Nineveh
Nineveh was the capital of this kingdom
What is Assyria?
This is a revelation or truth communicated from God to humans through a chosen spokesperson
What is Prophecy?
The King of Assyria who attacked Jerusalem
Who is Sennacherib?
Prophecies about Jesus are known as this.
What are messianic prophecies?
This person was the last King of the southern kingdom of Judah.
Who is Zedekiah?
Like Jonah, this prophet delivered God's message of wrath and judgment against sin to Nineveh
Who is Nahum?
This is one reason for prophecies.
What is to...
1.Warn people of upcoming events
2.Turn people's hearts back to God
3.Provide hope
4.Instruct and encourage
5.Point forward to the Messiah
6.Validate the message
This is what Hezekiah did with the Letter from Sennacherib's envoy which warned of their upcoming attack of Jerusalem.
What is take it to the temple and spread it out before the Lord
This is approximately the number of Prophecies in the OT about the Lord Jesus.
What is 300?
The kingdom that God used to judge Judah.
What is Babylon?
This is the kingdom that would eventually take down the Assyrians
What is Babylon?
When condemning King Jeroboam's sacrifices on the high places, God had an unnamed prophet speak to this inanimate object.
What is an altar?
This is the number of Assyrian soldiers that died in one night.
What is 185,000
This book which was written about 600 years before Jesus contains the most messianic prophecies
What is Isaiah
This is one of the main prophets that warned Judah of their judgment if they did not turn back to him.
Who is Jeremiah?
While he would eventually Judge Assyria for their evil practices, God would also use them to Judge this nation.
What is Israel? (Northern Kingdom)
This is the king that burned the bones of the priests to the false gods
Who is Josiah?
There are the three answers that God give to our prayers.
What are yes, no and not now?
This is how Jesus fulfilled the prophecy that said he would be rich in his death.
What is by being buried in Joseph of Arimathea's tomb.
This is the merciful promise that God made to the people of Judah even when he informed them that Jerusalem would be burned to the ground.
These are two conclusions people often come to when they see suffering in the world.
God isn't there, or He doesn't care
Isaiah prophesied that the King Cyrus of Persia send people back to Jerusalem and provide all the resources needed to do this.
What is rebuild the temple?
According to 1 John 5, we will receive whatever we ask God so long as we ask according to this.
What is His will?
It would have been impossible to fake being the Messiah because many of the prophecies were these two things.
What are
1. Hard to control &
2. Hard to do
In addition to survivors of the destruction of Jerusalem, the Babylonians took articles from this building with them back to Babylon.
What is the Temple?