CHST 111 LINK FINAL TEST QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The dilemma from Psalm 2: Why are the wicked prospering? the wicked will be
destroyed in an instant in the end. You must wait for the Messiah this whole section
calls on God to deliver her people - Answer-After David's Psalms mostly vanish, what
question does book 3 answer?
Lord how long will we wait? (for deliverance) - Answer-What question is very important
at the ending of book 3? (Psalms)
God's time is not Man's time; the answer must be found in Moses' book therefore as you
wait you must meditate on the Torah - Answer-How does book 4 answer the question
found in book 3? (Psalms)
The Torah; stories of how Israel has always failed God but God will not fail Israel -
Answer-Where does most of book 4 come from? (Psalms)
Hallelujah; Praise the Lord - Answer-What word/phrase consumes the ending of book 5
of the Psalter?
The messiah psalms are the answer or solution the Torah Psalms - Answer-What is the
relationship between the Torah Psalms and Messiah Psalms in the Psalter?
1. *Terseness*, meaning much but using few words
2. *Parallelism*, creating meaning through comparisons - Answer-What are the two
traits of Hebrew poetry?
the two traits form a meaning together both in how they are the same and in how they
differ; the second provides commentary on the first just as the first provides
commentary on the second - Answer-How do these two traits help us interpret and
understand Hebrew poetry?
son of Abraham
son of David - Answer-Which two individuals are most important to understanding
biblical wisdom (one from the Torah and one from the Prophets)?
• To remind you of Eve; *Eve gave up divine wisdom for human wisdom*
-Eve's desire for wisdom in Gen 3 is the real starting point for all the wisdom book's
discussions; they are all exegeting the Torah and Prophets as the source of divine
wisdom - Answer-Why is wisdom personified as a woman in the Bible?
• Latter prophets are poetic books that help the reader understand the former prophets
and torah
• *continue discussion of 2 SAM 7*
, •The latter prophets answers problems in the former prophets; *provides poetic and
prophetic commentary that explains the former *
•Latter answer end of 2 King 25 and Israel's exile with constant affirmation that God's
plan has not been changed or overwhelmed by Israel's Idolatry
• *with former prophets, the latter prophets affirm that the despair of the fallen world
prepares the reader for the arrival of God's king* - Answer-Be able to explain how the
latter prophets relate to the former prophets
• Latter prophets are poetic books that help the reader understand the former prophets
and *torah*
• The prophets texts return back to the *dilemma of Deut 29:4 (Israel not having heart to
love God)* and see God's hand at work. Man's sin remains the cause for world's
suffering
• *They find hope in the Moses' book* : the future work of God and his kingdom
•also empathize and explain the Torah as the paradigm for their days and our own
• *Use Torah phrases to point to hope*: Shuv shuvot, In the end of the days, the
circumcision of the heart - Answer-be able to explain how the latter prophets relate to
the Torah
The latter prophets answer the *problem of exile by affirming that God's plan has not
changed*
Will God keep his promise to Abraham? Yes
Answer problem of exile in 2 King 25: *wait for the one like Moses, hold on to the
promise and wait for God to do what he said* - Answer-What problems does the latter
prophets answer from the ending of the former prophets?
•The *knowledge of God is missing*
•Israel has forgotten who God is and what he has done for them
•Israel was hearing but not hearing, seeing but not seeing. They do not seem to know
God.
•Knowledge of God rejected by all nations - Answer-what is the dilemma of the book of
Isaiah ?
•Hosea's wife's harlotry/idolatry to depict Israel's harlotry/idolatry
•He ties these concepts to the names of Hosea's children: the names depict the
dilemma for Israel's people-the coming judgment
-Son: Jezreel *"God Sows"*
-Daughter: Lo-Ruhamah *"No Compassion"*
-Son: Lo-Ammi *"Not My People"*
***MEANING*: in response to Israel's sin God is sowing judgment whereby he will
remove his compassion on those who had received his compassion so that those who
were His people would not be His people.
•Explanation of this judgment: the only way for God to love Israel is to help her see that
she has abandoned God so that she might return to God
*GOD SOWS THIS JUDGEMENT SO THAT HE CAN LATER SOW SALVATION*
***Cycle central to entire book of the 12: when Israel realizes that she is like the rest of
the nations and not God's people, only then will she repent and receive God's
compassion so that she can then become God's people* - Answer-What roles did
Hosea's marriage and children's names play in the twelve minor prophets?
•*Joel*: Use same words used from Deut. to describe the day of assembly to show it
, was a preview of the Day the of the lord
-God's spirit will be poured out on people so they will all be priests: *become people of
God in the end of the days*
-God will shake the land but will he become a
*refugee*
•*Zeph.*: Will go back and look at creation to describe day of the lord--As God created
by his word, he will judge, destroy (and recreate)by his word
- emphasize "Decreation" on the the Day of the Lord
-Judgement of whole creation - Answer-Be able to explain how joel and zephaniah
understand the day of the Lord?
God's coming to Earth to judge all the nations for their sins in the end of the ends -
Answer-What is the day of Lord?
Because when God comes to Earth the first time and becomes man and dwells among
man he will die (*death of creator*) signaling the beginning of the end of the days.
Therefore, the end of the latter days will come with God's second coming to earth which
will be the *death of creation* and the ultimate return of *man to God's presence* -
Answer-How does the day of the Lord relate to the end of the days?
The day of the Assembly was a preview of the day of the Lord and the end of the days -
Answer-How do the day of the Lord and the end of the days relate to the day of the
assembly?
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The dilemma from Psalm 2: Why are the wicked prospering? the wicked will be
destroyed in an instant in the end. You must wait for the Messiah this whole section
calls on God to deliver her people - Answer-After David's Psalms mostly vanish, what
question does book 3 answer?
Lord how long will we wait? (for deliverance) - Answer-What question is very important
at the ending of book 3? (Psalms)
God's time is not Man's time; the answer must be found in Moses' book therefore as you
wait you must meditate on the Torah - Answer-How does book 4 answer the question
found in book 3? (Psalms)
The Torah; stories of how Israel has always failed God but God will not fail Israel -
Answer-Where does most of book 4 come from? (Psalms)
Hallelujah; Praise the Lord - Answer-What word/phrase consumes the ending of book 5
of the Psalter?
The messiah psalms are the answer or solution the Torah Psalms - Answer-What is the
relationship between the Torah Psalms and Messiah Psalms in the Psalter?
1. *Terseness*, meaning much but using few words
2. *Parallelism*, creating meaning through comparisons - Answer-What are the two
traits of Hebrew poetry?
the two traits form a meaning together both in how they are the same and in how they
differ; the second provides commentary on the first just as the first provides
commentary on the second - Answer-How do these two traits help us interpret and
understand Hebrew poetry?
son of Abraham
son of David - Answer-Which two individuals are most important to understanding
biblical wisdom (one from the Torah and one from the Prophets)?
• To remind you of Eve; *Eve gave up divine wisdom for human wisdom*
-Eve's desire for wisdom in Gen 3 is the real starting point for all the wisdom book's
discussions; they are all exegeting the Torah and Prophets as the source of divine
wisdom - Answer-Why is wisdom personified as a woman in the Bible?
• Latter prophets are poetic books that help the reader understand the former prophets
and torah
• *continue discussion of 2 SAM 7*
, •The latter prophets answers problems in the former prophets; *provides poetic and
prophetic commentary that explains the former *
•Latter answer end of 2 King 25 and Israel's exile with constant affirmation that God's
plan has not been changed or overwhelmed by Israel's Idolatry
• *with former prophets, the latter prophets affirm that the despair of the fallen world
prepares the reader for the arrival of God's king* - Answer-Be able to explain how the
latter prophets relate to the former prophets
• Latter prophets are poetic books that help the reader understand the former prophets
and *torah*
• The prophets texts return back to the *dilemma of Deut 29:4 (Israel not having heart to
love God)* and see God's hand at work. Man's sin remains the cause for world's
suffering
• *They find hope in the Moses' book* : the future work of God and his kingdom
•also empathize and explain the Torah as the paradigm for their days and our own
• *Use Torah phrases to point to hope*: Shuv shuvot, In the end of the days, the
circumcision of the heart - Answer-be able to explain how the latter prophets relate to
the Torah
The latter prophets answer the *problem of exile by affirming that God's plan has not
changed*
Will God keep his promise to Abraham? Yes
Answer problem of exile in 2 King 25: *wait for the one like Moses, hold on to the
promise and wait for God to do what he said* - Answer-What problems does the latter
prophets answer from the ending of the former prophets?
•The *knowledge of God is missing*
•Israel has forgotten who God is and what he has done for them
•Israel was hearing but not hearing, seeing but not seeing. They do not seem to know
God.
•Knowledge of God rejected by all nations - Answer-what is the dilemma of the book of
Isaiah ?
•Hosea's wife's harlotry/idolatry to depict Israel's harlotry/idolatry
•He ties these concepts to the names of Hosea's children: the names depict the
dilemma for Israel's people-the coming judgment
-Son: Jezreel *"God Sows"*
-Daughter: Lo-Ruhamah *"No Compassion"*
-Son: Lo-Ammi *"Not My People"*
***MEANING*: in response to Israel's sin God is sowing judgment whereby he will
remove his compassion on those who had received his compassion so that those who
were His people would not be His people.
•Explanation of this judgment: the only way for God to love Israel is to help her see that
she has abandoned God so that she might return to God
*GOD SOWS THIS JUDGEMENT SO THAT HE CAN LATER SOW SALVATION*
***Cycle central to entire book of the 12: when Israel realizes that she is like the rest of
the nations and not God's people, only then will she repent and receive God's
compassion so that she can then become God's people* - Answer-What roles did
Hosea's marriage and children's names play in the twelve minor prophets?
•*Joel*: Use same words used from Deut. to describe the day of assembly to show it
, was a preview of the Day the of the lord
-God's spirit will be poured out on people so they will all be priests: *become people of
God in the end of the days*
-God will shake the land but will he become a
*refugee*
•*Zeph.*: Will go back and look at creation to describe day of the lord--As God created
by his word, he will judge, destroy (and recreate)by his word
- emphasize "Decreation" on the the Day of the Lord
-Judgement of whole creation - Answer-Be able to explain how joel and zephaniah
understand the day of the Lord?
God's coming to Earth to judge all the nations for their sins in the end of the ends -
Answer-What is the day of Lord?
Because when God comes to Earth the first time and becomes man and dwells among
man he will die (*death of creator*) signaling the beginning of the end of the days.
Therefore, the end of the latter days will come with God's second coming to earth which
will be the *death of creation* and the ultimate return of *man to God's presence* -
Answer-How does the day of the Lord relate to the end of the days?
The day of the Assembly was a preview of the day of the Lord and the end of the days -
Answer-How do the day of the Lord and the end of the days relate to the day of the
assembly?
