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Religious Studies
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02/23/2011

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The Hebrew word Nabi means
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To bubble fourth, or an urgent message. 
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Did the prophets speak about everyday matters or mostly predict future events?
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They spoke about everyday matters. 
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Is prophecy mostly written in prose or poetry?
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Poetry
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Who did King Ahaz of Judah appeal to for help when he needed to fight Israel and Damascus?
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Tigilesh Pilaser King of Assyria
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True or False did the King of Assyria conquer and deport Northern Israel in 722 BC?
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True
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What does the word Immanuel mean?
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God with us
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True or False:  Is universal Judgement streeed by Isaiah in chapters 24-27?
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True
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In Isaiah 19 who does the prophet say will serve the Lord in the future?
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Egypt, and Assyria.  But Edom is NOT mentioned
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True or False: Is God's holiness one theme in Isaiah's call?
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True
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Is the day of the Lord one of Isaiah's themes found in Isaiah 1-39?
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True
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Which Kings did Isiaia serve as a court prophet?
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Hezekiah, Jotham, and Ahaz
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What are two portraits of the Savior that Isaiah presents?
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Suffering Servant and King
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Did Isaiah describe Israel as a rebellious child?
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Yes
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What Nations will be held accountable by God?
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All Nations
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When did Assyria cease to be a military power?
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When Babylon defeated them
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When did God begin to lose patience with Israel and Judah?
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When they refused to repent
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Who did Jerusalem look to for help against Assyria?
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Egypt
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Did Judah pay attention to the punishment God brought on their northern neighbors?
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They did NOT
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Was Jerusalem spared from Assyria to give Judah a chance to repent?
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Yes
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When Isaiah said that God would defend Jerusalem for David's sake how did the people interpret his prophecy?
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The people thought they would be protected no matter what they did.
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Who did the New Testament writers beleive the Servant of God was?
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Jesus
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Who does Isaiah emphasize a new Heaven and New Earth for?
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The repentant
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What do the servant songs of Isaiah refer to?
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A future person who will be called by God to be His servant
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Which King in Isaiah's time pleaded for God to heal him?
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Hezekiah
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Isaiah 65:17-25 states at the end of time the Lord will
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create a New Heaven and New Earth
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Did Jeremiah instruct the people to repent so they could stay in the land?
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Yes
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Did Jeremiahs condemnation of religous practice go over well with his relatives?
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No
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Did Jeremiah explode the peoples notion that God would never allow the temple to be destroyed?
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Yes
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Who did Jeremiah find fault with?
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Kings, prophets, and the people
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After jeremiah encouraged the people to repent what did he prepare the people for?
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Exile
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Where did Jeremiah go into exile?
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Babylon
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What does Jeremiah speak of in chapter 23?
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the Lord's Messiah as a source of salvation
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What book does Jeremiah borrow his theology from?
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Deuteronomy
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do Jeremiah and Isaiah have many themes in common
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Yes
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What does the Hebrew word for repent mean?
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to turn around
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What is Jeremiah's great contribution to theology?
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The New Covenent
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How long did Jeremiah say God's people would be exiled for?
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70 yrs
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Where did Jeremiah buy field from to convey hope?
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He bought a field in Judah
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Deuteronomy speaks of the conditional nature of Israelite possession of the land
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True
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What attribute of God dominates the new Covenent?
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Grace
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What year did Nebudcanzer destroy Jerusalem?
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586/587 BC
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Was the Temple destroyed with Jersusalem
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Yes
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True or false Jeremiah died in Egypt
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True
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Who was the last King of Judah?
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Zedekiah
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What does the confessions of Jeremiah show?
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He had real hopes and dissapointments
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What did Jeremiah instruct the exiles to do?
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Marry, build homes, rear children
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True or False; Ezekial DID NOT offer hope that God loved the exhiles and would make the future brighter then the past
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False: God DID love the exhiles
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Did Ezekials vission in the valley of dry bones teach that God exists everywhere?
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No
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Did the exhiles blame their ancestors for there problems?
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Yes
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What Ezekial tell Isreal when he lost his wife
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Judah would lose Jerusalem just as he lost his wife.
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Ezekial envisioned a life giving river flowing from the temple to illustrate Israel getting life from the Temple
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True
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Ezekial proclaimed God's wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem
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True
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Ezekials message went from Judgement to... after the fall of Jersusalem
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Restoration
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Who are the people in the valley of Dry Bones?
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Israel
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What does Ezekial's strange images represent?
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god's presence in creation
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What type of literature does Ezekial contribute to?
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Apocalyptic
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What is a practical application to the book of Ezekial?
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The Lord is with beleivers wherever they are
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The English Bibel counts the minor prophets as twelve small books, while the Hebrew Bible
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counts them as a single prophecy
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How were economic conditions during Hosea and Amos's time?
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they were good
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Why did God as Hosea to marry Gomer?
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To show how Israel had committed adultery with other gods.
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True or false: God would NEVER take back Israel the way Hosea took back Gomer
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False
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What did Joel say would happen if Israel did not repent?
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An army like a great locust storm would invade Israel.
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True or false: According to Joel God would ONLY punish Israel
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False God would punish all nations
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What sins did Amos condemn?
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Sins related to justice and mercy
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True or false:  Amos envisioned renewal and restoration?
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true
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True or false:  the day of the Lord a consistent theme in Amos
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True
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According to Hosea 4-14 what was a major cause of disobedience?
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Lack of knowledge about the Lord
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What was the meaning of Amos's vision of the basket of ripe fruit?
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Israel was ripe for judgment
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What was one theological theme Joel was trying to address
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The Day of the Lord
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Did the Edomites hate Israel
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Yes
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What nation was Ninevah the capital city for?
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Assyria
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Was Micah a contemporary of Elijah?
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No
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Jonah fled to Joppa on a shif headed for Tarshish
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True
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Did Micah have a wider audience then Isaiah?
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Yes
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Obadiah was a contemporary of Ezekiel and he preaced in Babylon
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True
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Two common themes in Obadia, Jonah, and Micah are love for neighbor and God's love for the lost.
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True
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Is one of Micah's themes God's love for the faithful?
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No
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The time period for the book of Jonah is
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800-750 BC
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Where did Micah predict the Messiah would be born
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Bethlehem
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How Obadiah conclude his book?
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With the promise of restoration for the remnat of Israel
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Did God answer all of Habbakuk's questions?
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No
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According to Habbakuk is God's punishment unavoidable?
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Yes
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Did Nahum prophecy against Babylon?
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No
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Was Habbakuk interested in current events?
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Yes
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Is anyone excused from the day of the Lord
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No
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Who was the object of God's wrath in Nahum's prophecy?
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Ninevah
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When Nahum prophecied what nation was at the peak of it's power?
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Assyria
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What is the background for the book of Habbakuk?
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Babylon's rise to power
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Who was Zephaniah a contemporary of?
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Jeremiah
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Did the Persians defeat Babylon?
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Yes
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Was the economy bad for the Jews who returned to Jerusalem after exhile?
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Yes
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Did the people rebuild the temple when Haggai advised them to?
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Yes
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Why was rebuilidng the temple important?
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It would lead to national restoration
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What did Zechariah predict on the ultimate Day of the Lord?
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That Jew and gentile would worship together
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In Zecheriah's vision who will Israel bless?
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All Nations
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How have the people robbed God in the book of Malachai?
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By not giving to God
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Did Haggai promise a larger temple?
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No
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What is Haggai's career linked to?
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rebuilding the temple
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Zecheriah's visions are similar to
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Ezekials visions
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What does the name Malachai mean?
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