Friday, April 29, 2011


Law and Promise:


1. Multiple Choice: For which offense was a man not put to death?


(a) Striking his father and mother; (b) kidnapping and selling a man; or


(c) striking out the eye of a servant.


2. If a man lent money to a fellow Hebrew who was poor, he was not allowed to :


(a) collect it back; (b) charge interest; or (c) set a time limit on repayment.1.(c) Striking out the eye of a servant (Ex. 21 : 26)


The master was not condemned for harming the servant whom he owned, but his cruelty required him to set the servant free.


2. (b) Charge interest (Ex. 22 : 25 ).



Thursday, April 28, 2011

Law and Promise:

1. Multiple Choice: That God expected a man to respect another man's property is evident in the commandment "You shall not: --------

(a) Murder; (b) steal; or (c) talk the Lord's name in vain."
2. Sentence completion: If one gossips, he runs the risk of breaking the commandment
" You shall not-------"1. (b) steal (Ex. 20 : 15 )
2. " Bear false witness against your neighbor" (Ex. 20 : 16 ).




Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Law and Promise:


1. Fill in the blank: That God expected a man to respect the marriage relationship is evident in the commandment "You shall not commit ---------."
2. Sentence completion: God's regard for the sanctity of human life is revealed in the commandment "You shall not -------"1. "Adultery" (Ex. 20: 14 ).
The punishment for adultery was death for both parties (Lev. 20: 10-12 ).

2. Murder (Ex 20: 13 )





Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Law and Promise:


1. Fill in the blank: When God commanded the children of Israel to keep the Sabbath, He cited the events of--------as a precedent for their behavior.
2. "Honor your-------and your-------,that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.1. Creation (Ex. 20 : 11 ).

2. "Father-----mother" (Ex. 20 : 12 )
Paul called this "the first commandment with promise" since length of life is connected to it ( Eph. 6 : 2 ).



Monday, April 25, 2011

Law and Promise :

1. Multiple Choice: On the sixth day of the week how much more manna were the Israelites to gather then on the five preceding days ?

(a) Two times; (b) three times; or (c) four times


2. True or False? When the people of Israel heard the conditions of God's covenant they complained that it was too demanding and murmured against Moses.1. (a) Two times (Ex. 16 : 22 )


2. False-- They agreed to do all that the Lord had spoken ( Ex. 19 : 8 )

Friday, April 22, 2011

Law and Promise:


Fill in the blank: Then he said, "Jesus, remember me

when you come into your ---------. Jesus answered him,

"I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."Kingdom (Luck 23 :42 )

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Law and Promise:


Fill in the blanks: God changed Jacob's name to ------ and said to him, "Be fruitful and multiple; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and ------- shall come from your body."Israel--- "kings" ( Gen. 35 : 10, 11 ).


Jacob meant "Supplanter" or "Deceiver."

while Israel meant "Prince of God."
The name change originated when Jacob wrestled with God (32 : 28 ).

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Law and Promise:

1. Fill in the blank: In his blessing to Esau, Isaac said, "By your ----- you shall live".
2. Multiple Choice: What did Laban and Jacob erect as a witness that neither would pass to harm the other one ?
(a) A pillar of salt; (b) a pillar of gold; or (c) a pillar of stone. 1. ' Sword" (Gen. 27 : 40 ).

2. (c) a pillar of stone ( Gen. 31 : 46, 51, 52 ).



Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Law and Promise:

Multiple Choice: Whose birth was God announcing when He said . "Two nations are in your womb....One people shall be stronger then the other. And the older shall serve the younger"?


(a) Cain and Abel; (b) Esau and Jacob; or (c) Manasseh and Ephraim.(b) Esau and Jacob (Gen. 25 : 23,25, 26 ).

From Esau came the nation of Edom and Jacob fathered the nation of Israel.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

History Law and Promise:

1. Multiple Choice: What did Abraham give Abimelech as a sign of the covenant between them?


(a) Seven female oxen; (b) seven ewe lambs; or (c) watering privileges at his well. 2. Fill in the blank: God promised Abraham that because he had obeyed concerning Isaac, "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be ------, because you have obeyed My voice."1. (b) Seven ewe lambs (Gen. 21 :30 ) This covenant settled a dispute over water rights to a well which Abraham had prepared for his flocks and herds in the Philistine territory.

2. " Blessed" (Gen. 22 : 18 ) Paul identified the seed of Abraham as Christ, there by extending God's promise to Abraham to all who believe in Christ (Gal. 3 :16 -22 ).

Friday, April 15, 2011

Law and Promise:

1. True or False : Sara laughed when the Lord said she would have a child. 2. Fill in the blank : God promised Abraham "Yet I will also make a ------ of the son of the bondwoman, because he is yours seed."
1. True (Gen 18 : 10-12 ). She laughed at the though of bearing a child at age ninety, doubting that God could cause such a thing (v. 14 ).


2. "Nation " ( Gen, 21 : 13 ).

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Law and Promise


1. Sentence completion: The Angel of the Lord said to Hagar, "And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because------."


2. True or False? The sign of the covenant between Abraham and God was

the circumcision of all males.1." The Lord has heard your affliction" (Gen. 16 : 11 )


2. True ( Gen. 17 : 1o, 11 ).

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Law and Promise


Multiple Choice:

1. What must one number in order to number the descendants of Abram?

(a) Blades of gress in the ground; (b) the pebbles on the seashore; or (c) the dust of the earth


2. In a dream God revealed to Abram that his descendants would be strangers and serve in a land that was not theirs for

(a) 400; (b) 600; or (c) 70 years 1. (c) The dust of the earth ( Gen. 13 : 16 ).

2. (a) 4oo years (Gen. 15 : 13 ). This was fulfilled during the four centuries which the Israelites spent in Egypt before God led them out by Moses (cf. Ex. 12 : 40 ).

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Law and Promise:


Multiple Choice:

1. In God's promise to never again destroy every living thing, which cycle did He not mention as ceaseless while the earth remains?


(a) Life and death; (b) cold and heat; or (c) summer and winter.


2. What new source of food did God give to Noah as part of His covenant?


(a) Yellow plants; (b) animal flesh; or (c) fungi


1. (a) Life and death (Gen.8:22 )


2. (b) Animal flesh (Gen. 9; 3 )

Man's diet previously had consisted of herbs and fruit (1: 29 )

Friday, April 8, 2011

Law and Promise:

1. Question: From what tree in the garden were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat?


2.Multiple Choice: Because she ate of the forbidden fruit, Eve was to experience multiple pain in

(a) Gardening; (b)childbirth; or (c) sin.1. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen.. 2: 17 ).


2.(b) Childbirth (Gen. 3 : 16)



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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Law and Promise:


1. Fill in the blank: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shell become ------- ------."

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2. Multiple Choice:


What was man's relationship to the fish, birds, cattle, and creeping things of the earth when God created him?

(a) He was to be ruled by them; (b) he was to rule over them; or (c) they were separate but equal.

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1. "one flesh" (Gen. 2: 24 )


The apostle Paul applies this verse in his discussion of Christ and the church (Eph. 5:31)


2. (b) He was to rule over them (Gen. 1: 26 ).

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

History---Events:

1. Question : As long as Elijah stayed with the widow in Zarephath, two things were miraculously replenished in her house. Name them. 2. Multiple Choice: How many prophets of Baal were there when Elijah confronted them on Mount Carmel? (a) 100; (b) 450; or (c) 50.1. The bin of flour and the jar of oil (1 Kin. 17: 14-16 ).

2. (b) 450 (1Kin. 18; 22 ).

Monday, April 4, 2011

History---Events:


1. Multiple Choice: God sent birds to carry food to Elijah as he hid from Ahab. What kind of birds did He send?

(a) Ravens; (b) doves; or (c) eagles. (a) Ravens (1 Kin. 17 : 6 )

Sunday, April 3, 2011

History ---Events:


1. Multiple Choice: What other tribe of Israel joined with Judah to make up the southern kingdom named Judah?

(a) Reuben; (b) Benjamin; or (c) Simeon.


2. Why did Asa remove his grandmother, Maachah, from being the queen mother of Judah?

(a) She tried to take away his power; (b) she had made an obscene image to worship or

(c) she was found to be dishonest.


1. (b) Benjamin (1Kin. 12 : 21 ).

These two tribes continued to make up the nation of Judah until the Babylonian captivity.

The kingdom was never again united.


2. (b) She had made an obscene image to worship (1 Kin. 15 : 13 ).

Saturday, April 2, 2011

History---Events:

1. Multiple Choice: What objects did Jeroboam set up for the ten tribes of Israel to worship?

(a) Aaherah poles; (b) golden calves; or (c) images of himself.


2. What sign was given to Jeroboam that he had sinned by setting up idols and places of worship outside of Jerusalem?


(a) A plague on his family; (b) a hailstorm on his crops; or (c) splitting apart of his altar.1. (b) Golden calves ( 1 Kin. 12 : 25-28 ).


2. (c) Splitting apart of his altar (1 Kin. 13:3 )

However, this sign did not deter Jeroboam in his idolatrous ways. He became even more idolatrous ( 1 Kin. 13 : 33 ).

Friday, April 1, 2011

History---Events:

1. Fill in the blanks: During the reign of Solomon, there was so much wealth in Israel that------

was as common in Jerusalem as stones.


2. Question : Was it the older men or younger men who counseled King Rehoboam to be a servant to the people of Israel in his leadership of the nation?1. Silver ( 1 Kin. 10: 27 ).

2. The older men (1 Kin 12 : 6, 7 ).