Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

The Glowing Coal -- Isaiah 6-12

Peter Combes – September 23, 2001

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.          Isaiah dates his vision to: 
  1. the dedication of the temple
  2. the defeat of the Assyrians
  3. the death of King Uzziah
  4. the capture of Israel
2.          The throne of God stood on a floor of:
  1. sapphire
  2. amethyst
  3. emerald
  4. gold
3.         The angel touches the prophet's lips with a glowing coal in order to:
  1. make him dumb
  2. scar him with a sacred mark
  3. punish him
  4. forgive him
4.       The birth of Isaiah's son is linked with:
  1. the threat from Assyria
  2. the threat from Syria
  3. the threat from Ephraim
  4. the threat from Egypt
5.          The mother of Isaiah's son was:
  1. a shepherdess
  2. a priestess
  3. a prophetess
  4. a prostitute
6.         God describes "the Assyrian" as:
  1. an eagle
  2. a lion
  3. an evil angel
  4. his rod
7.       Chapter 8 contains a recommendation to use:
  1. seances
  2. magic
  3. astronomy
  4. Urim and Thummim
8.       Chapter 8 contains a phophesy of "the holy mountain" also found in:
  1. Psalm 48
  2. Psalm 72
  3. Isaiah 2
  4. Micah 4
9.      "A shoot shall grow from the stump of ------":
  1. David
  2. Solomon
  3. Melchizedek
  4. Jesse
10.      Chapter 12 speaks of exiles in:
  1. Babylon
  2. Assyria
  3. Egypt
  4. the islands of the sea