Unfulfilled Promises and Prophecies in the Bible: 10 Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

Some prophecies of judgment were conditional and were not carried out when people repented. Some of God's greatest promises, like the second coming and the new earth, are still waiting to be fulfilled.

Here are 10 Bible quiz questions on Unfulfilled Promises and Prophecies in the Bible, with the answers and Bible references at the end. Use them for Sabbath School, youth meetings, family worship or personal study.

Questions

1. Why was Nineveh not overthrown after forty days?
   A) Jonah prayed for them
   B) The people turned from their evil way, and God repented of the evil
   C) The king paid tribute
   D) The city moved away
2. What does Jeremiah 18:7-8 teach about a prophecy against a nation?
   A) God never changes His word
   B) Such prophecies always fail
   C) If that nation turns from its evil, God will repent of the evil He thought to do
   D) Only kings can change them
3. What did Isaiah first tell Hezekiah, before he prayed?
   A) Thou shalt become rich
   B) Babylon will fall
   C) Thou shalt have twins
   D) Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live
4. Why did the evil foretold on Ahab's house not come in his own days?
   A) He humbled himself before the LORD
   B) He paid a fine
   C) He fled the land
   D) Elijah forgot
5. Why did that generation that left Egypt not enter the promised land?
   A) Because the land was full
   B) Because of unbelief
   C) Because Moses died first
   D) Because of famine
6. Which promise of Jesus is still waiting to be fulfilled?
   A) I will be born in Bethlehem
   B) I will rise the third day
   C) I will come again, and receive you unto myself
   D) I will send the Comforter at Pentecost
7. Which promise of Revelation 21:4 is still to come?
   A) The temple will be rebuilt
   B) Rome will fall
   C) Israel will leave Egypt
   D) God shall wipe away all tears, and there shall be no more death
8. What does 2 Peter 3:9 say about the time of the Lord's coming?
   A) The Lord is not slack, but longsuffering, not willing that any should perish
   B) He has forgotten
   C) He will never come
   D) He is waiting for riches
9. Which promise of Isaiah 65:17 is still to be fulfilled?
   A) A new palace in Babylon
   B) New heavens and a new earth
   C) A new king in Egypt
   D) A new tower
10. What did God say to Eli about His promise to his house?
    A) It would last forever no matter what
    B) It would pass to Saul
    C) Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour
    D) It would go to the Philistines

Answers

1. B) The people turned from their evil way, and God repented of the evil (Jonah 3:10)
2. C) If that nation turns from its evil, God will repent of the evil He thought to do (Jeremiah 18:7-8)
3. D) Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live (Isaiah 38:1-5)
4. A) He humbled himself before the LORD (1 Kings 21:27-29)
5. B) Because of unbelief (Hebrews 3:19)
6. C) I will come again, and receive you unto myself (John 14:3)
7. D) God shall wipe away all tears, and there shall be no more death (Revelation 21:4)
8. A) The Lord is not slack, but longsuffering, not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9)
9. B) New heavens and a new earth (Isaiah 65:17)
10. C) Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour (1 Samuel 2:30)