Basics of Basics
Question 1 Part A
For the times of (A) the exodus and (B) Jesus’ first coming, who made a promise to who and who came to whom to fulfill that promise?
A. At the time of the exodus, God came to Moses to fulfill the promise he made to Abraham.
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
A. Fire:
B. Censer, incense:
C. Incense smoke:
D. Pot:
A. Fire: word that consumes and judges
B. Censer, incense: person's heart, prayer
C. Incense smoke: sound of prayers being lifted up
D. Pot: church
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
(A) vessel (bowl or cup)
(B) scale, and iron scepter.
A. Vessel (bowl or cup): person’s heart and church
B. Scale, iron scepter: word that weighs faith and deed, ecclesiastical authority to rule
Question 2 Part A
(A) What is the biblical meaning of Israel? What evidence proves that a person has become Israel?
A. Israel refers to the one who overcomes (i.e. the winner). The creation of the twelve tribes is the evidence.
Question 1 Part B
For the time of (B) Jesus’ first coming, who made a promise to who and who came to whom to fulfill that promise?
B. At the time of Jesus’ first coming, God came to Jesus to fulfill the promise he made through the Old Testament prophets.
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
(A) water (dew, rain)
(B) spring (well or fountain)
(C) river
(D) sea, ship
(E) fishermen (captain, sailors, passengers)
(F) net, fish
(G)sea of glass
(H) bitter water (water of Wormwood)
A. Water (dew, rain): word
B. Spring (i.e. well or fountain): pastor or temple
C. River: heart of a disciple and evangelist
D. Sea, ship: world, church
E. Captain, sailors, passengers: pastor, evangelists (church staff), congregation members
F. Net, fish: word, people
G. Sea of glass: words of God that wash our inner being
H. Bitter water (i.e. Wormwood): the devil’s lies
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
(A) head, horn, tail
(B) dog, pig
(C) ox, sheep
(D) the flesh and blood of the Lamb
(E) vineyard, mountain.
A. Head, horn, tail: leader, authority figure, false prophet
B. Dog, pig: pastor who betrayed and lacks understanding
C. Ox, sheep: righteous believer
D. The flesh and blood of the Lamb: words of Jesus, who is life
E. Vineyard, mountain: the chosen people’s tabernacle, a church
Question 2 Part B
(B) What are the three types of Israel that appear in the Bible according to their biblical eras
B. - Old Testament: Physical Israel
- First coming: Spiritual Israel
- Second coming: New Spiritual Israel
Question 1 Part C
(C) Who is the promised pastor who fulfills the prophecies in the New Testament? Be sure to include a reference.
C. The one who overcomes, New John (Rv 21:6-7)
Question 12 Part A-C
Give the true meaning for each figurative term :
A) seal (mark)
(B) trumpet, trumpet call
(C) stone (white stone)
A. Seal (mark): word of testimony, person who received the Word
B. Trumpet, trumpet call: person, sound of proclaiming
C. Stone (white stone): word of judgment, pastor
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
(A) death, grave (i.e. tomb)
(B) resurrection, breath of life
(C) bridegroom, bride
(D) widow, and fatherless.
A. Death, grave: death of spirit, flesh that God’s spirit left (under false teaching organization)
B. Resurrection, breath of life: making a spirit live again, word of life
C. Bridegroom, bride: spirit, flesh
D. Widow, fatherless: pastor who has betrayed, people who belong to a pastor who has betrayed
Question 4 Part A-B
(A) How many types of spiritual trees are there in the Bible?
(B) How many kinds of birds perch in those trees? What do each of these types of birds represent?
A. There are two types of trees: the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
B. There are two types of birds: holy spirits and evil spirits.
Question 5 Part A-B
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
A. Farmer, Field
B. Seed, Tree
A. Farmer, field: pastor, person’s heart or a church
B. Seed, tree: word, inner person born again of the seed of the word
Question 3 Part A
(A) Give two reasons Jesus spoke figuratively.
A. Jesus spoke figuratively to hide the secrets of the kingdom of heaven from his enemies and to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament.
Question 12 Part D-E
(D) image (idol), food sacrificed to idols,
(E) winds (living creatures, cherubim, seraphim, chariots).
D. Image (i.e. idol), food sacrificed to idols: false pastor, knowledge, doctrines, and teachings
E. Winds (living creatures, cherubim, seraphim, chariots): angels, judgment
Question 15 Part A-B
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
(A) Jerusalem, Babylon, (B) war, weapon
A. Jerusalem, Babylon: kingdom of the chosen people, kingdom of demons-gentiles
B. War, weapon: war of doctrines, word of testimony
Question 1 Part D-F
Give the time period that corresponds to (D) the time of Moses, (E) the time of Jesus’ first coming, and (F) the time of Jesus’ second coming. Be sure to include a reference for each time period.
D. The period of the law (Jn 1:17)
E. The period of faith in the gospel (Mt 24:14, Jn 1:12)
F. The period of the completion of heaven (Rv 21:6)
Question 5 Part C-D
C. Branch, Leaf, Fruit
D. Bird, weeds
C. Branch, leaf, fruit: disciple, evangelist, believers born again of the word
D. Bird, weeds: spirit, lies
Question 3 Part B
(B) Explain the differences between those who understand the figurative language and those who do not.
B. Those who understand the figurative language receive atonement for their sins and salvation. Those who do not understand the figurative language become outsiders, and because their sins are not atoned, they do not receive salvation.
Give the true meaning for each figurative term:
(A) sun, moon, stars
(B) cloud
(C) tabernacle
(D) hailstone
(E) flashes of lightning, rumbling and peals of thunder
(F) path.
A. Sun, moon, stars: pastors, evangelists, and believers who belong to heaven
B. Cloud: symbol of the invisible spiritual world
C. Tabernacle: dwelling place
D. Hailstone: word of wrath, pastor
E. Flashes of lightning, rumbling and peals of thunder: rapid movement of spirits, the sound of administration
F. Path: word, pastor with the word
Question 15 Part C-D
(C) key of heaven, key of hell, (D) orthodoxy, and cult
C. Key of heaven, key of hell: wisdom that allows one to open the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, wisdom that allows one to know Satan’s secrets
D. Orthodoxy, cult: God and the word, doctrines that differ from God’s word
Question 3 Part C-D
(C) Who sowed the good seed and who sowed the weeds?
(D) What do the fruits born of each kind of seed represent?
C. Jesus and his pastors, the devil and his pastors.
D. They represent the sons of the kingdom and the sons of the evil one.