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The Minor Prophets

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Introduction:
"The books which make up the 'minor prophets' are not called 'minor' because they are less important, but because the books are shorter than the other books of prophecy in the OT. They are just as important and just as relevant. Enjoy this quiz."


1. How many books make up the 'Minor Prophets' of the Old Testament?
    12
    8
    10
    15


2. The prophet Haggai comes on the scene in the second year of King Darius to encourage people to finish an uncompleted project. What was it he wanted the people to do?
    finish rebuilding the Temple
    finish tearing down the idols in the land
    finish rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
    finish destroying the enemies of God


3. This sycamore-fig farmer warned the people of his day about their complacency, pride and apathy. He uses visions of locust, fire and a plumb line in his message. Who was this prophet?
    Malachi
    Zephaniah
    Amos
    Zechariah


4. Hosea was told by God, to find 'an adulterous wife'. Whom did he marry?
    Answer: (5 letters - think Jim Nabors)


5. Which prophet is said to have prophesied the place where Jesus would be born?
    Micah
    Obadiah
    Malachi
    Amos


6. Why did the great fish swallow Jonah?
    Jonah didn't go to Tarshish as God commanded
    Jonah refused to go to Nineveh as God commanded
    Jonah didn't want to get married
    Johah didn't like travelling


7. Who prophesies the ultimate destruction of Nineveh?
    Nahum
    Hosea
    Joel
    Obadiah


8. Which prophet complains to God about unpunished evil in his world and about God using wicked nations to punish nations which are not as wicked?
    Zephaniah
    Amos
    Habakkuk
    Zechariah


9. The Prophet Joel is quoted by which Apostle, in the second chapter of Acts, on the day of Pentecost?
    Paul
    Peter
    John
    Andrew


10. Obadiah's prophecy centers around a feud between what two nations?
    Israel and Judah
    Moab and Judah
    Babylon and Israel
    Israel and Edom


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