Vocabulary Words
Major & Minor Prophets
Elijah & Elisha
Isaiah
John the Baptist
100
A person chosen by God to be a spokeman or messenger to his people
A prophet
100
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel are the _____________ prophets
MAJOR
100
True or False: Elisha & Elijah are major prophets
FALSE
100
He lived this many years before Christ
800
100
John's relationship to Jesus
Cousin
200
The messages God gave to the phophets
Prophecies
200
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephania, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi are the _________________ prophets
MINOR
200
Elisha's relationship to Elijah
Follower
200
True or False: Isaiah was a minor prophet
FALSE
200
These are the names of John's parents
Zechariah and Elizabeth
300
The Hebrew word meaning "anointed one"
Messiah
300
The greatest of all the prophets
John the Baptist
300
The name of the order Elijah and Elisha founded
The Carmelites
300
In the Catholic Church, we hear about the prophesies of Isaiah mostly during these 2 liturgical seasons
Christmas and Advent
300
The announcement that Zechariah was to have a child in his old age is similar to this patriarch
Abraham
400
Someone who announces the coming of a royal person
A herald
400
Name the 4 MAJOR prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel
400
This miracle performed by Elisha was a prefigurement for another miracles later performed by Jesus in feeding the crowds.
Multiplying the bread
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!! You can earn 800 POINTS on this question if the answer is correct. The name of the King of Judah at the time of Isaiah:
Ahaz
400
John often told the people do _____________, which means to give up their sinful desires
Repent
500
Someone who goes before another person to prepare the people for his coming
A forerunner
500
Name 5 MINOR prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephania, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
500
Elijah is most famous for a contest he held with pagan priests on Mt. Carmel to prove God's ultimate power. What was special about Elijah's altar and what happened to it?
It was wet and set ablaze.
500
Name the 5 things Isaiah prophesied:
Jesus' birth (virgin mother), teaching (great light), kingship (great ruler), suffering, glory
500
2 PART QUESTION: King (1)________________ commanded that John be sentenced to death in this manner (2)___________________.
(1) Herod (2) Beheading
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