God against the perpetrators of evil.
Definition
jealous, avenging
Term
The Book of _______________ relates the struggle that goes on between Habakkuk and God, as God gives him a message.
Definition
Habakkuk
Term
Zephaniah's message is related to ___________ reforms.
Definition
Josiah's
Term
The coming of the ______________ was the theme of Zephaniah's message.
Definition
Day of the Lord
Term
The Book of Zephaniah emphasized ____________________.
Definition
judgment and mercy
Term
____________ prophesied in the latter part of the 600s B.C.
Definition
Jeremiah
Term
The four verbs of judgment in the Book of Jeremiah were 1)___________, 2) to tear down, 3)_____________, and 4) to overthrow.
Definition
to pluck up; to destroy
Term
The two verbs of hope in the Book of Jeremiah were 1)___________ and 2) __________.
Definition
to build; to plant
Term
In Chapters 11-20, the Book of Jeremiah records Jeremiah's ______________ to God.
Definition
prayer
Term
In Jeremiah 18:1-18, the prophet tells the story of the potter working with clay, which _______________ God working Israel.
Definition
God
Term
In Jeremiah 25:8-12. the Babylonian Exile was prophesied to be ______ years.
Definition
70
Term
The Babylonian Exile occurred because of _________________ and a _______________ against Babylon.
Definition
spiritual idolatry, political alliance
Term
Ezekiel has been called "__________________" because of his frequent use of imagery and symbolism.
Definition
the strangest of the prophets
Term
___________ has been called "the prophet of personal responsibility," because he stressed the personal nature of true faith (Ezekiel 18:4)
Definition
Ezekiel
Term
The Book of Ezekiel records for of Ezekiel's great visions: 1) the sovereign God (1-3), 2)______________, 3)_________________(37:1-10), and 4) the new Temple and glory of God returning (40-48).
Definition
God's glory departing from the Temple(8-11), the valley of dry bones
Term
The Book of ____________ is the shortest book of the prophetic literature.
Definition
Odadiah
Term
The __________ is the theme in the Book of Daniel.
Definition
sovereignty of God
Term
The foundation for the rebuilding of the Temple was laid under the leadership of ___________________.
Definition
Zerubbabel
Term
Twelve years after Ezra came to Jerusalem, Nehemiah arrived in the city with a mission to ________________ that were destroyed during the Babylonian invasion (Nehemiah 1:3).
Definition
rebuild the walls
Term
After rebuilding the walls in Jerusalem, Nehemiah returned to Persia, and then returned to Jerusalem and dealt with 1)tithing(13:10-14), 2) reinstituting the Sabbath as a day of rest (13:15-22), and 3) _______________.
Definition
strengthening the families (13:23-25)
Term
God's providential care for His people is the theme of the Book of __________.
Definition
Esther
Term
The ___________ of a woman is a unique feature in the Book of Esther.
Definition
elevation
Term
The ____________ never appears in the Book of Esther.
Definition
name of God
Term
Haggai was called the "_____________".
Definition
prophet of the Temple
Term
Zechariah, like ___________ and ___________ was both a prophet and a priest.
Definition
Jeremiah, Ezekiel
Term
The Book of __________ consists of eight visions which provide the material for his message.
Definition
Zechariah
Term
In his prophecies, Zechariah set forth the two comings of the Messiah--first as _______________(Chapters 9-11) and second as the ______________(Chapters 12-14).
Definition
Suffering Servant; Conquering King
Term
_________ predicted the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost (Joel 3:17-21; Acts 2:16-21).
Definition
Joel
Term
The theme of the Book of Joel is the _____________.
Definition
Day of the Lord
Term
_____________ served as the last of the noted Old Testament prophets.
Definition
Malachi
Term
Malachi said humans can rob God in eight areas: 1) By neglecting His love(1-2), 2) By __________ His name(1:60), 3)By presenting blemished offerings (1:7,8,13,14), 4)By practicing idolatry(2:10-12), 5)By ___________worship(2:13), 6) By breaking the covenant of marriage (3:14-16), 7) By _____________ tithes and offerings(3:8-10), 8)By serving God with carnal motives(3:14-15).
Definition
2) Dishonoring, 5) insincere, 7) withholding
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