Bible Survey Final Exam

theophilus

"lover of God" -Luke and Acts were written to him

psalms of ascent

(120-134) - songs of praise the people sang as they made pilgrimage to Jerusalem -hallel psalms

purpose statement of 1 John

(5:13) - the belief in Christ for everlasting life

proverb definition

(mashal) - short poetic sentence conveying wisdom in a concise and memorable form -based on experience and observation

Zephaniah

-Disaster is imminent -the Day of the Lord -God's sovereignty over all creation

Micah

-Divine Lawsuit -judgment for injustice -the (7 oracles of) hope of the messianic kingdom

Amos

-God's ultimate judgment -"burden bearer" -Jeroboam II - time of unprecedented prosperity -oppression of poor by the rich (economic prosperity) -famine for the Word of the Lord

Jonah

-God's universal concern -God's compassion for those who repent -God is sovereign over all creation -Jonah is swallowed by a whale and restored to life by God

Hosea

-God's unquenchable love -coming judgment of Israel (bc of idolatry & lack of knowledge of God) -reign of Jeroboam -continued promise of future blessings

theological themes of Luke

-Jesus is the Messiah -The universal appeal of the gospel -A physician for the sick: Jesus after the Lost

John 3

-Jesus teaches Nicodemus about being born again -John the Baptist exalts Jesus

Mark 1:1-17

-Jesus the Christ -Jesus is the Son of God -The Gospel of Jesus Christ -Discipleship -The Kingdom of God

Paul

-Son of Tarsus of Cilicia -Orthodox Jewish family -A Roman citizen (bestowed upon him) -originally named Saul, but changed on road to Damascus -Hellenistic/Greek culture

major theological themes of John

-The Deity of Jesus -The "I am" Statements -The Trinity -Jesus the Messiah -Faith -Everlasting Life

structure/divisions of John

-The book of signs (1-12) -The book of glory (13-21)

purpose statement of John

-believe -Jesus the Messiah -The Son of God -Everlasting Life

message to the 7 churches

-calls churches to repentance -message of judgment -commission, character, commendation, condemnation, correction, call, challenge

theological emphases of Paul

-christology (study of Christ) -justification by faith -human sinfulness -the believer's life -ecclesiology (study of the church)

Habakkuk

-destruction of Babylon -written about Judah as a conversation between God and Habakkuk -God's righteousness & deliverance of His people

Nahum

-destruction/judgment of Nineveh -The Lord's Remnant -counterpart of Jonah

Obadiah

-doom of Edom -Edomites were descendants of Esau -the Day of the Lord -emphasis on God judging the nations

John

-eagle - Son of God/the divine Jesus -Son of Zebedee -Part of Jesus' inner circle -the beloved disciple -the last living apostle -WROTE John, 1, 2, & 3 John, Revelation

Romans 3

-explanation of the Gospel -sin is universal -JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH

Q

-german word "quelle" (source) -made up source -contains information that is in matthew and luke, but not mark

Sadducees

-more hellenistic/open to greek culture -did not believe in resurrection after death -more syncretistic -more interested in the Temple

Haggai

-rebuild the temple -spiritual priority - get rid of greed

Malachi

-repent of sin -Israel is God's chosen people -Israel's disobedience -the coming kingdom

Zechariah

-restore the king -the coming Messiah and His kingdom -Z's 8 visions, 4 messages, and 2 burdens

Joel

-the Day of the Lord -yo'el (Yahweh & Elohim) -he is tested by the Lord, but remains faithful and is rewarded

John 1

-the Word became flesh -John the baptist's belief in the Messiah -Jesus comes and chooses His disciples

purpose of Romans

-the essentials of the gospel -jew/gentile tensions -Paul's introduction to the Roman Christians

Luke

-the sacrificial Christ (ox/cow/bull) -the beloved physician -travelling companion of Paul -not an eyewitness, not an apostle -a careful observer -wrote LUKE and ACTS

proverb form

-two line unit -second line corresponds to the first line through parallelism

outline of Revelation

1:19 - the things seen 2:1-3:22 - the things that are seen 4:1-22:6 - the things yet to come

divisions of the book of Acts

1st - Chp 1-12 (focus on Peter) 2nd - Chp 13-28 (focus of Paul's 3 missionary journeys)

Pharisees

A Jewish sect at the time of Jesus known for its strict adherence to the Law. -Paul was one

synonymous parallelism

A device used in Hebrew poetry in which the same idea is expressed in two adjacent lines but in different words, thus expanding and emphasizing the idea in a balanced composition.

Judaism

A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.

second temple judaism

A term often used to refer to the span of Jewish history from the building of the second temple during the Persian period (515 BC) to the destruction of the temple by the Romans in 70 AD.

premillennialism

A term that includes a variety of views having in common the belief that Christ will return to the earth before the millennium.

messianic secret

A theme in the Gospel of Mark that portrays the disciples and others as recognizing Jesus' identity as the Messiah. However, Jesus directed them not to tell anyone else.

Propitiation

Action designed to soothe or satisfy a person, a cause, etc.

Three millennial views

Amillennialism, Postmillennialism, Premillennialism

gnosticism

An early teaching that was intentionally contrary to the apostolitic message (heresy)

Messiah

Anointed one, savior sent by God, the one who fulfills God's promise of salvation

Mystery Religions

Belief systems that were characterized by secret doctrines, rituals of initiation, and sometimes the promise of rebirth or an afterlife.

Chronology of the life of Jesus

Birth of Christ -during reign of Herod the great - 4/5 BC Ministry begins AD 29 (30/32 y/o) and lasts 3 years (3/4 passover visits) Death of Jesus - crucifiction (AD 33) -passover Thurs, died Fri, rose Sun

antithetical parallelism

Directly opposed, opposite; involving antithesis (the rhetorical act of placing two phrases opposite one another for contrast, as in love me or hate me)

Prison Epistles

Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

Romans 6-9

For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. -we can still struggle with sin, but we can also choose life with the spirit

what books of the Bible did PAUL write?

Galatians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians, Philemon, Colossians, Philippians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus

incarnation

God becoming man

Helenism

Greek culture

General Epistles

Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude

Isaiah 61, Matthew 3 & 12

JESUS THE promised ANOINTED ONE, the Messiah, who fulfills God's promise of salvation Isaiah 61 - explaining how great Christianity is to the oppressed Matthew 3 - the Baptism of Jesus Matthew 12 - unpardonable sin passage

Millennial Kingdom

Jesus will rule as king on the earth for 1000 years after his second coming.

Christological passages in NT

John 1, Phil 2, Col 1, Heb 1

what books of the Bible did John write?

John, 1,2,&3 John, Revelation

Epistles

LETTERS found in the New Testament to the early Christian communities about God's Revelation in Jesus Christ

what books of the Bible did LUKE write?

Luke, Acts

synoptic gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke

Pastoral Epistles

New Testament letters that Paul allegedly wrote to two pastors, Timothy (1 and 2 Timothy) and Titus, concerning their pastoral duties.

Gamaliel

Paul's teacher in Jerusalem

3 rapture views in premillennialism

Pre-trib, Mid-trib, Post-trib

Ketuvium (Writings)

Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles

the chosen lady

Recipient of 2 John

historicist approach

Revelation shows the sequence of church history in chronological order.

Christ

The Greek term for "Messiah." It means "the anointed one."

What is the Gospel?

The Son of God intentionally dying as a sacrifice

annunciation

The announcement of the birth of Jesus that takes place when the angel Gabriel tells Mary that God has chosen her to be the Mother of the Lord. -in LUKE -the "throne of His father David"

Pre-trib

The church is raptured at the beginning of tribulation period

Mid-trib

The church will go through the first half of the trib, but is raptured out before the more severe second half

rapture

The rapture is a sudden removal of dead and living believers to be in paradise with Jesus Christ awaiting to descend with him at end of trib which is the beginning of the millennial reign

Post-trib

The rapture of the church will be at the end of the trib which is the beginning of the millennial reign Thus the rapture and return of Christ are one and the same event

postmillennialism

The view that Christ will return to the earth after the millennium. In this view, the millennium is an age of peace and righteousness on the earth that is brought about by the progress of the gospel and the growth of the church but not by Christ's physical presence on earth.

Amillennialism

The view that there will be no literal thousand-year bodily reign of Christ on earth prior to the final judgment and the eternal state; on this view, scriptural references to the millennium in Revelation 20 actually describe the present church age.

The day of the Lord

a future date, referenced frequently in biblical prophecy, when God will at last completely fulfill His promises of judgment and/or redemption

Cult of the Emperor

a propaganda move that glorified the Emperor and he became a symbol of Japanese power, but he still didn't have power -not a mystery cult

docetism

claimed that Jesus only appeared to have flesh and was really just a celestial body. -John denies this by saying we have seen, heard, and touched the Christ.

AD 70

destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans - temple is destroyed

idealist approach

everything is symbolic and won't have physical fulfillment

psalms of confidence

expressions of trust in the Lord and praise to the Lord for the security He provides to those who trust in Him

Great white throne

final judgment - revelation chp 20

kingship/enthronement psalms

focus on the Lord's kingdom rule over His creation (instead of David)

euangelion

good message/news

gospel

good news/message

tribulation

great trouble or suffering

approaches to Revelation

historicist, preterist, idealist, futurist

literary forms of the Pslams

hymns, laments, thanksgiving psalms, psalms of confidence, psalms of ascent, royal psalms, kingship/enthronement psalms, wisdom psalms, imprecatory psalms

two major forms of proverbs

instructive discourses & pithy sayings

futurist approach

interpretation of Revelation as primarily depicting future events

preterist approach

interprets the majority of Revelation as symbolically representing real people and events that occurred in the first century

Tarsus

known center for hellenistic culture and philosophy -father of Paul

"we" passages of Acts

luke writes in first person plural "we" which indicates that he was participating in the events he is describing

syncretism

one culture comes in and takes the best of one culture and mixes it with theirs

Pax Romana

period of stability and peace in Rome -Galatians 4:4

thanksgiving psalms

prayers expressing thanks to God for specific answers to prayer or deliverance from danger

imprecatory psalms

prayers of extreme emotion and anger calling on God to bring severe judgment on the enemies of God and the psalmist -execute justice against the wicked

laments

prayers offered in times of trouble, pleading for God's help, intervention, and deliverance - offered by individuals who facing personal distress or by the entire community in calamity

royal psalms

prayers that celebrate the special relationship between the Lord and the house of the Davidic king

apocalyptic

prophetic; pertaining to revelations -olivet discourse (matt 24) -greek - Apocalupsis

comparative parallelism

signaled by words like better, more, or some other comparative adjective in one of the lines

parallelism

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

hymns

songs of praise that focus on the Lord's external attributes and His great actions in creation and history - honor God for who He is

wisdom psalms

teach practical lessons about everyday living -teach value in living a godly life by focusing on the central importance of the law of God

Kerygma

the apostolic proclamation of salvation through Jesus Christ

theme of Romans

the gospel of Christ (1:16-17)

John 14-16

the holy spirit

synthetic parallelism

the second part builds upon the thought of the first part and completes it

Asian Minor

turkey - where the 7 churches were

Romans 1-3

we are all sinners, but we can earn salvation if we put our faith in Him because Christ took our punishment