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1. Where was the second church mentioned in the Bible organized?
A. In Arabia, near Mt. Sinai.
2. Who organized the Church?
A. Moses, a prophet and Aaron, a priest.
3. What is a prophet?
A. One who proclaims the will of God.
4. When was the Israelitish Church organized?
A. About 1500 years before Christ.
5. Who were the members of that Church?
A. Israelites, Midianites and Egyptians.
6. By what name are the Israelites now called?
A. Jews.
7. Who were the Israelites?
A. Descendants of Shem who had been slaves in Egypt.
8. By what other name is Egypt sometimes called?
A. The Land of Ham.
9. Whose descendants settled in Egypt?
A. The posterity of Mizraim, who was a son of Ham.
10. Where was the Church of the Israelites organized?
A. In a wilderness in Arabia.
11. What was the cause of its organization?
A. The Exodus of Israelites from Egypt.
12. Whom did God choose to organize that Church?
A. Moses.
13. What occupation had Moses?
A. He was a shepherd.
14. How did God make his will known unto Moses?
A. First, by causing a bush to be in flames, but not consumed. Second, by speaking to Moses in an audible voice
15. What did the voice of God say?
A. I will send thee to bring forth my people out of Egypt.
16. Where is the conversation recorded?
A. In Exodus, third chapter.
17. What religious feast marked the departure of the Israelites from Egypt?
A. The Passover.
18. Where were the laws given which were to govern the Israelitish Church?
A. On Mount Sinai.
19. How were a part of these laws given?
A. To the whole people assembled at the foot of the mountain.
20. What were these laws called?
A. The Ten Commandments.
21. What do these Commandments contain?
A. The Moral Law.
22. What other commandments were given on Mt. Sinai?
A. Those which relate to the government of the Church.
23. What were those commandments called?
A. The Ceremonial laws.
24. Name one of the Ceremonial laws?
A. The law of circumcision.
25. What other laws may be called ceremonial?
A. Those relating to the offering of sacrifices.
26. What were the officials of the church?
A. Priests, High Priests and Levites.
27. What was the work of the Priests?
A. To slay the animals brought by the worshippers.
28. What was the work of the High Priests?
A. To have oversight of the Priests and to perform special duties in the Holy Place.
29. What was the duty of the Levites?
A. To take care of the Sanctuary and to teach and to become Priests when needed.
30. Name one of the Moral laws not in the decalogue.
A. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn.
31. Name another such law.
A. Thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard.
32. What reason is given for this law?
A. Thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner.
33. Where are many such laws recorded?
A. In Leviticus 19th chapter, 9th to the 17th verses.
34. Repeat the Ten Commandments.
A. (Ex. 20:3-17.)
35. What other office was held?
A. That of Prophets.
36. What was their duty?
A. To declare the will of God in matters not covered by the law.
37. What book of the Bible tells mainly of the work of the Priests?
A. The book of Leviticus.
38. What benefit did such worshippers receive?
A. They were pardoned of sins and brought into the favor of God.
39. Why were their offerings acceptable to God?
A. Because they prepared for the coming Messiah.
40. Of what were the ancient Israelites a type?
A. Of the Church of God in all ages.
41. Of what was Jerusalem the type?
A. Of Heaven, the dwelling place of Christ and His glorified saints.
42. Of whom was David a type?
A. Of Christ, the King of Saints.
43. When did the prophets of the Israelitish Church return to earth?
A. When Jesus was transfigured on the mountain.
44. Who were those prophets?
A. Moses and Elijah.
45. What is the Israelitish Church also called in Scripture?
A. The Church in the Wilderness.
46. Are any other churches named from the place where they were organized?
A. Yes, as the A. M. E. Zion Church in America, the Presbyterian Church in the United States, the Church of England, etc.
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