Midterm 2

Question 1

Primary purpose of Mathew? (Reference?)

Answer 1

Son of David 1:1-25

Question 2

Primary purpose of Mark?(Reference?)

Answer 2

Son of God 1:1

Question 3

Primary Purpose of Luke?

Answer 3

Virgin Born will reign eternally

Question 4

Primary purpose of John? (Reference?)

Answer 4

Believe and have life (20:30-31)

Question 5

What is the secondary purpose of the Gospels? What evidence supports this?

Answer 5

People will follow Jesus (Matt 4:19)
Jewish notions of discipleship
Imitators (1Thes 1:6)
Follow his steps (1 peter 2:21)

Question 6

What is the background for the title Logos used in John’s Prologue? What does this imply about the meaning of the title?

Answer 6

the eternal co-existence of God and Jesus (Gen 1:1) parallels genesis and Matthew. Title of the first book of the Hebrew bible mean in the beginning, the same intro to John. Makes the point that Jesus was already there in the beginning and is subsequently eternal.

Question 7

What three major doctrines depend on Jesus’s virginal conception?

Answer 7

Stresses Jesus uniqueness, fulfills promises of Isa 7:15, incarnate of the Holy Spirit, fully God fully man.

Question 8

How did the announcement of Messiah’s birth to the Bethlehemite shepherds fulfill OT prophecy?

Answer 8

The prophecy in Micha 4:8, messianic prophecy of a Davidic king ruling again

Question 9

What were the three titles of Jesus used in the angel’s presentation of the gospel and what do they mean?

Answer 9

Savior, Christ, Lord—they summarize the Goodnews in these three terms. Savior (sacrificial lamb), Christ (anointed one), and Lord (YWHW)

Question 10

How did the early church summarize these three essential truths of the gospel

Answer 10

This is the sacrificial Lamb, anointed one to whom we should submit, and YWHY referencing God.

Question 11

 Is the Star of Bethlehem to be identified with an astronomical phenomenon still visible in the sky

Answer 11

It was created by God for a specific purpose.

Question 12

what element of Matthew’s description do most theories fail to satisfy?

Answer 12

The star went before them and was very specific.

Question 13

what was the theological significance of God’s use of a sign in the heavens to signify the birth of his son?

Answer 13

Psalm 19—natural revelation displays the glory of God, not everyone know or needed to know Hebrew everyone could see God’s glory. Not born for Israel alone.

Question 14

Who were the Maji?

Answer 14

Number unknown, people unknown. They were most likely sorcerer magicians and astrologers who often practiced black magic.

Question 15

What does their summons to worship Christ suggest about the nature of salvation?

Answer 15

Grace to the worst of sinners. Kingdom of light will conquers kingdom of darkness. Indictment to the Jewish spiritual leaders who do not travel to seek out Christ. Confirms his right to be messiah. Displays importance of kingship.

Question 16

Herod’s slaughter of the innocents and Jesus’s providential protection are very similar to what OT event? What are the parallels? What OT prophecy does this fulfill? What is the theological significance of this fulfillment?

Answer 16

Similar circumstances to Moses’s birth with Verbal parallels to Exodus 4:9 “out of Egypt I have called my son” Jesus as son of David with broad OT themes and branch prophecies like Isa 11:1

Question 17

What does John’s fulfillment of Isa 40:3 imply about Jesus’s identity and why?

Answer 17

He is a Herald that proclaims the coming king. John is the prophet and Christ the Messiah. This passage highlights the deity of Jesus.

Question 18

How do the Synoptic Gospels show that John the Baptist is the fulfillment of Mal 4:5-6? What does this fulfillment imply about the identity of Jesus?

Answer 18

Elijah is a prophet of the wilderness and so is John. Gospels show that John is similar to E and has come to pave a way for the messiah. That makes Jesus the promised messiah that John paves the way for.

Question 19

Define repentance

Answer 19

Repentance is deep regret and sorrow for past sins that result in a radical change in lifestyle.

Question 20

Define “kingdom of God/heaven.”

Answer 20

The rule of God over the world.

Question 21

Why does the arrival of the kingdom demand repentance?

Answer 21

Christ himself is holy and cannot be with sin.

Question 22

What is the baptism of the Spirit performed by the coming one and what OT prophecy does this fulfill? What is the baptism of fire and how is this indicated in the immediate context of John’s preaching?

Answer 22

Esk 36 baptizing with the spirit which say God will put the spirit in them, saying that Jesus is God. Gen 1:2 Spirit of God was hovering over the waters of the earth. Psalm 2—this is my son

Question 23

Explain how Jesus’s baptism expresses crucial truths of the gospel such as Jesus’s sinless perfection, deity, Messiahship, work of new creation, and sacrificial death.

Answer 23

In the lead up, John mentions how Jesus is so vastly superior that he would not be able to even carry his shoes, showing the perfection and deity of Christ. The purpose is necessary to fulfill all righteousness and perfection. Jesus reconciles repentant sinners to God (Isa 64:1) is the awaited king (PS 2) and identifies as the servant (Isa 42:1-4

Question 24

In what ways will the righteousness of Jesus’s disciples surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees?

Answer 24

They would not be obsessed with rituals, but rather issues of the heart and be properly motivated. They will look to the heavier matters of the law.

Question 25

P52 is dated to?….

Answer 25

125

Question 26

P46 is dated to?….

Answer 26

200

Question 27

Vatican’s is dated to?…

Answer 27

325

Question 28

Sinaiticus is dated to?….

Answer 28

350