DIVINE INTERVENTION
(Prophetic Mysteries)
(Prophetic Mysteries)
The pharaoh of Egypt has a puzzling nightmare about seven fat cows and seven skinny cows. Joseph correctly predicts this mystery means Egypt will suffer seven years of what?
A. Flood
B. Famine
C. War
D. Locusts
What is "B) Famine"?
Why: The skinny cows eating the fat cows predicted a terrible famine (lack of food).
Who said it? "The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
A. Cain
B. Abraham
C. Adam
D. Noah
Who is "C) Adam"?
Why: Adam said this, trying to shift blame when God confronted him about eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
This leader had to go into hiding in enemy territory and pretend to be insane—even drooling on his beard—to escape a foreign king named Achish.
A. Jacob
B. Samson
C. David
D. Solomon
Who is "C) David"?
Why: David did this in 1 Samuel 21, David was running for his life from King Saul and decided to seek refuge in enemy territory. While in Gath (the hometown of Goliath) servants of King Achish recognized David as Israel’s famous war hero. Knowing the Philistines would likely execute the man who killed their champion. David panicked, acting like a madman, tricking the king into throwing him out rather than killing him.
This creature was sent out from Noah's ark and successfully returned with an olive leaf, proving that the floodwaters were finally going down.
A. The raven
B. The dove
C. A fish
D. A crow
What is "B) The Dove"
Why: (Genesis 8:6-11) "[6] After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark [7] and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. [8] Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground... [11] When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth."
This golden chest was carried by the priests, held the Ten Commandments, and caused a city's walls to collapse after being marched around them.
A. The Altar of Incense
B. The Ark of the Covenant
C. The Ark of Noah
D. The Golden Calf
What is "B) The Ark of the Covenant"
Why: The Ark of the Covenant was marched around the city of Jericho before the walls fell down, according to Biblical law, only the Levites (the priestly tribe) were allowed to carry the Ark of the Covenant & it held the Ten Commandments.
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In the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John sees a strange prophetic vision of a woman standing in heaven. She is clothed with the sun, has the moon under her feet, and wears a crown made of this many stars.
A. Seven
B. Twelve
C. Three
D. Forty
What is "B) Twelve"?
Why: Revelation 12 describes her crown as having twelve stars, symbolizing the twelve tribes of Israel or the twelve apostles.
Who said it? "I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves."
A. King Herod
B. Pontius Pilate
C. Julius Caesar
D. Nero
Who is "B) Pontius Pilate"?
Pontius Pilate washed his hands to show he did not want responsibility for sentencing Jesus to death.
This man had 700 wives and 300 concubines, many of whom led him to worship foreign gods later in his life.
A. Abraham
B. Adam
C. David
D. Solomon
Who is "D) Solomon"?
Solomon married many foreign princesses to seal political treaties, which turned his heart away from God. While King David did have many wives, the Bible says he had about 8 wives and 10 concubines
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus uses this animal for one of the most famous and comforting metaphors in the Bible to remind His followers that if God watches over this small animal, He deeply cares for every detail of human life.
A) Dove
B) Sparrow
C) Hyrax
D) Fish
What is "B)Sparrow"?
Why: In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says God watches over the sparrows (Matthew 10:29).
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says "Consider the ravens... and yet God feeds them" (Luke 12:24).
Jesus never mentioned the hyrax in his teachings. While the hyrax is found in the Bible, its story is completely different from the sparrow.
Jesus never used a fish to teach a lesson about God's love and care.
The discovery of a lost temple scroll led a Judaean king to tear his clothes in grief, sparking a massive national destruction of pagan idols that scholars tie directly to the laws of this specific biblical book.
A. Genesis
B. Leviticus
C. Deuteronomy
D. Revelation
What is "C) Deuteronomy"?
Why: I told ya'll it was Deuteronomy! In 2 Kings 22, the priest finds the lost scroll inside the temple walls. When it is read aloud, King Josiah realizes how badly the nation has disobeyed God's laws. He tore down the shrines built by previous kings (including foreign shrines that King Solomon had built for his wives, the living quarters inside the Lord’s temple that were being used for pagan fertility rituals, He destroyed "Topheth," a horrific site in the valley where people were sacrificing their children in fire to the false god Molech). He removed all the corrupt, pagan priests & ordered the entire kingdom to celebrate a massive, national Passover, which the Bible says hadn't been done properly since the days of the Judges (Joshua). Bible scholars universally recognize this specific found text as the core laws of Deuteronomy.
The prophet Isaiah predicts that a time of perfect future peace will come, famously stating that this fierce predator will live peacefully alongside a lamb.
A. A bear
B. A wolf
C. A lion
D. A leopard
What is "B) A wolf"?
Why: Isaiah 11:6, this verse is often misquoted; "In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all."
Who said it? "I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy..."
A. God the Father
B. Jesus
C. The Holy Spirit
D. The Apostle Peter
Who is "A) God the Father"?
Why: (Joel 2:25) "The Lord says...(Joel 2:28) Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions."
In (Joel 2:28), God promises that after the physical and spiritual restoration of His people, He will no longer limit His Spirit to specific leaders, prophets, or priests. Instead, His Spirit will be poured out upon "all flesh". we see this again in the New Testament, The Day of Pentecost in (Acts 2:16-21), the Holy Spirit descends upon the disciples, Peter declares, "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel."
This baby was hidden in a basket coated in tar and pitch to escape a king's order to kill all Hebrew boys.
A. Moses
B. Elijah
C. John the Baptist
D. Jesus
Who is "A) Moses"?
Why: Moses was saved from Pharaoh's decree to kill all Hebrew boys. King Herod tried to kill baby Jesus and John the Baptist, who was also a baby during Herod's decree.
The Apostle Peter warns early Christians to stay alert, famously comparing the Devil to this specific creature.
A. A Snake
B. A Goat
C. A Dragon
D. A Lion
What is "D) A Lion"?
Why: In 1 Peter 5:8, Peter explicitly writes that the Devil prowls around like a "roaring lion."
When the Babylonian army destroyed Jerusalem, they broke this specific colossal bronze object into pieces to haul its metal away, a massive holy relic that rested on 12 oxen sculptures.
A. The Altar of Incense
B. The Bronze Serpent
C. The Sea
D. The Ark of the Covenant
What is "C) The Sea"?
Why: King Zedekiah rebelled against the Babylonian Empire, which led King Nebuchadnezzar to break up the bronze pillars and The giant bronze basin that was officially named "The Sea" (or the Molten Sea) that were in the house of the Lord and carried the bronze to Babylon.
We know for a fact that the Babylonians smashed the Bronze Sea into pieces. When the Bible lists all the gold and silver treasures the Babylonians looted from the temple, the Ark is never mentioned.
the Serpent was destroyed centuries earlier by a Jewish king, not by the Babylonians!
The Altar of Incense was built out of acacia wood and completely overlaid with pure gold, not bronze. It was relatively small and not held by 12 giant oxen.