The Big Picture
Minor, Minor
Major Major
Amazing Messages
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What is a prophet?
A prophet is a person who was called by God to speak to the people, to wake them up when they had fallen asleep on their relationship with God.
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What does the phrase “day of the Lord” mean?
The Day of the Lord is when God does something big like a judgment against Israel’s enemies or Israel for not following Him.
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Who was the prophet who read the writing on the wall and told the King what it meant?
Daniel read the writing written by a hand on the wall and told King Belshazzar he would die.
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What is a message from God called?
An oracle.
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The verse we have been learning this month is also called ________________________?
The Great Commision
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How are the books of the Prophets divided up?
Major and Minor Prophets. The major books are longer.
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How is the book of Jonah different from other books of the prophets?
The book of Jonah is a story about a prophet instead of words of a prophet. The book of Jonah shows us how much God wants a relationship with Him and wants us to repent of our sins.
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Who was the prophet who used symbols such as a dried brick with Jerusalem drawn on it to relay God’s messages?
Ezekial
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How did God give the oracles to the prophets?
God would give the message in a dream, but most of the time we do not know. They often say, “it came to me.”
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Who said the Great Commission?
Jesus
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How many books of Prophets are their in the Bible?
There are 17 books, but only 16 prophets. Lamentations was not written by Lammie.
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In the book of Joel, he prophesies about a coming day of the Lord involving a type of bug. What kind of bug was God going to use?
Locusts
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Who do they think wrote the book of Lamentations?
Jeremiah
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There are 4 kinds of oracles are found in the Old Testament. Can you describe at least one of them?
Indictment—Tells someone what they have done wrong. Judgment—Says what will happen as a result of what you have done wrong. Instruction—Gives a warming of what is wrong behavior. Aftermath—Gives hope for the future.
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What are three things Jesus tells us to do in the Great Commission?
Go Make disciples of every nation Baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit Teach them to obey everything he has commanded
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What are the three big events in which God sent prophets to Israel?
The rise of the Assyrian, the Babylonian, and the Persian empires are addressed in the books of the prophets.
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God asked Hosea to do something odd to teach Israel about their unfaithfulness to Him. What did Hosea have to do?
He had to marry a lady who kept running off after other guys. This was to show Israel how they ran off after other gods.
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Who were Daniel’s friends in the fiery furnace and what happened to them?
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were friends of Daniel and fellow Israelites in Babylon. They refused to worship the image of God and were thrown into the fiery furnace. They prayed to God and did not burn up, but came out without even smelling like smoke.
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Can the prophets tell the future?
No, they are just passing along the message of God’s plan.
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Where in the Bible can we find the Great Commission?
Matthew 28:19-20
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What word is an other word for God, Jehovah, in the Old Testament. In many Bibles today, we see the name The LORD used instead.
Yahweh
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Can you name at least one of the prophets who spoke to the Israelites after they had returned to Jerusalem and were rebuilding the temple and city?
Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
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What book of the prophets is used the most to talk about the coming Messiah.
Isaiah
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The Prophets often talked about God bringing someone to save the Israelites. What was the name they used to describe this person in the Old Testament?
Messiah
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Name one thing you have done lately to obey the Great Commission?
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