OT
What does the name “Deuteronomy,” taken from the Greek, mean?
As a side note, the words translated as “copy the law,” as found in the Greek translation, form the basis of the word Deuteronomy. The words are deuteros and nomos, or literally, “second law.”
Deuteronomy 17:14-20 (A King Over Israel)
Fill in the blank.
_____ always needs to be considered when looking at statements which use the same terminology in the Bible. It is true that the use of identical words often is intended to show a pattern, or the fulfillment of something else, but the surrounding context cannot be tossed out in order to make unfounded conclusions. Always consider what the writer’s reference is before making a final determination about how his words are intended to be taken.
CONTEXT!
This number in Scripture represents man, especially fallen man.
Six is the number of man, especially fallen man.
It is the final day of creation, after which man was to enter into His rest.
JOSHUA 1:1-9
(THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU)
After the destruction of the Temple in AD 70, Israel was dispersed and many thought the nation would never return. What year was the modern state of Israel reestablished?
1948 (May 14th)
Name the five wisdom books of the Old Testament.
(Double Trouble)
In the Christian canon, the Song of Songs is which numbered book?
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs.
It is the twenty-second book in the Christian Canon.
According to Exodus 1, how many descendants of Jacob went down to Egypt with him?
A) 70
B) 603,550
C) 12
D) 318
A) 70
According to Ephesians 2:8–9, what two things salvation is not based on?
It is not of works and not of ourselves—it is the gift of God.
Doctrine Series
Grace is unmerited favor. Anything – anything at all – which is added to grace negates grace. A gift is something that cannot be earned. It is something given without any strings attached, and it is something that once given away now belongs – wholly and entirely – to the recipient. A ‘gift’ which is, or can be, recalled, is not a gift.
Paul says that upon belief a person is saved. When this happens, he is sealed with the Holy Spirit… No power can reclaim from God what God has sealed. Further, it is something that is given and will never be taken back. If it were to be taken back, then it means that God has made a mistake in His sealing; something impossible.
(Doctrine Series, pp. 154–155)
In biblical numerology, the number 7 is most often associated with what?
A) Judgment
B) Completion or perfection
C) Man’s weakness
D) New beginnings
B) Completion or perfection
Where did David fight Goliath?
In the Valley of Elah, a place southwest of Jerusalem.
In the Doctrine of Christ, what is the theological term for the union of two natures — divine and human — in the one person of Jesus Christ?
A) Incarnation
B) Hypostatic Union
C) Kenosis
D) Trinity
B) Hypostatic Union
JESUS CHRIST, THE GOD-MAN PART I
HIS HUMANITY (Doctrine Series)
Malachi uses this animal, sometimes confused with “dragons” in older translations, to describe the wilderness dwellers of Edom.
At the time of the descendants of Esau possessing it, however, the Lord noted that it was laid waste and was a place for the howling of the jackals. As for the tannah, here called a jackal, it is an unusual form of a word that is found only elsewhere in Lamentations 4:3.
Several older versions, such as the KJV, erroneously call these dragons, implying a reptile. This is incorrect. In Lamentations, it says that they offer their breasts to nurse their young. Reptiles do not have mammary glands and do not nurse their young.
The word is the feminine of tan, a jackal. As such, it is specifically referring to the female jackal. The reason for specifying the female is certainly the same as that in Lamentations, where the milk of the female jackal is contrasted to the painful thirst of the children of Israel during its siege.
MALACHI 1:1-3 (JACOB AND ESAU)
According to Ephesians 1:4, when did God choose believers in Christ?
Before the foundation of the world.
God’s plan of salvation was set before creation—He already purposed that those who believe would be holy and blameless in Christ. (Eph 1:4, pp. 8–9)
In Scripture, the number 40 often signifies a period of testing or trial. Which of the following is not a biblical example of a 40-period?
A) Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years
B) Moses was on Mount Sinai for 40 days
C) Elijah fasted for 40 days on his journey to Horeb
D) Daniel prayed and fasted for 40 days in Babylon
D) Daniel prayed and fasted for 40 days in Babylon? (He fasted for 21 days — Daniel 10:2-3)
Where was Paul when he wrote the Epistle to the Romans?
In Corinth, during his third missionary journey.
What is the theological term for Christ’s work in fully satisfying the justice and wrath of God against sin through His death on the cross, thereby reconciling God and man?
Propitiation
In the book of Ruth, Naomi prayed that her daughters-in-law would find rest “in the house of her husband.” Ruth later finds that true rest in Jesus. Which New Testament chapter explains this rest?
The fourth chapter of Hebrews shows us the fulfillment of this petition of Naomi for her daughters as fulfilled in Him. It is when we believe in the work of Jesus Christ that we enter into His rest. Understanding this, gives us an advanced insight into what the book of Ruth is picturing.
RUTH 1:6-14 (BREAD IN THE LAND OF PROMISE)
What OT passages stand behind Romans 3:15 (“Their feet are swift to shed blood”)?
Proverbs 1:16 and Isaiah 59:7.
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Romans
In biblical numerology, which number represents “new beginnings”?
8
The number 8 in the Bible is the number of “new beginnings.”
GENESIS 8:1-19 (THEN GOD REMEMBERED NOAH)
This Persian king, identified with Xerxes, ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia. He hosted a 180-day feast to display his wealth and later became the central figure in the Book of Esther.
King Ahasuerus
According to Charlie Garrett’s teaching, when is a Christian required to grant forgiveness?
A) Always, even if no repentance is shown
B) Only when the offender acknowledges their sin and repents
C) Only if others are watching
D) Never — forgiveness belongs to God alone
B) Only when the offender acknowledges their sin and repents
As Christians, are we required to forgive those who wrong us if they show no remorse? Forgiveness is never required unless asked for. There is no biblical example where forgiveness is required without repentance. Repentance means “to change one’s mind.” In essence, I have offended another, and now I am changing my mind towards him and asking for forgiveness.
Every example given to the contrary by people is taken out of context. And context is always king.
The name Jonah means “dove.” In this study, what does the dove typify?
Answer choices:
A) The prophetic voice of Israel
B) The mourning love God feels for the people of the world
C) The peace that follows repentance
D) The flight of man from God’s presence
B) The mourning love of God for the people of the world
In the end, and taking all of the uses of the dove in Scripture together, its symbolism can be summed up with the words, “mourning love.” When the Holy Spirit descended upon Christ, it was certainly with the thought of mourning in mind. He was about to begin His earthly ministry, one which would be fraught with sadness, pain, punishment, and death.
Jonah’s mission will prefigure Him in this as the love of God, which mourns for the people of the world – the work of His hands, and the objects of His love – goes to a foreign land in order to bring them back to Himself, just as Jesus did.
The book of Jonah, the Dove typifies the “mourning love” which God feels for the people of the world. So much so, that He was willing to step out of His heavenly abode and come walk among us.
In Ephesians 1:14, Paul says the Holy Spirit is the “guarantee” of our inheritance.
What is the Greek word used for “guarantee,” and what does it mean?
Arrabōn — a pledge or down payment guaranteeing full possession
That Greek word is arrabōn, and it corresponds directly to the Hebrew eravon.
Not only does Christ pay our debt, but in doing so, we are given the Holy Spirit as a
pledge, a guarantee, of our final glorification. What Christ does isn’t just one-directional.
Rather, it goes in both ways. One has the forgiveness of sin, and he also possesses — with a
guarantee from God — the surety of eternal salvation.
Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament. In the Christian canon, it is the 39th book. What does the number 39 symbolically represent, being 3 × 13?
the number three, Bullinger says –
“The number three, therefore, must be taken as the number of Divine fulness. It signifies and represents the Holy Spirit as taking of the things of Christ and making them real and solid in our experience. It is only by the Spirit that we realise spiritual things. Without Him and His gracious operation, all is surface work: all is what a plane figure is to a solid.”
Of thirteen, Bullinger says, “every occurrence of the number thirteen, and likewise of every multiple of it, stamps that with which it stands in connection with rebellion, apostasy, defection, corruption, disintegration, revolution, or some kindred idea.”
The two numbers beautifully define the last, and thus summary, words of the Old Testament. The final book of the law completes the divine fulness of the period of law, a time exactingly marked with what defines the number thirteen.
By tracing back 480 years from the building of Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 6:1), the conservative dating of Deuteronomy places its writing in this year.
we can assert with relative confidence that it was penned in the year 1405 BC.
Deuteronomy 1:1-4 (An Eleven Days’ Journey)
In the Jewish tradition, what are the five megillot (scrolls), and on which festivals are they read?
Double Trouble for you if you can name the festivals rightly.
The five megillot are the Song of Songs, read each year at the Passover; Ruth, read each year at Shavuot; Lamentations, read each year on the mournful day of the Ninth of the month of Av; Ecclesiastes, read each year at Sukkoth; and Esther, which is read each year at Purim.
ESTHER 1:1-12 (NAUGHTY VASHTI A PARTY GONE BAD)