Question | Answer |
Who claims to be the author of revelation | the disciple of John |
why does he write this book | to focus on a time when people attempted to live and walk the footsteps of Jesus |
in Revelation 16:15 how does God reveal that he is coming for you? When does he say he is coming? | he says he is coming like a theif. he says he is coming soon |
who is the woman | mary |
who is the dragon | devil/satan, force of evil |
what does the Lord promise in Rv. 22:7,12? | that he will come soon, I am the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega |
a man filled with faith and the holy spirit was chosen by the twelve to be an assistant | stephen |
the opposition became so angry with stephen that they threw him out of the ( ) and ( ) him to death | City, stoned |
( ) in attendance at the death of stephen was trying to ( ) the church of Jesus | saul, destroy |
when saul was on his way back to damascus a ( ) from the sky flashed around him. | light |
he fell to the ground and heard a voice call out his name and the voice said,"why are you ( ) me?" | persecuting |
"I am ( )." | Jesus |
Gentile, they feared his authority of putting the believers of Jesus Christ to death. Saul's conversion to Christianity had many of the Christians ( ) of him and questioned his intentions | afraid |
the name ( ) symbolizes the believers in Christ | Christian |
still the apostles did ( ) fully understand Jesus' purpose | not |
"it is not for you to know the ( ) or ( ) of the ( ) of the Lord" | time,day,coming |
judas iscariot and ( ) was now counted as one of the 12 apostles | mattias |
communal life consisted of feeding and helping the poor, the praising and teaching of God and turning ( ) from material ( ) | away, wealth |
the priests and sadducees were now ( ) concerned by the ( ) number of christian followers | very, vast |
during the ( ) the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prisoners and told them to continue to ( ) about the life of Jesus | night, speak |
the apostles again were questioned and responded that they must obey rather than ( ) | man |
the church decided that ( ) was not necesssary for salvation. | circumcision |
a gentile convert to christianity did not have to become a ( ) first, then a ( ) | jew, christian |
why did paul not go to asia | through God telling him to not go there |
why did paul go to macedonia | through God telling him to go there |
by what means did paul travel to rome | a ship |
where did paul live when he arrived in rome | paul lived by himself, in lodging |
how long did he stay there | 2 years |
when the jews rejected the message of paul, to whom did paul turn | gentiles |
what was the purpose of pauls trip | to find people who belong to the way, bring back to jerusalem in chains for punishment, traveling with authorization and commission of the chief priests |
to what city was paul travelling | damascus |
what did the voice say | saul, saul, why are you persecuting me? |
saul is now | paul |
a gentile convert to christianity did not need to be ( ) to have ( ) | circumcised,salvation |
***(jesus) he who "for a while was made lower than angels that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone | |
an angel is a pure ( )created by god | spirit |
the name applied to certain spiritual beings or intelligences of heavenly residence, employed by ( ) | God |
angel means | messenger |
Demons are fallen ( ) under the command of ( ) | angels, satan |
satan is called the Prince or ( ) | ruler |
from whom did Jesus receive his office of high priest? | melchizedek |
considered by the church to be a heretic | joan of arc |
many percieved her as one sent by God and others viewed her as a ( ) | witch |
who is the author of the acts of the apostles | luke |
*the spread of christianity*the acts of the apostles is a history book recording the events and ( ) of the early ( ) | deeds, church |
*the foundation of the sporit of god*is the church community in itys lifestyle through (4 things) | 1.prayer 2. preaching 3. miracles 4. nussuibart efforts |
*through the acts of the apostles*we see the church was established through the action of the holy spirit especially through ( ) and ( ) | st. peter, st. paul |
the rejection of one ore more established belief of a religious community/church | heresy |
person killed for maintaining a religious belief | martyrdom |
one who is sent | apostle |
when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, filling them with faith and hope | pentecost |
most letter and epistles begin with ( ) | greetings |
what are 4 greetings | 1.thanksgiving 2.prayer 3.conclusions 4.final greeting |
*hebrews*directed to a jewish christian community of people whose ( ) was beginning to ( ) | faith, weaken |
*old covenant* | -gold jar holding the manna-the staff of aaron that had sprouted-10 commandments |
*new covenant* | mary chosen by God to be the mother of Jesus-savior~the bread of life~jesus the high priest~Jesus is the word of God |
*revelation*written by ( ) the disciple | john |
christians are seen as the ( ) and were killed if they spoke about christ | enemy |
reveals eternal struggles between the Lord&the forces of ( ) | evil |
but there is hope in God who will triumph over the ( ) | evil |
*apocalyptic literature*(2 examples) | ~symbolism~vindictive language-feelings of horror or shock |
*titles for jesus*(5names) | 1.alpha and the omega2.the faithful witness3.the amen4.the morning star5. the roots of david |