Test 3 (Chapters 7-9) Flashcards
The most commonly used Hebrew word of God is __________.
Elohim
Most scholars agree that the use of the plural word __________ indicates God’s greatness or His multiple attributes, not a plurality of persons or personalities.
Eloah
God said, Let us make man in our image (Genesis 1:26) is seen by the Jews as reference to the _________.
angels
The Hebrew word echad, which the bible uses to express the concept of one God; Echad as used of God does mean the absolute numerical ____________ of His being.
oneness
A theophany is _________ of God
a visible manifestation
In Genesis 18, the three human manifestations that appeared to Abraham were Jehovah and two of His _________.
angels
Many passages that describe a visitation of the ________________ also indicate that the angel was really a manifestation of Jehovah Himself.
angel of the Lord
References to the Son in Psalms are not conversations between two persons in the Godhead but are prophetic portraits of God and the ___________.
man Christ
Repetition was a common Hebrew literary practice and occurs many times in scripture such as Holy, Holy, Holy in Isiah 6, which emphasizes God’s holiness, not a ______________.
plurality of persons
One like the Son of man in Daniel 7 represents _________ who will inherit the kingdom of God
saints
The physical body of Jesus was not omnipresent, but His _______ was.
Spirit
The voice and the dove were symbolic ________ of the one omnipresent God
manifestations
The voice and the dove were symbolic ________ of the one omnipresent God
manifestations
Jesus was baptized as a means of _______ (i.e. a public declaration of who He was and what He came to do)
manifesting Himself
Three times in Jesus’ life a voice came from Heaven. In each case, the voice was not for the benefit of Jesus but for ________, and it came for a specific purpose.
the benefit of others
When Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, it was not a struggle between two divine wills but the submission of the ___________ to the divine will. As a man, Jesus submitted HImself to and received strength from the Spirit of God
human will
What Jesus meant when He cried, “my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” was that He had taken the place of sinful humans on the cross and was suffering the full ___________
punishment for sin
Matthew 11:27 “No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.” This verse simply states that no one can understand who the Son is, except by ___________.
divine revelation
Passages that refer to the existence of Jesus before HIs human life began teach us that in His deity, He is the Father and Creator. The Spirit of Jesus existed from all eternity because He is God Himself. However, the humanity of Jesus did not exist before the Incarnation, except as a ____________.
Plan in the mind of God
John chapter 1 says the Word was with God and the Word was God. This means that the Word is the __________, or mind of God
thought, plan or expression
John chapter 1 says the Word was with God and the Word was God. This means that the Word is the __________, or mind of God
thought, plan or expression
John 8:29 “He that hateth me hateth my Father also” explains the ________ of Jesus and reveals the oneness of God.
dual nature
John 12:28 records a request on the part of Jesus that the Father would glorify HIs own name. This demonstrates that Jesus was a man on earth, but His spirit was the omnipresent God of the universe. The prayer and voice did not constitute a conversation between two persons in the Godhead, it was communication between Jesus as ____________.
human and God (his humanity and deity)
When Jesus promised to send another Comforter (John 14:16), it does not imply the Comforter is another person in the Godhead, but that the Holy Ghost is simply Jesus in another _____________.
manifestation
The description of Jesus on the right hand of God must be ______________.
figurative or symbolic
In Hebrews 1, the phrase __________ indicates that the sacrificial work of Christ is not continuing but is complete.
‘sat down’
The salutations in the epistles (Colossians 3:17) do not indicate a plurality of persons in the Godhead, but emphasize _________ of God and the importance of accepting Him in both roles.
two roles
The apostolic benediction (II Corinthians 13:14) conveys three ___________ of God that we can know and have, God’s grace, God’s love, and God’s fellowship.
aspects
Jesus is God revealed in flesh. He has the divine nature because He was conceived by the Spirit of God. He is both human flesh and divine Spirit, and His spirit is __________________. Therefore, nothing can ever separate Jesus from His deity.
the divine nature of God
From the Oneness point of view, Jesus is not God the Son, but He ___ all of God, including Father and Son
is
The seven spirits of God (Revelation 1:4) simply indicate the fullness or _______ of the Spirit of God.
perfection
The lamb in Revelation 5:1 is Jesus in His humanity, particularly in His __________.
sacrificial role
Jesus spoke in parables so that only those who are truly ___________ for righteousness would be filled (Matthew 5:6) and so that only sincerely diligent seekers would find the truth.
hungry and thirsty
