General Epistles

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Revelation

 

(Theme)

 

Revelation of the Coming Christ 

 

 

(Summary)

 

The glorified Christ gives seven messages to the church (1--3).

 

Visions of unparalleled judgment upon rebellious mankind are followed by the second Advent

(4--19).

 

The Apocalypse concludes with a description of the new heaven and new earth and the marvels

of the New Jerusalem (20--22).

 



Epistles--Prophecy

1. Multiple choice: According  to 1 Thessalonians, what  will people be saying  when the  Day of the Lord comes? (a) "Death and destruction"; (b) "peace and safety" or  (c) " I 'm not ready."

2. Paul says the  Day  of  the Lord will come like a thief in the night. What other event is compared to the coming of that day in 1 Thessalonians 5? (a) A sudden enemy attack; (b) labor pains; or (c) an earthquake.

1. (b) "Peace and safety" (1 Thess. 5:3).

 

 

2. (b) Labor pains (1 Thess. 5:3).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Multiple choice: When the Lord returns, He will "descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of  (a) Many waters; (b) an archangel; or (c) a lion, and with the trumpet of God."

2. Fill in the blank: Paul reminded the Thessalonians that they knew perfectly well that the Day of the Lord would come like a --------- in the night.

1. (b) "An archangel" (1 Thess. 4:16).

 

2. Thief (1 Thess. 5:2).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Question: Will the dead or living Christians rise first to meet the Lord when He Returns?

2. Where will Christians  meet the Lord when He returns, on the earth or in the air?

1. The dead Christians (1Thess. 4:15--17). In verses 14 and 15, the ones who have died in Christ  are  described  as being asleep in Jesus . Jesus described Lazarus after he had died as being asleep

(John 11:11).

 

 

2. In the air (1Thess. 4:17).  This is the one place in Scripture that the rapture of the believer is taught.

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Sentence completion: "When Christ who is our life appears, then you also  will..."

 

 

2. True or false? Christ will bring with Him those who have died in Him when He comes back to earth.

 

 

1. "Appear with Him in glory" (Col. 3:4).

 

 

2. True (1 Thess. 4:14).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Fill in the blanks: Paul, referring to our body as a tent, says "we know that if  our earthly  house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building  from God, a house --------- -------- with ---------, eternal in the heavens."

2. When Jesus comes  from heaven for us He "will ---------- our lowly  body that it may be conformed to His glorious body."

1. "Not made...hands (2 Cor. 5:1).  This is  a reference to the resurrection body that will be given to the believer after this life.

 

 

2. "Transform" (Phil. 3:21).

Epistles--Prophecy

1.Multiple choice: According to 1 Corinthians 15, what instrument will be sounded at the resurrection of the dead? (a) Cymbal; (b) flute; or (c) trumpet.


2. Fill in the blank: On the great  day of the resurrection of the dead, the Scripture will be fulfilled which says  "--------- is swallowed up in victory."

1. (c) Trumpet (1 Cor. 15:52).

 

 

2. "Death" (1 Cor. 15:54). Earlier in this chapter Paul describes death as the last enemy to be destroyed (v. 26).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Question: What is it that is "sown in weakness" but "raised in power" at the coming of Christ?

2. Fill in the blank: The change of a believer's body  from natural to spiritual will be done as quickly as the --------- of an eye.

1. The body of the believer in Christ (1 Cor. 15:42, 43).

 

2. Twinkling (1 Cor. 15:52). 

Epistles-- Prophecy

1. Fill in the blank: Paul tells us to "judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the -------- of the hearts."

2. True or false? Christians will have a part in judging angels.

1."Counsels" (1 Cor. 4:5). The "counsel" of a man's heart is his motive.

 

2. True (1 Cor. 6:3)

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Fill in the blank: As Paul describes the resurrection of the believer at the coming of Christ, he says, "Behold , I tell you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be ---------."

2. True or false? If  a Christian's work is burned up on the Judgment Day, that person  will also lose his life.

1. "Changed" (1 Cor. 15:51).

2. False. "He  himself will be saved, yet so as through fire" (1 Cor. 3:15).

Epistles---Prophecy

1. Question: Is it the spirit, soul, or body of the believer that will be redeemed at the coming of Christ?

2. Multiple choice: According to 1 Corinthians, when a Christian stands before the Lord on the Day of Judgment, his (a) Works;  (b) words; or (c) gold will be tested by fire.

1. Body (Rom. 8:23). The body is the last to be redeemed. Inwardly, the believer has already been redeemed (1 Pet. 1:18).

2. (a) Work (1 Cor. 3:13).

Epistles--Prophecy

Fill in the blank: Paul quotes Isaiah  59:20, 21--"Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob"-- to show that all Israel will be -----------.

Multiple choice: Paul, looking forward to the return of the Lord, says, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the (a) Riches; (b) joy; or (c) glory which shall be revealed in us."

1. Saved (Rom. 11:26).

2. (c) "Glory" (Rom. 8:18).

Epistles--Prophecy

1. Multiple choice: Romans 8 teaches  that at the return of Christ the creation itself will be delivered from the bondage of:  (a) Sin; (b) corruption; or (c) death.


2. At present, most Jews have rejected Jesus as their Messiah. Paul  says that this hardness will continue " until the  (a) Time; (b) fullness; or (c) King of the Gentiles has come in"

1. (b) Corruption (decay) (Rom. 8:21).

2. (b) "Fullness" (Rom. 11:25). The idea of fullness is that of completion. The Lord will complete His work in saving those out of the gentile nations at some time and again will call forth many from the Jewish nation.

Epistles--Instruction

1. Fill in the blanks:  John wrote  1 John so that his readers might know that they  had --------
--------- .

 Please read (3 John and Jude) for next Bible Questions and Answers

2. Multiple choice: John said  in 3 John, "I have no greater joy than to hear  that my children walk in:

(a) Love; (b) truth; or (c) faith."

3. Jude tells us that Michael the archangel disputed with the Devil about the body of: 

(a) Abraham  (b) Adam; or (c) Moses.

1. Eternal life (1 John 5: 13). Eternal life describes the quality and nature of the life given the one who believes in Christ. It is in effect, the very life of Christ imparted to the believer on the basis of faith.

2. (b) "Truth" (3 John 4).

3. (c) Moses (Jude 9).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Question: According to 1 John 5, what is "the victory that has overcome the world ?"

2.  John tells us "there are three that bear witness on earth" to Jesus being the Son of God. One is the Spirit. What are  the other two?

1. Our faith (1 John 5:4).  The believer  overcomes the world by faith in the One  who has overcome the world (John16:33).

 

 

2.  The water and the blood (1 John5:8).

Epistles--Instruction

We will  be in to Epistles--Prophecy soon and we  shall  read 2 John--3 John--Jude over

the next 3 days. We will also read Revelation.

Reading

(Book)

2 John

(Theme)

Avoid Fellowship with False Teachers

(Summary)

John commends his readers for remaining steadfast in apostolic truth and 

reminds them to walk in love and avoid false teachers.

Epistles--Instruction

Sorry in our reading I wrote James , it should be I John.

1. Sentence completion: "If we confess our sins, .....

2. Fill in the blanks: John instructs  his readers, "Do not love the ---------- or the things in the ---------.

If anyone  loves the -----------, the love of the  ---------- is not in him."

3. Question: John names three things  that are in the world and are definitely not from the Father. Name all three as they are mentioned in 1 John 2.

1. " He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
( 1 John1:9).

2. " World...world...world   Father" 1 John 2:15).

3. "The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life"  (1 John 2:16).

Many have connected these three avenues of temptation with Eve's fall in  

the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:6).

General Epistles

Reading 

(Book )

 1 John

(Theme )

Fellowship with God

(Summary)

 Explores the dimensions of fellowship between redeemed people and God.

Believers must walk in His light, manifest His love, and abide in His life.

Epistles--Instruction

1. Fill in the blanks: Peter reminds us that God is not slow about His promised coming . "With the Lord one day is as a  ---------- years, and  a ---------- years as one day"

1. "Thousand...thousand" (2 Peter 3:8).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Question: To what event does Peter point in 2 Peter 3 to show  that God  has intervened in the history of the world and therefore will do so again?

1.  The flood (2 Peter 3:5-7).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Fill in the blank: Regarding the nature of Scripture, Peter states, "No prophecy of Scripture is of any private -----------."

"Interpretation" (2 Peter 1:20).

Men did not originate the Scripture out of their own ideas about God.  

They were "moved by the Holy Spirit".

General Epistles

Reading 

(Book)

2 Peter

(Theme)

Guard Against False Prophets

(Summary)

Copes with internal opposition in the form of false teachers who were enticing 

believers into their errors of belief and conduct. Appeals for growth in the true

knowledge of Christ.

Epistles--Insruction

1. Multiple choice: According to 1 Peter 4, what "will cover a multitude of sins"? (a) Grace; (b) forgiveness; or (c) love.


2. What is the Christian to do to the same extent that he/she  partakes of Christ's sufferings? (a) Pray; (b) weep; or (c) rejoice.

1. (c) Love (1 Peter 4:8). When  we love someone, we do not take offense easily.

2. (c) Rejoice (1 Peter 4:13).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Fill in the blank: Peter told husbands, "Dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your ----------
may not be hindered."

2. Multiple choice: The Christian is to sanctify the Lord in his heart, "and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks.... a reason for the (a) Faith; (b) hope; or (c) love" that is in him.

1. "Prayers" (1 Peter 3:7).

2. (b) "Hope" (1 Peter 3:15).