Amos and Hosea preached during the 8th century B.C. to the kingdom...

Amos and Hosea preached during the 8th century B.C. to the kingdom of _____________.

            A.         

Israel

            B.         

Judah

            C.         

Syria

            D.         

Babylon

Amos condemned Israel for the lack of:________________.

            A.         

Social Justice

            B.         

Sexual morals

            C.         

Properly trained Priests

            D.         

Sacrificial Offerings

Amos begins with a series of ___________(number) short sermons condemniing the different nations that surround Israel  Siince that number is the number of perfection or completion, the audience would think that the message is completed.

            A.         

20

            B.         

5

            C.         

12

            D.         

7

But Amos adds one more sermon, as the climax, and it is the longest sermon of all (Amoes 2:6-16).  This extra sermon condemns the sins of:_____________.

            A.         

Israel

            B.         

Egypt

            C.         

Assyria

            D.         

Judah

In chapter 5 Amos says of the wealthy:  "You trample on the ____________."

            A.         

The Temple

            B.         

Poor

            C.         

Jerusalem

            D.         

The Altar

In chapters 7 and 8 Amos receives 4 visions from God.  In the first vision he sees __________ eating all of the crops in the land.

            A.         

Cows

            B.         

Locusts

            C.         

Sheep

            D.         

Goats

In his second vision Amos sees a huge ____________ destroying both the ocean and the land.

            A.         

Tornado

            B.         

Flood

            C.         

Fire

            D.         

Earthquake

In his third vision Amos sees ______________________________, to see if Israel is crooked or straight.

            A.         

An angel holding a stick

            B.         

God holding a Plumb Line

            C.         

God holding a straight piece of wood

            D.         

An angel holding scales

In the fourth vision Amos is shown ________________________________, indicating that is time for Israel to receive the harvest payment for their behavior. 

            A.         

A cluster of grapes

            B.         

A sickle

            C.         

A basket of ripe summer fruit

            D.         

A plow

The last half of the last chapter of Amos contains a promise of blessing in the future after the time of judgment.  This time of blessing is connected with the restoration of the fallen tent of _____________, the great king of the past, and points to the coming of the Messiah, who is promised to come from this family line.

            A.         

David

            B.         

Solomon

            C.         

Hezekiah

            D.         

Levi

The prophet Hosea is commanded by God to marry a woman whose behavior brings her the label of a _______________.

            A.         

Thief

            B.         

Prostitute

            C.         

Wicked Queen

            D.         

Idolater

Hosea's new wife is named ________________.

            A.         

Rebecca

            B.         

Michal

            C.         

Deborah

            D.         

Gomer

Hosea's wife is unfaithful, and she becomes a symbol for unfaithful Israel.  Yes, in chapter 3, God commands Hosea to go and find his unfaithful wife, pay off her debts and take her back.  This is a symbolical prophecy that God will, in due time, do what?

            A.         

Reject Israel but bless the world power Assyria.

            B.         

Have mercy on David's family.

            C.         

Redeem and take back the people of Israel.

            D.         

Redeem Egypt

In chapter 6 of Hosea, God proclaims "I want your ____________, not your sacrifices."

            A.         

Suffering

            B.         

Judgment

            C.         

Money

            D.         

Loyalty

In the book of Isaiah, chapter 1, God declares, "Even though you offer many prayers I will not listen".  But if they people turn back to following God, then God can make it so that "though your sins are bright red, they will become as ___________."

            A.         

White pearls

            B.         

Purple robes

            C.         

White snow

            D.         

Clear water

In Isaiah 2, all the different nations of the world will choose to come "to the ____________ of the LORD (Yahweh)" to learn from God.

            A.         

Mountain

            B.         

Throne

            C.         

City

            D.         

Fortress

In Isaiah, chapter 6, Isaiah sees a vision of Yahweh in His heavenly temple.  The train of God's robe fills the temple, the building quakes, there is smoke everywhere and archangels fly around, veiling their faces from God's glory and say:_______________.

            A.         

"Glory and majesty to the LORD!"

            B.         

"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD (Yahweh) of Armies!'

            C.         

"Our God is an awesome God!"

            D.         

"Praise to Yahweh!"

In Isaiah 6, during Isaiah's vision of Yahweh, he thinks he is doomed because his lips are sinful.  So God has an angel fly to Isaiah and touch his lips with _____________________., symbolizing God's forgiveness.

            A.         

A piece of cloth from the High Priest's gown.

            B.         

A burning coal from the the altar.

            C.         

A drop of water from the water basin in the temple.

            D.         

Soap

In Isaiah 7, God speaks to King Ahaz through Isaiah and insists on giving him a sign, that "A virgin will beomce pregnant and give birth to a son, and she will name him ________________ (God Is With Us)."

            A.         

Son of Man

            B.         

Immanuel

            C.         

Mighty Warrior

            D.         

Redeemer

In chapter 9 of Isaiah we read about a king to be born in the future, and he will have many names signifying his identity and service, like "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and ______________________."

            A.         

Warrior King

            B.         

Prince of Peace

            C.         

Prince of Jerusalem

            D.         

King of kings

In chapter 39 Isaiah predicts that all of King Hezekiah's treasury and his family someday will be taken away by the kingdom whose capital city is_______________.

            A.         

Ninevah

            B.         

Tyre

            C.         

Damascus

            D.         

Babylon

In Isaiah 40, near the end of the chapter, God talks of giving strength to the depressed exiles, to those who depend on Him.  He says they can trust in Him because, "The eternal God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't ________________."

            A.         

Stop needing sacrifices and offerings.

            B.         

Grow tired or become weary.

            C.         

Stop judging people.

            D.         

Forget anything.

The end of Isaiah goes on to promise that those who wait with hope in the LORD will be renewed.  "They will soar on _______________."

            A.         

A heavenly chariot of fire

            B.         

The mountain tops

            C.         

Angels' wings

            D.         

Wings like eagles

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 is a prediction of the coming of God's "suffering servant" who would serve and save humanity.  In 53:3, He is called" a man of ________________, familiar with suffering."

            A.         

Sorrows

            B.         

Fame

            C.         

Wealth

            D.         

Power

About the Suffering Servant, Isaiah 53:5 says, "He was wounded for our rebellious acts.  He was crushed for ur sins.  He was punished so that we could have peace, and we received healing from _____________."

            A.         

His power

            B.         

His wounds

            C.         

His breath

            D.         

His touch

In beautiful poetry, Isaiah 11 describes symbolically what God's future kingdom will be like as brought about by "the shoot from Jesse's Stump" (that is, the Messiah from David's line).  Poetically, his kingdom will have all conflict removed, so that, "_______________ will live (or lie down) with lambs. Leopards will lie down with goats.  Calves, young lions, and year-old lambs will be together, and little children will lead them."

            A.         

Wild Dogs

            B.         

Wolves

            C.         

Bears

            D.         

Lions

In the book of the prophet Jeremiah we read that one of the first visions that God gave Jeremiah was that he saw "a ______________, and its top is tilted away from the north."  This symbolized that disaster will be poured out from the north on all those who live in the land.  The city of Jerusalem will be destroyed.

            A.         

Oil Lamp

            B.         

Boiling Pot

            C.         

River of Fire

            D.         

Burning Altar

In Jeremiah 4:23-26, Jeremiah compares the punishment to come to the undoing of ___________________.

            A.         

A string into threads

            B.         

A bridal gown

            C.         

A house into rubble

            D.         

The creation

In chapter 16, Jeremiah is forbidden to ______________, becuase of the urgency of his preaching.

            A.         

Marry

            B.         

To have chiildren

            C.         

Both A & B

            D.         

None of the above

In chapter 19, what is Jeremiah told to purchase and smash in the valley of Ben Hinnom as everyone watches?

            A.         

A glass bottle

            B.         

A clay jar

            C.         

An oil lamp

            D.         

An idol

In chapter 24, Jeremiah is given a vision of two baskets of figs: good figs and bad figs.  The bad figs represent the Jews living in Jerusalem, and the good figs represent the repentant Jews living in _____________.

            A.         

Galilee

            B.         

Egypt

            C.         

Hebron

            D.         

Babylon

In 31:31-34, Jeremiah predicts that God will replace the Sinai Covenant with a new covenant, which will be based upon __________________, so that they will have a new motivation to serve Yahweh.

In chapter 3 of Ezekiel and agan in chapter 33, God warns Ezekiel that he is appointed to serve as __________________, responsible for warning the people if trouble is coming.

Ezekiel had to act out many of his prophecies.  In chapter 4 he was to make a map or toy model of _______________, and then make war against it, like a child playing in the street.  This was a visual prophecy of the unpcoming destruction of that place.

In the following passages Ezekiel witnesses Yahweh slowly abandoning ____________ in Jerusalem and relocating His glorious presence to Babylon among the Exiles.

            

In Ezekiel 37 we have the famous vision that represenst God bringing spiritually dead Israel back to life again,  In this vision, God's breath or Spirit comes into a valley of _______________, and makes them alive.

The prophet Zechariah preached at the time of the first return to Jerusalem from Exile, and like the prophet Haggai, brought comfort to the people with God's promises of a glorious future kingdom, and encouraged the people to finish rebuilding the temple.  Zechariah received 8 visions  In the 4th vision Zechariah saw the High Priest, Joshua, on trial for sins.  Joshua represents all of Israel in this vision and the sins are symbolized by the dirty clothes he wears.  There are two attorneys in this vision.  Satan is the prosecuting attorney, wanting God, the judge, to condemn Joshua and Israel for their sins, but the defense attorney, called __________________, represents the coming Messiah Jesus, and He quiets Satan, has Joshua's dirty clothes taken off, forgives him and puts a new white robe on him, represented his righteous, forgiven status before God.  This is a vision of how Jesus will cleanse sinners.

In chapter 9 of Zechariah, Zechariah prophesies the coming of the long awaited King (the Messiah) who would bring "peace to the nations" (v. 10).  This King would not arrive on a war-horse or chariot, with weapons, but He would come "gentle, and riding on a _______________."  The Gospels in the New Testament see this prophecy fulfilled by Jesus on what we now call "Palm Sunday" when Jesus entered Jerusalem during Passover Week, riding in this same way, to shouts of "Hosanna to the Son of David.  Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!"

n Zechariah 14 Zechariah has a vision of the last great battle between good and evil, when God will do way with all evil, save His people who trusted in Him, and make everything new.  Symbolic of that new "heavenly" kingdom, we are told that on that day, "______________ will flow out from Jerusalem, making everything alive.