Chapters 25-27 Study Questions

Question 1

What does the name “Nahum” mean?

Answer 1

Consolation

Question 2

When was Nahum written?

Answer 2

Between 661 and 612 BC, prior to the fall of Nineveh

Question 3

What is the theme of Nahum?

Answer 3

Retribution for the rebellious unbelievers, compassion for God’s own, and Nineveh’s doom

Question 4

What is the message of Nahum to all of us?

Answer 4

Might does not make right.

Question 5

What does the name “Zephaniah” mean?

Answer 5

“Jehovah is hidden”

Question 6

When was Zephaniah written?

Answer 6

According to 1:1, in the days of Josiah - prior to 621 BC

Question 7

What is the theme of Zephaniah?

Answer 7

The day of the LORD

Question 8

What does the name “Habakkuk” mean?

Answer 8

Ardent embrace

Question 9

When was Habakkuk written?

Answer 9

Just prior to the exile of Judah, around 605 BC

Question 10

What is the theme of Habakkuk?

Answer 10

From doubt to faith. The just shall live by faith.

Question 11

What did Habakkuk question God about concerning wickedness and what was His answer?

Answer 11

Why would God allow evil in Judah? Answer: God would raise up Babylon.

Question 12

What did Habakkuk ask concerning the coming Babylonian invasion, and what was God’s response?

Answer 12

Why would God use an even more wicked nation than Judah? Answer: Hab. 2:4: The just shall live by faith.

Question 13

How do we apply the concept of living by faith to our Christian lives?

Answer 13

In times of adversity, and in all other times as well, we put our trust in God.

Question 14

What does the name “Jeremiah” mean?

Answer 14

“Jehovah establishes”

Question 15

What Hebrew word means “to throw” and is understood in the sense of laying a foundation?

Answer 15

ramah

Question 16

Where did Jeremiah die?

Answer 16

Egypt

Question 17

True or false - Jeremiah is a post-exilic composition.

Answer 17

False.

Question 18

What is the theme of Jeremiah?

Answer 18

Warning and judgment

Question 19

What is significant about the LXX version of Jeremiah?

Answer 19

It is 1/8 shorter than the Masoretic text.

Question 20

What is the major prophetic teaching of Jeremiah?

Answer 20

The New Covenant in Jer. 31:31-34

Question 21

What did Jeremiah teach about commitment to God?

Answer 21

Commitment to God was required. God was not to be kept as a fetish or good luck charm.

Question 22

Who was the author of Lamentations?

Answer 22

Tradition holds that it was Jeremiah.

Question 23

When (generally) was Lamentations written?

Answer 23

During the exile

Question 24

What is the theme of Lamentations?

Answer 24

Lament over fallen Jerusalem

Question 25

What does the name “Ezekiel” mean?

Answer 25

God strengthens

Question 26

Date Ezekiel’s ministry.

Answer 26

He was taken captive in 597 BC, called to the ministry in 592 BC, and his last dated discourse was in 570 BC.

Question 27

What is the theme of Ezekiel?

Answer 27

Judgment and glory.

Question 28

What is the solution to the issue of the temple Ezekiel described being larger than Solomon’s or the one after the exile?

Answer 28

This is really a millennial or future temple.

Question 29

Ezekiel says that animal sacrifice will be restored in the millennium. How does this square with Christ paying for our sins, and the rarity of death in the 1000 year reign?

Answer 29

It is a symbol, like the Lord’s Supper. Animal sacrifice will also make a connection between sin and death for those living during the millennium.

Question 30

Describe the four living creatures in Ezekiel’s vision of God’s glory.

Answer 30

1. Each had the general likeness of a man.
2. Each had four faces: man, lion, ox or cherub, eagle.
3. Each had four wings and human hands under wings.
4. Each were accompanied by a whirling wheel.
5. 10:20 identifies the creatures as cherubim.

Question 31

What is a vision of God in the Old Testament called?

Answer 31

A theophany

Question 32

In what three ways does God’s glory depart from Israel in Ezekiel?

Answer 32

1. From the cherub in the Holy of Holies: 10:3-4
2. From the threshold of the temple: 10:18
3. From the temple and city to the mountain on the East of Jerusalem: 11:23

Question 33

Where/when does the glory of the Lord return according to Ezekiel?

Answer 33

The millennial temple: Ezk 43:2-5

Question 34

What were the dry bones representative of in Ezk. 37?

Answer 34

Israel and their rejection of/apathy toward God.

Question 35

What does the breath in Ezk. 37:10 represent?

Answer 35

The Spirit of God - revival for Israel.