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Before his birth, ________ was chosen and set apart by God to be a prophet in ________. |
Jeremiah and Judah |
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Jeremiah began his prophetic ministry during the _____ year of Josiah |
13th |
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Josiah began his reforms in Judah during his _____ year |
12th |
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Was Josiah used of God in Judah as no other king was ever used? |
yes |
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In Josiah's day, Judah's geographical position was between 2 great powers: _____ and ______ |
Egypt and Assyria |
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_________ pursued the Assyrians northward to the river Euphrates |
Pharaoh-necho |
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Pharaoh-necho slew Josiah at |
Megiddo |
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Jeremiah was born in a Levitical town named ________, located about __ miles north of _____ |
Ananoth, 3 and Jerusalem |
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Jeremiah began his ministry in Judah at a time when Judah was _____________ |
being cleansed and purged of its abominable apostasy and idolatry |
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During the 8th year of his reign, Josiah began to |
seek after the God of David |
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Josiah was apparently related to and closely associated with the prophet _______; they were both 4th-generation descendants of ______ |
Zephaniah and Hezekiah |
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A book of the Law of Moses was found in the ________ during Josiah's _________ year |
Temple and 18th |
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In spite of the tremendous reforms under Josiah, the trend of Judah's apostasy and idolatry had been ________ |
irreversibly set |
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Upon the death of Josiah, Judah again lapsed into apostasy and idolatry, which continued throughout the reigns of 4 kings: |
Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah |
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In addition to Assyria and Egypt, a 3rd rising great power in Jeremiah's day with a history related to Judah was |
Babylonia |
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The Egyptians made ________ king in Judah; the Babylonians, made _________ king of Jerusalem |
Jehoiakim and Zedekiah |
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God's message by Jeremiah to Zedekiah and to the visiting foreign ambassadors was either ________ to Babylon and __________in the land or __________ by the Lord with famine, pestilence, and sword. |
submit, live, and be punished |
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According to Jeremiah 1:10, what task did God assign the prophet Jeremiah relative to the nations and kingdoms? |
"'... To pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.'" |
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In preparing Jeremiah for his prophetic ministry, how did God both assure him and warn him? |
He assured him that he was a defensed city and then warned him of the upcoming struggle against the people of Judah |
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How did Jeremiah describe the intellectual nature of Judah? |
He said that they were foolish |
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How did Jeremiah describe the moral and spiritual condition of Judah? |
He said that the were wise in doing evil. They were wicked. There were false prophets and the priests conducted only a profitable ministry |
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What was the warning Jeremiah faithfully proclaimed to Judah relative to Babylon? |
That they would be subjected by Nebuchadnezzar and that resistance was futile |
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What was the reaction of Judah to the faithful ministry of Jeremiah? |
They rejected him and locked up. Some even wanted him put to death! |
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How did King Jehoiakim react to the reading of Jeremiah's scroll and why? |
He shredded the scroll and then burned it because it warned about the Babylonian captivity and he was scared |
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What additional content did God give Jeremiah for his second scroll? |
The end of Jehoiakim's reign and dynasty, including his death |
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Under which king of Judah did Jeremiah experience his most severe suffering? |
Zedekiah |
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What Messianic prophecy is recorded in Jeremiah 33:15? |
That Jesus Christ would execute judgement and righteousness on the land |
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4 major divisions of Jeremiah are; |
Introduction, messages to Judah, prophecies against the nations, and conclusion |
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The book of Jeremiah contains a prediction not only of the Babylonian Captivity, but also of the _____ of that captivity |
duration |
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The book of Lamentations was written _____ (before, after) the fall of Judah. It was written by |
after and Jeremiah |
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The discourses and records of Jeremiah chapters 35 and 36 relate _________ and include some ___________. |
to Jehoiakim's reign and of the prophet's personal history |
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The book of Lamentations is a _____ description of the ____ |
poetic and destruction of Jerusalem |
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Psalm 1
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Jerusalem's destruction is described and their vain call for help is related
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Psalm 2
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The divine agent of destruction is identified
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Psalm 3
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The writer describes his own suffering
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Psalm 4
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The futility of Judah's hope in Egypt is expressed
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Psalm 5
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Judah's treatment by the Babylonians is lamented
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Jeremiah was chosen and set apart by God to be a prophet in Judah, when?
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before his birth
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Jeremiah was born in Anathoth into the family of a
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priest
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Josiah began his reforms in Judah during his ________ year
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12th
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Jeremiah probably began his prophetic ministry In Judah at
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Anathoth
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Josiah began to seek the Lord during the ____ year of his reign
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8th
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Jeremiah began his prophetic in Judah during the ___ year of Josiah
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13th
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Manasseh's wickedness in Judah exceeded that of the ___
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Canaanites and Israelites
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In Josiah's day, Judah's geographical position was between 2 great powers:
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Egypt in the southwest and Assyria in the northeast
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Both Josiah and Zephaniah were
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Of royal lineage, descendants of Hezekiah, and 4th generation descendants of the same king
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Describing the intellectual nature of Judah, Jeremiah said that they were
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wise to do evil and without knowledge to do good
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The book of Jeremiah contains a ____ not only of the Babylonian Captivity, but also of the _____ of that captivity
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prediction and duration
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The book of Lamentations is a ___________ of the destruction of Jerusalem
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poetic description
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In Psalm 3, the author of Lamentations described _____
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his own suffering
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God's message to Zedekiah and the foreign ambassadors was to either submit to Babylon and live in the land or be punished with ____, ____, and ____
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famine, pestilence, and sword
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As Jesus was rejected in Nazareth, Jeremiah was opposed in ___
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Anathoth
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Jehoiakim was made king in Judah by the ____; Zedekiah, by the ____
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Egyptians and Babylonians
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In preparing Jeremiah for his prophetic ministry, how did God both assure him and warn him?
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God assured him that he was a defensed city, meaning that God would protect him, and He warned him of his future struggles with the people
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How did Jeremiah describe the moral and spiritual condition of Judah?
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He said that they were wise to do evil. Also, they were in poor spiritual condition. There were false prophets and the priests only conducted services to make money
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What Messianic prophecy was recorded in Jeremiah 33:15?
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That Jesus would bring judgement and righteousness to the land
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What was the reaction of Judah to Jeremiah's faithful ministry?
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They rejected him. Some even wanted to put him to death!
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Like Jeremiah, Ezekiel was born into the family of a
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priest
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Ezekial was born in the land of Judah probably during the reign of
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Josiah
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Ezekial was taken to Babylon during the deportation of _____, king of Judah
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Jehoiachin
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During his early life, Ezekiel was probably influenced by the ministry of
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Jeremiah
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When he began his prophetic ministry, Ezekiel was probably ___ years old
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30
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Ezekiel became a prophet of God to His people in ___.
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exile
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Ezekiel was deported in ___ B.C.
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597
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Some captives were imprisoned, some were enslaved, and others were
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permitted to live in settlements
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In exile, Ezekiel's home was in _____, by the river ___
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Tel-abib and Chebar
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The Jews in exile apparently were permitted to establish a kind of ____ and to hear the ____
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civil commonwealth and the Word of God
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greatly beloved
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Daniel
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unconditional promise
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David and Noah
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upright
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Noah
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a watchman
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Ezekiel
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Ezekiel was called to his prophetic ministry during the ___ year of his (and Jehoiachin's) captivity
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5th
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Ezekiel's ministry was to the
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captive people
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Ezekiel's message was, "_____________________________________."
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…Thus saith the Lord God.
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The two-fold purpose of Ezekiel's ministry to the captives was (in order) _______ (chapters 1-24) and _________________________ (chapters 33-38)
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preach repentance and judgement prior to the destruction of Jerusalem and ultimate restoration for consolation following the fall of Judah
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Ezekiel's prophetic messages in chapters 1-24 contained 3 major predictions:
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fall of Judah, destruction of the Temple and the city, and the death and deportation of the people
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Ezekiel's visions manifested the _______________ of the people and the _____ of God
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sinfulness and Holiness
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Ezekiel's prophecies of God's judgement upon the nations were designed to prevent those nations from feeling too secure in the light of _____ and the ____
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Judah's fall and the destruction of Jerusalem
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By God's judgment, the nations would learn of the _____, _____, and ____ of Jehovah
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righteousness, justice, and power
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By Ezekiel, God declared the situation in Judah so grievous that even ___, ____, and ____ could not rescue it
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Noah, Daniel, and Job
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A goal of Ezekiel's ministry was to reconcile the nation in exile with the ____
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God of their covenant
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What are the 3 major divisions of Ezekiel?
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Prophecies of Judgement 1-24, Transitional prophecies 25-32, and prophecies of mercy 33-48
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What is the principal message of Ezekiel in chapters 1-24?
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The judgment of God in the destruction of Jerusalem
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to what attempted conspiracy does the riddle of eagles and the vine in chapter 17 refer?
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Judah's attempted conspiracy with Egypt against Babylon
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What is the theme of Ezekiel chapters 25-32?
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That no one can escape God's judgement
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According to Ezekiel, what kind of restoration will precede national restoration?
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moral and spiritual
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The book of Ezekiel has been described as a picture of Ezekiel's prophetic ___
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life
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A vision of guilt and punishment of ____ is presented in chapters 8-14
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idolatry
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In chapter 15 Jerusalem was depicted as a vine tree for
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burning
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In chapter 16 Jerusalem was represented as a _____ because of its
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lewd adultress and idolatry
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The judgment of the gentile nations also contained a lesson for
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Judah
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The prophecies of mercy or consolation recorded in chapters 40-48 were received ____ (before, after) the destruction of Jerusalem
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after
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Prophetic references to the Messiah, the seed of David, are found in chapter ___and chapter ___
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34 and 37
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A discourse dealing with the Shepherd and the gathering of His flock is presented in chapter __
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34
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In chapter 37 Ezekiel was instructed to take 2 __, to write upon them, and to join them together
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sticks
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The book of Ezekiel concludes (chapters 40-48) with the prophetic portrayal of the
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coming Kingdom
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One response intended by Ezekiel's ministry was
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consolation
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A goal of Ezekiel's was to ________ with the God of their covenant
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reconcile the nations
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According to Daniel 1:3, Daniel was of _____ in Judah
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royal descent
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Daniel was assigned a ______________ in Babylon
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3 year training period
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Daniel was taken to Babylon in ___ B.C.
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605
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The 3 other Jewish youths with Daniel in training for service to the king of Babylon were:
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Hananish, Mishael, and Azariah
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At the close of their 3 year period of training, Daniel and the other Jewish youths were found by Nebuchadnezzar to be ___ times wiser than all the magicians and astrologers in his domain
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10
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Daniel became third ruler under ____, grandson and second generation successor of Nebuchadnezzar
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Belshazzar
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Darius, the first Media-Persian ruler, appointed Daniel one of ___ princes over all ____ governors of his kingdom
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3 and 120
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Daniel's prophetic ministry in Babylon:
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was unique among the prophets of God, appeared to be primarily to the Gentiles, was during "the times of the Gentiles", and was both to Gentile captors and the Jewish captives
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Proof that Daniel was a prophet of God is confirmed by
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the content of his book and the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:15
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A king who dreamed a dream he could not even recall was
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Nebuchadnezzar
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God revealed to Daniel a king's forgotten dream
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in a night vision
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Nebuchadnezzar's experience, for 7 years, in the fields among the beasts seems to have been a direct result of his
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pride
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After 7 years, Nebuchadnezzar returned to a normal life with ___ and with ____ for the Lord of heaven
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a humble heart and praise
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From Jeremiah 27:7 it can b inferred that Belshazzar, the last ruler of the Babylonian empire, was the __________________ of Nebuchadnezzar
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second generation successor
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Belshazzar blasphemed the God of heaven and desecrated the vessels taken from the house of the Lord in Jerusalem by
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praising false gods
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In response to Belshazzar's blasphemous act, God caused the
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fingers of a man's hand to write on the wall in front of him
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The interpretation by Daniel of the sign from God to Belshazzar was a prediction of
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the fall of Babylon and the end of Belshazzar's reign that night
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Under Darius the Mede, Daniel became ____ president of ___ over ___
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1st, 3 and 120
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Jealous enemies of Daniel secured a decree from Darius, forbidding prayers to be made to any God or man except Darius for a period of __________ days
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30
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Violators of Darius' decree concerning prayer would be
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cast into the lion's den
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In spite of the efforts of Darius on behalf of Daniel, he could not alter the
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law
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Darius expressed faith that Daniel's ___ would ___ him
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God and protect
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At the king's command, Daniel's accusers were
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cast into the lion's den
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Darius sent a decree throughout his kingdom acknowledging the God of Daniel as the ____ God, whose ____ is everlasting
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living and kingdom
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Daniel prospered during the reigns of both ____ the Mede and ___ the Persian
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Darius and Cyrus
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Daniel's ministry continued by way of revelation to the following people:
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God's people in exile, to the returning remnant, and to the believers in every successive era
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The Lord revealed to Daniel not only the details concerning the Restoration, but also the
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of the entire future, and to the end of the age
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the head of gold
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Nebuchadnezzar
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the 4th beast
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Roman Empire
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the large horn
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Alexander the great
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the breasts and arms of silver
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Media-Persia
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the little horn
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Antiochus Epiphanes
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What is meant by the statement, "Daniel was a unique prophet"?
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His book was a unique record of revelation and he was a unique prophet in a unique period of history
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How does the historical content of Daniel differ from that of other prophetical books?
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The major historical role was given to the world power that God had raised up to be His instrument of judgment upon His people
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What is represented in Daniel's vision of the 4 beasts?
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The succession of 4 world kingdoms beginning with Nebuchadnezzar himself; The kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, Media-Persia, Greece, and the Roman Empire
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In Daniel 9, what does the Greek word translated week mean?
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7 years
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According to Daniel's vision of the 70 weeks, when would the Crucifixion of Christ be?
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In 484 years into the future from Daniel's time. After the decree to rebuild Jerusalem by Cyrus
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Daniel became ruler of the province of Babylon under
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Nebuchadnezzar
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