Correct Answer: C. cupbearer

Correct Answer: C. Fulfill all righteousness

Correct Answer: B. Caiaphas the high priest

Correct Answer: B) One hundred and twenty thousand

Explanation

Jonah 4:10-11: 10 But the Lord said,

Explanation

(a) After Jonah had been thrown into the sea, God chose a big fish to swallow him and Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days. Inside the fish, Jonah prayed to God for deliverance and the fish spewed him on to the dry land very close to Nineveh. After he had been delivered, God commanded him to go and proclaim His message to the people of Nineveh. He carried out the instruction of God and when the people of Nineveh heard his message, they believed and repented.

God forgave them because of their repentance and the city was spared from destruction. The action of God did not go down well with Jonah when he saw that God had forgiven the people. Jonah went to sit under a booth outside the city looking forward to God's destruction of the city. God appointed a plant and it came over him as a shade to save him from his discomfort and Jonah was very happy at this. His annoyance came again the second day when God caused the plant to die and the sun continued to beat upon his head. He requested that the best thing for him was to die. God told him that he was annoyed because of the plant he did not labour for, but wanted the city of Nineveh which had more than one hundred and twenty inhabitants to be destroyed.

(b) Jonah had to learn some lessons from the experience. These include:

(i) God is omnipresent. It is not possible for anyone to run away from Him for He is everywhere.

(ii) We learnt from the story that God is merciful

(iii) We also learnt that God forgives those who repent of their sins.

Correct Answer: C. He put out his hands and touched his mouth

Explanation

(a) The two sons of Eli (Hophni and Phinehas) were useless and hopeless. Owing to their irresponsible behaviour, God pronounced the doom that would befall Eli's family through Samuel. Their father (Eli) knew this but due to his weakness, he could not caution his sons. The sons of Eli were bad in their behaviour to the extent that when the people wished to make sacrifice of peace offering on the altar of the Lord, they would seize them and take their own share with force. They would take with their fork the portion of the sacrificed meat they preferred in its raw form as they would not allow it to be cooked.

This attitude did not please God and He punished them for it at a later date. Eli was a good and just man but failed in his parental duties. As a result of his inability to caution and discipline his two sons, God pronounced judgement on the family. God told Samuel in a vision to pronounce the wrath of God on Eli's family. When Eli had the message, he did not object to the decision of God because God had control over His creatures. The sons of Eli went to war with the Amalekites taking along with them the ark of God. The Israelites lost the battle and the two sons of Eli were killed and the ark of God was captured. When Eli heard this, most especially that the ark of God had been captured, he fell head-long and died in the process.

(b) Reaction of God to Eli's lapses were as follows:

(i) The ark of God was taken away from Israel.

(ii) The priestly position was taken away from Eli's family.

(iii) In the war that was fought, the two sons of Eli were killed.

Correct Answer: C) a stiff-necked people

Explanation

The question is asking about how God described the Israelites for worshipping the molten calf. The options are: A) a stubborn nation, B) an unholy nation, C) a stiff-necked people (which is the correct answer), and D) an unrighteous people.

In the Bible, the Israelites worshipped a molten calf when Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments from God. When Moses came down from the mountain and saw them worshipping the calf, he was furious and smashed the tablets. God was also angry with the Israelites for their disobedience.

In the Bible, the term stiff-necked is used to describe people who are stubborn and refuse to listen to God's commands. When God described the Israelites as a stiff-necked people, he was saying that they were stubborn and disobedient. This is why option C is the correct answer.

It is important for Christians to obey God's commands and not be stubborn or disobedient like the Israelites. We should always strive to follow God's will and live our lives according to his teachings.

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Correct Answer: C. they repented of their sins

Correct Answer: B. salvation and new life for all men