Random Quiz - 24

1. Why did Cain, the farmer son of the first couple, killed his brother Abel?
Answer:
He was jealous when God chose Abel's sacrifice over his.

The Bible does not explain why Cain's offering was rejected. But God urged Cain to do what is right.
Gen 4:7, "If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
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2. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Then God made an unconditional and everlasting covenant with Abraham. What was the token sign of the covenant?

Answer:
Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: "Every male among you shall be circumcised".

At the Council of Jerusalem in AD 50, Peter and the Apostles ruled that circumcision was not needed as a requirement for Christian converts, on the grounds that the new covenant had now superseded the old.
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3. God destroyed Sodom because of its fierce:
a)homosexuality, b)greed, c)contempt(=a powerful feeling of dislike),
d)inhospitality(=lack of hospitality)

Answer: d.
In a nomadic society, where settlements were often few and far between, the obligations of hospitality were strict. It was a solemn duty to feed, clothe, and house strangers. Lot felt so bound by this rule that he was willing to sacrifice his two daughters to the mob in order to protect the strangers. But the custom of Sodom seemed acceptable to assault and rob strangers. For this crime Sodom and its sister city were destroyed.
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4. The Angel who was about to destroy Sodom kept hurrying Lot to flee, even taking him by the arm when he hesitated. Why did the angel do that?

Answer:
The angel couldn't destroy the town until Lot was safe. By some judicious bargaining Abraham extracted from God the agreement that he would not destroy the city. Thereby angels were clearly under instructions not to destroy Sodom as long as Lot- the only righteous man in the place- remained.

Gen 19:16-24 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!"

18 But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please! 19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn't it? Then my life will be spared."

21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)

23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
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5. Why there are two sets of Ten Commandments between Catholics and Protestants?

Answer:
In the Bible, the Commandments are not numbered. In the Orthodox and Protestant Churches, the prohibition against false worship is given as the first and the second Commandments, but in the Catholic and Lutheran Churches it is contained in the first. The subsequent Commandments are therefore numbered differently, with the prohibition against coveting split into two separate Commandments by Catholics and Lutherans to reach the number ten.

The first version follows Origen from the 2nd century, the 2nd version follows Augustine from the 4th century.
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6. What were the first angels mentioned in the Bible doing?

Answer:
Holding flaming swords.
Gen 3:24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden "cherubim and a flaming sword" flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
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7. How many angels have personal names in Scripture?

Answer:
Three. a)Michael, the archangel(=chief angel)(Dan 10:21,12:1,Rev 12:7) b)Gabriel(a high ranking and an angel of power)(Dan 8:16, Dan 9:21, Lk 1:11-20,Lk 1:26-38) and c)Lucifer, who became Satan (Isa 14:12-15). This name is commonly ascribed to Satan, yet a misapplied name for Satan.
(Many Jewish and Christian traditions about the angels have no biblical support.)
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8. True or False. There is nothing in the Bible to suggest that angels were once human beings and then elevated to angelic status.

Answer: True
Angels are spiritual beings of a special class, who were created by God. God created angels before he made the material universe (Job 38:7, Col 1:16).

Heb 1: 7 In speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire."
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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9. Fill up the missing word.
Is 20:3 Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for __________ years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush.

Answer: three
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10. On what occasion did David utter these words:
The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 'When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, 4 he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.'

Answer: on his deathbed (2 Samuel 23:3-4)
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11. While David was anointed with oil by the Prophet Samuel, the writer of Hebrews says that God has anointed Jesus with the oil of what?

Answer: The oil of Joy (Hebrews 1:9)
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12. Fill up the missing words.

Jesus asks each one of us, just as He asked the disciple Peter, the question given below, when he denied Him 3 times:
"Do you ___________ me?"

Answer: love (Jn 21:17)
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13. The Supremacy of Christ
15He is the image of the invisible God, the _________________ over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him _________ things hold together.

Answers:firstborn, all (Colo 1:15-17)
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14. As Christians, we should look forward each day to Jesus' coming. As Paul writes,

7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly _________ for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the __________ of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Answers:wait, day (1 Corin 1:7-8)
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15. Long before Jesus was born on earth, He was destined to fulfill many OT prophecies. Among these was Isaiah's declaration,

10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the ________________ will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.


Answer: nations (in KJV "Gentiles" is used)
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16. God promised to send His Son, one who would fulfill all that was written about Him. The writer of Hebrews says,

God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to ___________, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.

Answer: lie (Hebrews 6:18)
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17. Whom did Jesus advise, "no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."

Answer: Jesus Teaches Nicodemus (Jn 3:1-3)
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
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18. "Warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals" shall be the penalty for(Psalm 120:2-4)

a) lustful eyes, b) a grasping hand, c) a deceitful tongue, d) arrogant elbows

Answer: c
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19. "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior" are (Psalms 127:4)

a)water-courses of the Negeb, b) mountains around Jerusalem, c) enemies at the gate,
d)sons born in one's youth.

Answer: d
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20. How good and pleasant it is, like precious oil poured on
the head, running down on the beard, when (Psalms 133:1-2)

a) the insolent are laid low
b) tribes dwell in unity
c) nations dwell in unity
d) brothers live together in unity

(insolent= boldly rude and disrespectful in speech or behavior)

Answer: d