PREPARATIONS FOR JESUS’ PUBLIC MINISTRY

Question 1

Setting a transition from Jesus‟ childhood to his adulthood, the Gospels agree on a
common point of introducing ________________________, a cousin of Jesus.

Answer 1

John the Baptist

Question 2

was a Levite and a prophet

Answer 2

John the Baptist

Question 3

is regarded as the first NT revelation of the
Trinity, economically, because Father, Son and Spirit are here together (Jerome), and
Jesus‟ baptism becomes a model for Christian baptism

Answer 3

baptism

Question 4

The Three Phenomena in Jesus’ Baptism

Answer 4

The heavens were opened
The Spirit of God descending like a dove
A voice from heaven proclaiming

Question 5

signifies that God has come to visit
his people. It symbolizes God‟s intervention in human affairs to liberate his people through his
Son-made-man, Jesus the Chris

Answer 5

opening of the heavens

Question 6

It signifies God‟s Spirit resting on Jesus to
anoint him with extraordinary power and the gifts he needed for his public ministry. The dove
also symbolizes the Spirit‟s gentleness and peace whose presence characterizes the divine joint
mission for which God sent Jesus and the Spirit to accomplish for the people of Israel and the
whole world. Jesus came to draw all to himself not by his power and force of arms, but through
his love and sacrifice

Answer 6

The Spirit of God descending like a dove:

Question 7

“This is my beloved Son with Whom I am well pleased”:
The voice from heaven was God the Father‟s affirmation of Jesus as the Father‟s own beloved
Son, the Messiah who will save his people from their sins.

Answer 7

A voice from heaven proclaiming

Question 8

is almost synonymous to something
evil, and wicked; something unwanted, and abhorred.

Answer 8

temptation

Question 9

is not meant to make us sin; it is meant to enable us to
conquer sin. It is not meant to make us bad, it is meant to make us good. It is not meant
to weaken us, it is meant to make us emerge stronger and finer and purer from the
ordeal.

Answer 9

temptation

Question 10

The Three Temptations of Jesus in relation to his identity and mission

Answer 10

1. To turn Stone into Bread
2. To throw Himself from the parapet of the temple and command the angels to rescue
   him
3. To prostrate Himself and worship Satan

Question 11

a Messiah only in the sense that he grants people their material needs and wants.

Answer 11

Economic Messiah

Question 12

a performer of miracles to win people‟s allegiance

Answer 12

Magical Messiah

Question 13

dominating men and women through
political power, and control.

Answer 13

Political Messiah