Titus-Revelations Flashcards
Titus
Establishing the church in Crete. A pastoral letter. A gentil not mentioned in Acts. Helped collect money in 2 Corinthians
How Paul ended up at Crete
Shortly after Acts he was released from house arrest and traveled town to town on the island of Crete
Titus’ purpose
The organize leadership in the churches of Crete. A trouble shooter
Cretans reputation
Lazy liars who were up to no good
Titus’ personality trait
Loved a good challenge (2 Corinthians 8:17)
Acts 27 and Titus
The were going to stop at Crete but the storm came and the ship got wrecked
Titus timeline
Between the two books of Timothy
Titus introduction paragraph
A slave of God, rather than disciple. God doesn’t lie contrasts that Certein’s do
Themes in Titus
Good works, self control, teach, rebuke, encourage, stress this, be submissive, hope of eternal life, adorn the gospel
Titus main phrase
Our God is savior, Jesus Christ is savior
Hebrew’s author
Unknown but has a Paul influence
Main point of Hebrew
Uses detailed and consistent logic to show the new testament is better than the old
Hebrew’s addresses this problem
Persecuted Jewish Christians who want to go back to the comfort of their families and reject Jesus
Leaving Jesus
Has worsening consequences as the book goes on
James
Jesus’ half brother who became the leader of the Jerusalem church
James feel
Of OT proverbs and is reminiscent of Jesus’ teaching
Main idea of James
True faith changes a person’s responses so they can rejoice even in difficulty
James timeline
The first book in the NT to be written
Hebrews Key Word
Better. Christ is better than… Prophets, angels, Moses, high priests, Abraham
Acts purpose
Acts as a bridge between the gospels and Paul’s letters
Pillars of the church
James, peter and John
Hebrews warning passages
The get more severe as you go
Key verses of Hebrews
Psalm 110:4, and Psalm 110:1
Jesus is…
The prophet, priest, and king
Hebrews key phrase
Once for all. Talking about Jesus dying on the cross
Who was speaking
Chapter 1-God, chapter 2-Jesus, the other chapters- the Holy Spirit
Jesus’ brothers
There was 4 of them and none of them became believers until after the reserection
James connected passage
Sermon on the mount
Three enemies
Satan, the world, and ourselves
Image of God passages
Genesis 9, James 3:9
Most taught biblical passage
James 4:6
1 Peter
You must be willing to suffer for Jesus
How many times is Peter’s name in the NT
Over 150
Peter
Was the leader of the 12 Apostles. The one who was given the keys to open the Kingdom to the Jews, the Samaritans, and the Gentiles.
Peter’s legacy
Denying Jesus at His trial, and teaching other people not to do as he has
Peter’s popular idea
The we should follow in Jesus’ steps and like Jesus suffer to experience the glory of God
Last word of the Apostles
Reveal their grave concern with false teachers arising from within the church
How to prevent false teachers
Pay close attention to the Apostles teaching in the NT. There will always be false teachers
Jude
Was written many years after Peter’s death to remind the people of what the Apostles said about false teachers
2 Peter and Jude theme
False teachers will arise from the church
John’s vocab
Unique
Focus of the Johns
Concern about those who want to lead you astray
1 John first adresses
False teaching
John was…
Both loving and tender and willing to give the harsh truth in an authoritative way
Johns phrase
I am writing this to you so that…
Two eternal things
God and humans
Salvation
Is something we got in the past, receive every day and will receive in full when Jesus returns
Living stones
We are being built up as the temple, and when it is done Jesus will return
Rejected stones
In the old testament the temple stones were precut and if they didn’t fit they were rejected. This was Jesus so he became the cornerstone of the true church
1 Peter calls us to submit to
The government, our master, our household, and the church
2 terms of 1 Peter
Suffering and glory
1 Peter vs 2 Peter author
They are both written by Peter, but 1 Peter was cowritten by Salas so it has a very different tone
Same Greek word for
Wind, breath, spirit
False teachers are
Sinners who teach that their sin in okay and we should follow them in it
Peter confirms about Paul
That he is writing scripture
1 John’s unique phrase
Telling the reader why he is writing to them
Gnosticism
Jesus didn’t have a real body. The first heresy that hit the early church.
1 John tells the people
To be confident in their salvation and aware of the responsibility it brings
Heresy addressed in Jude
Jesus forgives our sins, so it is okay to sin
1 John word
Obey. Used 6x
Last living apostle
John
Satan’s favorite tactic
To scare people into submission
Main idea of 2 John
Don’t let false teachers into your church.
Lady/children in 2 John
Talking about the church and its members
3 John
Contrasts 2 John by saying that the church should still accept traveling preachers
Letters of recommendation
In order to be a preacher at a church, a letter was needed from one of the apostles
The voice John heard
Was like a trumpet behind him
24 elders
Most likely referring to the 12 tribes and the 12 apostles
Revelations is made of
Phrases from the rest of the bible
Things that come in 7’s
Angles, churches, seals, trumpets, bowls
Important revelation numbers
3, 3.5, 4, 7, 12
Revelation perspective
Told from the perspective of God rather than man
Spiritual adultery is
Not loving Jesus like we are called to love our husbands
4x repeated in Revelation
Judged according to their deeds
Church details
Are all figurative as they represent the church now from God’s view and the church to come
Gold cube symbolism
There was a gold cube in Solomon’s temple in the holy of holy’s.
70 ad
The destruction of the temple.
90 ad
Revelations was written
4 living beasts
The body guards of Jesus in His throne room. All the eyes and the types of animals show there is no sneaking up or attacking Him
Unholy trinity
Dragon, beast, and false teacher. They directly are in opposition to the holy trinity
Front and back of the scroll
Similar to the scroll given to Ezekiel that was full of judgement and doom from God.
The commonly believed rapture
That Jesus will come back, silently take his people for 7 years while the world falls apart and then He will return
Actual rapture
The believers will be caught up and immediately sent to set up the new heaven and new earth
The millennium
Modern church believes that 1000 years after Jesus’ return the promises to the Israelites will be restored
Actual 1000 years interpritation
Symbolism for the time we are living in now. The bible says the rapture will happen immediately, so the church is the power that is holding Satan captive for the time
