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Quiz about Those Biblical Stars
Quiz about Those Biblical Stars

Those Biblical Stars Trivia Quiz


Here are ten questions about references to "star" or "stars" in the Bible. Are you bright enough to answer them correctly? (The New King James Version was used as a reference.)

A multiple-choice quiz by alaspooryoric. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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6 mins
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365,042
Updated
Feb 01 22
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Question 1 of 10
1. Let's start in the beginning. According to the first chapter of Genesis, "He [God] made the stars also." However, do you know which day He made them? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In Genesis 15, to which Patriarch was the Lord speaking when He promised the following: "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them . . . So shall your descendants be"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In Job, Chapter 9, Job himself speaks while attempting to argue how powerful God is. At one point, Job explains that God made the well-known cluster of stars referred to as the Pleiades as well as two highly recognizable constellations. Which two constellations does Job mention? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The writer of Psalm 8 is amazed that God pays attention to human beings at all when he looks upon "the moon and the stars." He is in awe of the fact that all of the "heavens" are the work of God's what? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In one of the many visions (remember the wheels?) experienced by this prophet, God speaks the following words about the destruction of Egypt: "I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, / Even to the mountains; / And the riverbeds will be full of you. / When I put out your light, / I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; / I will cover the sun with a cloud, / And the moon shall not give her light." Which prophet, referred to by God as "son of man," received this vision? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Daniel, another Old Testament prophet, foresees that many of his people who have died would be resurrected from "the dust of the earth." Then, he explains (or at least God explains through Daniel) that "Those who are wise shall shine / Like the brightness of the firmament, / And those who turn many to righteousness / Like the stars forever and ever." However, Daniel does not share the names of those who shall be given "everlasting life." Why? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. According to Obadiah, verse 4, prideful people are like which bird that builds its "nest among the stars" (New King James Version)? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the four New Testament gospels is the only book in which one may read a verse like this one? "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him." Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In Revelation 8:10, John writes, "Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water." Verse 11 explains that this falling star made the water "bitter," "and many men died from the water." What does John say is the name of this star? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In Revelation 22:16, who is referred to as "the Bright and Morning Star"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Let's start in the beginning. According to the first chapter of Genesis, "He [God] made the stars also." However, do you know which day He made them?

Answer: The fourth day

God did make light on the first day so that He might halt an existence of total darkness. However, He did not get around to making the sun, moon, and stars until the fourth day. According to Genesis 1:16:19, "Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.

He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day." The creation of light on the first day may be literal in that light is a separate thing from those heavenly bodies that are sources of light, or the creation of light may be figurative to a degree, similar to how the book of John begins with "In the beginning there was the Word."
2. In Genesis 15, to which Patriarch was the Lord speaking when He promised the following: "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them . . . So shall your descendants be"?

Answer: Abram

After God initiated his covenant with Abram, He was trying to reassure him that he would have children who would inherit the land of Canaan, which God had given him. This promise is written in Genesis 15:5. Soon after this, God would alter Abram's name to Abraham, which means "father of many nations" (Genesis 17:5).
3. In Job, Chapter 9, Job himself speaks while attempting to argue how powerful God is. At one point, Job explains that God made the well-known cluster of stars referred to as the Pleiades as well as two highly recognizable constellations. Which two constellations does Job mention?

Answer: The Bear and Orion

Job 9:9-10 reads as follows: "He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, / And the chambers of the south; / He does great things past finding out, / Yes, wonders without number." "The Bear" is, of course, the constellation Ursa Major or the Great Bear, part of which is often referred to as the Big Dipper. Orion is the Hunter, who appears as an hourglass shaped constellation in the night sky.

The Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters, is perhaps the most well-known open star cluster. Some Bible scholars believe that the book of Job is concerned with the life of a man who lived around 2000 BC; the fact that these star patterns or groupings were referred to in ancient times (the Pleiades were mentioned in Babylonian documents as early as the 23rd century BC) certainly allows for the possibility.
4. The writer of Psalm 8 is amazed that God pays attention to human beings at all when he looks upon "the moon and the stars." He is in awe of the fact that all of the "heavens" are the work of God's what?

Answer: fingers

Psalm 8:3-4 reads as follows: "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, / The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, / What is man that You are mindful of him, / And the son of man that You visit him?" This particular Psalm is one of the many that are attributed to David, who began his life as a shepherd who spent a great portion of his time in nature.
5. In one of the many visions (remember the wheels?) experienced by this prophet, God speaks the following words about the destruction of Egypt: "I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, / Even to the mountains; / And the riverbeds will be full of you. / When I put out your light, / I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; / I will cover the sun with a cloud, / And the moon shall not give her light." Which prophet, referred to by God as "son of man," received this vision?

Answer: Ezekiel

The quoted words are from Ezekiel 32:6-7. Ezekiel, a priest and prophet of Judah, boosts the morale of his people during their Babylonian captivity by prophesying that the neighboring nations who were gloating over Judah's destruction would be the next to be destroyed. Egypt appears to be an exception, only in that while the other nations were completely destroyed, Egypt would continue to exist as "the lowliest of kingdoms" (Ezekiel 29:15). Ezekiel ends with a prophecy that the people of Judah will be regathered and restored.
6. Daniel, another Old Testament prophet, foresees that many of his people who have died would be resurrected from "the dust of the earth." Then, he explains (or at least God explains through Daniel) that "Those who are wise shall shine / Like the brightness of the firmament, / And those who turn many to righteousness / Like the stars forever and ever." However, Daniel does not share the names of those who shall be given "everlasting life." Why?

Answer: Their names have been sealed in "the book" until "the time of the end."

Many Christians hold on to the idea that the names of those people who will receive everlasting life are written in "the book." This idea most likely comes from Daniel 12:1-4. Daniel does not mention what "the book" in his vision is but only that "Every one who is found written in the book" "shall be delivered." Stars are consistently associated with glory and eternal life in various passages of the Bible.

In fact, the stars were considered so beautiful and awe inspiring that many writers of Old Testament books felt it necessary to warn of the dangers of worshipping the stars. Consider Deuteronomy 4:19: "And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them . . . ."
7. According to Obadiah, verse 4, prideful people are like which bird that builds its "nest among the stars" (New King James Version)?

Answer: the eagle

Obadiah writes, "'Though you exalt yourself as high as the eagle, / And though you set your nest among the stars, / From there I will bring you down,' says the Lord." The people being compared to the lofty eagle are the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, whom Obadiah condemns for their refusal to aid the people of Israel, Jacob's descendants, during their tribulations. Apparently, the twin brothers Jacob and Esau are locked in a perpetual struggle, from the time they were in their mother's womb (remember Esau was born with Jacob clutching his heel) to after their deaths via the lives of their descendants.

The Edomites eventually moved into the area of southern Palestine and became known as the Idumeans from whom Herod the Great would arise, the very same king who wanted to destroy Christ after His birth.
8. Which of the four New Testament gospels is the only book in which one may read a verse like this one? "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him."

Answer: Matthew

The quotation in the question is from Matthew 2:2. Matthew is the only one of the four gospels that mentions the visitation of the wise men and, thus, is the only one that mentions the Christmas star. Luke tells the story of the shepherds who are visited by angels on the night of Christ's birth. Mark and John do not tell a story about the birth of Christ.

After the wise men (Matthew never says there were three of them) come to Jerusalem asking about the birth of the King of the Jews, Herod helps the wise men on their journey so that he can secretly discover the infant's location and have him killed.

Then Matthew 2:9 says, "When they heard the king [Herod], they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was." However, after the wise men visit the Christ Child, they are warned in a dream not to return to Herod, so they go back home via a different route.
9. In Revelation 8:10, John writes, "Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water." Verse 11 explains that this falling star made the water "bitter," "and many men died from the water." What does John say is the name of this star?

Answer: Wormwood

Revelation 8:11 reveals, "and the name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood . . . " This part of Revelation is concerned with seven angels who sound seven trumpets. Each time an angel sounds a trumpet, a tribulation or catastrophe occurs on Earth.

Some individuals who search for signs of "the last things" have argued that these verses in Revelation refer to the nuclear catastrophe that occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which was a part of the USSR at that time. Particularly meaningful to these people is the fact that "Chernobyl" translates in English to "Wormwood."
10. In Revelation 22:16, who is referred to as "the Bright and Morning Star"?

Answer: Jesus

John records the following words of Jesus: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star." In Isaiah 14:12, Lucifer or Satan is referred to as "morning star" or "day star," but he is not referred to as a star in Revelation.
Source: Author alaspooryoric

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