BIBL 104 Quiz 4 Liberty University Answers

BIBL 104 Quiz: The Old Testament Books of Prophecy

1. According to the textbook, the key verse to the book of Lamentations is “Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (Lam. 3:22–23).
2. The Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as a “Prince of Heaven.”
3. Daniel and his three friends were not able to keep their kosher diet while serving the king.
4. In his first vision, Zechariah saw a flying scroll that measured thirty feet by fifteen feet and was covered with written curses against those who had broken God’s commandments
5. The Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as a “Wonderful Counselor”
6. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the true vine.
7. Habakkuk’s first question was:
8. God commanded Hosea to marry a promiscuous and unfaithful wife, who subsequently gave birth to three children with symbolic names. Both the woman and the children were metaphors of Israel’s covenant unfaithfulness toward the Lord. Israel had prostituted itself by turning away from the Lord and following other gods.
9. The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is from the throne of David.
10. Daniel’s three friends were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
11. According to our textbook, the overall theme of Daniel is God’s sovereignty over the people of Israel and the nations of the world.
12. Micah likened the greed and the disregard of Israel’s leaders for the poor to cannibals that chopped the people up and made them into stew.
13. Daniel is not mentioned in the account of the statue and the fiery furnace because he willingly bowed to Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue.
14. Because of his strong preaching, Jeremiah was appreciated by kings, priests, and the people of Judah.
15. The king and people of Nineveh took Jonah’s warning of destruction seriously and expressed their repentance by fasting from food and drink, wearing sackcloth, crying out to God, and turning from their violent behavior.
16. Habakkuk’s message is a personal one in which the prophet laments and dialogues with the Lord over the justice of His ways in using the Babylonians to punish Judah’s sins.
17. The book of Jonah is a two-part story. The first part of the book is about God’s mercy to His disobedient prophet. The second part of the book is about God’s mercy to the wicked people of Nineveh.
18. The book of Lamentations is an anonymous composition but early tradition identifies ___________ as the author of the book.
19. The possibility that the Lord might show mercy to the Assyrians was why Jonah refused to go to the city in the first place.
20. The Lord commissioned Isaiah as a prophet in the year of King Uzziah’s death.
21. Hosea compared Israel’s unfaithfulness to spoiled grapes, a wild vine, a trained heifer, and a rebellious daughter.
22. During Hosea’s life Israel’s political size and economic stability increased, these were not indicators of spiritual vitality.
23. According to Nahum, God’s justice demanded the Assyrians experience the suffering and degradation they inflicted on others.
24. Nahum delivered his messages during the reign of Josiah around the same time Daniel commenced his prophetic ministry.
25. Like a con artist, Nineveh had seduced other nations into alliances and then had
    betrayed them because of her greed and lust for wealth.
26. Daniel was thrown into a lion’s den because he refused to stop praying.
27. Daniel and his three friends were given Babylonian names in order to acclimate them to Babylonian life and culture.
28. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the healer of the nations.
29. Zephaniah’s preaching thus helped influence perhaps the greatest revival in Judah’s history.
30. The book of Lamentations is a series of five separate laments over the fall of Jerusalem to the
31. The book of Isaiah opens with seven sermons that serve as a thematic introduction to the book.
32. Matthew 8:17 quotes from Isa 53:4 (“He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases”) as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah’s suffering servant.
33. John 12:38 quotes from Isa 53:1 (“Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”) as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah’s suffering servant.
34. Zechariah was a postexilic prophet who foretold the coming of Israel’s true and final King.
35. According to Lamentations, Jerusalem’s fate was worse than that of Sodom.
36. Judgment, however, was not the final word for Judah or the nations. In the last days, the Lord would purify the speech of all peoples so they might worship and serve Him.
37. Amos opened his book of prophecies with the startling image of God as a ___________. Rather than protecting them, Yahweh would roar out in judgment against them.
38. The Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as an “Everlasting Father.”
39. Habakkuk was a contemporary of
40. The enormity of the temple rebuilding process, economic hardships, and opposition from the surrounding peoples stalled the project for sixteen months.
41. The extended message of salvation at the center of the book of Micah, as well as the emphasis on salvation at the end of each section, reflects Micah’s focus on the hope of Israel’s future salvation.
42. The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is noted for peace without end.
43. The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is marked by grace and truth.
44. Critical scholarship has argued for multiple authorship of the book and has viewed chapters 40–66 as coming after the time of Isaiah.
45. One lament in Lamentations features a beleaguered individual who probably is the personification of the city of Jerusalem.
46. Daniel was a contemporary of ___________ and _____________.
47. Rather than rejoicing in his successful preaching mission and the salvation of the Ninevites, Jonah was angered that the Lord spared the city.
48. The name Immanuel means “God for us.”
49. During an extravagant banquet Belshazzar desecrated the temple vessels taken from
50. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as a suffering servant.

Set 1

1. The name Immanuel means “God for us.”
2. According to Nahum, God’s justice demanded the Assyrians experience the su ering and degradation they in icted on others.
3. In Zechariah, the Lord promised that He would “return” to His people if they would “return” to Him.
4. The Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as a “Prince of Heaven.”
5. In Malachi, God denounces His people by raising the question of
6. In his second vision, Zechariah saw four horns crushed.
7. Ezekiel’s role as a Prophet is compared to the work of a “_____________.”
8. In the final section of the book of Micah, God’s relationship to His people is presented
9. Habakkuk’s message is a personal one in which the prophet laments and dialogues with the Lord over the justice of His ways in using the Babylonians to punish Judah’s
10. The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is marked by grace and truth.
11. During an extravagant banquet Belshazzar desecrated the temple vessels taken from Jerusalem.
12. Amos was a prophet to the southern kingdom of Judah.
13. Hosea’s ministry began at a time of great economic prosperity for Israel, but that rapidly disintegrated into one of national catastrophe by the end of his ministry.
14. _________ is the shortest book in the Old Testament.
15. The enormity of the temple rebuilding process, economic hardships, and opposition from the surrounding peoples stalled the project for sixteen months.
16. Habakkuk’s rst question was:
17. Zephaniah highlights the judgment of God by detailing how God will reverse his work of creation and destroy all living things.
18. God’s promise in Jeremiah 29:11 (“For I know the plans I have for you . . . to give you a future and a hope) addresses the impending exile and the future restoration of Judah because God loved His people with an eternal love.
19. Luke 22:37 quotes from Isa 53:12 (“And he was numbered with the transgressors”) as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah’s su ering servant.
20. Daniel’s three friends were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
21. Daniel was a contemporary of ___________ and _____________.
22. According to Lamentations, Jerusalem’s fate was worse than that of Sodom.
23. Amos concluded his prophecies of unrelenting judgment with a message of hope concerning Israel’s future restoration. God promised:
24. In his first vision, Zechariah saw a ying scroll that measured thirty feet by fteen feet and was covered with written curses against those who had broken God’s commandments
25. According to the textbook, the key verse to the book of Lamentations is “Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness”
26. Daniel and his three friends were not able to keep their kosher diet while serving the king.
27. Ezekiel’s vision of _____________ confirmed the Lord’s promise to restore and spiritually renew the people of Israel.
28. Zechariah was a postexilic prophet who foretold the coming of Israel’s true and nal King.
29. Habakkuk’s third question was:
30. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the coming conqueror.
31. The moral failure of Judah’s leadership had little impact on the spiritual corruption of the nation. However, the same could not be said for Judah’s priests.
32. Zechariah’s book can be divided up into eight visions, four messages, and two burdens.
33. The book of Lamentations is a series of ve separate laments over the fall of Jerusalem to the __________.
34. Amos compared the wealthy women of Samaria to well-fed cattle in that they oppressed the poor and were consumed with their own sel sh pleasures.
35. Isaiah ministered in to the southern two tribes known as Judah.
36. Jonah is scandalized that the Lord would show the same grace he has shown to Israel to the people of Nineveh.
37. The Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as an “Everlasting Father.”
38. According to the textbook, Habakkuk’s interaction with God is a reminder that the life of faith often involves lament, complaint, and the pouring out of one’s honest emotions and feelings to God.
39. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the healer of the nations.
40. Malachi prophesied in the postexilic period before the rebuilding of the temple and the reinstitution of the sacrifices and rituals associated with the temple.
41. The use of the title “Holy One of Israel” appears equally in both “halves” of the book of Isaiah. This unifying element argues for Isaiah’s authorship of the whole book.
42. The Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as a “Might Savior.”
43. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the bread of life.
44. The story of Jonah is a reminder that the Lord’s plan of salvation extends beyond Israel to include all the nations, even those who were Israel’s greatest enemies.
45. The book of Nahum is a message against _____________.
46. Zephaniah began his ministry at approximately the same time as Ezekiel.
47. Amos concluded his prophecies of unrelenting judgment with a message of hope concerning Israel’s future restoration. God promised:
48. In Malachi, God denounces His people by raising the question of
49. One poem in Lamentations portrays Jerusalem as a grieving widow mourning her destruction.
50. Micah likened the greed and the disregard of Israel’s leaders for the poor to cannibals that chopped the people up and made them into stew.

Set 2

1. The book of Isaiah opens with seven sermons that serve as a thematic introduction to the book.
2. Zephaniah began his ministry at approximately the same time as Ezekiel.
3. The possibility that the Lord might show mercy to the Assyrians was why Jonah refused to go to the city in the first place.
4. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as a banner of love.
5. The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is from the throne of David.
6. Nahum delivered his messages during the reign of Josiah around the same time Daniel commenced his prophetic ministry.
7. Amos’ prophecies of judgment demanded a response because they were not absolute predictions of what must happen in the future as much as they were warnings of what would happen if Israel did not repent and change its ways.
8. The Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah makes clear that this is not a typical human child because he is described as a “Wonderful Counselor”
9. Daniel and his three friends were placed in a three-year training program to learn the language, literature, and the sciences of the Babylonians.
10. The Immanuel prophecy depicts one whose government is marked by grace and truth.
11. Amos concluded his prophecies of unrelenting judgment with a message of hope concerning Israel’s future restoration. God promised:
12. The Lord commissioned Isaiah as a prophet in the year of King Uzziah’s death.
13. Rather than rejoicing in his successful preaching mission and the salvation of the Ninevites, Jonah was angered that the Lord spared the city.
14. According to our textbook, the overall theme of Daniel is God’s sovereignty over the people of Israel and the nations of the world.
15. Matthew 8:17 quotes from Isa 53:4 (“He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases”) as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah’s suffering servant.
16. Haggai in tandem with ______________ challenged the postexilic community to resume the work of rebuilding the temple.
17. Habakkuk’s second question was:
18. Peter cites and quotes from Isa 53:4–5, 9, 11–12 (“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth,” and “by his wounds you have been healed”) in 1 Peter 2:21-25 as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah’s suffering servant.
19. Edom was lifted up because of excessive pride. They believed their mountain fortresses made them invulnerable to enemy attack.
20. Amos concluded his prophecies of unrelenting judgment with a message of hope concerning Israel’s future restoration. God promised:
21. Lamentations 1–4 are acrostic poems.
22. Hosea charged Israel with three separate indictments. One of these indictments indicated that “They have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.” (Hos. 6:7)
23. Micah was a prophet in Judah and a contemporary of the prophet ________.
24. In Zechariah, the Lord promised that He would “return” to His people if they would “return” to Him.
25. In the final section of the book of Micah, God’s relationship to His people is presented as
26. The enormity of the temple rebuilding process, economic hardships, and opposition from the surrounding peoples stalled the project for sixteen months.
27. During an extravagant banquet Belshazzar desecrated the temple vessels taken from Jerusalem.
28. According to Micah, because the rich deprived the poor of their land, the Lord would now do the same to them.
29. Jeremiah’s two visits to the potter were prophetic sign acts that visualized how the covenantal relationship between the Lord and His people had reached a breaking point.
30. According to the textbook, Zephaniah’s ministry reminds us of the importance of preaching which confronts evil, calls for repentance, and leads to revival.
31. The book of Malachi is structured around disputations in which the Lord dialogues with His people in a series of questions and answers.
32. Ezekiel’s role as a Prophet is compared to the work of a “_____________.”
33. God’s promise in Jeremiah 29:11 (“For I know the plans I have for you . . . to give you a future and a hope) addresses the impending exile and the future restoration of Judah because God loved His people with an eternal love.
34. God commanded Hosea to marry a promiscuous and unfaithful wife, who subsequently gave birth to three children with symbolic names. Both the woman and the children were metaphors of Israel’s covenant unfaithfulness toward the Lord. Israel had prostituted itself by turning away from the Lord and following other gods.
35. Zechariah called the people to repent and return to the Lord. Without true spiritual renewal on the people’s part, rebuilding the temple was useless.
36. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the bread of life.
37. In his second vision, Zechariah saw four horns crushed.
38. According to Micah, the Lord was angry that social injustice became common in Israel. He was worried this would soon spread to Judah.
39. Zechariah’s book can be divided up into eight visions, four messages, and two burdens.
40. The book of Ezekiel ends with a vision of an eschatological temple where God dwells with his people and a life-giving river flows out from this temple.
41. According to the textbook, Habakkuk’s interaction with God is a reminder that the life of faith often involves lament, complaint, and the pouring out of one’s honest emotions and feelings to God.
42. Haggai encouraged some of the older people who still remembered the glorious first temple and felt like giving up when they considered the inferiority of the new temple.
43. In Haggai’s final message the Lord promised to bless Zerubbabel who was the weak governor of Judah and a member of the house of David.
44. The book of Lamentations is an anonymous composition but early tradition identifies ___________ as the author of the book.
45. Eventually, King Nebuchadnezzar would go temporarily insane and behave in an animal-like manner.
46. The extended message of salvation at the center of the book of Micah, as well as the emphasis on salvation at the end of each section, reflects Micah’s focus on the hope of Israel’s future salvation.
47. Jeremiah told Judah that they would be able to resist the Babylonians. However, submission to Babylon was the only way Jerusalem would be spared from destruction.
48. In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the coming conqueror.
49. Daniel was thrown into a lion’s den because he refused to stop praying.
50. The ultimate fulfillment of the Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah was the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, who was literally God incarnate and who would preserve the line of David forever.