Kings and Prophets Awaiting the Messiah

Question 1

_____________ to God was the key to Israel’s success in taking possession of the ___________ ____________

Answer 1

Obedience, Promised Land

Question 2

The ____________ of the ____________ ______ took place over a period of _____ or so

Answer 2

conquest, Promised Land, 220

Question 3

In ancient Israel, _________ were local ________ leaders who acted as temporary ___________ leaders, as well as __________ of disputes within and between tribes

Answer 3

judges, tribe, military, arbiters

Question 4

__________ were also expected to remind the people of their ____________ to ______

Answer 4

Judges, responsibility, God

Question 5

The books of __________ and ___________ cover the historical period ________ the Israelite ___________

Answer 5

Joshua, Judges, before, monarchy

Question 6

Name some judges

Answer 6

• Deborah
• Gideon
• Jephthah
• Samson

Question 7

Name the Steps in the Cycle of Apostasy

Answer 7

• Israelites sinned
• God’s discipline
• Israelites repent
• YHWH pitied them (maybe also Israelites rise up)
• Judge died…

Repeat

Question 8

Samuel was Israel’s ______ and most ___________ judge, and was also _________

Answer 8

last, significant, priest

Question 9

Toward the end of Samuel’s life, the people clamored for a ______. Samuel _________ ________ this.

Answer 9

king, warned against

Question 10

What was the first reason Samuel gave to warn the Israelites about a monarchy?

Answer 10

It was an affront to God: Israel’s sole King

Question 11

What was the second reason Samuel gave to warn the Israelites about a monarchy?

Answer 11

A human king would:

• Make them pay taxes
• Put their children into military service
• Treat them as if they were slaves

Question 12

_______ was selected king but lost the __________ because he disobeyed ________ __________

Answer 12

Saul, kingship, divine commands

Question 13

________ was anointed by __________ to replace _______

Answer 13

David, Samuel, Saul

Question 14

________ fell on his ________ in despair, he did NOT die in _________

Answer 14

Saul, sword, battle

Question 15

David became the sole king of Israel, uniting all _________ into a single _________

Answer 15

tribes, nation

Question 16

_______, ____________, and __________ discord were King David’s vices

Answer 16

sex, violence, family

Question 17

The biblical ___________ were not afraid to show the _____________ of Israel’s __________

Answer 17

authors, weakness, heroes

Question 18

However, King David _________ that nothing, not even ______, can keep us from the _______ of God

Answer 18

prays, sin, love

Question 19

_____________ succeeded his father as king

Answer 19

Solomon

Question 20

Solomon is best remembered for his __________

Answer 20

wisdom

Question 21

After Solomon’s death, Israel split into the ____________ ___ ________ (______) and the ____________ ___ ________ (______) under his successor, ________ ___________

Answer 21

Kingdom of Judah, south, the Kingdom of Israel, north, King Rehoboam

Question 22

Solomon was ____________ by his _________

Answer 22

corrupted, office

Question 23

prophet

Answer 23

“one who speaks for another”

Question 24

There is only one true God— _______

Answer 24

YHWH

Question 25

The one God is _______, and God demands that we __________ sin

Answer 25

holy, renounce

Question 26

God would not __________ His ___________ to send the __________

Answer 26

abandon, promises, Messiah

Question 27

__________ taunted the king's ________ prophets

Answer 27

Elijah, pagan

Question 28

Next to Moses, Elijah is the ___________ of the _____ prophets

Answer 28

greatest, OT (Old Testament)

Question 29

Elijah was present at Jesus' ______________

Answer 29

Transfiguration

Question 30

___________ succeeded Elijah

Answer 30

Elisha

Question 31

What was the message of Amos?

Answer 31

Worship of God must show itself in concrete deeds of mercy and justice to the weak and the poor.

Question 32

What was the message of Hosea?

Answer 32

To accuse Israel of sin and infidelity to God but show that God still loved the Chosen People.

Question 33

Amos and Hosea were Israel's prophets of ________ __________. Helped people understand "the least of these."

Answer 33

social, justice

Question 34

What did Isaiah, a prophet of the southern kingdom, do?

Answer 34

Compared the nation to a vineyard that God cultivated.

Question 35

Isaiah is the _________ of all the ____________ books

Answer 35

largest, prophetic

Question 36

The book is the work of ________ authors

Answer 36

three

Question 37

What did Jeremiah do?

Answer 37

He shouted the love of a God who desperately wanted the Chosen People to repent

Question 38

Jeremiah became a ____________ symbol of God's _____________

Answer 38

living, message

Question 39

Jeremiah compared ________ to a _________ who would mold the nation in his hands

Answer 39

YHWH, potter

Question 40

What was the message of Micah, a southern prophet?

Answer 40

Micah foretold a coming Messiah who would lead Israel to peace and justice

Question 41

What was the message of Ezekiel, a southern prophet?

Answer 41

Ezekiel's message was to keep the Sabbath and follow the law of holiness

Question 42

Ezekiel placed great value on the __________ and __________ __________

Answer 42

Temple, Temple, worship

Question 43

Babylonian Exile: Living in a ________ land and ______________ led to a loss of _____________

Answer 43

foreign, intermarriage, identity

Question 44

Without a Temple, Jewish _________ gathered in _____________ where they __________ and ___________ together

Answer 44

exiles, synagogues, studied, prayed

Question 45

Second Isaiah, the Suffering Servant, speaks of God's Chosen One who will bring __________ to the world and ________ the __________ _______ tenderly

Answer 45

justice, treat, bruised, reed

Question 46

Suffering Servant tells how God chose the ___________ before his _________

Answer 46

servant, birth

Question 47

Suffering Servant describes how God's __________ ____________ runs into ____________

Answer 47

special, messenger, resentment

Question 48

What does the Suffering Servant parallel?

Answer 48

It parallels to Jesus Christ's suffering—lamb led to slaughter

Question 49

After the return to the Holy Land, a purified ___________ was more ___________ to its _____________ of witnessing to the _________ by keeping the ______

Answer 49

Judaism, faithful, vocation, nations, Law

Question 50

Jesus Christ—the __________—was born in ____________ while Herod the _________ ruled as king of __________

Answer 50

Messiah, Bethlehem, Great, Judea