Israelite History
Who is the considered the father of the children of Israel?
Abraham
What brought the Israelites to Egypt?
How were the children of Israel delivered from the last plague?
When Pharoah finally let the Children of Israel go, what visible sign was there that God was leading them and was with them?
A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
What was the name of Abraham's grandson, whose name was changed to Israel?
Jacob
How many years were the Israelites in slavery?
200 years 300 years 400 years 500 years
400 years
Who did the lamb represent?
Jesus
Where did God make a covenant with the Children of Israel to be their God and they His people, reaffirming the covenant He had made with Abraham and later Isaac?
Mount Sinai
What promise did God make to Abraham?
I will make thee a great nation and through thy seed (Jesus) all nations will be blessed.
Who was born and later led by God to deliver the children of Israel out of slavery?
Moses
They had to eat the lamb. What did the eating of the lamb represent?
"Eating" the word of God.
When Moses went up into the mountain to receive from God a part of the covenant written on two tables, the Children of Isreal broke their covenant promise. How?
By making an idol, the golden calf.
What was the name of the land God promised to Abraham?
Caanan
Name 6 of the 10 plagues of Egypt.
1) water turned to blood 2) frogs 3) lice 4) flies 5) livestock pestilence 6) boils 7) hail 8) locust 9) darkness 10) death of the first born
What did the sprinkling of the blood represent?
Faith in Christ's sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary
When the Children of Israel finally got to the borders of Caanan the land promised to them by God, they did not advance and possess the land. Instead, they ended up wondering in the desert for 40 years. Why?
They feared that God would not help them conquer the giants in the land and chose not to advance and conquer the land.
Name 4 of the 12 tribes of Israel?
Rueben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Naphtali, Asher, Zebulun, Issachar, Gad, Manasseh, Ephraim, Benjamin.
(Joseph and Dan)
How many of the 10 plagues did not fall on the Israelites?
(7 plagues) Flies, Livestock Pestilence, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, and the Death of the Firstborn
What religious practice do we have today that takes the place of the passover?
Communion Service (Washing of feet and taking of bread and wine)
Of the original people that left Egypt, who died in the desert and who finally made it to the promise land?
Everyone over the age of 20 at the time of departing Egypt accept Caleb and Joshua died in the desert.