Test: Captivity and Coming Home

True or False Daniel's story, along with three of his friends, provides a powerful model of what it looks like to continue to trust God, even during difficult times of exile.

• True
• False

The major theme of Daniel 1-6 is that even though the king of Babylon has sacked, Jerusalem, he is _______ before the God of Daniel.

• confused
• beloved
• dethroned
• powerless

The second half of Daniel focuses on God's plan for the (a)   .

True or False The second half of Daniel challenges those living in exile to determine the future for themselves by waiting for the kingdom.

• True
• False

In the year 538 BC, king Cyrus of Persia, decree that the exiles could ______.

• trust God
• return home
• worship him
• build their city

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah describe how the exiles (a)   to the promised land.

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah describe the struggle to (a)   their former lives

True or False The first wave of exiles is led by Nehemiah.

• True
• False

The ______ wave of exiles is led by Ezra.

• Second
• Third
• First

The third wave of exiles is led by (a)   .