Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Immanuel -- Isaiah 1-39

Peter Combes – January 14, 2001

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

 

1.    Which of the following is not from Isaiah:
  1. "Unto us a child is born"
  2. "And thou, Bethelehem Ephratha, art not least among the cities of Judah"
  3. "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light"
  4. "A shoot will come forth out of the stump of Jesse"
2.        Isaiah had a son with the longest name in the Bible -- Mahar-halel-shazbaz.  The name means:
  1. Prince of Jezreel
  2. Messenger of the Highest
  3. The Son of the Father
  4. Loot is fast, the victim runs
3.        According to Isaiah, 185,000 Assyrian soldiers were killed in one night by: 
  1. plague
  2. earthquake
  3. ambush
  4. an angel
4.          Isaiah was the son of: 
  1. Amos
  2. Hezekiah
  3. Solomon
  4. Sennacherib
5.          Isaiah was advisor to King:
  1. Ahaz
  2. Hezekiah
  3. Uzziah
  4. Jotham
6.         The book of Isaiah prophesies:
  1. the Exile
  2. the Return
  3. both
  4. neither
7.         Isaiah saw:
  1. God on his throne
  2. Wheels within wheels
  3. The Ark of the Covenant
  4. A great flood
8.          Isaiah's sin was 'blotted out" by:
  1. baptism
  2. an angel with a live coal
  3. Melchizedek
  4. sacrifice
9.          Isaiah said that offerings to God were:
  1. multiplied and returned
  2. the solution to sin
  3. a symbol of repentance
  4. futile
10.       Isaiah prophesied that:
  1. all nations would come to the temple
  2. only Israel and Judah would come to the temple
  3. only Israel would come to the temple
  4. there would never be another temple
11.       As a sign, Isaiah:
  1. sat on a pillar for three years
  2. walked on water
  3. divided the Jordan
  4. went naked for three years
12.       Isaiah has the first mention in the Old Testament of:
  1. baptism
  2. the destruction of death
  3. the eucharist
  4. human sacrifice