Old Testament: Zechariah 1 - 14, Malachi 1 - 4
Zechariah 1:3 says, "‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty." How does a person return to God? What does it mean for God to return to us?
Zechariah 2:7, "for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye." Why does God love His people?
In Zechariah 3:8 God told Joshua the high priest that he and those with him were "men symbolic of things to come." What were they symbolic of?
In Zechariah 3:9 God says "I will remove the sin of this land in a single day." How was this fulfilled?
In Zechariah 4:6, God is encouraging Zerubbabel, "“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty." How does this encouragement apply to you?
In Zechariah 5:3 God declares a curse on every thief and on everyone who swears falsely. What do those two sins have in common?
In Zechariah, chapter 7, the people were asking if they should continue to fast during the fifth month of each year as they had during the 70 years of the captivity. The Lord's answer extends through chapters 7 and 8. What was the Lord more interested in than fasting?
What prophecy in Zechariah 9:9 did Jesus fulfill?
Zechariah 10:12 says, "I will strengthen them in the Lord." What does this mean?
Why did God have Zechariah throw thirty pieces of silver to the potter in chapter 11?
When will the mourning described in Zechariah 12:10 take place?
In Zechariah 13:4, what will cause prophets to be "ashamed of their prophetic vision"?
In chapter 14 Zechariah prophesies that the Lord's "feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west," (14:4) and "The Lord will be king over the whole earth." (14:9) Why hasn't this happened yet?
In Malachi, chapter 1, God says that Israel was bringing blind, lame, or diseased animals as sacrifice. What was wrong with that?
Malachi 2:7 says, "the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge." Who's job is it now to preserve knowledge and how is it done?
Married men are warned in Malachi 2:15, "be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth." What does a man need to do to be on his guard?
Why does God say that those who fail to bring their tithes are robbing God? What promises does He make to those who tithe?
Who does God refer to as His treasured possession in Malachi 3:17?
What does God say Elijah will do "before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes"?
Psalms 147 - 150
147:3 says, "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." How does God heal a broken heart?
Psalm 148 calls for heaven and earth to praise the Lord, including, "you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds." How can trees and wild animals praise the Lord?
149:5 encourages God's people to "sing for joy on their beds." Why would a person's bed be a place that they would sing for joy?
150:6 says, "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." When and how should you be praising the Lord?
New Testament: Revelation 15 - 22
Chapter 15 describes seven angels with the seven last plagues and says that with them God's wrath is completed. What is the purpose of God's wrath and why will it be completed?
16:14 describes three demonic spirits that go out to gather the kings of the world to the battle of Armageddon. What role would demons play in gathering kings for war?
Chapter 17 pictures a prostitute sitting on a beast with seven heads and ten horns. Verse 16 says the beast will hate the prostitute. What does verse 18 say the prostitute represents?
Chapter 18 describes the lament over the destruction of Babylon ("Babylon the Great" was written on the forehead of the prostitute in 17:5). How do you obey the command, "Come out of her, my people"? (18:4)
Why did the angel refuse to be worshiped in chapter 19?
What happens to the beast and the false prophet in chapter 19?
What happens to Satan in chapter 20?
20:12-15 describes "books" and "another book." What are people judged for? Who is not thrown into the lake of fire?
What things does 21:4 say won't exist anymore after God's dwelling is with man?
Why does the city John describes in chapter 21 not have a temple, a sun, or a moon?
In 22:17, who is invited to take the free gift of the water of life?
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