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December 25 Merry Christmas!
Zephaniah 1–3 [The main theme of the book is the Day of the Lord] What is the sub-theme in Chapter 1? What is the sub-theme in Chapter 2? Memorize 3:17!
Revelation 16 What judgments come from the first six bowls?

December 26
Haggai 1–2 What is the main theme of Haggai? What is the main idea of 2:20-23? [Zerubbabel was the first prince of the returning nation of Judah.]
Revelation 17 [This chapter is a vision of the spiritual warfare that goes on] Whom does the scarlet woman represent (17:1-6)? How is the history of the world represented in 17:15?

December 27
Zechariah 1–4 What is the point of the vision in 1:7-17? What about 1:18-21? What is the point of 2:1-13? What about 3:1-10? Of Whom is Joshua a sign in 3:8? What is the point of the vision in 4:1-14?
Revelation 18 What is the main event described in this chapter?

December 28
Zechariah 5–8 What is the point of the vision in 5:1-4? What about 5:5-11? And 6:1-15? What does the Lord demand in 7:7 and the surrounding verses? What is the point of the prophecy in 8:1-23?
Revelation 19 Who appears in 19:11-21?

December 29
Zechariah 9–12 When was the prophecy of 9:9 fulfilled? What is the point of the prophecy in 10:6 and surrounding verses? What future event does Zechariah see in 11:13? How many Persons of the Trinity are involved in 12:10?
Revelation 20 What time period is described in this chapter?

December 30
Zechariah 13–14 When was the prophecy of 13:7 fulfilled? Zechariah mentions the Day of the Lord (Chapter 14) as many of the prophets have done; is it a pleasant time?
Revelation 21 What happens in this chapter? Does every saved person live in the New Jerusalem (21:24)?

December 31
Malachi 1–4 Who does Malachi see in 3:1? What does the Lord object to in 3:8-10? What happens in the Day of the Lord (4:1-3)? Which Christmas hymn mentions 4:2?
Revelation 22 Who wins? What happens in 22:12-17, 20?

God’s Blessings in 2012!

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December 18
Obadiah Against whom does Obadiah prophecy? What have they done?
Revelation 9 What judgment is released with the fifth trumpet? What judgment is released with the sixth trumpet?

December 19
Jonah 1–4 What lessons do you learn from the life of Jonah?
Revelation 10 What does John do with the little book of the program of judgment?

December 20
Micah 1–3 In addition to destruction throughout Israel, who is singled out for judgment in Chapter 3?
Revelation 11 [Many scholars debate over the identity of the two witnesses] Who do you think they may be?

December 21
Micah 4–5 Who will reign from Zion in Chapter 4? Who will reign in Chapter 5:2-6? Where is that prophecy recalled in the NT?
Revelation 12 Consider the differences between the spiritual battle, which John sees, and the historical outworking, which we observe.

December 22
Micah 6–7 What does the Lord require in 6:8? Is that still required of us?
Revelation 13 [Here we have the description of the spiritual rulers of earth during the Tribulation] Do we really need to know the significance of the number 666?

December 23
Nahum 1–3 Against whom does Nahum prophecy?
Revelation 14 [The grapes of wrath produce a lot of blood when they are trampled out!]

December 24
Habakkuk 1–3 Who survives in 2:4? How? Can we make the prayer of 3:17-19 our own?
Revelation 15 [Another temple is seen, this one in heaven, the pattern for the earthly one] What comes out of the Temple in Heaven?

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December 11
Hosea 5–8 What is Israel’s sin (5:4)? What does God desire (6:6)? Can Israel escape judgment (7:12)? What is Israel’s problem (8:14)?
Revelation 2 What are the problems in the four churches?

December 12
Hosea 9–11 Will worshiping God now help them (9:15)? What will happen to the idol of Israel (10:5-6)? Where else is Hosea 11:1b quoted in Scripture?
Revelation 3 What are the problems in these churches? Which church escapes criticism?

December 13
Hosea 12–14 From where does Israel’s help come (13:9)? What is Israel’s confession (14:3)?
Revelation 4 Whom does John see in Chapter 4? What part of the description is most impressive to you?

December 14
Joel 1–3 What destructive image does Joel use in 1:4? What image does he use in 1:15? Is it an image of pleasantness or disaster? Does the image of 2:1-11 correspond to the image in 1:4?
What are the Israelites supposed to do in 2:13? What promise does the Lord give in 2:25? Where is the prophecy of 2:26-29 partially fulfilled in Scripture? What crime have the nations committed in 3:2-3? What happens to Egypt and Edom in 3:19? Where will the Lord dwell (3:21)?
Revelation 5 Whom does John see in this chapter?

December 15
Amos 1–3 How many nations are judged in 1:1–2:5? What are some of the sins of Israel in 2:6-12? Why will the Lord punish Israel particularly (3:2)?
Revelation 6 What judgments are released when the first six seals are opened?

December 16
Amos 4–6 How does Amos describe the wealthy women of Israel (4:1)? [the expression “cleanness of teeth” in 4:6 refers to famine—the teeth are clean because there is no food to chew] How many times is the endline of 4:6 repeated in this chapter? What should Israel do (5:4, 6, 14)? [Amos uses the phrase “the day of the Lord” in 5:18] Does Amos’ view correspond to Joel’s? What does the Lord desire in 5:24? What does the Lord abhor in 6:8?
Revelation 7 What two groups are highlighted in this chapter?

December 17
Amos 7–9 What will happen to Amaziah in 7:17? What sort of famine is envisioned in 8:11-12? Can the Israelites escape destruction in 9:2-4? [Amos 9:13 speaks of a time when the harvest will be so massive that it will not be completed by the time of sowing the next crop.] What is the Lord’s final promise to Israel in 9:15?
Revelation 8 What judgments are released when the first four trumpets are blown?

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December 4
Ezekiel 47-48: The river that flows from the Temple to the Dead Sea does something miraculous in Ezek 47:8. What? What is special about the trees in 47:12? Do they remind you of the Tree of Life that you will encounter in Revelation? What will the name of the city be in 48:35?
1 John 3: Why are Christians misunderstood and even persecuted (1 John 3:1b)? [John gives puzzling statements in 3:5-9, suggesting that Christians do not sin, contrary to his statement in 1:8. He no doubt is referring in Chapter 3 to habitual sin or a life of sin without repentance.] What attitude or activity should characterize the Christian (3:10-23)?

December 5
Daniel 1-2: What were the names of the four Hebrew young men taken into captivity (1:6, 7,11, 19)? What were their Babylonian names (1:7)? How did Daniel determine the content of the king’s dream (2:16-23)? What was the basic content of the king’s dream? What reward did the king give Daniel (2:46-49)? What was the king’s attitude toward the God of Daniel (2:47)?
1 John 4: How can we detect the Spirit of God (4:2-3)? What promise do we find in 4:4? What attitude is recommended again in 4:12-21?

December 6
Daniel 3-4: What was the king’s attitude toward God in 3:26, 28-29? What was the basic content of the king’s second dream? What was the result (4:28-33)? What was the king’s attitude toward God in 4:34-37?
1 John 5: How is love of God demonstrated (5:2-4)? How do we achieve victory (5:4)? What is John’s warning in 5:21? Do we have idols in our day?

December 7
Daniel 5-7: [Belshazzar was the son of Nabonidus, who usurped the throne upon the death of Nebuchadnezzar; Nabonidus soon relinquished power to his son and retreated to his country home to worship the moon God. That is how Belshazzar comes to rule as second in the kingdom (5:1, 7, 16)]. What does Belshazzar see at the banquet (5:5)? What interpretation does Daniel give Belshazzar (5:25-28)? What happens later that night (5:30-31)? Was King Darius pleased with his decree (6:14)? What did the king do (6:16, 19-20)? What did the king write (6:25-27)? [Chapter 7 records an earlier vision which Daniel received while Belshazzar was still ruling]. Does the vision of 7:1-8 correspond to the dream in 2:31-45? What happens to the Son of Man in 7:13-14? Was “Son of Man” a good title for Jesus to use for himself?
2 John: What pleases John in v.4? What does he ask Christians to do in v. 5? How is love demonstrated (v. 6)? Does this sound like 1 John 5:2-4? What is the obvious sin [the Gnostic heresy] in v. 7?

December 8
Daniel 8-10: What do the ram (8:20) and the goat (8:21-22) represent? When will Daniel’s vision materialize (8:26)? Is the short verse of petitions in 9:19 a prayer that we could pray today? [Daniel 9:24-27 speaks of seventy “weeks” which represent seventy sets of seven “years” of 360 days each. The period begins with Artaxerxes’ decree to restore Jerusalem, 445BC. ] How is the prince identified in 9:25? Why was the answer to Daniel’s prayer delayed (10:12-13, 20-21)?
3 John: How does v.4 compare with 2 John v.4? What do the brethren and strangers bear witness to in v.6? What is Diotrephes’ sin in vv.9-10?

December 9
Daniel 11-12: [Daniel 11 recounts the career of a ruler who sounds a good deal like Antiochus Epiphanes, ruler of Syria, (175-163BC), but it may refer to spiritual warfare as well, as was recorded earlier in Chapter 10]. Who is finally victorious in 12:1? What are the two destinies of people, as recorded in 12:2? What will happen to the righteous (12:3)? When will Daniel finally see the fulfillment of his visions (12:13)?
Jude: Whom does Jude identify as enemies in vv.4-19? How can the Christians keep themselves in the true faith (v.21)? What is our final goal (v.24)?

December 10
Hosea 1-4: What is the name of Hosea’s first son, and why (Hos 1:4-5)? What did he call his daughter, and why (1:6)? What did he call his second son, and why (1:9)? What is God’s promise in 1:11-2:1? How is Israel described in 2:2-13? What will happen in 2:14-23? What is the significance of Hosea’s re-marriage (3:4-5)? What is Israel’s main problem (4:1, 11-13, 17-19)?
Revelation 1: To whom is the original book of Revelation addressed (1:4)? How does 1:7 compare with Zechariah 12:10? John walked with Jesus for three years as the Beloved Disciple; how does John describe him now (1:13-16)? How does Jesus describe himself (1:17-18)?