Jewish History Test

Prophet

A person who speaks for God

What is a prophet's main goal?

to bring conformity with God's standards

The prophetic books create insights to what?

The character of God and the work of Christ that are found nowhere else in the Bible

The prophetic books condemn the modern sins of what?

Hypocrisy, ritualism, and materialism

What else do the prophetic books contain?

Wonderful promises to those who obey and follow God

What did God teach the Israelites?

How to recognize a false prophet, and His directions still work for us today

What is a false prophet?

One who claims to speak for God, but who leads people astray and gives false promises

God wanted to show his people what?

That He controls all things: past, present, and future

The word Messiah is the Old Testament equivalent to what word? What does it mean?

Christ and means "Anointed One"

Isaiah presents the Messiah as what? And in which chapters?

Prophet in chapter 50, Priest in chapter 53, and King in chapter 9

To miss Christ in the Old Testament is to what?

"is to miss the central message of the Bible"

The Old Testament reveals Christ how?

Progressively, little by little at the times the Father considered appropriate

Definition of a Prophet?

A prophet is God's representative to us

Christ not only represents...?

God; He is God

Isaiah 61:1-3 describes the work of a prophet how?

Proclamation, consolation, deliverance, and warning

Definition of a priest?

A priest is our representative to God

Christ is not only our...

Priest; He is also our sacrifice

What is the work of a priest?

Make sacrifices for sins, and make intercession for the people with God

Definition of a king?

A king is one who inherits the right to rule

Christ by the rule of...?

Who He is, is the ruler now and forever

What is the work of a king?

Exercise authority, execute judgement, take responsibility for his kingdom

To sum up: as Prophet...

Christ is the cure for our ignorance

To sum up: as Priest...

Christ is the cure for our guilt

To sum up: as King...

Christ is the cure for our corruption

When and where did Isaiah receive his vision of the Lord?

The year King Uzziah died, in the temple

What were the seraphim saying to each other?

"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory."

When Isaiah gets a look at God's holiness, what is his response?

"Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of hosts."

In verse 8, what question did the Lord ask and what was Isaiah's answer?

The Lord: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?

Isaiah: Here am I, send me

The prophet Isaiah does what?

"weaves together the themes of judgement and salvation"

What does Isaiah show us?

Both a holy God Who must judge sin, and a merciful God who offers salvation

Which attribute of God does Isaiah speak about the most?

Holiness

Seeing God's holiness caused Isaiah to what?

Hate sin in himself and in his nation. A right vision will do the same for us.

God's "holiness" refers to what?

"apartness" or "separation"

What does God's "holiness" mean?

It means He is distinct from and superior to every other part of creation.

The seraphim each had three sets of wings. The ways they used these wings tell us how to respond to God's holiness:

With reverence and fear (they covered their faces), with humility (they covered their feet), and with readiness to serve (they flew to obey God)

Which chapter in Isaiah gives one of the clearest pictures of the gospel message found anywhere in the Bible?

53

Chapter 53 prophesies it all:

Christ's death, burial, and ressurrection

What does the word gospel mean?

Good news

According to verse 5, at what point in Jeremiah's life did God set him apart to be a prophet?

Before he was born or even conceived

In verse 9, God promised to put what in who's mouth?

His words in Jeremiah's mouth

The prophet Jeremiah was...?

An ordinary man who did extraordinary things for God

Jeremiah encountered much opposition because he preached an unpopular message. Some of this opposition included what (at least know three of these)?

He was misunderstood, he was accused of being a traitor, some people mocked him, some people ignored him, some people tried to kill him, and he was put in jail several times

What did God want Jeremiah to do?

He wanted him to look beyond his circumstances to God Himself. In other words, He wanted Jeremiah to live by faith

What does faith give us?

The assurance that things aren't always what they appear to be.

What is Jeremiah called, and why is he called this?

"the weeping prophet" because he sorrowed so much over the coming destruction of his people and the fact that they would not listen to him

What other book of the Bible was written by Jeremiah?

Lamentations

What are hypocrites?

People who look, act, and talk like Christians but are not really Christians at all

A person is cursed or blessed based on what?

Based on what he trusts in, not on what he does or doesn't do

What does trust mean?

To depend on something and feel safe because of it

The last sentence in the green box says what?

"Be sure you're trusting Christ alone and not what you're doing in the name of Christ"