Northern Prophets

Which of these is not 1 of the 10 characteristics of a prophet as noted in our textbook?

• Some prophets initially resist God's call

• Prophets are just regular people

• Prophets deliver joy to the people

• Prophets sometimes die b/c of their messages

which 2 prophets does your book refer to as hard-core prophets?

• Elisha and Elijah

• Hosea and Amos

• Jeremiah and Jonah

• Moses and Aaron

Which event was not part of the story when Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal?

• Queen Jezebel had killed most of the prophets of Israel's God

• Elijah built an altar of 12 stones representing the 12 Tribes

• Prophets of Baal brought down fire and burned their sacrificial offering

• Elijah threw water on top of his animal sacrifice and wood

In which of these ways is the prophet Elisha like Jesus?

• Elisha was whipped on his back by King Jereboam's servants. Jesus was whipped on his back by the Roman soldiers of Pontus Pilate.

• Elisha feeds hundreds with 20 loaves of bread and has leftovers. Jesus feeds thousands with 5 loaves of bread and has left overs.

• Jesus spent 40 days fasting in order to prepare for his public ministry. Elisha fasted many days to get himself ready for his prophetic call.

• Jesus miraculously pulled coins from a fish's mouth. Elisha pulled money from the dung of a goat to pay a temple tax

What is the name of the Prophet Hosea's wife?

• Gretta

• Haggar

• Gomer

• Margret

What was the Prophet Hosea and his marriage called to represent?

• The call to generously care for the poor and less fortunate

• The Lord's faithfulness to Israel despite their unfaithfulness

• God's justice and inevitable punishment for sins

• Yahweh's blessings of children to righteous women

Amos was a prophet to the northern kingdoms and was from

• the Southern kingdom of Judah

• the capital city of Samaria

• Bethlehem, where Jesus was born

• the rival kingdom of Assyria

Amos was called to remind Israel about what part of the Mosaic Law?

• to stay away from eating pork and unclean animals

• to care for those who are most vulnerable in society

• to wash 7 times in the temple bath before entering to worship

• to grant mercy and compassion to all of Israel's enemies

Why did Amos tell Israel that God hated their worship?

• Because they never cleaned the house of worship after the animal sacrifices

• Because they were not giving enough money toward the temple tax needed to care for temple priest

• Because they put little to no effort into hymns and songs that should have glorified God

• Because their praise in the Temple did not carry over to good works in their daily lives

Jonah is comedic for which reason?

• He had fish dinners while in the belly of the giant fish

• God told him to go by land east and he got in a boat to head west by sea

• He worshipped the false god of the sea

• He told Ninevah that they that they were sinful and needed repentance even though he needed repentance