Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning December 28, 2015. The date when each point is scheduled for discussion is included so that research can be done when preparing for the school each week.

1. What resulted from the negative speech of some Israelites, and what lesson can we learn? (Deut. 1:26-28) [Nov. 2, w13 8/15 2:7]

2. Why did the Israelites annihilate some of the people who lived east of the Jordan but not others? (Deut. 2:9, 19, 24) [Nov. 2, w14 7/15 5:6]

3. Does the prohibition against making carved images mean that it is wrong to make representations of objects for artistic purposes? (Deut. 4:23, 24) [Nov. 9, w14 7/15 5:7]

4. How should parents “inculcate” God’s word in their children? (Deut. 6:7-9) [Nov. 16, w05 4/1 3:21-22]

5. In what way did the Israelites’ clothing not wear out and their feet not become swollen during the wilderness journey? (Deut. 8:3, 4) [Nov. 23, w14 7/15 5:13]

6. Why would the Israelites prosper, as shown at Deuteronomy 11:8, 9? [Nov. 30, w07 8/1 5:13]

7. Why could the Israelites give to a foreign resident or sell to a foreigner an unbled dead animal that they themselves would not eat? (Deut. 14:21) [Dec. 7, w14 7/15 5:14]

8. Deuteronomy 18:15 refers to which two prophets, and what are some ways they were similar? [Dec. 14, w09 4/15 4:Box]

9. What law given by Jehovah protected the Israelites from certain illnesses, and how can the principle behind that law be applied to all households? (Deut. 23:12, 13) [Dec. 28, fy 4:16-17]

10. How did religious leaders in Jesus’ day misrepresent Moses’ command regarding divorce found at Deuteronomy 24:1? [Dec. 28, cf 10:16]