Doctrinal Mastery
Jesus Christ as a Symbol in The Old Testament
General Conference
"Great are the words of Isaiah"
Old Testament History
100

According to Moses 1:39, this is God's work and glory

What is "to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man?"

100

In Exodus chapter 12, this unblemished first born animal was sacrificed in the evening representing the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

What is a lamb?

100

This Apostle asked "Why did the temple workers cross the road?"

Who is Elder Gerrit W. Gong?

100

In Chapter 53, Isaiah describes him in this way, "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."

Who is Jesus Christ?

100
Before he was king of Israel, this young man slew Goliath with a sling and stones.  He is credited for writing most of the Psalms.  He is the direct ancestor to Jesus Christ.

Who was David?

200

According to Psalm 24:3-4, a person that has clean hands and a pure heart shall stand here.

What is his/her holy place (the temple)?

200

According to Psalm 23 and John 10, this ancient occupation represents Jesus Christ as it relates to our eternal nurturing.

What is a (good) shepherd?

200

The primary subject of this General Authority's talk entitled "O Be Wise" was about gambling.

Who is D. Todd Christofferson?

200
In staying close to Christ, striving to obey the commandments, and repenting, the Lord says that "though your sins be as scarlet," they will appear like this.

What is "as white as snow."

200
After being sold by his brothers, he was carried off into Egypt, and eventually saved his family from starvation during a famine.

Who was Joseph?

300

According to Isaiah 29:13-14, this is "a marvelous work and a wonder."

What is the restoration of the gospel?

300

After his crucifixion, the Savior was in the tomb for three days and three nights.  This Old Testament event foretold of Christ's time in the "heart of the earth." (See Matthew 12) 

What was the event of Jonah and the whale? 

300

President Dallin H. Oaks, said that the way to overcome our present or future struggles and to overcome our questions and doubts is to do this.

What is "get closer to our Savior, Jesus Christ."

300

In chapter 2 of Isaiah, this is described as "the mountain of the Lord's house."  It will "be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it."

What is the temple.

300

This king was known for his wisdom, built the first temple, and is credited for the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.  

Who is Solomon?

400

According to Malachi 3:8-10, these should be brought into the storehouse which will in turn open the "windows of heaven."

What are tithes and offerings?

400

According to Psalm 118:22-23 and Acts chapter 4:10-12, Jesus Christ represents this part of a building.

What is the chief corner stone?

400

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf reminded us that this is the only ordinance that we receive which does not address us by name.

What is the sacrament?

400

This church responsibility is described in Isaiah 52:7-8 which, in part says, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good...".

What is missionary work?

400

These people were named after the capitol city of the Northern Kingdom.  They inhabited the Northern Kingdom after the ten tribes of Israel were carried off by Assyria.  They were shunned and despised by the Jews.

Who were the Samaritans?

500

This activity fulfills Malachi's prophecy in Malachi 4:5-6 in which he foretells that God will "turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers."

What is family history or temple work?

500

In Exodus chapter 16, the Israelites were given Manna which was like "coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey." In John 6, this is what Jesus Christ calls himself, when he testifies that he represents the Manna of the Old Testament. 

What is the Bread of Life?

500

Elder Ulisses Soares quoted Isaiah who said that if we are faithful to this law "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily....Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am."

What is the law of the fast?

500

He applied Isaiah 40:3 to himself, which says: "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."

Who was John the Baptist?

500

The scriptures describe this man as "perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil."

Who was Job?