Vocabulary/ Basic Truths
This is the good news about what God has done to save sinners through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Gospel
This is an attribute of God's protective love. Unlike the human form of this, God does not experience insecurity, fear, or anxiety. He is righteously angry when His children choose to devote their time and attention to lesser things.
Because of their idolatry, infidelity to God's covenants, and their failure to follow God's laws this is the number of years that the Jews were exiled to Babylon.
70 Years
This king banished Queen Vashti because she refused to appear before him to show off her beauty. This caused him to "burn with anger" and banish her from his courts.
King Xerxes
The account of Shadrach, Mesach, and Abenago and their punishment in the fiery furnace are recorded in the book of this prophet.
Daniel
A heartfelt response recognizing God's greatness, expressing great love and reverence for Him, and living in a way that brings Him honor. It should come from a sincere heart and be grounded in accurate knowledge of God and His Word. This should be an all-encompassing lifestyle instead of just a musical performance or weekly service.
Worship
This attribute means everything God is, does, and says is completely free of fault or defect. His ways are flawless, His judgments are upright, and His Word is without error.
Perfect
In Nehemiah it says it took the Israelites this many days to complete the rebuilding of the wall.
52 Days
King Nebuchadnezzar
This prophet serves as the Old Testament's final book before entering a 400 year silence. He reminded God's people of His deep love for them.
Malachi
This term refers to the protective, powerful care and guidance from God. It implies God orchestrates events—even using evil for good—to achieve His final goals. Starts with P.
Providence
God has unlimited power, authority, and influece. He does all He wants and intends to do. God is the source of all power.
Omnipotent
The former city of Babylon is located in what modern day country?
Iraq
In Daniel this man convinced the king to sign an edict to kill all of the Jews. His plan was foiled by Esther and he was subsequently impaled on the very pole meant for his foe.
Haman
God appeared to this prophet on the banks of the Kebar River where he was so overwhelmed he fell flat on his face. His visions included four living creatures, wheels covered in eyes, and God's throne of glory.
Ezekiel
This process refers to the Holy Spirit's work of growing us in holiness to be like Jesus, who is perfectly righteous. Although we continue to sin, this is a gradual process where our thoughts, words, and actions become more like Jesus as we learn to trust and obey. Starts with S.
Sanctification
God does not change. We can count on Him to always be holy, good, and faithful. God's Word is like Him and does not change. We can count on his promises. Because God never changes, we can always trust Him. Starts with the letter I.
Immutable
In the Book of Esther this is the place the beautiful, young women were taken so that the king could select a new queen.
Tricked by jealous subordinates, this king signed an irrevocable decree prohibiting prayer to anyone but himself. When Daniel was spared in the lion's den, he issued a new decree that everyone in his kingdom must "reverence the God of Daniel".
King Darius I
This prophet's name means "Yahweh has comforted" and was appointed at the governor of Judah. He lead the people to trust God as they and withstand the enemy's persecution in the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall.
Nehemiah
This means God declares a sinner righteous because of the perfect life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It means Jesus has paid the price for all the sin of God's children and saved them from the wrath they deserve. Occurs immediately when a person truly believes and declares their faith. Starts with J.
Justification
This is the total of all God's attributes. God has displayed this in the beauty and wisdom of His creation. He has revealed this throughout history through his power, mercy, grace, judgment, holiness, love, and every other attribute.
Glory
In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream of a giant statue made of four distinct metals. In our study we learned that these four divisions stood for four different powerful empires. What four empires did these metals represent?
Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, Roman
This man was a Samaritan leader and key adversary of Nehemiah who actively opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls. As governor of Samaria, he used mockery, conspiracy, and intimidation to halt the project, representing a major source of external resistance. His daughter was married to the grandson of a high priest causing Nehemiah to ban that high priest from Jerusalem.
Sanballat
Along with Zechariah and Malachi this man served as God's messenger to the post-exile remnant in Jerusalem. He called the returned exiles to make God their highest priority and urged them to complete the work of rebuilding God's temple. He prophesied of God's future victory and sealed Zerubbabel with a "signet ring".
Haggai