Unit 9 - Minor Prophets

Question 1

What did Malachi speak out against?

Answer 1

God’s people holding back tithes and offerings.

Question 2

What was Amos’s message about Israel’s worship?

Answer 2

Their worship and religion were unacceptable to God, and it made Him sick.

Question 3

What happened when Zephaniah preached to the people of Assyria?

Answer 3

They repented.

Question 4

What lesson did Jonah teach about God?

Answer 4

God is in control and faithful.

Question 5

What complaints did Malachi have about God’s people?

Answer 5

The offering of lame and blind sacrifices, the boredom of the people worshipping God, and the large number of divorces.

Question 6

What did God tell Hosea to do?

Answer 6

Marry a prostitute.

Question 7

What did Micah foretell?

Answer 7

That Christ would be born in Bethlehem.

Question 8

What was Zechariah’s message to Zerubbabel?

Answer 8

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

Question 9

What important lesson can be learned from Jonah’s story?

Answer 9

God loves all nations and forgives all who repent.

Question 10

What was Habakkuk’s main question for the Lord?

Answer 10

How long until You punish evil?

Question 11

Who foretold more truths about Christ than any other prophet except Isaiah?

Answer 11

Zechariah.

Question 12

What was Obadiah’s message?

Answer 12

Check your attitude for pride and hatred.

Question 13

What were the three main points of Hosea’s book?

Answer 13

GOD knows your sin, GOD plans punishment, GOD promises rescue.

Question 14

What is the most important lesson from Hosea’s story?

Answer 14

God forgives us over and over again.

Question 15

What did Zechariah write about?

Answer 15

His many visions and what they meant for the remnant of God’s people.

Question 16

Who quoted from Joel’s prophecy on the Day of Pentecost?

Answer 16

Peter.

Question 17

Who was the last Old Testament prophet?

Answer 17

Malachi, completing his service around 400 B.C.

Question 18

What did Gomer do after being treated badly by Hosea?

Answer 18

She was still loved and bought back by him.

Question 19

What lesson can be learned from Nahum’s prophecy?

Answer 19

The only group of people who need to fear God’s wrath is His enemies.

Question 20

What was Zephaniah’s main message?

Answer 20

The day of the LORD is near!

Question 21

What problem did Obadiah write about regarding Edom?

Answer 21

Too much pride.

Question 22

What does Micah say God requires?

Answer 22

That we act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.

Question 23

What was Amos’s main message?

Answer 23

Prepare to meet your God.

Question 24

What did Joel use as an illustration of God’s coming judgment?

Answer 24

The locust plague of his day.

Question 25

Who were the prophets that preached to the remnant kingdom?

Answer 25

Malachi, Haggai, and Zechariah.

Question 26

What did Hosea tell Israel to do because of their spiritual adultery?

Answer 26

Return to the Lord and confess their sins.

Question 27

What did God tell Jonah to do?

Answer 27

Go to Nineveh and preach.

Question 28

Who urged Zerubbabel to get busy rebuilding the temple?

Answer 28

Haggai or Zechariah.

Question 29

What did Nahum predict about Nineveh?

Answer 29

The fall of Nineveh 130 years after the revival under Jonah.

Question 30

What did Malachi predict about Elijah?

Answer 30

That God would send Elijah before the Messiah came.

Question 31

What were Hosea's children's names?

Answer 31

Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, and Lo-Ammi.

Question 32

What was Haggai's main message?

Answer 32

Make God’s priorities your priorities.

Question 33

What did Joel tell God’s people to do?

Answer 33

Rend their hearts and not their garments, meaning to repent sincerely in their hearts.

Question 34

What happened when Jonah ran from God?

Answer 34

God caught up with him.

Question 35

What did Zechariah do to encourage the remnant of God’s people?

Answer 35

Urged them not to quit by encouraging them with God’s promises.