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| What are God's works of providence? (from the shorter catechism) |
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| God's works of providence are his most holy, wise and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions |
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| Alexander the Great was born in 323 BC. Where was he born? |
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| Alexander's mother was named Olympias. What was his father's name? |
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| Who was Alexander's boyhood tutor? |
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| Alexander received his first military command when he was a mere teenager. How old was he when he became king? |
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| When Alexander became King, one of his father's subject kingdoms decided to rebel against Alexander, What city was it? |
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| What country presented Alexander with the biggest challenge? In other words, which country was his most significant enemy? |
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| Alexander the Great fought three battles against Darius' forces. Of the three battles, the most important was the final battle. Where was it fought? |
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| After Alexander defeated Egypt, he built a new capital there. What did he name it? |
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| One of the cities that Alexander attacked was an island city. It refused to surrender to him so he built a land bridge across the water to the island in order to conquer it. What city was it? |
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| When Alexander finally reached Jerusalem, the High Priest came out to greet him. He showed Alexander a biblical passage that the Jews believed prophesied his coming. In what book of the Bible was this passage? |
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| The biblical prophecy they believed prophesied Alexander's coming portrays Alexander as a beast. What kind of animal does it use to portray him? |
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| What was the location of Alexander's last great conquest? |
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| Alexander was seriously wounded in his last campaign and went back to one of his previously conquered royal cities to rest and recover. While he was there, he died. What city was this in? |
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| How long did Alexander's conquest of the ancient world take? |
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| Alexander was replaced by his four generals: Lysamchus, Cassander, Ptolmey, and Selucus. Which one of the four gained control of Greece? |
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| Which one of Alexander's four generals gained control of Egypt? |
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| Which two of Alexander's four generals are most important to biblical history |
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| Which one of Alexander's four generals was the ancestor of Antiochus Epiphanes? |
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| Antiochus Epiphanes was stopped in the middle of a military campaign and turned away by one, wiry, little Roman calvary officer. What country was he attacking at the time? |
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| The Roman officer who frightened Antiochus away was named: |
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| Antiochus was so embarrassed by the confrontation with the Roman officer he decided to stop on the way home and desecrate the temple in Jerusalem. What did he do there? |
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| He offered a pig to Zeus on and alter in the Holy of Holies |
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| Antiochus' dreadful act of sacrifice became so notorious it has been given its own name. What is it called? |
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| The abomination of Desolation |
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| A number of Jewish patriots led a rebellion against Antiochus that eventually liberated their country. They were called the Maccabees (the Hammers) by the people. What was their family name? |
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| The first thing the Maccabees did after their victory was to purge the temple. The modern day celebration that looks back to that event is called: |
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| The Maccabees, trying to ward off future problems, made an enormous mistake after they gained their independence. What was the mistake? |
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| The forced surrounding unbelievers to convert to Judaism |
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| Herod the Great was born in 74 BC. What year did he die? |
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| Herod was Jew superficially. How did he view himself personally? |
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| Herod the Great started his political career as the Governor of a Roman province. What province was it? |
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| Herod the Great built and extraordinary mountain fortress to protect his family in case of rebellion. What was it called? |
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| Herod the Great built an enormous manmade harbor and on the coast of Palestine. He named it Caesarea Martima in honor of his friend Caesar. Which Caesar did he name it after? |
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| Herod the Great also built a manmade mountain and placed a rather opulent palace on the top of it. He intended ultimately for it to become his tomb. What was it called? |
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| What was Herod's greatest building accomplishment? |
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| Herod the Great's first wife was named Doris. What was her son's name? |
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| Herod later dumped his first wife for a princess form the Hasmonean family. What was her name> |
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| Herod the Great's marriage to the Hasmonean princess was a disaster. He murdered her brother, her mother, and the princess herself. He also murdered their two sons. What were their names? |
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| Aristobulus and Alexander |
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| Herod killed three of his seven sons. The last son he killed only a few days before he himself died. This particular son had spread lies about his brothers leading to their deaths. What was his name> |
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| The fact that Herod the Great murdered several of his sons led Caesaer to say that is was better to be Herod's _____ than his son |
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| T/F: When Herod the Great died he wanted Archalaus to be king in Judea. |
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| T/F: Both Herod Antipas and Herod Phillip were made ethnarchs. |
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| T/F: a tetrarch is lower than and ethnarch. |
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| T/F: Herod Antipas lated wooed Phillips' wife Salome away form him. |
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| T/F: Salome's request of Herod Antipas was that he give her half his kingdom. |
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| T/F: When Tiberius died, it meant Herod Antipas was on his way out as a ruler in Israel. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa II was the last od the Herods. He died at 70, never married, and never had any kids. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa was good friends with Tiberius. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa's sister was named Herodias. |
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| T/F: Herodias was married one time and only to Herod Antipas. |
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| T/F: Herodias surprised everyone when she went into exile with her husband. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa's kingdom was actually larger than that of his grandfather Herod the Great. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa was killed by God for failing to correct those that said he was a god. |
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| T/F: Herod Antipas was the ruler who met both John the Baptist and Jesus. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa II killed Peter and tried to kill James. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa II was given a reduced kingdom to rule by Claudius. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa II had a sister named Bernice. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa II sided with the Romans in the rebellion of the Jews. |
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| T/F: Herod Agrippa II's sister Bernice was the one time girlfriend of Caligula. |
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| Pilate wound up taking the place of one of Herod's sons. Which son was it? |
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| Pilate came to power through the influence of Sejanus during the reign of which Caesar? |
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| During the height of Sejanus' power he received a special title. What was it? |
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| Pilate was governor of Judea from AS 26 until: |
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| What scripture passage mentions Herod the Great? |
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| What scripture passage mentions Herod Antipas? |
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| What scripture passage mentions Herod Agrippa? |
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| What scripture passage mentions Herod Agrippa II? |
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| List the Caesars in order |
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1. Augustus
2. Tiberius
3. Caligula
4. Claudius
5. Nero
6. Vespasian
7. Titus
8. Domitian |
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