Chapter 2: The Chosen People Q. How long did the Jewish people await their Saviour's coming? A. DA 27.

1 For more than 1000 years Q. Who was it that chose Israel? For what purpose where they chosen? A. DA 27.2 God chose Israel in order for them to preserve among men the law of God. Q. What specific Bible verse applied to Israel in spite of them being wasted by captivity and war? A. DA 27.3 Micah 5:7. Israel would be like the dew of grass that tarried not for the sons of men. Q. Though Israel's brightest hopes were in the event of the first coming of Christ, on what else did they fix their hope? A. DA 28.1 Worldly greatness. Q. From when did the Israelites depart from the commandments of God and follow heathen ways? A. DA 28.1 From the time that they enetered into Canaan. Fill in the blank. Had Israel been true to God, He could have accomplished His purpose through their __________ and ______________. A. DA 28.2 honor and exaltation Q. There are three Bible promises in Deuteronomy that would have been fulfilled to Israel had they walked in the ways of obedience. Name them. Deuteronomy 26:19 Deuteronomy 28:10 Deuteronomy 4:6 A. DA 28.2

Fill in the blank. But because of their _________________, God's purpose could be wrought out only through continued adversity and humiliation. Answer: DA 28.2 Unfaithfulness The heathen systems of sacrifice were a __________________ of the system that God had appointed; and many a sincere observer of heathen rites learned from the Hebrews the meaning of the service divinely ordained, and in faith grasped the promise of a Redeemer. Answer: DA 28.3 perversion Q. Why did many exiles lose their lives while they were in captivity? A. DA 28.4 because they refused to break the Sabbath or observe heathen rites/festivals/ordinances/laws/services.

Q. How were the Israelites cured of their worship of graven images? A. DA 28.5 Through the Babylonian Captivity. Q. How long did the Israelites suffer oppression from heathen foes? A. DA 28.5 Until they learned that obedience to God's laws was tied directly to prosperity. Fill in the blank: But with too many of the people ______________ was not prompted by ________. The motive was __________. Answer: DA 28.5 obedience, love, selfish Thought Question: According to DA 22.1, love can only be awakened by love. Since many of the Hebrew people rendered obedience without love, what then did many of the Hebrews fail to focus on? A. DA 28.5 The love of God Q. What was used by the Jews to build up a wall of separation between them and the heathen? A. DA 28.5 The commandment given through Moses to separate themselves from them so that they would not observe their ways. Q. What was it that the Jews lost sight of? A. DA 29.2 The meaning behind the sanctuary service. Q. By whom was it instituted? [Referring to the previous question] A. DA 29.2 Jesus/Christ/God Fill in the blank. But the Jews lost the spiritual life from their ceremonies, and clung to the dead forms. They trusted to the ______________ and _______________ themselves, instead of resting upon _____ to whom they pointed. Answer: DA 29.2 sacrifices ordinances Him Q. After the Jews removed Jesus out of their worship, how did they try to supply the void? A. By making more of their own requirements. DA 29.2 Q. What happened as these man-made ceremonies became more rigid? A. God's love was revealed less and less. DA 29.2 Fill in the blank. They measured their _______________ by the multitude of their _______________, while their hearts were filled with pride and hypocrisy. Answer: DA 29.2

Q. By working through the rabbinical precepts, Satan desired to keep the Israelite's conscience troubled, to lower their conception of God, and to bring Israel's faith into contempt. What was his purpose in doing this? A. He sought to prove that God's requirements were unjust and could not be obeyed. DA 29.3 Fill in the blank. While the Jews desired the advent of the Messiah, they had no true conception of His mission. They did not seek ________________ from sin, but __________________ from the Romans. Answer, redemption, deliverance. DA 29.4 Q. Without what did the Israelite's study the prophecies? A. Spiritual insight. DA 30.2 Fill in the blank. __________ obscured their vision. They interpreted prophecy in accordance with their selfish desires. Answer, Pride DA 30.2