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The leader of the Israelites when they finally entered the Promised Land.
Who is Joshua?
The Mountain where God appeared to Moses and gave him the 10 commandments and later spoke with Elijah.
The temple is rebuilt and the kingdom divided.
The books in this category tell of how sin entered the world and how God responded. They include revelation from God about how His people should live in order to maintain a relationship with Him, and how to have their sins forgiven when they violated His laws. (Give yourself double points if you can name all of them in order.)
What are the Books of Law (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)?
Chapter 4 Verse 14: "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
The last Judge and the first Prophet. He anointed the first two kings of Israel.
Who is Samuel?
During the first battle in Israel's conquest of the Promised Land, the walls of this city fell after the Israelites marched around the city seven times and then the priests gave a loud blast on their horns.
What is Jericho?
God establishes His covenant first through a man and then through a family.
What is Genesis?
The books in this category help us to gain wisdom, give us deeper understanding and/or lead us in praise and worship of the Lord. (Double points if you can name them in order.)
What are the Books of Poetry (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon)?
Verse 6: "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord."
What is Psalm 150?
An Jewish girl who, after being taken from her family, was made queen and had the courage to work with her cousin to rescue the Jewish people from Haman's plot to destroy them.
Who is Esther?
This is the nation that conquered the Kingdom of Israel.
What is Assyria?
God's Covenant People grow from a family to a nation, are delivered from captivity and given the divine revelation of God's Law.
What is Exodus?
The books in this category tell the story of the ancient nation of Israel from its entrance into the Promised Land to its return from exile. (Double points if you can name them in order.)
What are the books of History (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, 1&2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther)?
Chapter 1 Verse 9, " Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
What is Joshua?
The Moabite woman--known for her loyalty to her mother-in-law--who God used to start the family line of Jesus.
Who is Ruth?
This is the nation that defeated the Kingdom of Judah.
What is Babylon?
Israel demands a king, despite the warnings of God through both Moses and His prophet Samuel. They are given Saul, whose reign descends into pride, jealousy and wickedness.
What is 1 Samuel?
This is the only difference between the Major and Minor Prophets.
What is length?
Repeated in various forms throughout: "Once again, Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord."
What is Judges?
Solomon's general who received Ahijah's prophecy about the dividing of Israel into two kingdoms. Also, the first king of Israel after the split.
What is Ai?
This book documents the reign of David. His victories and his sin.
What is 2 Samuel?
The books in this category were written to confront God’s people with their sin, to show them the inevitable consequences of judgment that would flow from their continuing to break God’s covenant with them, and to communicated a hopeful future for God’s people that would come through a promised Messiah we now know to be Jesus Christ. (Triple points if you can name them in order.)
What are the Books of Prophecy (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi)?
The reason David wrote: "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
What is his sin with Bathsheba?