Old Testament Unit 1

About _______________ different men wrote portions of the Bible.

forty

Who is the author of the Bible?

God the Holy Spirit

Select all that apply.

The two main divisions of the Bible are the _____ and the _____.

Old Testament

New Testament

The Old Testament contains _____________ books.

39

The New Testament contains ____________books.

27

Altogether, the Bible contains __________ books.

66

The Bible contains the record of the covenant relationship of God with His people.

True

False

True

According to the lesson, the Bible is the book in which God _____.

reveals Himself to man

The Bible contains God's plan for man's _____________.

salvation

The Bible is the inspired, "_____," Word of God.

God-breathed

Inspiration is the method God used to give to the human writers His revelation of Himself.

True

False

True

Concerning the writing of the Bible, revelation is the what and ____________ is the how.

inspiration

The earliest writing of any part of the Bible was about 1400-1500 B.C.

True

False

False

The latest writing added to the Bible was in approximately 100 A.D.

True

False

True

Approximately _____________ centuries were involved in the process of writing the Bible.

fourteen

The Bible records a _____ upon anyone who would attempt to take from or add to the Book.

curse

____________ is the official term which means the process by which our present Bible was accepted as the inspired Word of God.

Canonization

The word canon carries the idea of a rule or standard.

True

False

True

___________ is the name meaning five books used to describe the first five books of the Bible.

Pentateuch

Select all that apply.

The first five books of the Bible are:

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

bara

The Hebrew word for create: to bring into existence from nothing.

bereshith

A Hebrew word that means "in the beginning".

brooding

Incubating or protecting.

Creation

The act by which God brought into existence from nothing.

Elohim

Hebrew word for God (also plural).

fiat

An authoritative order or command.

Image and likeness of God

Refers to the spiritual and moral nature of man, which includes his intellectual, emotional, and volitional faculties: distinctive features of spiritual personality.

helpmeet

Man's companion and helper; one to be his inspiration and not his servant; one equal and adequate to himself.

replenish

Translated Hebrew word meaning literally "to fill".

toledhoth

A Hebrew word that means generations.

YHWH

The personal name for God introduced in Genesis 2:4. The original Hebrew had only consonants. Adding vowels, the word becomes Yahweh and is translated both LORD and Jehovah.

yom

Hebrew word for day.

The book of the Bible that serves as its introduction is _____________.

Genesis

God set the stage for all that follows in His written revelation in the first ____________ chapters of Genesis.

11

The Hebrew word bara in Genesis 1:1 means _____to ________ from .

create

nothing

The first verse in the Bible is the introductory statement for the entire Biblical account of ______________.

creation

Identify the Creation that took place on the first day:

light

Identify the Creation that took place on the second day:

firmament (sky or heaven)

Identify the Creation that took place on the third day:

seas and dry land

Identify the Creation that took place on the fourth day:

sun, moon, and stars

Identify the Creation that took place on the fifth day:

lower animal life

Identify the Creation that took place on the sixth day:

higher animal life and man

In Genesis 1:26, the personal pronoun "us" refers to:

God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

To be made in God's image evidently refers to His ___________ nature.

spiritual

The image of God in man enables man to accomplish God's purpose for him relative to the earth:

To have dominion over it

The Hebrew word for replenish means ____________.

to fill

According to Genesis 2:18-25, God's plan for marriage is:

for one man and one woman

About how many human authors did God use to write the Bible?

40

The method God used to give the human writers the written Word was:

Inspiration

A word that means rule, standard, or norm is:

canon

The key word to keep in mind when studying the entire book of Genesis is:

generations

The Hebrew word bara in Genesis 1:1 means:

to create

to make from nothing

to bring into existence

The Bible is God's _______ of Himself to man.

Revelation

The most important message of the Bible is God's plan for man's ___________.

salvation

Concerning the writing of the Bible, revelation is the what and ___________ is the how.

inspiration

The process of writing the Bible spanned approximately ____________ centuries and employed about ____________ human writers.

fourteen

40

Select all that apply.

The two main divisions of the Bible are the _____ and the _____.

New Testament

Old Testament

To the Hebrews, __________ was the Torah or the Law.

the Pentateuch

higher animal life (beast) and man

Sixth day

firmament, heavens, sky

Second day

seas and dry land

Third day

light

First day

lower animal life (fish and fowl)

Fifth day

sun, moon, and stars

Fourth day

According to Genesis 2:18, 22-24 God's will for marriage is one woman and one man.

True

False

True

The Hebrew word for replenish means to fill .

True

False

True

The first verse in the Bible is the introductory statement for the entire Biblical account of creation.

True

False

True

A theme throughout the Pentateuch is God's faithfulness to His promises.

True

False

True

The first word in the Hebrew Bible, bara, means in the beginning.

True

False

False

The Old Testament contains twenty-seven books.

True

False

False

Another name for the first five books of the Bible is Pentateuch.

True

False

True

The foundation of all theology of the Bible is found in the very first words of the Bible: "In the beginning God . . . ."

True

False

True

How is us used in Genesis 1:26?

to identify all the members of the Godhead--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

In reference to the creation of man, the meaning of "the image of God" includes to be made with:

a moral nature

intelligence

a spiritual nature

emotions

enmity

Hostility to a personal foe.

subtle

Shrewd, crafty, deceitful, and destructive.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Genesis 3:1 leaves no doubt that the serpent (Satan) is the author of _________.

sin

Select all that apply.

What are the three other names for Satan given in Revelation 20:2?

Devil, Dragon, and Serpent

In the curse, God pronounced ultimate doom upon Satan.

True

False

True

When Adam sinned, the immediate result was:

spiritual death

Both Adam and Eve demonstrated maturity by acknowledging personal responsibility for their disobedience.

True

False

False

The two foes who are at enmity with each other in Genesis 3:15 are ___________ (seed of the woman) and __________.

the Son of God

Satan

Select all that apply.

The two antagonizing forces in the world against God and righteousness are _____ and _____.

Satan

Sin

The first recorded promise of God's redemptive plan is found in ________.

Genesis 3:15

In Genesis 3:15, God was addressing __________-.

Satan

Cain

Name of the first child born; he was also the first murderer.

Seth

Substitute, appointed one, the promised seed in the line of warfare with Satan.

The name of the first child born was __________. The third born, __________, means substitute, or appointed one.

Cain

Seth

The Bible names Cain and Abel as the first children born to Adam and Eve.

True

False

True

Sin, full grown, brings _________.

death

Cain's offering was _______ by God; Abel's offering was _________.

rejected

accepted

Although Satan thought he had won a victory (Abel was dead and Cain was disqualified as the line through which the promised seed would come), God gave Adam and Eve another _________ whose name was _________, which means ________.

son

Seth

substitute

From Adam's third son came the chosen __________ nation through which the promised __________ would come.

Israelite

Savior

Select all that apply.

Two of the great patriarchs who came through the line of Seth were _____.

Enoch

Noah

Genesis 3:1 leaves no doubt that the serpent was the author of sin.

True

False

True

In Genesis 3:15, the passages which refers to the "seed" which will bruise Satan's head, God was addressing Eve.

True

False

False

Abel's offering was rejected.

True

False

False

The name of Seth means substitute .

True

False

True

The Bible does not indicate whether Cain and Abel were the first children born to Adam and Eve.

True

False

False