Exam 1

Question 1

Define Epistemology

Answer 1

How we acquire knowledge

Question 2

How is God revealed to us?

Answer 2

Self-revealed

Question 3

What defines what we can say about God, as Christians?

Answer 3

Scripture

Question 4

In our approach to understanding God what is the best starting point.?

Answer 4

God is God and I am not

Question 5

Because humanity is “fallen”, where must revelation start?

Answer 5

From above

Question 6

What must a Christian say about the Old Testament

Answer 6

It lays out the true revelation of God

Question 7

What does the New Testament revelation build on ?

Answer 7

built on the OT

Question 8

According to Hendrikus Berkoff’s a better hermeneutical approach to
God’s revelation in Scripture is which of the following?

Answer 8

Let OT speak to NT and let that inform later philosophy

Question 9

What is biblically appropriate in speaking of God?

Answer 9

We must say what Scripture says

Question 10

What is the belief in one God called?

Answer 10

Monotheism

Question 11

What is an atheist?

Answer 11

Denies the existence of God

Question 12

What is an agnostic?

Answer 12

Asserts the existence of God is unknown and probably unknowable

Question 13

What is a pantheist?

Answer 13

Equates God with nature or the forces of the universe

Question 14

What is a polytheist?

Answer 14

One who believes in more than one God

Question 15

What makes up the belief of Ditheism?

Answer 15

Belief in 2 gods

Question 16

What is Tritheism?

Answer 16

Belief in 3 gods

Question 17

Which of these religions are monotheistic?

Answer 17

Judaism, Islam, and Christianity

Question 18

What constitutes trinitarianism?

Answer 18

Three distinct persons in the Godhead

Question 19

What are the two extreme tendencies in trinitarian thought?

Answer 19

Emphasizes the unity of God

Emphasizes the 3ness

Question 20

What makes binitarianism unique?

Answer 20

It does not classify the Holy Ghost as a separate person but asserts belief in 2 persons in the Godhead

Question 21

Many monotheists have pointed out that both trinitarianism and binitarianism ultimately do what?

Answer 21

Are a stumbling block to Muslims and Jews

They weaken the strict monotheism taught by the Bible

Question 22

Which of the following represents strict monotheism?

Answer 22

One asserts there’s only one God, but does so by denying the full deity of Jesus Christ

Second class of true monotheists believes in 1 God, but further believe the fullness of the Godhead is manifested in Jesus Christ.

Question 23

Who represents strict monotheism and yet rejects the full divinity of Christ?

Answer 23

Christendom

Question 24

Which of the following represents the second class of true monotheists?

Answer 24

Believe in 1 God, but further believe the fullness of the godhead is manifested in Jesus Christ.

Believe the Father, Son, and Spirit are manifestations, modes, offices, or relationships the one God has displayed to man.

Question 25

What is the term Church historians have used for this second class of strict monotheists?

Answer 25

Church historians used the term modalism and modalistic monarchianism

Question 26

Who are some of these strict monotheists from history?

Answer 26

Noetus, Praxeas, and Sabellius

Question 27

What term in the twentieth century is used by those who believe in both the indivisible oneness of God and the full deity of Jesus Christ to describe themselves?

Answer 27

Oneness

Question 28

What has been, and still is, a major stumbling block for Jewish people in terms of accepting Christianity?

Answer 28

The trinity

Question 29

What does the OT reveal about God’s nature?

Answer 29

That there is ONE God

Question 30

Is there a place for a trinity in the OT?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

A uni-plural noun means one or more than one.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

A uni-plural noun means “one” exclusively when used with singular verbs or modifiers.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Like the English language, the plural form of a Hebrew word always signifies more than one.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Overwhelmingly Elohim or “God” is used in a plural way signifying more than one, with only a small amount of times it refers to only one God.

Answer 34

False

Question 35

In Gen. 1:1 God (elohim) is shown to be plural because “created” is a plural modifier.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Whenever Elohim refers to the one true God, it is always accompanied by singular verbs.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Whenever Elohim refers to more than one false god, it is accompanied by plural verbs.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

If the intention of Elohim is to indicate more than one, either singular or plural verbs can be used.

Answer 38

False

Question 39

If the intention of Elohim is to indicate one only, singular verbs are used.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

When the Greek NT quotes from an OT reference where Elohim is used of the one true God, the Greek theos (God) is always singular.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

The Greek language does not use plurals in the same way as the Hebrew.

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Since both the Hebrew and the Greek are inspired, if Elohim was used to indicate God is more than one, the Greek NT would use the plural form of the noun.

Answer 42

Tue

Question 43

How many times does the OT refer to God being a trinity?

Answer 43

zero

Question 44

How many verses are there that people infer a trinity into the text?

Answer 44

4

Question 45

How many times does the OT say God is one?

Answer 45

3009

Question 46

Why does Genesis 1:26 use a plural pronoun for God?

Answer 46

- Either He was talking to the angels at creation (so the Jews believe) - Or it’s a majestic plural or royal “we” - Or its speaking of the future son in prophetic foreknowledge

Question 47

What must Gen. 1:26 be reconciled with?

Answer 47

Singular in 1:27 and 2:27

Question 48

Which of the following shows why the plural in Genesis 1:26 cannot refer to the Eternal Son?

Answer 48

When was the Son born? 4000 years later in Bethlehem

Question 49

Which of these shows why some believe Gen. 1:26 to refer to angels?

Answer 49

-God talks to angels and requested their opinions in formulating His plans before - We know the angels were present during man’s creation

Question 50

Which reason shows why some believe God was counseling with His own will in Gen. 1:26?

Answer 50

Ephesians 1:11

Question 51

Which shows support for Gen. 1:26 speaking of Plural Majesty or emphasis like Elohim?

Answer 51

-Plural noun Elohim in Genesis 1 -Daniel told the King “We will tell the interpretation thereof before the king” even though Daniel alone gave the interpretation - King A alternated referred to himself in the singular and plural.

Question 52

Which of the following is support for Gen. 1:26 referring to God speaking of the future Son in prophetic foreknowledge?

Answer 52

Calls things that are not as though they were

Question 53

How did God make the worlds by the Son?

Answer 53

He had the Son in view

Question 54

What is a theophany?

Answer 54

Manifestation of God

Question 55

Can God manifest Himself to different people in different places at the same time?

Answer 55

Yes

Question 56

Does it take a concept of more than one God to explain any of the theophanies?

Answer 56

No

Question 57

Do the 3 men in Genesis 18:1 prove a trinity?

Answer 57

No

Question 58

What does Gen 19:1 show that two of the 3 men are?

Answer 58

Angels

Question 59

Does the fact that the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven demonstrate there is a trinity?

Answer 59

No

Question 60

What does even the NIV admit in Genesis 19:24?

Answer 60

Repeats the same idea in two ways

Question 61

What does Gen. 19:24 show?

Answer 61

The Lord doing the same thing at one place

Question 62

Who is the Angel of the LORD?

Answer 62

A manifestation of Yahweh Himself

Question 63

Do some argue that God is never “the Angel of the LORD”?

Answer 63

Yes

Question 64

Are there passages which describe the angel of the LORD as a separate being from the LORD?

Answer 64

Yes

Question 65

If so what would these passages refer to? (See question 17.)

Answer 65

An agent or an angel

Question 66

Do some Oneness people believe there are passages that show a visitation of the angel of the LORD is really a manifestation of Yahweh Himself?

Answer 66

Yes

Question 67

Can the angel of the LORD refer to God performing the acts by delegating them to an angel to do?

Answer 67

Yes

Question 68

Can Oneness people believe some of the angel of the LORD manifestations are possibly God in some passages, but only an angel in passages that clearly describe two beings?

Answer 68

Yes

Question 69

What are the Hebrew and Greek words for angel?

Answer 69

A messenger

Question 70

How do we reconcile the angel of the Lord appearing to David separate from God?

Answer 70

- Spoke through the Angel | - Both the Angel and God was there

Question 71

Can these passages show more than one LORD?

Answer 71

No

Question 72

In Zech. 1:7-17 an angel then began to talk to Zechariah and David calls him “lord”; does this prove 2 gods?

Answer 72

No

Question 73

Zechariah called the angel lord which means what?

Answer 73

Master or ruler

Question 74

Is lord a term reserved for God alone like Lord and LORD?

Answer 74

No

Question 75

Can one properly address even a man by the title lord (Gen. 24:18)?

Answer 75

Yes

Question 76

What other explanations can be offered regarding the angel of the LORD in Zechariah?

Answer 76

Agency

Question 77

Do we need to accept two persons of God to explain the "angel of the LORD" passages?

Answer 77

No

Question 78

Did the Jews have a problem in reconciling the angel of the LORD with their belief in absolute monotheism?

Answer 78

No