Shocking Departures
This OT character from Genesis didn't die, but was taken directly to heaven by God.
Who is Enoch?
This major prophet of the OT was taken to Babylon in captivity. He stayed faithful to God, even surviving a trip into the lions' den.
This minor prophet hated Nineveh and didn't want to preach there. He wanted to see them die, not repent.
Who is Jonah?
This verse is the first prediction of the gospel in the Bible.
What is Genesis 3:15?
This man said, "But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
Who is Joshua?
This OT character had his head severed by a Israelite teenager after getting a stone embedded in his skull.
Who is Goliath?
This major prophet of the OT made reference to the coming of the Messiah in chapter 53, calling him the true "suffering servant".
Who is Isaiah?
This minor prophet wrote the shortest book of the OT. It calls out Edom, the descendants of Esau, for their animosity toward Judah.
Who is Obadiah?
Jesus came into Jerusalem during the "Passion Week" riding on a donkey in fulfillment of this OT prediction.
What is Zechariah 9:9?
This man said, "The Egyptians you see today you will never see again."
Who is Moses?
This OT character was thrown from a wall, then trampled by horses. Afterward, wild dogs licked her blood and devoured her dead corpse.
Who is Jezebel?
This major prophet of the OT was called by God as a youth. He stayed faithful to God even when the people threw him in a cistern, put him in stocks, and other imprisonments.
Who is Jeremiah?
It was this OT minor prophet who wrote, "O people, the Lord has told you what is good,and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God."
Who is Micah?
This OT verse predicts a virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, called Immanuel, which Christians interpret as referring to Jesus's miraculous birth.
What is Isaiah 7:14?
This man said, "Come nearer to me. I will feed the birds and the wild animals with your dead body."
Who is Goliath?
Who is Absalom?
This major prophet of the OT had many visions, like a wheel and a valley of dry bones coming to new life. He was known for acting out his messages to the people in dramatic form.
Who was Ezekiel?
This minor prophet predicted the coming of John the Baptist (another Elijah) who would prepare the way of the Lord at His first coming to earth.
Who is Malachi?
This OT verse predicts the Messiah's suffering, including being forsaken by God, mocked, and having his hands and feet pierced. Jesus quoted it from the cross.
What is Psalm 22:1?
This man said, "The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
Who is Elijah?
This Canaanite general lost his life when a friendly Israelite woman invited him in for a rest, then drove a wooden tent peg into his temple.
Who is Sisera?
With 66 chapters, this prophetic book is the longest book of the Old Testament, except for Psalms.
What is Isaiah?
This OT minor prophet called out the Jews who laid the foundation for the new Temple, but then grew lazy and apathetic. He scolded them for caring more about their own houses than the house of the Lord.
Who is Haggai?
The Old Testament prophet Daniel correctly predicted the rise and collapse of these four world empires hundreds of years in advance.
What is Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome?
This woman said, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”
Who is Jezebel?