Multiple Choice 2 Flashcards

1
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How many times does the OT refer to God being a trinity?

A

Zero

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2
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How many verses are there that people infer a trinity into the text?

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4 times in the OT (no more than 4)

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3
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How many times does the OT say God is one?

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2,346 (around 3,000 times)

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4
Q

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

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Referring to angels or royal “we”

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5
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What must Gen. 1:26 be reconciled with?

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Singular (Gen 1:27 and 2:7)

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6
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Which of the following shows why the plural in Gen 1:26 cannot refer to the Eternal Son?

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The Son was born at Bethlehem. He was born 4,000 years later.

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7
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Which of these shows why some have come believe Gen. 1:26 refers to angels?

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Jews believed this and angels were present at creation.

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8
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Which reason shows why some believe God was counseling with His own will in Gen. 1:26?

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Eph. 1:11 “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.”

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9
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Which shows support for Gen. 1:26 speaking of plural majesty or emphasis like Elohim?

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The pronoun agrees with the plural noun Elohim in Gen. 1.

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10
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Which of the following is support for Gen. 1:26 referring to God speaking of the future Son in prophetic foreknowledge?

A

Romans 4:17

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11
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How did God make the worlds by the Son?

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He had the Son in view. (used the son-ship)

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12
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What is a theophany?

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Manifestation of God.

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13
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Can God manifest Himself to different people in different places at the same time?

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Yes.

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14
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Does it take a concept of more than one God to explain any of theophanies?

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No

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15
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Do the 3 men in Gen. 18:1 prove a trinity?

A

No

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16
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What does Gen. 19:1 show that two of the 3 men are?

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Angels

17
Q

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?

A

No

18
Q

What does even the NIV admit in Gen. 19:24?

A

Repeats the same idea in two ways.

19
Q

What does Gen. 19:24 show?

A

The Lord in one place doing the one/same thing.

20
Q

Who is the Angel of the LORD?

A

Messenger or angel of God.

21
Q

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

A

Yes

22
Q

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

A

Yes

23
Q

If so, what would these passages refer to?

A

A messenger.

24
Q

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?

A

Yes

25
Q

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

A

Yes

26
Q

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?

A

Yes

27
Q

What are the Hebrew and Greek words for angel?

A

A Messenger

28
Q

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

A

Both angel and God were there.

29
Q

Can these passages show more than one LORD?

A

No

30
Q

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

A

No

31
Q

Zechariah called the angel lord which means what?

A

Master or ruler.

32
Q

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

A

No

33
Q

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

A

Yes

34
Q

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

A

Angel was not Lord but agency.

35
Q

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

A

No

36
Q

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

A

No