Biblical Studies 1120

"For I am the Lord, I ................................ not."

change

"He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do ................................... , and to love ............................................ , and to walk ................................. with thy God?"

justly . . . . mercy . . . .humbly

"My people are ......................... for lack of knowledge . . . seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

destroyed

"Now the Lord had prepared a great ................................ to swollow up Jonah." Jonah was in the creatures stomach for .................................. days and three nights.

fish . . . . three

"So the people of Nineveh .............................. God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them."

believed

"The Lord is slow to ................................. and great in power, and will not at all acquit the ............................................ ."

anger . . . . wicked

"Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with ........................... , and with mourning."

weeping

"Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying , Execute true judgement , and shew mercy and compassions every man to his ............................... .

brother

"Who is a God like unto thee, that ..................................... iniquity . . . he retaineth not his ................................. for ever, because he delighteth in mercy."

pardoneth . . . . anger

All of the books have a message that is thoroughly appropriate for today's ..................................... and beneficial for the twenty-first-century Believer.

living

Amos is primarily addressed to the Kingdom of .....................................

Israel

Before being called of God, Amos was a ............................... from the town of ................................. , about ten miles south of Jerusalem.

herdsman . . . Tekoa

God's work was to be done, "Not by ................................. , nor by ..................................... , but by my spirit , saith the Lord of hosts."

might. . . . power

Habakkuk's main questions were why did God allow wickedness to continue in ............................. , and why did God use wicked people to punish Judah?

Judah

Haggai most likely returned to Jerusalem with the Jews who returned with ............................. to rebuild the Temple.

Zerubbabel

Haggai's message tot he Jews was to "..................................... your ways" and to continue the stalled construction of the ................................. .

consider . . . . . Temple

Hosea prophesied to the ....................... Kingdom.

Northern

It is ........................ that the Lord will rightly ................................... any nation , no matter what its sin.

certain . . . . judge

Joel may have been one of the ............. of the writing prophets.

earliest

Joel's prophecies were directed to ................ .

Judah

Little is known about ......................... other than what he wrote in his book.

Hosea

Micah referred to Israel's .............................. as a wound that is incurable.

sin

Micah spoke mostly to the common people of .................................... , as well as to some of the people of .......................................... .

Judah . . . . .Samaria

Obadiah is a prophecy of the judgement of ......................... . "And there shall not be any remaining of the house of ......................; for the Lord hath spoken it."

Edom . . . . Esau

Obadiah is the third- ................................. book in the Bible.

smallest

Some writers were completely ............................... apart from the books that bear their names.

unknown

The Jews' ............................... and their style of worship were inappropriate, they were delinquent in ...................................... , and they were not fully living by the law.

attitude . . . . tithig

The message of Jonah is clear: God is .............. for the whole world and wants them to be saved and come to the knowledge of the ....................

concerned . . . . truth

The message of Malachi is a call to ......................................... and turn back to God so the Israelites could experience God;s blessing.

repent

The message of the entire book of Micah can be summed up in these words: ............................ and ................................

judgement . . . . restoration

The Minor Prophets are minor only in terms of their ............................. . Each book has a major ................................... just as important as the messages of the Major Prophets.

size .............. message

The name Zephaniah means, "the Lord hides" or "the Lord ..................."

protects

The people, priests, and .................................... leaders were backslidden , and serving the Lord became mechanical and repetitive.

political

The prophetical message of the Minor Prophets is twofold: the coming of the King of Kings to rule and reign in a kingdom where the ............................. is Lord of all.

Redeemer ....................... Messiah

The story of Jonah is wonderful evidence of the ................................ of God in spite of a/an ................................... servant.

mercy . . . . disobedient

Zechariah gave prophecies relating to the first and second ............................... of the Messiah.

coming

Zechariah is the ............................... of the Minor Prophets.

longest

Zechariah predicted more about the ............................... than any other prophet except ................................ .

Messiah . . . .Isaiah