Lesson 19 & 20

Question 1

What do the two thieves crucified on either side of Jesus symbolically represent?

Answer 1

Adam and Eve, who stole from the tree of which they were not supposed to eat

Question 2

John 1:1 began with the words: “In the beginning.” In John 19:30, Jesus declared: “It is finished!” What does this narrative signal?

Answer 2

The old creation is done and the new creation is about to begin

Question 3

Why did Jesus take Peter back to the place of his greatest failure?

Answer 3

Because of His great love, Jesus gave him an opportunity to succeed where he had previously failed

Question 4

Identify the roles given to the following disciples:

a) Peter
b) John

Answer 4

a) Pastoral role

b) The role of the revealer

Question 5

In John’s Gospel, what two (2) terms are used to signify death by crucifixion?

Answer 5

a) Stretching forth the hands

b) Glorifying the Lord

Question 6

Why did John refer to himself as “the one whom Jesus loved?”

Answer 6

He thought his own name unworthy to leave in the Gospel

Question 7

Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul are portrayed in similar ways in which two (2) books of the Bible?

Answer 7

a) The Gospel of Luke

b) The Book of Acts

Question 8

In referring to Jesus as “Lord,” what was Paul doing?

Answer 8

Identifying Jesus with Yahweh

Question 9

Finish this sentence:

In the same way that Israel was urged to relate to and worship the God of the Old Testament, so the church ______________________

Answer 9

Was urged to worship and follow Christ in the New Testament

Question 10

In the Old Testament, “My Son” is a specific reference to what?

Answer 10

The Messiah

Question 11

According to Hebrews 1:13-14, what are angels?

Answer 11

Ministering spirits / servants

Question 12

The author of Hebrews quotes Psalm 8 when making the case that the Messiah is higher than the angels. What has the author proved by so doing?

Answer 12

That the Old Testament shows that the Messiah was going to be both God and man

Question 13

Why is the New Testament covenant greater than the Old Testament covenant?

Answer 13

Because it was mediated by God Himself

Question 14

In Revelation 4:4, what three (3) things does the number 24 symbolise?

Answer 14

a) Time (24-hour day)
b) People (12 tribes of Israel; 12 apostles)
c) Language (24 letters in the Greek alphabet)

Question 15

What do the twenty-four around the throne indicate?

Answer 15

The totality of everything ultimately worshipping God

Question 16

Give a scripture reference that proclaims that Jesus is Lord

Answer 16

Philippians 2:10-11

Question 17

According to Isaiah 53, how is the strength and might of the Lord - God in His greatest power - revealed?

Answer 17

Through a weak, bleeding, suffering, afflicted, and rejected servant

Question 18

Name the kind of Old Testament type scene used in John 4

Answer 18

The well

Question 19

What did living water mean on a literal level?

Answer 19

Either running water or a well that was dependable from generation to generation

Question 20

Where do the true worshippers of God worship (John 20:24)?

Answer 20

At Calvary

Question 21

How did Jesus refer to His body/Himself in the below chapters?

a) John 2
b) John 7

Answer 21

a) The Temple

b) Living water

Question 22

The scene in John 4 (Jesus sitting on a well) is a fulfilment of which OT prophecy?

Answer 22

The Temple sitting upon the living waters (Ezekiel 47)