Focus Verses
One man praised God because "he shut" this.
What is the mouths of the lions? (Daniel 6:22a)
The last prophet recorded before 400 years of silence.
Who is Malachi?
God best revealed this attribute by dying for sinners (Romans 5:8), but Malachi reminded us of of it in the second verse of his prophetic book.
What is God's love?
This doctrine includes conviction, confession, and conversion.
What is repentance?
This leader taught us that God's faithfulness abounds during challenging opposition.
Who is Nehemiah?
The focus verse from this book referred to a future day when "you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."
What is Malachi? (Malachi 3:18)
The Babylonian name for this prophet was Belteshazzar.
Who is Daniel?
Though Jesus is the best representation of this attribute of God (Hebrews 1:3), we witnessed a glimpse of it in Ezekiel's heavenly vision.
What is God's glory?
This doctrine came up over and over again in the Exile & Return study, as God moved King's hearts and ordained small moments like Mordecai's overhearing a private conversation.
What is God's Sovereignty?
This priest pulled out his own hair in response to his people's sin.
Who is Ezra?
God's glory was revealed "like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day" in this prophetic book.
What is Ezekiel? (Ezekiel 1:28)
This prophet rebuked God's people for saying, "The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord's house."
Who is Haggai?
God acted of out this attribute for Daniel in the den and his 3 friends in the furnace.
What is savior?
This doctrine proves that the God of the Bible is the One True God. One example of this doctrine in the Exile and Return study is King Cyrus' decree for the Israelites to return to Jerusalem to rebuild God's Temple.
What is the fulfillment of prophecy?
This exiled Israelite is known for saying, "And if I perish, I perish."
Who is Esther?
According to this focus verse, the people of God "celebrated [a 7 day festival]...and on [this day], in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly."
What is the 8th day? (Nehemiah 8:18)
Zechariah's night visions include...
(List at least three)
What are the horses among the myrtle trees? The 4 horns and the craftsmen? The home (Temple) being measured? The holy garments on the priest? The hot lamp and the olive trees? The flying scroll? The woman in the basket? The 4 horses and chariots?
Daniel's long prayer in chapter 9 hinges on this attribute of God.
What is his accessibility?
God's people build this.
What is the Church?
This exile showed up in Jesus' genealogy in Matthew 1.
Who is Zerubbabel?
We were encouraged to memorize this ONE and ONLY verse from Zechariah 14:9.
What is "The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name?"
In Ezekiel's vision the mysterious wheels moved along with this.
What is the Spirit? (or What is the living creatures?)
Because God is _____, we can trust Him to fulfill His promise to build us into His beautiful, blameless Church. (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)
What is faithful?
This doctrine, which Jesus frequently referred to by name at the beginning of his ministry, is never mentioned by name in the Old Testament. Yet, Daniel 7 certainly refers to the truth of it.
What is the Kingdom of God?
This king did not humble himself before God and witnessed God's own hand writing, "mene, mene, tekel, parsin."
Who is Belshazzar?