19-01

Where did the prophets get the messages that they spoke to the people?

They heard the messages from God.

19-02

What did Elijah say that God was going to do to punish the people?

Elijah said that God will withhold rain and dew in the kingdom of Israel until Elijah says it will rain again.

19-03

How did God provide for Elijah in the wilderness where he was hiding?

Every morning and evening, God sent birds with bread and meat for him.

19-04

How did God provide for Elijah when he lived with the widow and her son?

God caused their flour jar and bottle of oil to never become empty.

19-05

What great evil did Elijah say that Ahab had committed?

Ahab had abandoned Yahweh, the true God, and had worshiped Baal.

19-06

What choice did Elijah tell the people they must make?

He told them that if Yahweh is God, they should serve him, but if Baal is God, they should serve Baal.

19-11

How did God show he is the real God?

God sent fire from the sky and burned up the meat, the wood, the rocks, the dirt, and the water around the altar.

How did the people respond when they saw this demonstration of power?

They fell on the ground and said, “Yahweh is God! Yahweh is God!”

19-12

What happened to the prophets of Baal?

The people took them away and killed them.

19-14

What did Elisha tell Naaman to do to in order to heal his skin disease?

He told him to dip himself seven times in the Jordan River.

19-15

What did Naaman do after he heard Elisha’s instructions?

At first he was angry and would not do it because it seemed foolish, but later he changed his mind and did it, and was completely healed.

19-16

What did the prophets tell the people to do?

They told them to stop worshiping idols and to show justice and mercy to others; otherwise, God would punish them.

19-17

In general, how did the people treat the prophets?

The people mistreated the prophets and sometimes even killed them.

How did the people mistreat the prophet Jeremiah?

The people put Jeremiah in a dry well and left him there to die.

Did Jeremiah die in the well?

No, the king had mercy on him and had his servants pull Jeremiah out.

19-18

The prophets reminded the people that God would send a special person. Who was that person?

The person that God would send was the Messiah.