Thursday, August 9, 2012

History

Silver

1.Multiple choice: What was the name of the prostitute whom Hosea married? (a) Tamar; (b) Rahab; or (c) Gomer.

2. What name appears in Hosea as a personal name, a place name, and word of praise for God's bountiful blessings?
(a) Gomer; (b) Lo-Ammi; or (c) Jezreel.

3. Question: What did Hosea purchase for "fifteen shekels of silver and one and one-half homers of barley"?

1. (c) Gomer (Hos. 1:2, 3 ). The Lord instructed Hosea to marry Gomer as an illustration of Israel's unfaithfulness to the Lord and the pain this caused Him.

2. (c) Jezreel. (Hos. 1:4,5; 2:22).

3, The freedom of his adulterous wife ( Hos. 3:1-3).

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

History

1.Multiple choice: How soon after Daniel's revelation that Belshazzar would lose his kingdom to the Medes and Persians was this king slain? (a) Ten years; (b) ten days ;or (c) that same night.

2. Who received  Belshazzar's kingdom after he was killed? (a) Cyrus the Persian; (b) Darius the Mede; or (c) Alexander the Great.

3. Which prophet to Israel prophesied through the same lengthy time span as Isaiah did in Judah?
(a) Hosea; (b) Amos; or (c)Nahum.






1. (c) That same night (Dan.5:13--30).


2.(b) Darius of the Mede (Dan. 5:30,31 ).


3. (a) Hosea ( Hos. 1:1; Is. 1:1) Micah was also a contemporary in Judah who prophesied at times to Israel (Mic. 1:1).

Monday, August 6, 2012

History

1.Fill in the blank: Because Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego refused to worship Nebuchadnezzar's gold image, he furiously commanded that the furnace they were to be thrown into be heated -------  times hotter then usual.

2. After Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed -Nego emerged safely from the fiery furnace, Nebuchadnezzar praised their God, "because there is no other God  who can -------  like this."

3.Multiple choice: The gold and silver vessels from which Belshazzar and his court used to drank came from: (a) The Jews in captivity; (b) the image Nebuchadnezzar had made; or (c) the temple in Jerusalem.


1. Seven  (Dan 3:19). The furnace reached such great heat that the men who threw the three Hebrews into the furnace were overcome by the heat and killed when they got close enough to do their task
(v.22).


2. "Deliver" (Dan. 3:29 ).


3.(c)  The temple in Jerusalem. (Dan. 5:2).

Saturday, August 4, 2012

History

1. Fill in the blanks: Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego all had God-given knowledge and skill in literature and wisdom, but Daniel had skill in understanding all -------  and ------ .

2. When Nebuchadnezzar examined Daniel and his three friends, he found them --------  times better in matters of wisdom and understanding then all his magicians and astrologers.

3. Multiple choice: What happened to Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego because Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream? (a) They were all killed; (b) they were all promoted; or (c) they were all imprisoned.



1. Visions----dreams (Dan. 1:17).


2. Ten  (Dan. 1:20) Ten times is a poetic expression meaning vastly better.


3. (b) They were all promoted (Dan. 2:48, 49).

Friday, August 3, 2012

History

1. Multiple choice: Who was king of Judah when Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem? (a) Solomon; (b) Joash; or (c) Jehoiakim.

2. Fill in the blanks: The more familiar names of Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah are -------,  -------,
and ---------- .

3. What did Daniel and his three friends eat for ten days instead of the kings food and wine? (a) Bread and milk; (b) vegetables and water; or (c) barley cakes and pomegranate juice.


1. (c) Jehoiakim (Dan. 1:1,2). Jehoiakim was the son of Josiah (2 Kin.23:34).

2. Shadrach, Meshach----Abed-Nego (Dan. 1:7).

3. (b) Vegetables and water (Dan. 1:12,14).

Thursday, August 2, 2012

History

"THE LORD IS THERE"



1. Multiple choice: According to Ezekiel, whose sons were the priests who will officiate in the new temple? (a) Zedekiah's ; (b) Zadok's; or (a) Zechariah's


2. Fill in the blanks: The name of the new city Ezekiel saw from the mountain in Israel was " --------
---------  --------- ----------." 



3. The three gates on each side of the new city Ezekiel saw were named for the
 -------- of Israel.





1. (b) Zadok's (Ezek. 40:46)


2. "THE LORD IS THERE" (Ezek.48:35).


3. Tribes Ezek. 48:31-34).  Unlike other Old Testament tribal arrangements, Levi was given a place,
and Manasseh and Ephraim were combined under Joseph's name (cf. Num. 2).

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

History

1. Multiple choice: For how long will the weapons of Gog's forces fuel fires in the cities of Israel?  (a) Three years; (b) seven years; or (c) ten years.

2. How long will it take the house of Israel to bury Gogs dead army to cleanse their land? (a) Seven days; (b) seven months; or (c) seven years?

3. In what year Judah's captivity did God show Ezekiel the vision of the new temple? (a) Twelfth: (b) tenth; or (c) twenty-fifth.




1. (b) Seven years (Ezek. 39: 9).



2. (b) Seven months (Ezek. 39:11,12). 


3. (c) Twenty-fifth (Ezek. 40:1,5).