(Gospels) People and Places

1. Multiple choice: Who said, "She will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins"? (a) David; (b) Joseph; or (c) an angel of the Lord.

2. Which Old Testament prophet had predicted that Jesus would be born of a virgin? (a) Isaiah; (b) Jeremiah; or (c) Ezekiel.

3. Which Old Testament prophet had predicted that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem? (a) Amos; (b) Hosea; or (c) Micah.

1. (c) An angel of the Lord  (Matt. 1:20, 21). The angel revealed this truth to Joseph while convincing him not to break his engagement with Mary.

 

 

2. (a) Isaiah (Matt. 1:23; Is. 7:14).

 

 

3. (c) Micah (Matt. 2:6; Mic. 5:2).

Familiar Phrases

1. Fill in the blanks: Malachi prophesied of Christ, "But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears?  For He is like a  ----------- fire And like -------- soap."

2. Even though the people had robbed God, Malachi prophesied that He  would bless them if they would  "Bring all the -------- into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house".

3. Malachi's messianic prophecy to Israel was, "But to you who fear My name ----- of ------- shall
arise With healing in His wings."

4. Sentence completion: Malachi told those who feared the name of the Lord that they would grow fat like stall-fed calves. when "The Sun of....."

 

 

 

 

1. "Refiner's...launderers (Mal. 3:2).

 

2. "Tithes" (Mal. 3:10). The tithes were to provide adequate supplies for the operation of the priestly system in the temple.

 

3. "Sun...Righteousness" (Mal.4:2).

 

4. "Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings" (Mal. 4:2).

Familiar Phrases

1. Fill in the blanks: Zechariah fore saw, "And someone will say to him, "What are  these ---------
in your hands?" Then  he will answer, "Those with which I was -------- in the house of my friends."

2. Zechariah heard the Lord say to Satan about Joshua the priest, "Is this not a  -------- plucked from the  ------- ?"

3. The Lord said to Zechariah about the partially rebuilt temple, "Who has despised the day of ------
things?"

4. Multiple choice: Malachi compared the fates of what two brothers to illustrate God's special love for Israel? (a) Cain and Able; (b) Joseph and Benjamin; or (c) Jacob and Esau.

1. "Wounds....wounded" (Zech. 13:6). This is another of the many messianic prophecies in Zechariah.

 

 

2. "Brand...fire" (Zech. 3:2).

 

 

3. "Small" (Zech. 4: 10).

 

 

4. (c) Jacob and Esau (Mal. 1:2,3). God said, "Jacob I have loved; But Esau I have hated"

Familiar Phrases

1. Fill in the blanks: Zechariah wrote, "So I took the -------- pieces of  ------- and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter"

2. Zechariah predicted, "Then they will -------- on Me  whom they have --------."

3. Sentence Completion: Jesus later quoted Zechariah who said, "Strike the Shepherd, And ....."

1. "Thirty ...silver" (Zech. 11:13). Zechariah performed this symbolic act, which predicted the remorseful attempt of Judas to rid himself of the price of his betrayal of Jesus (Matt. 27:3-10).

 

2. "Look....pierced" (Zech.12:10). The apostle John marshaled this as one of the prophecies fulfilled by the crucifixion of Jesus (John 19:37).

 

 

3."The sheep will be scattered" (Zech. 13:7; Matt.26:31; Mark 14:27).

 

 



Familiar Phrases

1. Sentence completion: Zechariah wrote of Zion, "He who touches you touches ...."

2. Zechariah wrote, Not by might nor by power, but ...."

3. Fill in the blanks: Zechariah predicted, "Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your -------
 is coming to you.... Lowly and riding on a -------."

1. "The apple of His eye" (Zech. 2:8).

 

 

2. "By My Spirit, Says the Lord of hosts" (Zech. 4:6). Jerusalem would not be restored after the Babylonian captivity by military might but by the power of God's Spirit.

 

 

3. "King.....donkey" (Zech. 9:9). Jesus fulfilled this prophecy on Palm Sunday by means of His

triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matt. 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:29-38; John12:12-15).

Familiar Phrases

1. Fill in the blanks: Zephaniah saw judgment this way, "They shall build -------, but not inhabit them; They shall plant  -------, but not drink their wine."

2. When Judah said the time to complete the temple had not come, Haggai posed this question from God: "Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your --------  -------, and this temple to lie in  ------?"

3. Zechariah fore saw a time when "ten men from every language ..... shall grasp the sleeve of a
--------- man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that -------- is with you."

1. "Houses....vineyards" (Zeph. 1:13).  Zephaniah was predicting judgment on a generation in Jerusalem who thought. "The Lord will not do good, Nor will He do evil" (v.12).

 

 

2. "Paneled houses....ruins" (Hag. 1:4). The  work on the temple had been stopped for fourteen years, from 534 to 520 B.C., when Haggai began to prophesy.

 

 

3. "Jewish.....God" (Zech. 8:23). 

Familiar Phrases

1. Fill in the blanks: Habakkuk prayed, "O Lord, revive Your work in the  -------- of the years! In  the
---------- of the years make it known; In wrath remember  -------."

2. Habakkuk said,  "The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like -------feet, And He will make me walk on my ---------- hills."

3. Habakkuk said, "Though the fig tree may not  --------, Nor fruit be on the vines...... Yet I will
-------- in the Lord, I will  -------- in the God of my salvation."

1. "Midst....midst....mercy" (Hab. 3:2).

 

 

2. "Deer's.....high" (Hab. 3:19).

 

 

3. "Blossom....rejoice...joy" (Hab. 3:17,18). This passage is the resolution of the book of Habakkuk because here the prophet expressed his willingness to trust God  even through a time of harsh judgment.