Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi Twenty Questions

 1. What is the Lord’s complaint against the people in Haggai 1?

2. How did the people and their leaders respond?

3. According to the Law cited in Haggai 2, which spreads when it touches other items – consecration or contamination?

4. What kind of punishment had the people been suffering because of their lack of concern for the Temple being left in ruins?

5. Who does God say will be like His signet ring?

6. In Zechariah 1, what does the Lord promise the people if they return to Him?

7. Does Zechariah 1 and 2 contain good news or bad news for Judah?

8. In Zechariah 3, who is described as a burning stick snatched from a fire? 

9. How would you interpret Zechariah 3:6 – “’Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty”?

10. What two groups of people did the flying scroll curse with banishment?

11. What comparison and contrasts do you see between Zechariah 6:1-8 and Revelation 6:1-8?

12. According to Zechariah 7:9-10, what does the Lord prefer to ritualistic mourning and fasting?

13. How do Christians think Zechariah 9:9 was fulfilled?

14. What do you find in Zechariah 10 and 11 that echoes in the life of Jesus?

15. What do you think Zechariah 12:10-14 is looking forward to?

16. What clues about the future do we find in Zechariah 14?

17. What was wrong with the animals being brought for sacrifice in Malachi 1?

18. Who do Christians think Malachi is foreseeing in 3:1?

19. What kind of test does God invite His people to put Him to?

20. How would you respond to a Christian who says that the Old Testament is antithetical (or at least unnecessary) to the practice of our faith?

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