Exam Three (Final Exam)
Study Guide
1. From our study of Job, what are the reasons that we are all suffers
under sin?
The fallen world
The sinful actions of others
The sinful actions of ourselves
2. How does God describe Job?
Blameless and upright
3. To what does Satan attribute Job’s good character?
God’s blessings to Job
4. What does it mean to moralizing suffering?
Good people get good stuff and bad people get bad stuff
5. What does it mean to minimize suffering?
Attempt to downplay or reduce the extent or nature of pain
6. How do Job’s friends moralize his suffering?
They believe that he has done something bad and is being punished
7. How do Job’s friends minimize his suffering?
They downplayed its existence (he will laugh about it later)
8. What are the four implications we can learn from the book of Job with
regards to
suffering?
Suffering shows us that explanations are a substitute for trust
Suffering shows us that brokenness precedes usefulness
Suffering points us to Christ who is familiar with our suffering
9. What is the book of Psalms all about?
Relationship
10. How many books are in the book of Psalms?
5
11. What are the seven types of Psalms and what are each of them about?
Penitential – Confess sins
Wisdom – Consider right choices
Messianic – Anticipate Christ
Imprecatory – Call on God to judge
Lament – Cry to God
Praise – Thanks for deliverance
Praise – Praise to/for God to himself
12. What Psalm is most often identified as a Messianic Psalm?
Psalm 22
13. Who are the 3 voices in Proverbs?
Parents
Sinners
Wisdom
14. Why are Proverbs not promises?
They are principles – they are applicable to everyone
15. What idea/word helps us better understand the way the Old Testament
uses the
word “Wisdom?”
skill
16. What are the eight elements in Proverbs 1:1-7 make up the purpose
statement of
the book of Proverbs.
To teach wisdom and discipline
To help understand the insights of the wise
To teach people to live disciplined and successful lives
To help then do what is right, just, fair
Give insight to the simple
Knowledge and discernment to the young
Become even wiser
Receive guidance
17. What must one do in order to gain maximum benefit from the book of
Proverbs?
Acknowledge and submit to God who makes the world work the way it does
18. When (in his lifetime) did Solomon write the books of Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, and
Song of Songs?
Proverbs – middle age
Ecclesiastes – elderly
Song of Songs - Young
19. According to Ecclesiastes what does the word mean?hevel
Vapor or smoke
20. According to Solomon in Ecclesiastes, what are the three great equalizers
in life?
Time
Death
Chance
21. What eleven ideas does Solomon propose for making the most of a
meaningless
life?
Make the best choices you can
Adopt a fatalistic attitude
Avoid extremes
Be wise, avoid folly
Submit to authorities
Be God fearing
Enjy the good things life has to offer
Enjoy life while you can: death awaits
Follow wisdom
Prepare for the future
Enjoy your youth-old age is creeping up
22. What contributed to Solomon losing his spiritual moorings?
He was worshipping the gods of foreign wives
23. What was Solomon’s final conclusion about life in Ecclesiastes?
Fear God and obey his commands for this is everyone’s duty
24. Song of Solomon answers the question “What is love?” by providing four
examples. What are these examples?
Love is mutual
Love is exclusive
Love is total
Love is beautiful
25. What type of literature is the book of Song of Songs?
A collection of love poems
26. What kingdom (northern/Israel or Southern/Judah) did the following
prophets
address: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Hosea, Joel, Micah, Zephaniah, and
Habakkuk.
Isaiah – Judah / southern
Jeremiah – Judah / southern
Amos – Judah / southern
Hosea – Israel / northern
Joel – Judah / southern
Micah – both Judah and Israel
Zephaniah – Judah/southern
Habakkuk – Judah/southern
27. What two words characterize Isaiah’s message?
Judgment and hope
28. How may sections is the book of Isaiah divided into?
2
29. What two words characterize the sign of Immanuel in Isaiah?
Child – his humanity
A son – his deity
30. How is the promised child of Isaiah 9:6 described?
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace
31. According to Isaiah, how does God create a covenant family from all
nations?
He will raise up a servant who will restore Israel
32. In what four ways does Isaiah describe the servant-savior and his
activities?
Provide wisdom beyond understanding
Accomplish what needs to be done
Caring for his children with fatherly tenderness and compassion
Lasting peace as evidenced by prosperity and tranquility
33. What did Jeremiah accuse God’s people of?
Idolatry and injustice
34. What does the word “new’ in new covenant mean?
Of a different kind
35. Why is Jeremiah 29:11 not a direct promise for us?
Jeremiah is addressing the nation of Judah. This is a promise to a nation and
not to any one individual.
36. According to Lamentations, what things had been removed that God’s
people had
previously trusted in?
Jerusalem, the city of God
The temple, the place that symbolized God’s presence among his people
The religious rituals
37. What point is communicated by the structure of Lamentations?
The orderly world has fallen apart
38. What is the Gospel connection between Lamentations 3:22-23 and John
3:16?
Because of the Lord’s great love or because God so loved the world we are
not abandoned to the horrible consequences of our sins
39. What is the Gospel connection between Lamentations 3:22-23 and Luke
1:78-79?
Jesus is our sunrise for the human race caught in an endless night
40. What is Jeremiah’s hope in the book of Lamentations?
The faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is his
faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.
41. What kind of family was Ezekiel from?
Priests
42. God’s calls Ezekiel to be a watchman. What are his responsibilities as a
watchman?
Warn the wicked
Warn the righteous to avoid sin
Warn of danger (judgment and punishment for sin
43. What was the primary way Ezekiel communicated his message? State
each of
these performances and what they signified.
He would use sign acts or street theater to visually tell God’s warning
message
44. What did God’s presence leaving the temple reveal to Ezekiel?
God has not abandoned his people. He is with them in exile.
45. What story in Ezekiel points to God’s grace for his sinful people?
The story of the adulteress wife
46. What does Ezekiel’s message of hope center around?
God would provide a new David – a messianic King
47. What two things related to God and man does Ezekiel give us a clear
picture of?
God would remove people’s hard hearts and replace them with a new heart.
48. What does God reveal in Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones.
Just as God created man from dirt and divine breath, He will create this new
man with His spirit
49. How many stories of faithfulness are in Daniel? What are they?
3
The Palace Selection
The Lion’s Den
The Fiery Furnace
50. How did the Babylonians seek to negatively influence Daniel and his
friends?
Divide the home
Teach them their philosophy
Compromise their morality
Change their names
51. Why were Daniel’s three friends thrown into the fire furnace?
They refused to bow down and worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image.
52. How many generations were impacted by Daniel and his three friends?
2 generations
53. How did Daniel and his three friends respond to the king’s diet?
They refused to eat his diet and chose a diet in keeping with God’s law.
54. What two kings were featured in the two pride stories in Daniel? What
was the
outcome of each story?
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a tree that is chopped down. Nebuchadnezzar
did not humble himself to God and lost his mind. However, he regained his
mind, humbled his heart, and gave honor to the King of heaven.
55. In Daniel, which two people had a dream they did not understand?
Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel
56. What are the three messages of hope found in Daniel?
The hope is in a God who has the power to redeem His people
The hope is in a God who can overcome all enemies
The hope is in a God who has a definite plan for the future
57. Why are the Minor Prophets considered “Minor?” Why should they not be
considered “Minor?”
They were considered minor because of the size of the books but their
messages were not minor as far as content is concerned.
58. When did the prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi minister?
59. What are God’s accusations against Israel in the book of Hosea?
Idolatry
Spritual apathy
Political alliances
60. What relationships in Hosea’s life does God use to demonstrate Israel’s
unfaithfulness?
His relationship to his unfaithful wife and children
61. What key phrase is central to the book of Joel? What are the three ways
this
phrase is used in Joel?
The day of the Lord
God will send his Spirit
God will defeat all evil
God will renew all of creation and establish a new Eden for His people
62. What was Amos’ profession?
Shepherd and a fig tree farmer
63. According to Amos, what two things does God want from His people?
A mighty flood of justice and an endless river of righteous living
64. Who is Edom in relationship to Israel?
Israel’s “brother nation”
65. What does Edom’s downfall point to?
God’s vengeance
66. How did Jonah first respond to God’s call to go to Nineveh?
Fled to Tarshish
67. What does Jonah say in the belly of the great fish? What does he not say?
Jonah prays a thankful prayer for life
Jonah does not repent
68. How is the word “overturned” used in the book of Jonah? Who uses it
which way?
In forty days Nineveh will be overturned – the pagan city will turn from their
evil and God will turn from his judgment
69. How did Jonah respond to Nineveh’s repentance and what did he see it
as?
Jonah prays an angry prayer for death
70. How did God illustrate his compassion for Nineveh to Jonah?
God sends a plant, worm, and wind
71. Who is the one greater than Jonah?
Jesus
72. Who gets the final word in Jonah and how does that function as a mirror?
God gets the final word – the mirror asks us if we are ok with the fact that
God loves our enemies
73. What are the three promises of hope in Micah?
God promises that he will preserve a small group of people who will remain
loyal to Him. He will use them to rebuild his people.
He promises a time when he will restore more than Judah.
God promises that a ruler will come form Bethlehem
74. According to Micah, what will those who follow God do?
Rebuild his people and live securely and eternally.
75. Explain the “who,” “what,” and “why” of Nahum’s message.
Who – people of Nineveh
What – Neneveh’s end would be total devastation
Why – Nineveh was a city of murder and lies
76. What are Habakkuk’s two questions to God?
Why are you not doing anything about the violence, conflict, and injustice in
Judah?
How can you judge us with them? They are morally worse than us!
77. In what three areas does God encourage Habakkuk to not seek comfort?
Our own understanding
In the behavior of God’s people
In having things turn out the way we would like
78. What are Zephaniah’s three messages and what do each of these
messages
mean?
Look within: Temple worship was being blended with worshipping other gods
from other nations. The day of the Lord is coming.
Look around: Look at Philistia (W), Moab & Ammon (E), Assyria (N) and
Ethiopia (S); though God would use other nations to punish Judah, they would
not escape God’s justice.
Look Beyond: Beyond the judgment of Jerusalem and the other nations would
come a time when hearts would be turned to God.
79. How do each of these messages fit into God’s two-fold plan as
prophesied by
Zephaniah?
Jesus is living among you
He is a mighty savior
80. According to Haggai, the returned exiles struggled with what four things?
Selfishness
Nostalgia
Unconfessed sin
Unbelief
81. Which two Minor Prophets encouraged God’s people to finish rebuilding
the
temple?
Haggai and Zechariah
82. What question did the guests have for Zechariah and what implication
does their
question have for us?
Should we keep the fasts we observed in Babylonian captivity?
How much of what we call worship is for God and how much of it is for us?
83. What events does Zechariah prophesy about the first coming of the
prince? How is
the are the Messiah’s first and second coming characterized?
First coming – Messiah rejected
Second coming – Messiah accepted
84. According to Malachi, God objects to several practices of the remnant.
What are
these practices?
Offering lame/impure sacrifices
Growing bored with worshipping God
False teaching by priests
Marrying foreign women
Divorce
Complaining against God
Holding back tithes and offerings
85. How was God going to respond to the objections He raised in Malachi?
One messenger would point the way and the other would be the way.
86. How many silent years are between the Old and New Testament?
400
87. Who is the prophet that breaks the silence? How is his message similar to
the Old
Testament prophets?
John the Baptist; message of “Repent!”
88. What two temple figures help us see that Jesus is the one promised in
Genesis
3:15?
Simeon – a priest
Anna – a prophetess
89. Recall in order the books, characters, and major events listed on the Old
Testament
timeline that we constructed this semester.
90. What two questions framed our study of the Old Testament this
semester?
How in the world is the world blessed thorugh Abraham?
Who is the one who will come and break the curse?
