Chapter 7
Leaders Appointed by God

1.	The heavenly Father knew that different kinds of dangers threatened his chosen people in their new homeland. Name several of these.
-	Neighbors and shirttail relatives who hated them and wanted to wipe them out
-	Rich and powerful within who wanted to take advantage of the weak and powerless
-	The Israelites own sinful nature

2.	What did God do to safeguard his people against these dangers?
He appointed representatives to guide them (his prophets, priests and kings)

The office of priest
1.	Why did God institute the office of priest? 
1)	To speak to God for the people
2)	To help his people
3)	To restore and maintain the fellowship between sinful people and their holy God

2.	How did an Israelite get to be a priest?
By being born into the tribe of Levi – the family of Aaron

3.	Why did the priests need to restore the fellowship between God and his people?
Because sin separates people from God
4.	How did they go about doing that? 
By offering blood sacrifices on behalf of sinful people
By praying to God to forgive his sinful people
5.	Why does the Bible call Jesus our Priest?
Because he restored the fellowship between God and his people
6.	Contrast the work of an Old Testament priest and the priestly work of Christ.
You find this answer in the four bullet points at the top of page 100 in the book

The office of prophet
1.	What was the role of a prophet in Old Testament Israel?
To reveal God to the people – to reveal God’s secrets and to share God’s plans
2.	Why was a prophet’s work necessary?
Because apart from God revealing himself, there is no way for man to know what is true and what is false.  There is no way for people to know how terrible sin really is and what God has done to remove it.
3.	Sometimes the prophets predicted future events. How could they know what was going to happen in the future?
Because God almighty gave them the message
4.	What did the prophets prophesy about the coming Savior?
That the Messiah would be the one to break sins power and satisfy God’s justice
5.	Who was the foremost of all the Old Testament prophets? Why did he outrank the rest?
Moses – he outranked all the rest because God spoke to him face to face
6.	What important task did God give to Moses? 
He would be the man who God would use to give the nation of Israel its sacred “constitution” (the 10 Commandments and the Law).  He was the one who served as the mediator of the Sinai covenant.  Remember too, that what God had Moses give the nation of Israel was both Law and Gospel.
7.	Why would it be incorrect to say that Moses’ most important message was the Ten Commandments?
Because it isn’t the only thing that God shared with him.  He also share the Gospel with him too.
8.	Why is the message of God’s law not good news?
Because we know that we can never meet the demands of God’s Law.  That law comes to us and tells us, if we don’t meet the requirement, then…
9.	What other message did God give Moses to bring to his people?
He brought them the message of the Messiah God would send.  He brought them the message of the Savior who would trade places with every sinner.
10.	After Moses died, how did God speak to his people?
Through a succession of prophets and the written Word
11.	Name the prophet who wrote down some of the most beautiful promises about the Savior.
Isaiah

12.	Give examples of some of those promises.
Instead of writing them all down here, consider their location:
	Isaiah 53; Isaiah 7; Isaiah 9
	Isaiah speaks of the Messiah being born of a virgin and of his victorious suffering and death

13.	Why did God use his prophets to speak to Israel’s unbelieving neighbors?
Because God wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
14.	What different sorts of messages did God have for them?
-	Repent
-	Warning – by means of judgment, destruction and speaking of the end of the world
-	Promises – by means of the Messiah, deliverance and forgiveness

15.	During the four hundred years between the Old Testament and the New, God no longer sent prophets as his spokesmen. During that time how did the Jews hear God’s voice?
Purely through the recorded Scripture – the Old Testament

The office of king
1.	What were God’s requirements for being the king of Israel?
1)	He had to be the one the Lord chose
2)	He had to be an Israelite
3)	He was to rule not with military muscle but with loyalty to God
4)	He was to rule in such a way as to be a model in his godly life
5)	He was to have his own copy of the Bible to read each day

2.	What job description did God attach to the office of the king?
A shepherd – he was to protect God’s people both physically and spiritually

3.	How did God evaluate Israel’s kings?
Not on basis of whether his reign brought prosperity to the country, but measured them by what they did to keep God’s people safe from enemies (spiritual and worldly) and keeping the people loyal to God
4.	Why is David the best known and most respected of all the kings of Israel?
Because David shepherded the people; he overthrew the enemies of God; and he taught what true repentance is
5.	Make a list of things David did during his reign that still have an impact on our lives.
Things David did – expanded borders; killed Goliath; made plans for the temple; taught true repentance; left example of first-fruit giving; moved capital to Jerusalem; wrote a number of Psalms (underlined ones still have an impact on us today)

6.	Why does Hezekiah deserve his reputation as an outstanding king?
Recognized need to take the lead in keeping God’s people close to their Savior-God
	So he opened the doors of the temple and restored it

Jesus—our Prophet, Priest, and King
1.	Which priestly work of Jesus has he completed? Which is ongoing?
Completed – Sacrificed himself for us as the Lamb of God
Ongoing – He still intercedes for us
2.	What does Christ do as our Prophet?
Speaks the Word of God to us through believers
Speaks to us through his Word
3.	What does Christ do as our King? What is his goal? 
First and foremost, he established the spiritual kingdom of God, so he rules in our hearts by faith through his word.  His ultimate goal is to bring us safely to heaven.
As our King, Jesus is also ruling all things for the benefit of his believers
4.	How might the presence of evil in this world make you question God’s control of the universe?
Evil persists and even seems to win – causes us to wonder, is he really in control when we see this
5.	What evidence do you see in your own life that Christ has accomplished his work as your Priest? as your Prophet? as your King?
Answers will vary, but here are ones that are true for all
Priest – he won my forgiveness
Prophet – He continues to give me his Word
King – He has created faith in my heart to believe in him