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WorksheetsBible Project: How to Read the Prophets
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Answer the questions below after watching the video
How should we think about the prophets?
a fortune teller
Israelites who had a radical encounter with God's presence
and then were commissioned to go and speak on God's behalf.
a dream weaver
a mighty communicator who is strongly connected to their faith
In each of these books, you will read stories about the prophets and their poems and visions, all arranged to show the cosmic meaning of Israel's history. How God will turn their tragic story of failure and exile into a story of ______ for all nations.
faith and freedom
love and truth
freedom and prestige
hope and restoration
What were the charges that the prophets usually accused Israel of?
Idolatry, alliances with other nations and their gods, and allowing injustice towards the poor
Studying the texts of earlier prophets
Performing symbolic stunts in public
Predicting the future
What does repent mean?
To study the texts of earlier prophets
To turn around and change one's ways
To perform symbolic stunts in public
To predict the future
What did the prophets announce as the consequences for breaking the covenant?
The Day of the Lord
The apocalypse
The return of the exiles to Jerusalem
The downfall of Babylon
What did the cosmic imagery used by the prophets represent?
The end of the world
The return of the exiles to Jerusalem
The downfall of Babylon
Important events of their day fitting into the bigger story of God's mission
What did the prophets see in their visions of a New Jerusalem?
The undoing of creation itself
The disintegration of the cosmos
The humiliation of exile
A new Garden of Eden with all humanity living at peace
How were the prophets generally received by the people of Israel?
They were a minority group mostly shunned by Israel's leaders
They were ignored by most people
They were powerful and persuasive speakers
They were inherited by unnamed prophets who studied their texts
What is the twin message that the prophets cared about?
Symbolic stunts and the downfall of Babylon
Prophetic warning and hope for restoration
The return of the exiles and the humiliation of exile
Prophetic warning and the end of the world
Select the prophets referred to as "the big 3".
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Amos
Ezekiel
A prophet is an Israelite who had a radical encounter with God's presence and then was commissioned to go and speak on God's behalf.
True
False
What were the three ways the prophets came in to remind Israel of their role in the partnership with God? Also seen as the three themes of the writings themselves.
Accusations of covenant violations
Call for repentance
Announcements of how God will bring His justice
Reminded of how exile is a good thing
