The Miner Profits -- No, It's The Minor Prophets Quiz

Answer: Hosea

The correct answer is Hosea. In Hosea, 1: 2-3, in the KJV Bible, God tells Hosea to marry a wife of whoredom as an illustration of Israel's infidelity to God. According to verse 3, the woman's name was Gomer, and she was the daughter of Diblaim.

Question by Dean521

Answer: John the Baptist

The correct answer is John the Baptist, as per Matthew 11: 10, Mark 1: 2 and Luke 1: 76. In other words, the New Testament teaches that John the Baptist was preparing the way for Jesus Christ. The first verse in Malachi goes on to state: "'Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,' says the LORD Almighty."

Question by Cowrofl

Answer: Palm Sunday

Zechariah 9:9 (KJV) states "...behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." The verse is just one of a number of statements in the Old Testament that many Christian theologians believe tell of the coming of Jesus.

Question by star_gazer

Answer: The sun will go dark and the moon will turn into blood.

I cannot imagine this going without being noticed by everyone around the world! In the preceding verse, we are also told there will be signs or wonders in the heavens and the earth. These will consist of fire, blood and pillars of smoke.

Hard to miss, all that. But in case someone might somehow sleep through it, the prophet Zechariah takes the description of that day a little further.

Zechariah 14: 6-7 states: "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear nor dark; But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light."

Question by logcrawler

Answer: Jonah

Jonah prayed to God from inside the fish that had swallowed him. The NIV Bible in Jonah 2: 2 states: "In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry." Scripture states Jonah's prayer was answered, and God commanded the fish to vomit Jonah onto dry land, where Jonah set about doing the things God had told him to do in the first place.

Question by Donna39

Answer: Obadiah

The one chapter in Obadiah is a vision Obadiah saw concerning Edom, the descendants of Esau. In 1 Kings 18, it states the prophet Obadiah was the one Elijah sent to King Ahab of Israel to challenge him to a test on Mount Carmel. The prophets of Baal set up an altar on Mount Carmel and prayed Baal would ignite their altar. The altar of Baal's prophets never caught fire so Elijah set up an altar and prayed God would ignite the altar he had set up. Scripture states when Elijah prayed, God sent fire from Heaven that not only burnt up the offering, but licked up 12 large jars' worth of water he had poured on his offering.

Scripture goes on to state that after this, the nation of Israel knew the God of Elijah was the one true God.

Question by J-Zilch

Answer: Malachi

Malachi condemned the Jewish people for their sinful ways. So great was the hypocrisy he confronted, God became silent to his people, making him the last Old Testament prophet. Christian theologians believe God ended this silence when John the Baptist started screaming from the desert to prepare the way for Christ.

Question by star_gazer

Answer: Lack of concern for God's house

In this text, we see the people have placed their concern for their own pleasures above their honor of God. He lets them know that even though they have cared for their own houses, have planted, clothed themselves and earned wages, He has not allowed them to enjoy the benefits of these things because of their lack of concern and love for Him.

In both verses 5 and 7, He asks them to "consider their ways", as a means of re-establishing Him in their hearts, so He will receive their worship and they can receive His blessings.

Question by logcrawler

Answer: Threw off their cargo.

Jonah was told to go to Nineveh to tell the residents they needed to turn from their wicked ways or they would be destroyed. Instead of doing this, Jonah ran away from God and boarded a ship to Tarshish. Scripture states that, during the journey, God sent a storm. To try to lighten the load, the crew threw off the cargo. Then they decided to cast lots to see who was responsible for the storm. Jonah was the one they held accountable.

The rest of the story can be found in the book of Jonah.

Question by J-Zilch

Answer: Because they are simply much shorter than the books of the Major Prophets.

The correct answer is "because they are simply much shorter than the books of the Major Prophets". The Major Prophets include Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel. However, the writings of the Minor Prophets are seen as just as relevant. According to Bible.org, the term "Minor Prophets" originated in the fourth century, during the time of Augustine.

Question by Cowrofl