Exam 2 Flashcards
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily I say unto you, Before Abraham was I am.
John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved
Colossians 2:8-9
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
Ephesians 4:5-6
One Lord, One faith, one baptism.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, AND through all, and in you all.
I Corinthians 8:6
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.
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When a passage in the OT refers to a son do they signify a duality of the Godhead?
False/No
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When passages in the OT refer to a son do they prove a pre-existent son?
No
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What do each of these verses regarding the Son have in common?
They’re all prophetic in nature
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Whom does Hebrews show these passages are fulfilled by?
Messiah, Jesus Christ, or the man that God became
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What do the OT references to the Son look forward to?
The future day when the Son would be begotten
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What do other OT references to the Messiah point to?
Prophetic representations of both what God did as deity and humanity.
What he did as God and man.
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Why is it impossible to make the Word of God a separate person?
John 1:14,1
God’s Word is apart of Himself, it belongs
M/C:
Is Wisdom personified as a person in the OT separate from God?
No
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What is going on with the personification of Wisdom as being with God in the beginning?
It’s a literary device. Poetic, normal Hebrew language.
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Does the three-fold repetition of Lord in Isaiah 6:3 somehow prove a trinity?
No
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Does Hebrew have a superlative expression like we do? (strong, stronger, strongest)
No.
T/F:
Double or triple repetition was a common Hebrew literary practice to indicate intensity and it occurs many times in scripture.
True
T/F:
Jeremiah 22:29 “Earth, earth, earth” shows there are 3 types of earth.
False
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The phrase “holy, holy, holy” strongly emphasizes God’s holiness and not a plurality of persons.
True
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There is evidence for a plurality of persons from the repetition of God or Lord when used in the same verse, like in Numbers 6 or Deuteronomy 6.
False
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Repetitions indicate the one God as none other than the Lord, as worshiped by Israel.
True
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Most passages of scripture that repeat the words God or Lord follow common normal usage, only a few suggest the plurality of the Godhead.
False
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A number of OT passages mention the Spirit of the Lord.
True
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The phrase “Spirit of the Lord” emphasizes that the Lord God, is a separate person from the Spirit.
False
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The Spirit of the Lord emphasizes the Lord’s work among men and upon individuals.
True
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Only in a small portion of the text does the Spirit of the Lord show a plurality of persons in the Godhead.
False
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Isaiah 48:17 speaks of the Holy 2, not 3
False
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The Lord is a Spirit and the Spirit of God is simply God in action.
True
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Zechariah 13:7, The Lord described his fellow as a man.
True
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Zechariah 13:7, God was talking about the man Christ Jesus saying this man would be his companion or one close to Him.
True
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I Timothy 2:5, The only mediator between God and men was/is God as the Almighty.
False
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The OT does not imply a plurality of persons in the Godhead.
True
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We can satisfactorily explain all OT passages used by some trinitarians to teach a plurality of persons with an exception of 4 verses.
False
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The Jews found no difficulty in accepting all of the OT as God’s Word and at the same time adhering to their belief of one indivisible God.
True
T/F:
There are 2 things shown in Daniel 7.
True
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Daniel 7 shows an undeveloped trinity.
False
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Daniel 7 shows what God did as deity and what God did as the man Jesus.
True
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The ancient of days has a garment as white as snow, hair as pure wool and his “wheels” as burning fire.
True
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The ancient of days is YHWH of God.
True
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The son of man, in Daniel 7, is given dominion, glory, and an eternal an indestructible kingdom.
True
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All peoples, nations, and languages should serve the son of man.
True
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Daniel 7 is a literal picture of heaven.
False
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The picture of the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, is clearly the man Jesus.
True
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Jesus as the lamb is meant to be a literal picture of Him in heaven.
False
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Both Daniel 7 and Revelation 5 are not meant to be depictions of a literal picture in heaven.
True
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No trinitarian would argue that Jesus in heaven is a slain lamb with 7 eyes.
True
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Revelation 5 is clearly metaphorical of the man Jesus conquering as a lion by being a lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
True
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There are 2 types of scripture in Christology : Identity and distinction.
True
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Passages of Identity show what God did as humanity and what God did as deity.
False
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Passages of distinction show Jesus as God.
False
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We need to distinguish which passages we are dealing and be comfortable with all the language of the New Testament.
True
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In Revelation 1 there is a clear picture of the son of man and the ancient of days blended into the person of the resurrected Christ.
True
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At the crucifixion we see a conversation between God, the Father, and God, the son.
False
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On the cross, the Spirit of God began to pull away from Christ before His death.
False
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Hebrews 9:14 shows Christ offered Himself through the eternal spirit, showing the spirit never left Him til He died.
True
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We struggle today with Christ’s words on the cross because of the invention of the trinity.
True
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If I wanted you to turn to Psalm 22 in Jesus’ day I would ask you turn to Psalm 22.
False
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The title of Psalm 22 in Hebrew is the 1st line of Psalm 22.
True
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Jesus is quoting a psalm on the cross.
True
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There are no connection in Psalm 22 that clearly show crucifixion.
False
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The 1st part of Psalm 22 is a hymn of thanksgiving.
False
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Halfway through Psalm 22 it turns from a psalm of suffering to a psalm victory.
True
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Jesus’ words on the cross mean “through this suffering I will reign.”
True
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Psalm 22 is about the man Jesus performing the act that ultimately conquered all of our enemies.
True
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We cannot find the OT equivalent to Jesus saying it is finished.
False
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The last verse of Psalm 22 can read literally from the Hebrew “It is accomplished.”
True
