10 Points - JAN Meet (BLUE) Flashcards
These are the 10 point questions needed for the JANUARY MEET. (210 cards)
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WHAT IS THE BIBLE?
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The Bible is the inspired Word of God and is His revelation to all people of Himself and His plan of salvation.
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HOW MANY BOOKS ARE THERE in the Bible?
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66
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WHAT ARE THE TWO divisions of the Bible?
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Old Testament and New Testament
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WHAT DOES “TESTAMENT” mean?
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Covenant
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HOW MANY BOOKS ARE IN THE OLD Testament?
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39
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IN WHAT LANGUAGE WAS MOST OF THE OLD Testament written?
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Hebrew
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HOW MANY BOOKS ARE IN THE NEW Testament?
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27
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IN WHAT LANGUAGE WAS MOST OF THE NEW Testament written?
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Greek
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ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DID God inspire to write the Bible?
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40
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APPROXIMATELY how many years did it take to write the Bible?
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1600 years
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WHICH BOOK OF THE BIBLE TELLS ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF THE WORLD?
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Genesis
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR Gospels?
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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WHAT DOES THE WORD “GOSPEL” mean?
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“Good News”
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WHAT IS THE THEME of the 4 Gospels?
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The life and teaching of Jesus
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WHO WROTE MORE books of the Bible than any other person?
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Paul
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WHICH BOOK OF THE BIBLE TELLS ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH?
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Acts
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WHICH NEW Testament book is composed almost entirely of prophecies of the future?
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Revelation
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WHICH OF THE OLD Testament books is a collection of hymns and songs?
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Psalms
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WHO WROTE MANY of the Psalms?
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King David
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WHAT IS AN EPISTLE?
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A letter sent by an apostle
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WHAT IS THE LONGEST BOOK of the Bible?
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Psalms
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WHAT IS THE SHORTEST chapter in the Bible?
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Psalm 117
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WHAT IS THE LONGEST chapter in the Bible?
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Psalm 119
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QUOTATION QUESTION. WHERE did the universe come from?
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Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
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WHO WERE THE FIRST **MA**N and first woman?
Adam and Eve
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HOW **ARE** people different from animals?
God created people in His own image.
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WHO WERE THE FIRST **TWO** brothers?
Cain and Abel
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WHO WAS THE FIRST **MU**RDERER?
Cain
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HOW DID **SIN** enter the world?
Through the disobedience of Adam and Eve
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**THE** account of man's first sin mentioned what 2 trees?
The tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil The tree of life
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**WHAT MAN W**ALKED with God until God took him to heaven without dying?
Enoch
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WHO **LI**VED longer than any other person, and how long did he live?
Methuselah--969 years
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WHY DID GOD **SE**ND a flood upon the earth?
Because people were so wicked that they thought about evil all the time.
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WHOM DID GOD **SPA**RE from the Great Flood?
Noah and his family
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WHO WERE THE **THR**EE sons of Noah?
Shem, Ham, Japheth
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**WHEN TH**E FLOOD came, how long did it rain?
40 days and nights
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WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF **THE FI**RST rainbow?
It was God's promise that the world would never again be destroyed by a flood.
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AFTER **THE** Flood, how did the people rebel against God?
By building a tower to reach heaven.
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HOW DID GOD **JU**DGE the people who built the tower of Babel?
By confusing their languages so they couldn't understand one another.
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HOW DID GOD **TE**ST Abraham's faith when He asked him to leave Ur of the Chaldees?
By asking Abraham to follow Him without telling him where He would lead him.
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WHO WAS ABRAHAM'S **N**EPHEW?
Lot
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WHAT WAS THE **OR**IGINAL name of the country God promised to Abraham?
Canaan
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WHO WAS ABRAHAM'S **W**IFE?
Sarah
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TO WHAT **COU**NTRY did Abraham go in time of famine?
Egypt
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WHY **WAS IT** wrong for Lot to live in Sodom?
Because the men of Sodom were very wicked sinners.
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WHO WAS **MEL**CHIZEDEK?
Priest of God and King of Salem
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SON BORN TO ABRAHAM **AND HA**GAR?
Ishmael
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**WHAT TWO C**ITIES did God destroy with fire because of their great wickedness?
Sodom and Gomorrah
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SON BORN TO ABRAHAM **AND S**ARAH?
Isaac
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HOW OLD WERE Abraham and Sarah when Isaac was born?
Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90 years old.
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WHO WAS **IS**AAC'S wife?
Rebekah
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WHO WERE THE **TW**IN sons of Isaac and Rebekah?
Esau and Jacob
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**WHAT DID E**SAU sell to Jacob?
His birthright
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HOW DID J**ACOB OB**TAIN the blessing of the firstborn son instead of Esau?
By making his father, Isaac, think he was Esau
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WHERE DID **JACOB HA**VE a dream of a ladder reaching to heaven?
Bethel
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WHO WAS THE **MOTH**ER of Joseph and Benjamin?
Rachel
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**WHAT NEW** name did God give to Jacob and what did it mean?
Israel, which means, "he struggles with God"
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**WHAT SPEC**IAL meaning did Joseph's dreams have?
He would be a great ruler someday, and his family would bow down to him.
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HOW DID **JACOB SH**OW his special love for Joseph?
By giving him a coat of many colors
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**INTO** what country was Joseph sold as a slave?
Egypt
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WHO WAS **JOS**EPH'S first master in Egypt?
Potiphar
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WHAT HAPPENED TO **JO**SEPH when he refused to commit sin with his master's wife?
He was put into prison.
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WHOSE **DRE**AMS did Joseph interpret while in prison?
Pharaoh's baker and cupbearer
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**WHAT DID JO**SEPH say was the the meaning of the king's dream?
7 good years would be followed by 7 years of famine.
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WHOM DID **PHA**RAOH appoint to prepare for the famine?
Joseph
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**WHAT ARE THE NA**MES of the 2 sons of Joseph?
Ephraim and Manasseh
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WHY DID **JOS**EPH'S brothers come to Egypt?
To buy food
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WHERE DID **JACOB AND** his family settle in Egypt?
Goshen
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WHO WAS THE **BA**BY that Pharaoh's daughter found floating in the river?
Moses
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WHY DID **MO**SES flee from Egypt?
Because it was known that he had killed an Egyptian who mistreated an Israelite.
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WHO WAS **MO**SES' father-in-law and what was his position?
Jethro; priest of Midian
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WHERE **DID G**OD appear to Moses out of the burning bush?
Mount Horeb
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**WHAT PROM**ISE did God make to Moses at the burning bush?
That God would rescue the children of Israel out of Egypt
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HOW DID GOD **PER**SUADE Pharaoh to let the Israelite's go?
By send 10 plagues upon the land of Egypt
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WHOM DID GOD **GI**VE Moses to help him in bringing the people of Israel out of Egypt?
Moses' brother Aaron
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WHAT WAS THE **TE**NTH and last plague that fell upon Egypt?
The death of the firstborn
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WHAT FEAST did God establish to remember the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt?
Passover
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BY WHAT MIRACLE DID **IS**RAEL leave the land of Egypt?
The Parting of the Red Sea
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WHAT HAPPENED TO **THE E**GYPTIANS who tried to follow the Israelites through the Red Sea?
They all drowned.
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WHO WAS THE **SIS**TER of Moses?
Miriam
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HOW DID GOD **CH**ANGE the bitter water of Marah into good water?
By showing Moses a piece of wood to throw into the water.
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HOW DID GOD **PROVIDE BR**EAD for the Israelites in the wilderness?
By sending manna
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**WHAT MIRACLE DID** God perform for Moses at Rephidim?
God brought water from a rock.
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HOW DID **AAR**ON and Hur help Moses gain the victory over the Amalekites?
By holding up Moses' hands
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**ON WH**AT mountain did God give Moses the Ten Commandments?
Mt. Sinai
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QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH **IS** the first of the 10 Commandments?
Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other Gods before me."
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QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH **OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROHIBITS TH**E worshipping of idols?
Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an image."
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QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH **OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS PROHIBITS CUR**SING and swearing?
Exodus 20:7 "You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God."
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QUOTATION QUESTION. WHICH **OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS S**ETS aside one day each week as special unto God?
Exodus 20:8 "Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy."
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**WHAT DID PA**UL call "the first commandment of promise"?
Honor your father and your mother.
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WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS **PROTECTS THE SACREDNESS OF H**UMAN life?
"You shall not murder."
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WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS **PROTECTS THE SACREDNESS OF M**ARRIAGE?
"You shall not commit adultery."
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WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS **PROTECTS OUR** right to own possessions?
"You shall not steal."
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WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS **PROHIB**ITS lying?
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
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WHICH OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS **FOR**BIDS wrong desires?
"You shall not covet...anything that belongs to your neighbor."
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**IN WH**ICH book and chapter of the Bible do we find the first record of the 10 Commandments?
Exodus chapter 20
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**WHAT DID THE I**SRAELITES build in which to worship God while they were in the wilderness?
The Tabernacle
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**WHAT SIN** did Aaron and the people of Israel commit at Mt. Sinai?
Making and worshipping the idol of the golden calf
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FROM **WHICH** of the tribes of Israel were the priests chosen?
Levi
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WHAT WAS THE **MA**IN purpose of the sacrifices and offerings made by the Israelites?
To make atonement for their sins
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**WHAT DID GO**D use to lead the Israelites in the wilderness?
A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night
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WHY WERE **THE** TWELVE spies sent by Moses into Canaan?
To see what kind of land it was and what kind of people lived there
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**WHAT EV**IDENCE did the spies bring back to show that Canaan was a good land?
They brought fruit from the land.
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**WHICH TWO** of the 12 spies said the Israelites could capture the land of Canaan?
Joshua and Caleb
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HOW MANY **YEARS** did the Israelites wander in the wilderness?
40 years
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HOW DID GOD **PRO**VE to the children of Israel that Moses and Aaron were his chosen leaders?
He caused Aaron's rod to blossom.
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HOW DID **MO**SES disobey God when the water came from the rock at Meribah?
He struck the rock instead of speaking to it.
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HOW DID GOD **PROVIDE HE**ALING for the Israelites when they were bitten by the snakes?
God told Moses to make a bronze snake that the people could look at and be healed.
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WHOM DID GOD **APP**OINT to be the leader of Israel after Moses?
Joshua
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WHY **WAS MO**SES not allowed to go into the land of Canaan?
Because he disobeyed God at Meribah
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FROM **WHAT** mountain did Moses see the Promised Land?
Nebo
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HOW **OLD WA**S Moses when he died?
120 years
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WHO WERE THE **ONLY** 2 men who left Egypt to enter Canaan?
Joshua and Caleb
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WHO **PRO**TECTED the spies Joshua sent to Jericho?
Rahab
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HOW DID **RA**HAB mark her house so she would be protected when Jericho was captured?
By placing a scarlet cord in the window of her house
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BY WHAT MIRACLE DID **THE** children of Israel enter the Promised Land?
God stopped the flow of the Jordan River during its flood stage.
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HOW MANY **T**IMES did the Israelites march around the walls of Jericho?
13--once each day for 6 days and 7 times on the 7th day
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WHAT HAPPENED **AT** Jericho when the children of Israel shouted at Joshua's command?
The walls of Jericho fell down.
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WHOSE **SIN** caused the defeat at Ai?
Achan's
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**WHAT MIRACLE O**CCURRED when Joshua fought at Gibeon?
The sun and the moon stood still.
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WHO **DE**FEATED the Midianites with only 300 men?
Gideon
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WHICH OF **THE JU**DGES was very strong?
Samson
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**WHAT WO**MAN tricked Samson into telling her the secret of his strength?
Delilah
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**WHAT GE**NTILE girl decided to serve God because she loved her mother-in-law, Naomi?
Ruth
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**WHAT DE**SCENDANT of Ruth became king of Israel?
David
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WHAT **CHI**LD heard the voice of God speak to him during the night?
Samuel
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**UPON** what judge did God ask Samuel to pronounce judgement?
Eli
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**AS** described in Hebrews, what was the ark of the covenant?
The sacred box which contained the stone tablets of the 10 Commandments, the gold jar of manna and Aaron's rod that budded.
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WHY DID THE **IS**RAELITES want a king instead of a judge?
Because they wanted to be like other nations
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WHO WAS THE FIRST **KING** of Israel?
Saul
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WHY DID GOD **RE**MOVE Saul from the throne of Israel?
He refused to obey God's command.
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WHOM DID GOD **CH**OOSE to replace Saul as the king of Israel?
David
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WHAT **_GI_**ANT did David kill?
Goliath
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WHO WAS THE **CAP**TAIN of David's army?
Joab
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WHY DID **DAVID RE**FUSE to kill King Saul?
Because God had chosen Saul to be king
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HOW **LONG** did David rule as king?
40 years
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**WHICH S**ON of Saul was David's best friend?
Jonathan
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WHY DID **DAVID SH**OW kindness to Mephibosheth?
Because Mephibosheth was Jonathan's son
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**WHICH OF DA**VID'S sons tried to take the kingdom from him?
Absalom
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WHEN **DI**D David say life begins?
In the womb
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WHO DID GOD **TEL**L David to choose to be king after his death?
Solomon
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**WHAT DID SOL**OMON ask God to give him when he became king?
Wisdom
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WHAT **_BUI_**LDING did Solomon erect for God?
The temple of the Lord
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WHAT QUEEN came from a long distance to visit Solomon?
The queen of Sheba
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WHAT HAPPENED TO **THE KI**NGDOM of Israel upon the death of Solomon?
It was divided into the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
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WHY DID **JER**OBOAM establish idol worship in the northern kingdom of Israel?
So the people wouldn't go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices.
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ON **_MOUNT_** Carmel, why did Elijah ask God to consume the sacrifice of fire?
So that all of Israel would know that God was really God.
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WHO WERE THE **WI**CKED king and queen of Israel during the time Elijah?
Ahab and Jezebel
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WHO DID GOD **TA**KE directly to heaven in a whirlwind?
Elijah
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WHAT PROPHET succeeded Elijah?
Elisha
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WHAT SYRIAN officer was healed of leprosy by bathing in the Jordan River at Elisha's command?
Naaman
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TO WHOM **_DID_** God give a sign of the sun moving backwards to show him that he was healed?
Hezekiah
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TO WHAT **_CI_**TY were many of the people of Judah taken as captives?
Babylon
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WHAT **_KING_** of Babylon conquered Jerusalem and the kingdom of Judah?
Nebuchadnezzar
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WHEN THE PEOPLE RETURNED TO JERUSALEM FROM CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON, WHO OVERSAW THE REBUILDING **OF THE T**EMPLE?
Zerubbabel
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WHEN THE PEOPLE RETURNED TO JERUSALEM FROM CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON, WHO OVERSAW THE REBUILDING **OF THE WA**LLS of the city?
Nehemiah
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WHO WAS THE **JEW**ISH girl who became the wife of the king of Persia?
Esther
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HOW DID **EST**HER save the lives of the Jewish people?
By asking her husband, king of Persia, to protect them
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**WHAT MAN L**OST all of his possessions and his health but remained true to God?
Job
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HOW DID GOD **_RE_**WARD Job for his faithfulness?
God gave him twice as many possessions and as many children as he had had before his trial.
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WHO WAS **CA**LLED the weeping prophet?
Jeremiah
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WHO **IN**TERPRETED a famous dream for King Nebuchadnezzar?
Daniel
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WHY WERE **SHA**DRACH, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into a fiery furnace?
They refused to worship the image set up by the king.
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WHAT DID DANIEL do when the king decreed he could no longer pray to his God?
He continued to pray just as he always did.
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**WHAT HAPPENED TO DA**NIEL when he continued to pray to God instead of to the king?
He was thrown into the lions' den.
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WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF **THE HA**NDWRITING on the wall at Belshazzar's drunken party?
That Belshazzar's kingdom was about to be conquered.
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WHO WAS **SW**ALLOWED by a great fish when he ran away from doing God's will?
Jonah
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WHAT HAPPENED **WHEN** Jonah preached to the people of Nineveh?
The people repented and God forgave them.
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WHERE **DID MI**CAH say the Messiah would be born?
Bethlehem
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ACCORDING TO **THE** prophet Zechariah, where will Jesus' feet stand when He returns to the earth?
The Mount of Olives
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WHO **TO**LD Mary she would be the mother of the Messiah?
The angel Gabriel
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TO WHOM **_WAS_** the virgin Mary engaged to be married?
Joseph
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WHO WERE THE FIRST **PER**SONS, other than Joseph and Mary, to hear that Jesus had been born?
Shepherds
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WHAT TWO GROUPS of men worshipped the Christ child?
Shepherds and Wise Men
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QUOTATION QUESTION. **WHEN** the Wise Men came seeking Jesus, what question did they ask?
Matthew 2:2. "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?"
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WHO WAS **KI**NG over Judea when Jesus was born?
Herod
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HOW DID **THE** Wise Men find Jesus?
They followed His star to where He was.
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WHAT **_GIFTS_** were given to Jesus by the Wise Men?
Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh
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WHERE DID **JESUS LI**VE as he was growing up?
Nazareth
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WHOM DID GOD **SE**ND to prepare the way for Jesus?
John the Baptist
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ABOUT HOW **OLD** was Jesus when He began His public ministry?
30 years old
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ABOUT HOW **LO**NG did Jesus preach and teach before His crucifixion?
3 and a half years
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QUOTATION QUESTION. **WITH** what words did John the Baptist introduce Jesus?
John 1:29 "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"
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HOW DID **JO**HN the Baptist describe the way Jesus would baptize?
With the Holy Spirit and with fire
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WHICH OF **THE DIS**CIPLES was a tax collector?
Matthew
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AFTER **AN**DREW met Jesus, what did he tell his brother Simon?
"We have found the Messiah."
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WHAT WAS **J**ESUS' first miracle?
Turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana
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WHAT RULER of the Jews came to Jesus by night seeking the way to eternal life?
Nicodemus
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WHERE **DID JO**HN the Baptist baptize Jesus?
In the Jordan River
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HOW DID GOD **_SH_**OW His approval of Jesus at His baptism?
The Holy Spirit descended on Him and the Father said, "This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
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**DUR**ING Jesus' temptation, how long did He go without eating?
40 days and nights
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WHO WERE THE FIRST **F**OUR apostles Jesus called to follow Him?
Peter, Andrew, James, John
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WHAT **_DO WE CA_**LL the first statements of the Sermon on the Mount which all began with the word "blessed"?
The Beatitudes
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HOW DID JESUS PROVE His power over nature?
By calming a storm on the Sea of Galilee
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WHAT STRANGE gift did King Herod give to his stepdaughter?
The head of John the Baptist
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WHAT REVELATION of himself did Jesus give to Peter, James, and John on a high mountain?
Jesus was transfigured and talked with Moses and Elijah.
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WHY DID THE **R**ICH young ruler fail to follow Jesus?
He loved the things he owned more than he loved Jesus.
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**WHAT DID JESUS PROPHESY W**OULD happen to the stones of the Temple?
Not one stone would be left on another.
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QUOTATION QUESTION. **_WHAT GR_**EAT statement did Peter make about Jesus?
Matthew 16:16 "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."
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**WHICH TH**REE of the disciples were Jesus' closest friends?
Peter, James, John
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WHO DID JESUS SAY WAS LIKE THE **F**OOLISH man who built his house upon on sand?
Those who hear His teachings but do not do them.
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WHO DID JESUS SAY WAS LIKE THE **W**ISE man who built his house upon the rock?
Those who hear His teachings and do them.
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IN JESUS' parable, who helped the man who had been beaten and robbed?
The Good Samaritan
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IN THE PARABLE of the Sower, to what did Jesus compare the seed?
The Word of God
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**WHAT DID JESUS TE**ACH about material possessions?
Don't be greedy. A person's life does not consist of what he owns.
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WHAT DID JESUS **D**O in healing the man born blind?
He put mud on his eyes and told him to go and wash it off.
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WHICH OF **JE**SUS' parables tells us that God is willing to forgive and restore the sinner who repents?
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
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HOW DID JESUS ANSWER those who asked if it was right for them to pay taxes to Caesar?
"Give Caesar what belongs to him, and give God what belongs to Him."
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HOW DID JESUS FEED five thousand men, plus women and children?
He multiplied five loaves and two fish from a boys' lunch.
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WHO **CLI**MBED a tree in order to see Jesus?
Zacchaeus
