Lesson 25: The People of God in a Foreign Land

Question 1

It is far from the Promised Land.

Answer 1

Babylon

Question 2

Babylon is similar to the distance between _____, origin of Abraham and the Promised Land.

Answer 2

Ur

Question 3

____, is supposedly /- 250 km straight southeast of Babylon.

Answer 3

Ur

Question 4

The Euphrates River may come to a 380-kilometer walk toward the ______________.

Answer 4

southeast

Question 5

To be __________ means to live in a foreign land with people speaking in a foreign language.

Answer 5

in exile

Question 6

It is not easy to be ________.

Answer 6

in exile

Question 7

The _______________ were considered a vanquished nation.

Answer 7

people of Judah

Question 8

If they would be lucky as the kings and their children, they would live in palace-compounds and would be considered as _______________.

Answer 8

“guest-prisoners.”

Question 9

This strategy was employed to tell the whole world that the conquering leaders were merciful.

Answer 9

“guest-prisoners.”

Question 10

A ________ would not be paid for his/her services.

Answer 10

slave

Question 11

He/she would work for a master/mistress as a cook, gardener, farmer, or helper. What is worst is that since he/she had no rights, he/she might be sentenced to death at any time his/her master wants to. His/her life depended upon his/her owner.

Answer 11

slave

Question 12

A ________, therefore, was considered an object. He/she might be human, Son but he/she was owned by someone else.

Answer 12

slave

Question 13

The _________’ lives largely depended on their masters/mistresses.

Answer 13

slaves

Question 14

___________ was said to be a garden in the middle of the desert, but to have lived there as a slave or a prisoner of war was to live in a beautiful place without peace and tranquility.

Answer 14

Babylon

Question 15

As a slave, one lives in Babylon without ____________.

Answer 15

freedom

Question 16

Life in the garden of _____________ was meaningless.

Answer 16

Babylon

Question 17

With great pains the __________________ blamed their fathers who did not listen to the words of the prophets.

Answer 17

prophet Habakkuk

Question 18

The __________ cried for reforms, repentance, and return to the ways of God.

Answer 18

latter

Question 19

However, their _________ mocked them and gloated.

Answer 19

fathers

Question 20

For the __________________, the exile was a punishment for the injustices committed by their fathers that God lifted Babylon to bring forth a lesson for His people.

Answer 20

Prophet Habakkuk

Question 21

For almost ___________, the people of God had lived in Babylon.

Answer 21

fifty years

Question 22

___________ had become their no new home. A new generation rose, and they embraced the new world.

Answer 22

Babylon

Question 23

They hoped for God would bring them back to the ______________.

Answer 23

Promised Land

Question 24

One of these men was a priest named ___________.

Answer 24

Ezekiel

Question 25

He was a priest who ho received visions from God.

Answer 25

Ezekiel

Question 26

He saw the children of God who had been faithful to Him return to the land once given to their fathers.

Answer 26

Ezekiel

Question 27

He proclaimed it to those who unceasingly hoped for their return.

Answer 27

Ezekiel

Question 28

As _________________ would painfully blame their fathers for their sins, one can just imagine how a single sin may affect not only the self, but also others.

Answer 28

Prophet Habakkuk

Question 29

When one gets something from another, the other would lose something that he/she might use for work.

Answer 29

sin of theft

Question 30

A _____________ brings forth harm not only to the self, but to others as well.

Answer 30

single sin

Question 31

This is the phenomenon of human spirituality that every one who encounters pain should work on.

Answer 31

hope and beauty

Question 32

_______, once overcome, produces a cathartic effect.

Answer 32

Pain

Question 33

It washes past fears, and it makes a person feel better and stronger.

Answer 33

Pain

Question 34

____________ is, therefore, important, for it is through our friends for that we get out of our pains.

Answer 34

Friendship

Question 35

In this lesson, we have seen how ______ comes because of the sins of others.

Answer 35

pain