Ezekiel
This object is what Ezekiel's creature in his vivid vision was riding in chapter 1.
What is a wheel?
Daniel refuses food from the king’s table and requests vegetables and water for this reason, which results in better appearance and health.
What is to avoid defilement or contamination or impurity?
This Persian king issued a decree allowing exiles to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.
Who is King Cyrus (Cyrus the Great)?
This is the name of Esther's cousin and guardian who gives her wisdom.
Who is Mordecai?
One of Zechariah’s famous images is of a man with a measuring line who measures Jerusalem
What is a symbol of God's future restoration or what is restoration/rebuilding?
These creatures in Ezekiel’s vision each had four faces — of a man, a lion, an ox, and this winged animal.
What is an eagle?
A fourth figure appears in this trap with three of Daniel's close friends and they escape unharmed.
What is the fiery furnace?
In Ezra 3, the returned exiles lay the foundation of this structure with much rejoicing; older priests wept while others shouted for joy.
What is the temple (the Second Temple)?
Queen Esther kept this a secret from King Ahasuerus (King Xerxes)?
What is here Jewish heritage?
Zechariah 3 presents Joshua the high priest standing before the angel and Satan, and he receives clean garments; this scene symbolizes removal of this from the priesthood/nation.
What is sin or impurity (or iniquity)?
In chapter 2, God commissions Ezekiel in this symbolic way, in order that he knows the Lord's lamentations, mourning and woe.
What is “eat the scroll”?
Daniel's refusal to comply, ability to interpret visions, faithful witness and unceasing prayer display ____.
What is faithfulness to God, integrity, seeking wisdom and obedience?
Tobiah, Sandballat, and others felt this as they watched the rebuilding of the temple.
What is rebellion, discomfort, or opposition to the effort?
This man hated Mordecai and wanted to kill him and all the Jews.
Who is Haman?
In Zechariah 4, this phrase accompanies the vision of the lampstand and two olive trees: “Not by might nor by power, but by this.”
What is by my Spirit (or the Spirit of the LORD)?
God sends Ezekiel to these people, described as rebellious, defiled with idols, shed blood, profaning God's holy name and were judged and scattered throughout .
Who are the Israelites?
In Daniel 7, the fourth beast with ten horns, and a little horn that arises to speak great things symbolizes ___.
What is the blasphemous/powerful ruler or anti-God political power (or the Antichrist)?
Ezra chapter 9–10 contains Ezra's strong response to this problem.
What is intermarriage with non-Israelites, foreign wives and idols?
God's name is mentioned this many times in the book of Esther.
What is zero?
Zechariah 9–10 contain oracles of salvation and a coming king riding on a donkey, later quoted at Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem; this scene points to this portrait of kingship.
What is humble/peaceful Messiah (or the coming king of peace)?
God showed Ezekiel this vision of bones: bones coming to bones, then covered with tendons, flesh and skin, then breath entered them and they came alive. This represents ______.
What is God's Restoration, revival, or return from exile?
In chapter 2, this Babylonian king dreams of a gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay statue of gold, silver, which is only interpreted by Daniel as successive kingdoms.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The people experienced both joy and weeping at the completion of the temple foundation because they were remembering this.
What is the understanding of loss/imperfection/sin alongside hope, progress, and present blessing?
This Jewish holiday commemorates Esther's heroic acts.
What is Purim?
Zechariah stresses corporate repentance and reliance on God’s Spirit rather than human power; state one practical implication for contemporary community leadership.
What is to prioritize spiritual renewal and dependence on God rather than solely human strategy (or to seek prayerful discernment and humility)?