Biblical Rivers:
How important is water to life on earth (not important at all as long as there is coffee and cola to drink; essential; it’s important if you’re a fish or an alligator; it would be hard to shower without it). Essential
Could the Creator have sustained Adam and Eve without water if that was His will (no, because living things need water; of course He could). Certainly
Did God sustain Adam and Eve without water? He apparently supplied water – Gen. 2:10
Generally speaking what is the source of today’s rivers (lakes; rains; springs; mountains)? Any of these
What scripture tells us that God created the mountains (Gen.1; Gen. 2; Job 14; Ps 90)? Ps. 90:2 ????
Were there mountains surrounding Eden in Genesis 1 and 2 (of course; no; iduhno; maybe not)? ????
What was the name of the river in Eden (Eden; Aden; Arnon; the river of no return)? We aren’t told
Which is more likely today (three rivers join to become one; a river flows up a mountain; one river divides to become three; a river decreases in volume as it proceeds to the ocean)? Rivers join together
What is strange about the river of Eden (its source; it had no name; its water was rose colored; how it flowed and divided)? It flowed out of Eden and divided into four other rivers
The river which flowed out of Eden separated into (two; three; four; five) smaller rivers? Smaller??? four
The only name of those rivers which we find on maps today is (Nile; Ethiopia; Euphrates; Mississippi)? Eu
What does that mean – (they probably have new names; some of them dried up; we sure don’t know very much about ancient history; it means we have another trivia question)? ????
Besides Euphrates, one of those original rivers is found elsewhere in the Bible – (Tigris; Pison; Hiddekel; Gihon)? Gihon, Hiddekel – Tigris – Dan. 10:4 “as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel”
What was the source of the river that encompassed the land of Havilah (the Andes Mountains; the snows on Ararat; Lake Baikal; Jehovah)? Apparently it was God or miraculous – no usual sources
What are the only two rivers which are called “great” (Amazon; Nile; Euphrates; Tigris)? Euphrates & Hiddekel
Who are the men described as crossing the Euphrates (Jonah; Jacob; Noah; Abram)? Gen. 15 & 31:20
What was the river which was so important to Egypt (the River of Egypt; Euphrates; Nile; Amazon)? Nile
Were the “River of Egypt” and the “Nile” the same (yes; no; idonutknow)? R. of Egypt appears be border
What came out of the river in Pharoah’s dream (crocodiles; fat cattle; frogs; skinny cattle)? Cattle – Gen. 41
Whose name is most closely connected to the Nile (Kyle; Jacob; Moses; Tut)? Ex. 2:10 – drew him out
Which of the ten plagues were directly related to the river (blood; frogs; drought; leeches)? Blood, frogs
What did Moses do to turn the Nile into blood (said “Abracadabra;” waved the rod of his authority over it; smacked the water with the rod; prayed)? Waved and smote – Ex. 17
Which river creatures could Israel eat (fish; crocodiles; eels; herons)? Not eels – crocodiles???
What did Moses do in Numbers 20 – (he opened the rock; he smote the rock; he made waters gush out like a river; he sang any hymn of praise to God)? Ps. 105:41 – opened the rock and waters gushed out
Balaam was from Pethor, a city on the banks of the (Nile; Euphrates; Missouri; Jabbok)? Nu 22:5 – Euph
The land of Sihon, the king of the Amorites was bordered by which river – (Nile; Euphrates; Arnon; Jabbok)? Deut. 2:24 – Arnon
The land of the Ammonites was bordered by what river – (Nile; Euphrates; Arnon; Jabbok)? De 2:37 – Jab
Moses said that Israel traveled through a “land of rivers of waters” – (Louisiana; bayou country; Gudgodah; Jotbath)? De 10 – Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters
At what river did Sisera meet his end (Kishon; Kidron; Jordan; Hiddekel)? Judges 4:13 – Kishon
David extended Israel’s border to the (Nile; Mississippi; Euphrates; Tigris)? II Sam. 8:3 – Euphrates
Israel was conquered by her enemies and carried away to the banks of the river (Gozan; Goshen; Tigris; Euphrates)? By the river of Gozan in the cities of the Medes – II Kings 18:11
At what river did the captives of Judah gather before returning to their land (Tigris; Euphrates; Gozan; Ahava)? Ezra 8:21 – Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava
What were the two rivers of Damacus (Abana; Ahava; Pharpar; Thompson)? II K 5:12 – Abana & Pharpar
Beside what river did Ezekiel often minister (Chebar; Euphrates; Tigris; Jordan)? Ezek 1 – Chebar
Daniel, whose ministry was about the same time as Ezekiel, was by what river when the Lord gave a message to him (Chebar; Ulai; Euphrates; Jordan)? Dan. 8:2 – Ulai
What was the most important river to the people of Israel (Nile; Euphrates; Kidron; Jordan)? Jordan
What did not take place at the Jordan River (Christ walked on water; Moses parted the waters; Joshua parted the waters; Elijah parted the waters)? The first two – Josh. 3:13-17; II K. 2:7-8
Who else stopped the flow of the Jordan river (Elisha; David’s engineers; Nebuchadnezzar in his siege of Jerusalem; Eliakim)? Elisha – II K. 2:13-14
What fell into the Jordan, but Elisha was able to retrieve it (the Shunamite woman’s son; Elijah’s fly rod; a shovel; an axe head)? II K. 6:5 – Axe head
Who is noted for bathing in the Jordan (Elijah; Elisha; Gehazi; Naaman)? II K. 5:1014 – Naaman
Who is noted for immersing in the Jordan (Jesus; John; Naaman; Elisha)? All but Elisha
Who shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water (Christ; the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly; the person who refuses to join with sinners; he who declines to be scornful)? Ps. 1:1-3
Those who put their trust under the shadow of God’s wings shall be (warm and cozy; satisfied; shall drink of the river of God’s pleasure; will die with a good nest egg)? Ps 36:8 satisfied –drink of the river
“There is a __________________, the ___________________whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.” Ps. 46:4
What can the Lord turn like the rivers of water (the rain; faucets; the king’s heart; His enemy’s will)?Ps 21:1
“He that __________________ on (Christ,) as the _________________ hath said, out of his ___________ shall flow ___________________ of living water.” John 7:38
On the banks of a river outside of what city did a group of godly women meet to pray (Philippi; Corinth; Thessalonica; Berea)? Acts 16:13 – Philippi
During the Tribulation what shall fall to earth poisoning a third of the world’s rivers (the third angel; Wormwood; a great star; the Antichrist)? Rev. 8:10 – Wormwood
During the Tribulation, four angels, especially prepared to kill a third of the world’s population, will be released from their prison in the river (Jordan; Euphrates; Saskatchewan; Elk). Rev. 9:14 – Euphrates
During the Tribulation, one of the angels of God will dry up the (Euphrates; Jordan; Columbia; Amazon) river. Rev. 16:12 Euphrates
After the conclusion of the Tribulation and apparently the Millennium as well, there will be a new river created by God, the source of which will be (Mount Everest; the springs of living waters; the Pool of Bethesda; the throne of God). Rev. 22:1 – proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb
That river will nourish (the Lord; the saints of God; the tree of life; the tree of the knowledge of good and evil)? Rev. 22:2 – In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life.