This Quiz: Good News in OT Prophecy

1.) To which man did the Lord say, "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
       Adam
       Abram
       Adonijah
       Abimelech

2.) To whom did God say, "What aileth thee? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation." And then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
       Abigail
       Hagar
       Rachael
       Sarah

3.) Elisha had gone with the sons of the prophets to make a dwelling place in Jordan, and a borrowed ax head fell into the water. What did Elisha do?
       He said, "Neither a lender nor a borrower be."
       Went for a swim in the area to see if he could see it.
       Suggested that the men dredge the river to look for it.
       Threw a stick in after it, and it floated so it could be retrieved.

4.) What happened when Moses struck the rock at Massah and Meribah?
       It turned to bread so that the people could eat.
       All the snakes came out of the crevices in the rock.
       Water came out of the rock so that the people could drink.
       Nothing - God was so angry with the people that he let half of them die.

5.) The prophet Isaiah said of the Lord, "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:..." What did the prophecy say that He would do with the lambs?
       Fleece them.
       Dock their tails.
       Lead them to the slaughter.
       Gather them with His arms and carry them.

6.) King Hezekiah was on his death bed, and Isaiah the prophet told him, "Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live." Hezekiah wept and prayed earnestly, and God sent Isaiah back to him to tell him that his life had been extended. How much longer did God add to his life?
       Five years
       Fifteen years
       Twenty years
       Thirty years

7.) The prophet Elijah asked a woman who was starving if she would make a cake for him, and the woman did so. What was the result of her generosity?
       She and her son died, but the prophet lived.
       The oil and the flour lasted for another two months.
       The oil and the flour did not run out until the Lord had sent rain on the earth.
       The woman had enough oil and flour to feed the entire township in which she lived ever after.

8.) As Barak pursued Sisera (to kill him), Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for ." When he went into her tent, Sisera lay dead, with a tent peg through his temples. What was unusual about the situation?
       The prophetess had stated earlier that day that the victory would be at the hand of a woman.
       Jael's husband had actually killed Sisera with a sword and the tent peg through the temple was just Jael's symbolic contribution to the victory.
       Jael's family was at war with Sisera for other reasons.
       The death of Sisera had been an accident.

9.) Of what place did the prophet say, "...though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
       Egypt
       Capernaum
       Jerusalem
       Bethlehem

10.) What did Gideon ask the Lord to do to confirm that He would use him to save Israel?
       Gideon asked God to cause the enemy to fight against each other and kill each other.
       Gideon set fire to some foxes tails and sent them to totally destroy the enemy's crops.
       Gideon asked God to wet a fleece that he put out overnight, and leave the ground around it dry.
       Gideon asked that the people would be gathered outside his house the next day without him having to call them to war.