Study questions

Life-Study of 1 & 2 Chronicles

1. An Introductory Word

  1. What is the burden of the life-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther?
  2. What is the central thought of the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles?

2. The Reproduction of God

  1. What is God's "hobby"? Prepare a brief prophecy concerning the high peak of the divine revelation based upon the contents of this message.
  2. How does realizing that we are God-men revolutionize us?

3. The Genealogy from Adam to the Twelve Tribes of Israel

  1. What is the significance of the prayer of Jabez? What is the significance of the tribe of Simeon having rich and good pasture, spacious, quiet, and peaceful?
  2. What is the warning we should take from the genalogy of Reuben? What is the significance of the insertion concerning the children of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh defeating their enemies and possessing their land? What is the significance of David setting the descendents of Kohath over the service of Song in the house of Jehovah?

4. The Highest Point of God's Gospel

  1. Explain the meaning of the terms God's kind, mankind, and God-man kind.
  2. Why has God blended the nations on earth?

5. The Supplement to the History of David

  1. What is the spiritual significance of David's preparation of the materials for the building of the temple and his arrangement of the order of the services of the priests and the Levites?
  2. What lesson can we take from the officers who served the king being of twelve divisions? In addition, what does the governmental order in David's administration typify?

6. The Supplement to the History of the Kings of Judah (1)

  1. Why did Rehoboam lose most of his kingdom? How is the case of Rehoboam an example to the elders today?
  2. What can we learn from the cases of the kings covered in this message?

7. Being Fundamental in Full and Walking According to the All-Inclusive Spirit

  1. How do we see the matter of standing on the proper ground and keeping the fundamental faith in the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles? Why is this crucial?
  2. Why is it not adequate to have the proper ground and to be perfectly fundamental? What do we need in addition to this?

8. Learning from the Examples of the Kings of Judah to have a God-man Living in Our Daily Life

  1. What were the two positive points concerning the kings of Judah that we see in 1 and 2 Chronicles? How did this attract people to Jerusalem?
  2. What is the correct interpretation of the pictures in the history of the kings of Judah recorded in the books of Chronicles? How does the history concerning the kings of Judah point to the need to live the life of a God-man in our daily life?

9. The Supplement to the History of the Kings of Judah (2)

  1. What were the three directions in which Jehoiada did well as a pattern to Joash?
  2. What lessons can we learn from the example of Uzziah?

10. The Supplement to the History of the Kings of Judah (3)

  1. How do we see certain details of the New Testament economy portrayed in the Old Testament types with Hezekiah? How can we apply to our situation today the incident of certain tribes laughing the runners of the letters to scorn but others humbling themselves to come to Jerusalem?
  2. What are the key points concerning Manasseh and Josiah?

11. Living Christ for the Expression of God

  1. What is the law a type of and how is the law linked to God's economy?
  2. What is the real meaning of keeping the law?

12. A Concluding Word to the Supplement of the History of the Kings of Judah

  1. How did the conditions of the kings of Judah not match their standing? How does this apply to us in the local churches today?
  2. What did God know concerning the law and why was the law of God decreed?

13. The Resemblance of God and Man in Their Images and Likenesses

  1. What does it mean to say that there was no "mankind" in God's creation?
  2. How can we see the resemblance of God and man in their images and likenesses in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation?