Test: Captivity and Coming Home

True or False Daniel's story, along with three of his friends, provides a powerful model of what it looks like to continue to trust God, even during difficult times of exile.

• True
• False

The major theme of Daniel 1-6 is that even though the king of Babylon has sacked, Jerusalem, he is _______ before the God of Daniel.

• confused
• beloved
• dethroned
• powerless

The second half of Daniel focuses on God's plan for the _______.

True or False The second half of Daniel challenges those living in exile to determine the future for themselves by waiting for the kingdom.

• True
• False

In the year 538 BC, king Cyrus of Persia, decree that the exiles could ______.

• trust God
• return home
• worship him
• build their city

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah describe how the exiles _______ to the promised land.

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah describe the struggle to _______ their former lives

True or False The first wave of exiles is led by Nehemiah.

• True
• False

The ______ wave of exiles is led by Ezra.

• Second
• Third
• First

The third wave of exiles is led by _______.