Who built a massive boat (an ark) to stay safe during a worldwide flood?
Noah
In the New Testament, hope is compared to what object that keeps a ship from drifting away?
Anchor
(Hebrews 6:19)
What sea did Jesus calm with just a few words
(Quiet/ Be still)
The Sea of Galilee.
When Peter started to sink while trying to walk on water, who reached out and caught him?
Jesus
Clue 1: I move around a lot
Clue 2: I was set up he first day of the year and I have 10 curtains inside and 11 curtains outside
Tabernacle
During a terrible storm and shipwreck in Acts 27, how many anchors did the sailors throw from the back of the ship to try and steady it?
Four anchors.
Who was the prisoner on that storm-tossed ship who told everyone that no one would lose their life?
o Answer: Paul
In Acts 27, when Paul’s ship was caught in a violent storm, the crew threw four anchors from the stern. What was the name of the specific island they ultimately shipwrecked on?
o Answer: Malta (Acts 28:1).
Clue 1: The biggest earthquake WILL happen here
Clue 2: A dragon is defeated here
Revelation
In the Old Testament, the prophet Jeremiah says that the person who trusts in the Lord is like a tree planted where?
o Answer: By the water
(whose roots send out streams by the river - Jeremiah 17:7-8).
Hebrews 6:20 mentions that our anchor of hope enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus went before us on our behalf. What specific title is given to Jesus in this verse?
o Answer: Forerunner (or High Priest forever).
Which minor prophet concludes his book with a powerful declaration of hope, stating that even if the fig tree does not bud and there are no cattle in the stalls, he will still rejoice in the Lord?
o Answer: Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3:17-18).
In the same shipwreck account, the sailors dropped anchors out of fear that they would strike what specific, dangerous sandbars off the coast of North Africa?
o Answer: The Syrtis (Acts 27:17).
According to Hebrews 6:20, Jesus has become a high priest forever, anchoring our faith. After which mysterious Old Testament kingly order is His priesthood patterned?
o Answer: The order of Melchizedek.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:8, Paul uses armor imagery to describe spiritual readiness. What piece of armor does he specifically equate with the "hope of salvation"
o Answer: The helmet
Clue 1: My name means "gift of the Lord"
Clue 2: Sinners ate at my house
Matthew
Clue 1: I'm mentioned in the first 3 Gospels
Clue 2: I grow bigger
Mustard seed or tree
Clue 1: My name means " descender"
Clue 2: 12 stones were taken from me
Clue 3:Jesus was baptized in me
Jordan River
Clue 1: Matthew mentions me first
Clue 2: Mary and a centurion stood near me
The cross
Clue 1: I was at the scene of the crime
Clue 2: I was dipped in blood
Clue 1: I was a priest
Clue 2: My first book has more words than any other
Jeremiah
Clue 2: I am a person, a people, and a nation
Israel
Clue 1: God broke my leader's arm
Clue 2: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Abram, Jacob, Moses lived here at different points
Egypt
Paul writes in Romans 5 that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. What does he say hope does not do to us?
o Answer: It does not put us to shame / disappoint us
(Romans 5:5).
According to Hebrews 6:19, our hope is an anchor for the soul that is firm and secure. Where does this anchor enter?
Behind the curtain (into the inner sanctuary / heaven in the presence of God).