Semester 2 Flashcards

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king of bablylon when judah was delivered

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nebuchadnezzar

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at least (blank) different narrators of the seven stories of daniel

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four

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daniel wanted to only eat vegetables to…

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stay ritualistically pure and kosher

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nebuchadnezzar gave new names to (blank) the jewish boys

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all

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5
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daniels gift was

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to interpret visions and dreams

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the statue in nebuchadnezzars dream represented the…

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lineage of rulers

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nebuchadnezzars statue was made of

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gold, silver, bronze, and an iron/clay mix

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to reward daniel for interpreting his dream, nebuchadnezzar made daniel

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ruler over babylons wise men

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daniel prayed (blank) times a day

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3

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men convinced the king to build a golden statue of himself because

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they appealed to the kings vanity and pride

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the fourth figure in the fiery furnace was described to look like…

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the son of god

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12
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the story of the fiery furnace is a

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paradigm

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darius didn’t want to put daniel in the lions den but had to because of the

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law of the land

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the jealous officials that tried to have daniel killed for praying to his god were

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thrown into the lions den w their families

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in the story of the writing on the wall, belshazzars sin was that he used the (blank) from jerusalem temple

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holy chalices

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in the story of the writing on the wall, the (blank) remembers that daniel had been valuable and could translate

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queen-mother

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the words translated on the wall were

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the kingdom has ended; it has been found wanting; it will be defeated by the persian/medes

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in the story of he writing on the wall belshazzar was

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assassinated that night

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19
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the 7th story in daniel is called

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apocalyptic writing

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an angel told daniel that the (blank) represented powers that would rise against gods people

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beasts of his vision

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in jerusalem, jeremiah was facing the complete spiritual (blank) between god and the people

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disconnect

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22
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jeremiah told those who feared change to

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become like a tree planted by the water

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23
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the word heart meant

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the very code of an individual

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when jeremiah observed a potter he realized that

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God molds us and can also crush us down and start over

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jeremiah asks god to help his people always remember that god loves them and
his compassion never fails
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jeremiahs greatest horror was to realize that
his generation ended the inheritance
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jeremiah understands that this was
all part of gods plan to refine his people
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at the end of lamentations, jeremiah prays that
God will restore himself to his people
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obadiah is the (blank) book of the old testament
shortest
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the message of obadiah is that israel must
not give up hope
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in the Tel abib settlement where the leaders under 30 years old were sent, God made (blank) prophet
ezekiel
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in the babylon wisdom school, God made (blank) his prophet
Daniel
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in the prisoner of war camp in babylon, God made (blank) his prophet
Obadiah
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God made Haggai his prophet in the
"righteous remnant"
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ezekiel was exiled when he was
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God ordained Ezekiel to be a prophet with
wheels within wheels
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ezekiel was told his only responsibility was to
tell the captives what God told him to say
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jeremiah and ezekiel kept in touch through
letters
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jeremiah said people in captivity should
build houses and establish a community
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ezekiel loved to tell the prophecies through
street mines, odd behaviors, silly songs, or unusual venues
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ezekiel told the captives that jerusalem was being destroyed the same day that
his wife died
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the king of persia told the israelites that they could
go home after 70years of captivity
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the persian king gave back what the babylonians had stolen and supplies
to start rebuilding he temple babylon had destroyed
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the persians great religious and cultural tolerance was encouraged by
daniel
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although the persians knew israel would become an ally against egypt, the israelites knew it was clearly
God fulfilling his promise
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the neighboring nations of israel
did everything they could to stop the rebuilding efforts
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ezra is the first part of a divided book, nehemiah is the second half
together they tell the story
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the book was intended to emphasize that all freedom is a gift from God who
keeps his promises to his people
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when the babylonian captives returned they found that the people who had been left behind because they were sick or useless had become
a people who protected the land
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after the return of the exiles, they lost interest of rebuilding the temple and
turned to rebuilding tangier homes
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the social distinctions began a period of
prejudice and inequality
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if the people didn't become one body then God would judge between the
repentive and the unfaithful
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zechariah shared six visions which is a series of visions that
show the restoration of gods people
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(blank) was chosen to conclude the entire prophetic section of the old testament
Malachi
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Malachi was the prophet who God lifted in the land after the
rebuilding efforts
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the concluding halter of malachi talk ab the need for God to intervene into the lives of His people through
the sending of the messiah as his herald; the promise of a second coming of the messiah one day; and the final judgment
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joel sees the sin of
apostasy
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joel envisions a new society coming where
the visions of young triumph old, no distinctions of etc, peace and justic
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esther and mordecai left tel abib when
the persian king freed them but they didn't return to jerusalem
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king xerxes announced a beauty contest and winner would become
queen
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mordecai knew entereing esther was a gamble because she was
born in a camp and knew nothing, jewish, persians hated jews
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esther won the contest and mordecai was given a
seat at the kings gates
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every person in the kingdom was ordered to bow to haman
but jews were exempt bc they could only bow to God
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Mordecai talked to esther and told her she was put where she was for
such a time as this
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the king was enraged against haman and commanded
haman and his family to be hung
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the jews established an annual feast called
purim
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the book of ezra chronicles the early years of the captives returning to the promised land to
rebuild the temple of God
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the book of ezra emphasized that all
freedom is a gift from God
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ezra helps is to thank God for not
always treating us as we deserve to be treated
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ezra encourages us to never
take Gods mercy for granted
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instructive and encouraging books include
psalms, proverbs, eccl., job, song of solomon
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the accurate question that job addresses is
how should a faithful person face bad things
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job describes the "two council meetings" in heaven and there are many things that are bothersome in this piece of poetic license:
satan is present in heaven, God brags ab Job, and Satan and God make. bet ab why job is good
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jeremiah wrote lamentations to
help the people who would return
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in jerusalem at the time of the last deportation God made (blank) his prophet
jeremiah