Answers to Question Set 3
1. What passage speaks of a message (from nature) which is understood in every tongue?
The declaring of the glory and handiwork of God Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
2. According to Jesus, what were the heathen (non-Jews) seeking, in contrast with what Christ's followers should seek?
Matthew 6:30-34 What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:).... But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
3. One mother was so worried that her son would marry a girl from the same nation as his brother had, she told her husband that she wouldn't have a reason to live if it happened. Who was this concerned mother?
Rebekah "And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?" - Genesis 27:46
An interesting point. Certainly, Rebekah was concerned about Jacob marrying from the daughters of Heth, yet this was by no means the full reason she approached Isaac. She feared that if Jacob was not sent back to her brother's
house, that he would not have the opportunity to marry anyone, on account of the anger of Esau, who was waiting to slay Jacob. To Isaac, Jacob was departing for Laban's house to search for a wife, to Rebekah, he was fleeing for
his life from Esau.
4. Who claimed that he was "about to burst" like a container for grape juice?
Answer: Elihu. He was the youngest of Job's "comforters," who spoke to Job after the three friends--Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar--failed to give convincing answers to Job's questions. He is identified as the "son of Barachel the Buzite,
of the kindred of Ram."
Job 32: 6, 19 "Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst."
5. When is a neighbor better than a brother?
When he is nearby. " for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off." - Proverbs 27:10
6. What passage contains a request for a blessing (from each member of the Godhead)upon the readers?
In 2 Corinthians 13:14, the apostle Paul requests that the brethren who read the epistle receive the grace of the Lord Jesus (1), the love of God (2), and the communion of the Holy Ghost (3). One blessing from each member of the Godhead, to the readers.
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.
Amen." - 2 Corinthians 13:14
7. What tribe of Israel seemed to be the leader in idolatry and Baal worship?
Ephraim:
(Hosea 12 and 13) 12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. 13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
This passage clearly shows the use of Jacob (and Israel) as names for the nation, and in some places Ephraim seems to stand for the nation as well.But this passage seems to picture the rise of Ephraim from a small and "trembling" tribe to the proud tribe that set the course for Israel. When it was in its ascendancy, Ephraim took the lead in Baal worship, and subsequent references to the idolatry within the divided kingdom are in large part due to the influence of Ephraim.
