Genesis 1-3
Genesis 1:1 says this.
What is "in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth"?
During the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), this specific dwelling instruction is given to remind the Israelites of their history in the wilderness?
What is "to dwell in temporary shelters or booths made of branches and foliage"?
So that future generations would know that God made Israel dwell in booths when they came out of Egypt.
In Psalm 23, the Lord is famously compared to this figure who provides, protects, and guides His flock.
What is "a shepherd"?
The minor prophet Micah made one of the most explicit Old Testament geographical predictions regarding the birthplace of the future ruler/Messiah. He named this town.
What is Bethlehem Ephrathah? (Micah 5:2)
Jesus predicted that this disciple would deny Him three times before the rooster crowed.
Who is Peter?
When giving practical household instructions, Paul famously tells children to do this to their parents in the Lord, for this is right.
What is obey them?
In Revelation 1:8, the Lord God establishes His eternal nature by declaring, "I am the Alpha and __" this last letter of the Greek alphabet.
What is the Omega?
According to Genesis 1:2, this was hovering over the face of the waters?
What is the Spirit of God?
Immediately following the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles, Leviticus 23:36 commands an eighth day that is characterized with these.
What is "a sacred assembly and a closing day of solemn rest where no customary work is done"?
This person is traditionally credited with authoring the largest number of individual psalms in the book of Psalms.
Who is David? (he is credited with writing around 73 of the 150 psalms)
When God originally called Jonah to preach repentance to the wicked city of Ninevah, Jonah fled toward this coastal city in the exact opposite direction.
What is Tarshish? (Jonah boarded a ship at Joppa heading in the exact opposite direction toward Tarshish which is modern day Spain to run away from God's assignment)
As Jesus rode into the city of Jerusalem before being crucified, the crowds shouted this Hebrew word meaning "save us" or "praise."
What is Hosanna?
This item is the only explicitly offensive weapon named in the description of the full Armor of God in Ephesians 6.
What is the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God?
When John turns to see who is speaking to him, he observes that out of the mouth of the Son of Man comes this sharp, formidable object.
What is a sharp, two-edged sword?
This was the first recorded statement God made?
What is "let there be light"?
The Israelites were commanded to eat unleavened bread during the Feast of Unleavened Bread for 7 days. On how many of those days is a sacred assembly held?
What is two? A sacred assembly was held on the first and seventh days?
According to Proverbs 1:7, this is the "beginning of knowledge"?
What is "the fear of the Lord"?
The final chapter of the Old Testament (Malachi 4) concludes with a notable promise that God will send this specific prophetic figure "before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes."
Who is Elijah the prophet? (Malachi 4:5)
Psalm 22 opens with the haunting cry, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" This line is famously quoted in the New Testament during this event?
What is "the crucifixion of Jesus"?
In Galatians 1, Paul asserts that the gospel he preached did not come from any human source, but came directly through this supernatural experience.
What is the revelation of Jesus Christ?
What is their crowns?
According to Genesis 1:28, this was the first command God gave to man.
What is "be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth"?
In the New Testament, this specific spring festival's timing perfectly coincides with the crucifixion of Jesus as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb.
What is Passover or Pesach?
The final chapter of Proverbs (31) concludes with a famous poetic tribute celebrating this ideal.
What is "an excellent and noble wife/woman of character"?
Psalm 51 is a heartfelt prayer of repentance traditionally attributed to David after being confronted by this prophet concerning his sin with Bathsheba.
Who is the prophet Nathan?
This secret disciple of Jesus requested Jesus's body from Pilate and laid it in his own unused rock-hewn tomb.
Who is Joseph of Arimathea?
In Galatians 3, Paul uses this harsh direct rhetorical adjective to address the recipients, questioning who has "bewitched" them.
What is "foolish"? (O anoetoi Galatai)
Though highly commended for their patient endurance and testing false apostles, the church at Ephesus is strictly rebuked for abandoning this baseline virtue.
What is their first love?
When the woman converses with the serpent, she alters God's original command from Genesis 2:17 by adding this strict, physical prohibition not spoken by the LORD.
What is "you shall not touch it"?
During the Feast of Firstfruits, when the priest waves the sheaf before the Lord, this specific animal sacrifice is to be offered along with it as a burnt offering.
What is "a male lamb a year old without defect"?(Leviticus 23)
The structural backbone of the "Virtuous Woman" poem in Proverbs 31:10-31 uses this specific poetic device, where each consecutive line begins with a sequential letter on the Hebrew alphabet.
What is an acrostic?
During this foreign king's reign, Daniel was thrown into the den of lions because he continued to pray to God despite a new royal edict.
Who is king Darius the Mede? (Daniel 6:1)
In the Synoptic eschatological discourses delivered on the Mount of Olives, Jesus tells his followers to understand this prophetic horror mentioned by Daniel.
What is the abomination of desolation?
What is flesh and blood?
Out of all seven churches addressed in Asia Minor, only two receive absolutely no rebukes or corrections from Jesus: Smyrna and this church, praised for its "little strength" and keeping His word.
What is the church in Philadelphia?