Midterm 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 vein deceit, after tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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.
1 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.
When passages In the OT refer to a son, do they signify a duality in the Godhead?
no
When passages in the OT refer to a son, do they prove a pre-existent Son?
no
What do each of these verses regarding the son have in common?
They are prophetic in nature
Whom does Hebrews show these passages are fulfilled by?
The Messiah, Jesus Christ, The man that became God
Are these passages in the Psalms conversations between two persons in the Godhead?
No
What are these “son” passages in the OT referring to?
Prophetic portraits of God as the man Christ
What do these passages describe?
They describe God begetting and anointing the man Christ.
What do the OT references to the Son look forward to?
The future day when the Son would be begotten.
What do these “son” references speak of?
The humanity in which God would incarnate Himself
What do other OT references to the Messiah point to?
…
Is the Word of God in the OT a second person in the Godhead?
No
Why can’t we see the Word as a separate person?
God’s Word is something that belongs to Him and is an expression that comes from Him, not a separate person in the Godhead.
The Word of God does not imply a distinct person any more than a man’s word implies that he is composed of two persons..
God’s Word is a part of Him and cannot be separated from Him.
Is Wisdom personified as a person in the OT which is a separate person in the Godhead?
No
What is going on with the personification of Wisdom as being “with God” in the beginning?
Personifying wisdom as a literary or poetic device
Does this threefold repetition in Isaiah 6:3 somehow hint that God is a trinity?
No
Does Hebrew have a superlative expression like we do (“strong, stronger, strongest”)?
No
Double or triple repetition was a common Hebrew literary practice to indicate intensity, and it occurs many times in Scripture.
True
Jer. 22:29 says, “O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.” Shows there is actually three types of earths.
False
The phrase “holy, holy, holy” strongly emphasizes God’s holiness and does not imply a plurality of persons.
True
There is evidence of a plurality of persons from repetitions of God or LORD when used in the same verse, such as threefold repetitions (Num. 6:24-26; Deut. 6:4) and twofold repetitions (Gen. 19:24; Dan. 9:17; Hosea 1:7).
False
Repetitions indicate the one God as none other than the LORD (Yahweh) worshiped by Israel.
True
Most passages of Scripture that repeat the words God, LORD, or some other name for God follow common, normal usage. Only some of them suggests a plurality in the Godhead.
False
A number of OT passages mention the Spirit of the LORD.
True
The phrase “Spirit of the LORD” emphasizes that the LORD God is a separate person from the Spirit.
False
Spirit of the Lord emphasizes the LORD’s work among men and upon individuals.
True
Only in a small portion of texts does “Spirit of the Lord” show a plurality of persons in the Godhead.
False
Isaiah 48:17 speaks of the “Holy Two of Israel,” not the holy three.
False
The LORD is a Spirit, and the Spirit of the LORD is simply God in action.
True
In Zechariah 13:7 the LORD described “his fellow” as a “man.”
True
In Zechariah 13:7 God was speaking about the man Christ Jesus, saying this man would be His companion or one close to Him.
True
According to I Tim. 2:5 the only mediator between God and men was God as the almighty.
False
The Old Testament does not teach or imply a plurality of persons in the Godhead.
True
We can satisfactorily explain all OT passages used by some trinitarians to teach a plurality of persons, with the exception of only 4 verses.
False
The Jews have found no difficulty in accepting all the OT as God’s Word and at the same time adhering to their belief in one indivisible God.
True
There are two things shown in Dan. 7.
True
Dan. 7 shows an underdeveloped trinity.
False
Dan. 7 shows what God did as deity, and what God would do as the man Jesus.
True
The Ancient of Days has garment white as snow, hair head like the pure wool, and his “wheels” as burning fire.
True
The Ancient of Days is Yahweh or God.
True
The son of man is given dominion, glory, and eternal and indestructible kingdom.
True
All people, nations, and languages, should serve the Son of Man.
True
Dan. 7 is a literal picture of heaven.
False
The picture of the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David is clearly the man Jesus.
True
Jesus as the lamb is meant to be a literal picture of Him in heaven.
False
Both Dan. 7 and Rev. 5 are not depictions of a literal picture of heaven.
True
No trinitarian would argue the Jesus in heaven is going to be called a Lion but is actually a slain Lamb standing with 7 horns and 7 eyes.
True
Rev. 5 is clearly metaphorical of the man Jesus conquering as a Lion by being the Lamb slain from the foundations of the world.
True
There are two types of Scriptures in Christology. First are the passages of identity and then “passages of distinction.”
True
Passages of identity show what God did as humanity and what God did as deity (Dan. 7, Rev. 5, etc.).
False
Passages of distinction show Jesus as God (Col. 2:9; Jn. 10:30; Rev. 1).
False
We need to distinguish which types of passages we are dealing with and be comfortable with the language of the NT.
True
In Rev. 1 there is a clear picture of the Son of Man and the Ancient of Days of Dan. 7 blended into the person of the resurrected Jesus.
True
At the crucifixion we see a conversation between God the Father and God the Son?
False
On the cross the Spirit began to pull away from Christ before His death.
False
Heb. 9:14 shows Christ offered Himself through the eternal Spirit proving the Spirit never left until He died.
True
We struggle with Christ’s words on the cross because of the invention of the trinity.
True
If I wanted you to open to Ps. 22 in Jesus’ day, I would say turn to Ps. 22:1.
False
The title of Psalm 22 in Hebrew is the first line of Psalm 22
True
Jesus is quoting a Psalm on the cross.
True
There are no connections in Psalm 22 that clearly show a crucifixion.
False
The first part of Psalms 22 is a hymn of thanksgiving.
False
Halfway through the Psalm 22 it turns from a Psalm of suffering to a Psalm of victory!
True
Jesus words on the cross means “Through this suffering I will reign.”
True
Ps. 22 is about the man Jesus performing the act that will ultimately conquer all our enemies!
True
We cannot find the OT equivalent to Jesus saying, “It is finished.”
False
The last verse of Ps. 22 could be read literally from the Hebrew “…it is accomplished.”
True
