Random Quiz - 15

1. What the Teacher of Ecclesiastes says about "everything"?

2. Who told the prophet Jeremiah not to marry?

3. Who had instructed Ezekiel not to grieve after his wife's death?

4. Who told Hosea to marry Gomer, an adulterous wife?

5. Where were Joseph, Mary, and Jesus when king Herod died?
a) Galilee, b) Samaria, c) Jerusalem, d) Egypt
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Answers:1-5

1. "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." (Eccl 1:2)

2. God. Then the word of the LORD came to me: "You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place." For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers: "They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like refuse lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth." (Jere 16:1-4)

3. God. The word of the LORD came to me: 16 "Son of man, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears. 17 Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban fastened and your sandals on your feet; do not cover the lower part of your face or eat the customary food of mourners ."
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I had been commanded. (Eze 24:15-18)

4. God. When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, "Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the LORD." 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. (Hos 1:2)

5. d. Egypt (Matt 2:19)
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6. What did Matthew say about John the Baptist's diet consisted of?
a) Fish and unleavened bread
b) Locusts and wild honey
c) Goat's milk and cheese
d) Bread and wine

7. John the Baptist compared himself to Christ with which of the following analogy a) or b)?
a) "I am not worthy to carry his sandals",
b) "I call you to repentance, but He shall call you to everlasting life"

8. Essentially what is the subject of the 4 gospels?

9. Who was the Evangelist Matthew?

10. Why were the Publicans considered so odious to their countrymen?
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Answers:6-10

6. b. (Matt 3:4)

7. a. (Matt 3:11)

8. The life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

9. Levi or Matthew, who wrote the Gospel of Matthew was a "publican" who became one of the 12 apostles. (Matt 9:9, Luk 5:27-28)
Publican= Jewish collector of Roman taxes.

10. Although publicans are Jews, they aided their Roman masters to oppress the Jews. Most of them were dishonest and worked for their own gain. Taxable items they
assessed its value more or less arbitrarily, wrote out the ticket, and enforced payment. They overcharged whenever they had an opportunity. The system was essentially a vicious one.
(odious=arousing or meriting strong dislike, intense displeasure, deserving or
causing hatred)
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11. Pray without ceasing (1 thess 5:17). Suggest a modern phrase for this?

12. I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there. Who said this?

13. Each year when he was a child, Hannah made Samuel a _______.

14. True or False. Moses was a jew.

15. " Am I my brother's keeper?" Who said this and what was the situation?
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Answers:11-15

11. Prayer is the hotline to the Lord. Keep it open.

12. Hannah said of Samuel. (1 Samuel 1:27-28)

13. coat (1 Sam 2:19)

14. False. The descendants of Judah (4th son of Jacob) became known as Jews. Moses and his brother Aaron were Levites. (It is not recorded what the descendants of Reuben(eldest son) were known as.)

15. When he was confronted by God regarding the whereabouts of his brother Abel, Cain's answer to God was this question (Gen 4:9). (You know, God came to Abel knowing that Cain killed Abel.)
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16. I will give you the best of the land of ___________ and you can enjoy the _______ of the land. (Gen 45:18)

17. "If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?" Who said this?

18. When Job was tested, both before and after the severe suffering and struggles, how many sons and daughters did he have?

19. The 1st psalm
a) warns the kings of the earth
b) expresses trust in the Lord's protection
c) contrasts the future of the righteous and the ungodly
d) exhorts against sin

20. According to Psalm 12:8, the wicked freely strut about when,
a) the wicked pursue the poor in arrogance
b) their throat is an open sepulchre
c) they have all gone astray
d) what is vile, is honored among men.
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Answers:16-20

16. a)Egypt; b)fat.
fat= 1. the greasy tissue of animals; 2. the richest part of something. The fat
of sacrificed animals was burned on the altar and prohibited by the Mosaic law
from the Hebrew diet (Lev 3:17). Here it is used as figuratively, meaning prosperity and fertile lands. (Although the present recommendations are not to live off of any kind of fat, it is not used as a negative overtone.)

17. Eli to his sons.
1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 23 So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. 24 No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the LORD's people. 25 If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?"
His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the LORD's will to put them to death.

18. Ten children, 7 sons and 3 daughters (Job 1:2, 42:13)

19. c

20. d
( strut about = To walk with exaggerated or unnatural motions expressive of
self-importance or self-display.
sepulchre = a chamber that is used as a grave.
vile = highly offensive, unpleasant, or objectionable.)