A Walk through the Bible I:

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A Walk through the Bible I The Old Testament
Story

Lesslie Newbigin
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Round One
A Unique Account

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Question 1

I find in your Bible a unique interpretation of
universal history, the history of the whole of
creation and the history of the human race. And
therefore a unique interpretation of the human
person as a responsible ______ in human history
(4).
B. actor
A. person
C. steward
D. being
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Question 2

The first thing is that every good story has a
hero or heroine. The Bible has a hero and that
hero is __________.
A. God
B. Jesus
C. Moses
D. Adam
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Question 3

The Bible tells the story of the whole human
race in terms of a particular story of one race
that of _______ (5).
B. the human race
A. Adam and Eve
C. sons of Noah
D. Israel
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Question 4

The Bible tells the story of the whole human
race in terms of a particular story of one race
that of Israel and of one person within that
race __________ (5).
B. Noah
A. Moses
C. Jesus of Naz.
D. Adam
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Question 5

The story is told from the point of view of the
people whom God chose to be the bearers of his
(6).
B. law
A. spirit
C. judgment
D. purpose
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Question 6

_________ was the theme underlying the whole
creation story as the Babylonians understood it
(7).
B. Violence
A. Chaos
C. Power
D. Glory
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Question 7

According to the Scottish Catechism, The purpose
for which we were made is to glorify God and
_______ him for ever (8).
B. praise
A. worship
C. enjoy
D. honor
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Round Two
Chosen by God

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Question 1

And so the point comes when God is sorry that he
started the experiment. He decides to wipe the
earth clean of this evil race, keeping only one
family to make a fresh start the family of
_________ (14).
B. Moses
A. Abram
C. Noah
D. Joshua
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Question 2

But once again the end is disaster. The human
race is scattered in mutual incomprehension
around the world. And once again the patient God
makes a fresh start with whom? (15)
A. Abram
B. Moses
C. Noah
D. Joshua
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Question 3

Here is the beginning of a new kind of human
living, one that does not depend on the
securities we have accumulated over the past, but
depends wholly on what God has promised for the
future. A new kind of life living by _______
(16).
B. the law
A. grace
C. hope
D. faith
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Question 4

After the people of God have settled in Egypt
and become slaves to the Egyptians, God reveals
himself to _______ and commissions him to
shepherd his people Israel out of Egypt.
B. Moses
A. Abram
C. Noah
D. Joshua
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Question 5

When God makes a covenant with the Israelites at
Mt. Sinai, Gods purpose is to make them into a
kingdom of _______.
B. kings
A. prophets
C. priests
D. peace
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Question 6

And so God calls ______ to be a holy priesthood
for all _________, to be the nation through whom
the rest of the world would come to know the
living God.
A. Israel
B. the Levites
D. the nations
C. Egypt
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Round Three
Judges, Kings, and Prophets

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Question 1

Who leads Israel across the Jordan into the
promised land?
A. Joshua
B. Moses
C. Saul
D. David
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Question 2

According to Newbigin, Israels possession of the
land where the will of God could be expressed in
a stable political, economic, and social order
represents an essential part in the story of
Gods training of a people to be the ______ for
all the nations.
B. priests
A. rulers
C. prophets
D. servants
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Question 3

After much instability in the land the people
want a ____ to rule over them, in essence
rejecting God as their _____.
B. prophet
A. priest
C. king
D. Levites
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Round Four
Return and Renewal

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