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What is a covenant?
a promise
Who did God choose to become the queen of Persia?
Esther
What is the last book of Old Testement?
Malachi
Who was the messenger God sent to prepare the way for Jesus?
John the Baptist
Which person saw Jesus, Son of Man, in his vision of heaven?
John (the Apostle)
Who did the sacrifice in the old covenant?
Priest
Why did Haman wanted to get rid of the Jews and especially Mordecai?
Because Mordecai did not bow to him
Why did some of the Jews had to sell their own children to slavery?
To pay for what they owed and to pay for food
What kind of animals were the priests and the people offering on God's altar and why is it wrong?
Lame, blind, sick animals. It's wrong because you have to offer the best, perfect animal to God
Describe how heaven looks like?
Fire, lighting, bright, rainbow
What/who is the ultimate sacrifice in the new covenant?
Jesus
What happened to Haman after the king found out his evil plan?
He got killed by the king's order
How did Nehemiah help teach the people the Word of God?
He gathered the people together and had Ezra read the law of God and the Levites explain it
what were some wealthy Jews doing to their own people?
taking their food, land, houses, and money
seraphim, assumed to be angels
After how many years of being captive that the Israelites got to return to Jerusalem?
70 years
When Ezra cried and confessed the Jews' sins to God, how did the people react?
They repented to God and separated from their foreign family members and moved away
What are some things the enemies did to harm Nehemiah?
They asked to meet him to try to harm him, they sent threatening letters, they made him afraid and go hide in the temple
Who announced the coming of the messenger to Zechariah?
The angel Gabriel
What did john do when he saw Jesus in his vision and why?
He fell at his feet because he was scared
When Ezra got to Jerusalem, what sin had the Jews there committed that he had to cry out to God?
they married foreign people who led them to worship other gods.
Who led the Jews back to Judah?
Nehemiah
What plan did Nehemiah come up with to protects the Jews and continue to repair the city walls in Jerusalem?
He had people ready with weapons to fight and armed workers on the wall. He also used a trumpet call to alert
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