Q 01/05

Which prophet does Malachi 4:5 say God will send before the great and awesome day of the LORD?

A) Moses

B) Elijah

C) Elisha

D) Isaiah

Answer · why

B) Elijah

Elijah never dies in the Bible's telling: a whirlwind carries him off alive in 2 Kings, which left room for the promise of a return.

Q 02/05

Malachi 3:8 accuses the whole nation of robbing God by holding back offerings and what else?

A) Tithes

B) Firstfruits

C) Sabbaths

D) Prayers

Answer · why

A) Tithes

Tithes means tenths, the share of the harvest owed to God, and the charge is levelled at the whole nation, not only at its priests.

Q 03/05

Malachi 2:16 is often translated with the LORD, the God of Israel, saying he hates which practice?

A) Usury

B) Gossip

C) Divorce

D) Gluttony

Answer · why

C) Divorce

Divorce is tied in the same verse to violence, which the man who sends his partner away is said to wear like a garment.

Q 04/05

In most Christian Bibles Malachi closes the Old Testament, so which New Testament book comes next?

A) Mark

B) Luke

C) Hebrews

D) Matthew

Answer · why

D) Matthew

Matthew comes next only in Christian Bibles; the Hebrew Bible orders its books differently and puts Malachi at the end of its Prophets section instead...

Q 05/05

The Gospels identify the forerunner of Malachi 3:1, sent to prepare the way, as which preacher?

A) John the Baptist

B) Simon Peter

C) James the Just

D) Philip the Evangelist

Answer · why

A) John the Baptist

John the Baptist is the one Jesus says the verse was written about, in a speech to the crowds that calls him more than a prophet.