Tragedies and Tribulations Online Quiz | Bible: Something in Common

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1. Satan insisted this man would surely curse the Lord if he was allowed to take away all of this man's blessings. The Lord allowed Satan to test the man. He lost everything from his animals to his family. He suffered many afflictions but he never cursed the Lord. Because of his actions and words, the Lord greatly blessed him in his later life.

Answer: Job

Job suffered many tribulations. He was tormented by Satan many times but the Lord knew Job would remain faithful. Satan insisted that Job would turn away from God if he had to suffer in life. Despite losing everything and suffering ailments and pain, Job still did not turn away from the Lord: he remained faithful to Him. God blessed Job tenfold afterward.

The book of Job in the Old Testament tells his story in 42 chapters.

2. This man's father greatly favored him, which angered his brothers. They plotted against him and had him kidnapped. They thought him dead, but really he was an aide to the king. He was able to interpret the king's dreams.

Answer: Joseph

Joseph was favored by his father, which made his brothers jealous. They plotted to have him killed, but he was not. Instead he was greatly blessed by the Lord and later helped his family during the great famine. The story of Joseph begins in Genesis 37. The musical "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat" tells this story as well.

3. The Lord asked him to sacrifice his own son to test his faithfulness.

Answer: Abraham

To test his faithfulness, Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his own son, Isaac. Obediently, Abraham attempted to do so, when God stopped him and allowed him to keep his son. He loved his son but he loved God more, and this proved that to God. The story of Abraham and Isaac is told in Genesis 22.

4. This woman was barren for most of her life. In her old age she was blessed by the Lord and became pregnant and had a child. Her son became the father of Jacob, who fathered the twelve patriarchs.

Answer: Sarah

She desperately wanted to have children and was never able to conceive. God blessed her and allowed her to become pregnant in her old age. Sarah and Abraham's son was Isaac. More of Sarah's story can be found in Genesis 21.

5. Many children's stories depict this man as having been swallowed by a great whale. This man was a prophet and he disobeyed God. He was told to prophesy in the town of Nineveh and he refused.

Answer: Jonah

The Bible says that Jonah was swallowed by a great fish and later spit out. He was a prophet for God. He wanted the people of Nineveh to suffer for their wrongdoings but instead God gave them forgiveness when they turned away from their sin. Jonah has his own book in the Bible, just four short chapters, in the Old Testament after Obadiah and before Micah.

6. This man was very gifted and able to interpret visions. When other satraps found out that he was to be appointed over the kingdom by King Darius, they plotted against him. They made the law so that anyone who prayed to anyone but the King was to be punished.

Answer: Daniel

Daniel refused to pray to a man, and he continued to pray to the Lord. They found him and punished him for doing so. They threw him into the lions' den. When he was found alive the next morning they could see that they were wrong. The King changed the law so that all the people should pray to Daniel's God, since He had saved him from the lions. Daniel has his own book in the Bible.

This specific story is found in Daniel 6.

7. This woman was given to King Ahasuerus by her uncle Mordecai. The king was pleased with her and made her his queen. Haman issued an order for all Jews to be slain and this is when she came forth with her heritage to her husband, the king.

Answer: Esther

Mordecai ordered Esther to keep her heritage from the king. They were afraid for their people and feared that if the king found out their heritage she would be killed. She did as Mordecai said and found favor in the king's sight. The king married her and made her Queen Esther.

When she found out that Haman was plotting to kill her kindred and all other Jews she was able to intercede and stop him. She invited everyone to a banquet and announced to the king that someone was planning on killing her and all her kindred.

The king had Haman hanged. Because Esther agreed to the arranged marriage, she was able to save her people. Esther's story is told in her book in the Bible, which comes after Nehemiah and before Job.

8. This man's wife was destroyed for disobeying God. The Lord told him to take his family and leave Sodom. He gave them one command, "Do not look behind you." His wife looked behind them and turned to a pillar of salt.

Answer: Lot

God destroyed Sodom when he saw how perverse the townspeople had become. He sent two angels to save Lot's family from the doom of Sodom. The men of the town practiced homosexuality and God destroyed the entire town because of their sins. He saved only Lot's family, except his wife.

She looked back at the town and turned to a pillar of salt. Because she disobeyed God, she was punished, leaving Lot without a wife and his children without a mother. This story is found in Genesis 19.

9. When Jesus asked this man his name, he told him a name for the many demons that had entered him. He was also called a demoniac.

Answer: Legion

The man was called Legion, for he had many demons in him. Jesus ordered the demons out of the man and into a nearby herd of swine. The demons entered the swine and ran into a lake and drowned. This man started off demoniac and, because Jesus cared, he was saved and given a chance at life without evil. The story of the demoniac can be found in Luke 8: 26-39.

10. Born to Virgin Mary, He taught many people, performed great miracles, and died the ultimate death. After being whipped and beaten to a point where he was almost unrecognizable, he was then nailed to a cross and left to die. When he was pronounced dead he was put into a tomb, from which God resurrected him on the third day.

Answer: Jesus

According to Christian beliefs, Jesus Christ was the Son in whom God was well pleased. He lived a sinless life so that He was the perfect sacrifice for God's people's sins. Jesus did what had to be done so that people could be forgiven their sins. God sacrificed His own son to show His people that He loved them and wanted them to have a way to heaven.

Source: Author rebapitt

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Tragedies and Tribulations Trivia Quiz

Throughout time Jews and Christians have undergone many tribulations. They have endured tragic times. It is said that those that do not turn against God and do remain faithful are greatly blessed by the Lord.

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