Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning February 23, 2009. The school overseer will conduct a 20-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of January 5 through February 23, 2009.

1. How could God produce light on the first day if the luminaries were not made until the fourth day? (Gen. 1:3, 16) [w04 1/1 p. 28 par. 5]

2. What is suggested by the fact that Jehovah did not tell Noah to subdue the earth as he had told perfect Adam? (Gen. 9:1) [it-2 p. 1095 par. 6]

3. On what date did the Abrahamic Covenant go into effect, and how long does it last? (Gen. 12:1-4) [w04 1/15 p. 26 par. 4; w01 8/15 p. 17 par. 13]

4. What proves that Nimrod and those who followed his lead failed in their goal to make ‘a celebrated name for themselves’? (Gen. 11:4) [w98 3/15 p. 25]

5. Since Lot is called a “righteous” man at 2 Peter 2:7, why might he have offered his daughters to the perverted mob? (Gen. 19:8) [w05 2/1 p. 26 pars. 15-16; w04 1/15 p. 27 par. 3]

6. Since godly husbands should care for their own, how could Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael into the wilderness? (Gen. 21:10-21; 1 Tim. 5:8) [w88 2/15 p. 31]

7. What lesson can we learn from Eliezer’s effort to do things Jehovah’s way in finding a wife for Isaac? (Gen. 24:14, 15, 17-19, 26, 27) [w97 1/1 p. 31 par. 2]

8. What was the meaning of Jacob’s dream in which he saw angels ‘ascending and descending on a ladder’? (Gen. 28:10-13) [w03 10/15 p. 29 par. 1; it-2 p. 189]

9. Why was Rachel so interested in obtaining the mandrakes of Leah’s son? (Gen. 30:14, 15) [w04 1/15 p. 28 par. 7]

10. How is Jacob’s example a good one in resolving personal disputes? (Gen. 33:3, 4) [g82 2/22 p. 19 pars. 8-10]