STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “the eternal kingdom”

  1. According to Hebrews 12:28, what type of kingdom did God establish?

  2. According to Hebrews 12:28, how are citizens of that kingdom commanded to worship God?

  3. According to the angel Gabriel’s words in Luke 1:31-33, how long would the kingdom last?

  4. Daniel 2 tells us that something unusual happened to the Babylonian king, Nebuchad­nezzar. What was it?

  5. In Daniel 2:9, what strange command did King Nebuchadnezzar issue to his wise men and magicians?

  6. According to Daniel 2:19, what happened to Daniel in regard to King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?

  7. In Daniel 2:28,31-33, how did Daniel explain King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?

  8. Who took King Nebuchadnezzar’s place as king of Babylon upon his death?

  9. According to Daniel 2:44, what type of kingdom did God say He would establish “in the days of those kings”?

10. What unusual event occurred when King Nebuchadnezzar’s successor was throwing a banquet one evening?

11. According to Daniel 5:26-28, what was the meaning of this unusual event?

12. What empire replaced the Babylonian Empire?

13. What empire replaced the empire that took the place of the Babylonian Empire?

14. What empire was ushered into power as the result of Alexander the Great?

15. What empire replaced the empire of Alexander the Great?

16. According to Mark 9:1, what empire (or kingdom) was ushered in during the time of the Roman Empire?

17. According to Acts 2, on what Jewish holy day did that kingdom begin?

18. According to Acts 2:47, what was that kingdom called?

19. Paul wrote in Colossians 1:13 that God “has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.” What does that statement tell us about whether or not the kingdom was already in existence?

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