Biblica Decem: from '0 - 9' Trivia Quiz

Answer: None could be disobeyed, they all had to be kept.

God gave Moses the ten commandments on Mt. Sinai in Exodus 20, in order that the people of Israel could keep them all and continue to be blessed by Him. Exodus 32:15-16 says, ''Moses then turned and came down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, front and back.

The tablets were made by God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.'' Christ did however say that when we obey His commandment to love God and one another(our neighbour), we automatically fulfill all the commandments in the law.

Answer: Saul

In the book of 1st Samuel chapter 9, prophet and judge Samuel, following God's directions, anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, in view of a long standing demand of the people who wanted a king like all the other nations.

Answer: Revelation

In the New Testament in several Books and verses it is mentioned that Jesus will return again. Revelation 1:7-8 says, ''Behold, He is coming amid the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him. All the peoples of the earth will lament Him. Yes. Amen. 'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'the one who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.' ''

Answer: Holy Spirit

Jesus said in John chapter 16 that He must return to the Father for our good so that the Helper, the Holy Spirit(Lifegiver) may be sent to the disciples or believers in Him. John 6:63, 'It is the Spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The Words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.'

Answer: John

Love is the central theme of John's gospel and also his epistles. Jesus commanded His followers to love God and also one another. John 3: 16, ''For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.''

Answer: Goliath

In 1st Samuel chapter 17, God redeems the Israelites via the shepherd boy David who slays the giant with his sling. David chooses five stones from the wadi, however needs only one to knock Goliath over.

Answer: Cana

Jesus' first recorded miracle was at a wedding in Cana, Galilee where He responded to a request from Mary His mother to help the beleaguered hosts who were short of wine. John 2 1-11 says that "six stone water jars which stood nearby, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons were filled with water to the brim by the servants." The quality of the miraculous wine can be ascertained from the master of the banquet's comment to the bridegroom that, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."

Answer: Othniel and Samuel

Samuel(and his sons) was the last judge of Israel. In the book of 1st Samuel he anoints Saul to be the first king to perhaps bring to a close the reign of the judges. Samuel however exhorts the new King and the people to continue obeying and following God to remain blessed.

Answer: Circumcision and Naming

Jesus rose again on the the first day of a new week which could be interpreted as the eighth day (7 + 1). Eight therefore also symbolizes a new beginning. Jesus, being a Jew, was circumcised on the eighth day, and dedicated and purified on the 40th day in the Temple. Luke 2:21-22, ''When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,'' Paul also says in Colossians 2, ''In him you were also circumcised(in spirit) with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.''

Answer: self-control and interpretation of tongues

There are generally accepted nine fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit. In 1st Corinthians chapter 12, Paul says:'there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom; to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; to another mighty deeds; to another prophecy; to another discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues; to another interpretation of tongues.' The fruits of the Spirit which are above the law are mentioned in Galatians 5, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.