Revelation Flashcards
An opisthograph is a scroll with writing on both side.
True
Dionysius of Alexandria rejected the Millennialism of Revelation and, perhaps for this reason, argued that the Fourth Gospel and Revelation were composed by two different Johns.
True
What responsibility did the lector have in the early church?
Reading Scripture
The twenty-four elders are most likely demons.
False
The role of reader or lector was not an office in the church.
False
Who wrote, “In that same [experience of] vision I understood the writings of the prophets, the Gospels, the work of other holy men, and those of certain philosophers, without any human instruction”?
Hildegard of Bingen
The Trisagion or “thrice-holy” was recited in both the synagogue and early church.
True
Leviathan has seven heads.
True
Scripture often links silence with
Divine Judgment
The great city is only Jerusalem.
False
What offers protection for God’s people?
The wilderness
The two witnesses have the authority of Moses and Isaiah.
False
The number 144,000 is the squaring of twelve, multiplied by 1,000.
True
The pause in the narrative may be intended to heighten suspense.
True
Eusebius of Caesarea accepted the apostolic authority of Revelation.
False
According to your teacher, John is most likely referring to literal virgins among the 144,000.
False
Premillennialists claim Jesus will return after the millennium.
False
What term does John use to describe what Greg Beale calls “the prevailing economic-religious system in alliance with the state and its related authorities and existing throughout the ages”?
Prostitute
The new creation will have a large sea, so that everyone can live on the beach.
False
666 may refer to Nero
True
The Septimontium (septem montes) or Seven Hills may refer to the city of Rome.
True
