Prophecy--Prediction

1. True or false? Hosea  prophesied against Israel only; he did not deal with the sins of Judah.

2. Fill in the blanks: Hosea promised Israel that " After -------- days [the Lord] will revive us; On the
----- day He will raise us up."

3. Multiple choice:Which prophet likened Israel's eagerness to follow false gods to "an oven heated by a baker" with an unturned cake in it? (a) Isaiah; (b) Jonah; or (c) Hosea.

1. False (Hos.5:5,10; 6:4)

2. Two---third  (Hos. 6:2) Hosea was not making literal time references. He was saying that Israel's punishment was not permanent and that soon they could expect the restoring work of God to begin.

3. (c) Hosea  (Hos. 7:4-8). Israel was so eager for false gods that her desire burned out of control.

Prophecy--Prediction

1.Multiple Choice: Which child of Hosea was a sign that Israel would be defeated in a fertile valley?
(a) Lo-Ruhamah; (b) Jezreel; or (c) Lo-Ammi.

2. Which of Hosea's children had a name that predicted that God would have no more mercy on Israel? (a) Lo-Ruhamah; (b) Lo-Ammi; or (c) Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.

3. Of whom did Hosea write when he said, "In the place where it was said to them, "You are not My people; There it shall be said to them, "You are the sons of the living God"? (a) Gentile believers; (b)
the nation Israel;or (c) Nineveh.

1.(b) Jezreel (Hos. 1:4,5 ). Jezreel was the name of the fertile plain in northern Israel northeast of the ridge of Mount Carmel. Jehu had murdered  the family of wicked King Ahab there (2 Kin. 10:11).

2. (a) Lo-Ruhamah (Hos. 1:6)

3. (b) The nation Israel ( Hos. 1:10 ). God had rejected them as His people when the Assyrians conquered Israel, but in a future restoration, God will reaffirm His special relationship with them (cf. v. 9 ).

Prophecy--Prediction

1. Fill in the blanks: Daniel foretells of the Jews  who will participate with Antiochus in the desecration of the temple:

"Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with --------- ; but  the people who know their -------- shall be strong, and carry out great exploits."

2. After the "time of trouble" mentioned in Daniel 12, those who were wise by being obedient to God "shall shine Like the brightness of the --------- , And those who turn many to righteousness Like the --------- forever and ever."

3. Multiple choice: What did Hosea's marriage to Gomar proclaim about the nations of Israel? (a) Israelites were to marry; (b) Israel was no longer God's people; or (c) Israel was guilty of spiritual harlotry.

1. "Flattery---God" (Dan. 11: 32 ).  Many Jews died opposing Antiochus, but Judas Maccabaeus began his revolts then which led to a period of Jewish independence in the second century B.C.

2. "Firmament---stars" (Dan.12:3)

3. (c) Israel was guilty of spiritual harlotry  (Hos.1:2 ).

Prophecy--Prediction

1. Multiple choice:Which one of the following did not represent one of the four kings which would rise out of the earth, according to Daniel's vision? (a) A lion; (b) a bear; or (c) a bull.

2. According to Daniel, which figure would persecute the saints of the Most High? (a) The horn; (b) the lion; or (c) the bear.

3. Fill in the blank: In Daniel's vision, the male goat that defeated the ram represented the kingdom of ------- .

1. (c) A bull (Dan. 7:4--7 ).

2. (a) The horn (Dan. 7:24,25 ).

3. Greece (Dan.8:21 ). The male goat had a large horn which represented  Alexander the Great. The  large horn was replaced with four smaller horns, even as Alexander divided  his realm among his four generals (vv. 21, 22 ).

Old And New Testament

Today  Shavuot Begins Also "Feast of Weeks" a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June) This year of Our Lord 2012 A.D. is May 26th.

Stained glass window at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which depicts the flame of fire upon the heads of the disciples.

Sunday May 27 is Pentecost
In the New Testament is when the Holy Spirit descended upon 120 followers of Jesus Christ and is traditionally called the Spiritual Birthday of the Christian Church. New Testament followers of Jesus Christ consider their primary duty to take the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ to the entire world.

Matthew 28:18-20 --- And Jesus  came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (19)
Go  ye there fore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father , and the Son and of the Holy Ghost:(20)
Teaching them to obey everything  I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen

Prophecy--Prediction

1. Multiple choice:The tree in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, representing him, was cut down. What was the meaning of the fact that the stump and roots were left? (a) His kingdom was to be restored ; (b) they were to serve as reminders of his demise; or (c) they were to represent his grave.

2. True or false? When Nebuchadnezzar returned to his normal state of mine, he refused to acknowledge God's power  and greatness.

3. Multiple choice:  Which one of the following was not one of the meanings of the inscription Belshazzar saw written on the wall? (a) His kingdom was  numbered and finished; (b) he had been weighed and found wanting; or (c) he would be delivered from the destruction of Babylon.

1. (a) His kingdom was to be restored (Dan. 4:26 ).

2. False (Dan. 4:34 ) He acknowledged , "His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom is from generation to generation".

3. (c) He would be delivered from the destruction of Babylon (Dan. 5:26-28,30).

Prophecy--Prediction

1. True or false?  In Nebuchadnezzar's dream, the image (gentile  kingdoms ) crushed by the stone (the kingdom set up by God) disappeared forever.

2. Fill in the blanks: According to his dream, Nebuchadnezzar would, in his humbled condition, dwell with the --------
of the field and eat grass like the  -------- .

3. Nebuchadnezzar's humble. maddened condition would last, according to Daniel's interpretation of his dream, until "you know that the --------  ---------  rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever ---------  -------."

1. True: "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried  them away so that no trace of them was found" (Dan. 2:35 )

2. Beast---oxen (Dan. 4:25 )

3. Most High---He chooses (Dan. 4:25). When Nebuchadnezzar came to himself, he said, "I--- praise and extol and honor the King of heaven--- And those who walk in pride He is able to put down" (v37).