Lampstand, Clothes
What is the true meaning of the figurative lampstand?
Spirits, workers
True or false:
There are two kinds of figurative richman in the Bible.
True
In which verse is water compared to the word of God? (teaching, speech = rain, dew, droplets, showers)
Deuteronomy 32:2
What is the true meaning of the figurative sea?
The world of mixed teachings, the world of believers
What is the true meaning of the figurative fruit (firstfruit that is harvested from the field)?
Believers (born again of the word of truth)
What is the true meaning of the figurative clothes?
words, actions
What is the name of the mountain that the Holy City New Jerusalem comes down upon?
Mt. Zion
Who was the Pharisee that asked Jesus how to be born again? (Jn 3:4)
Nicodemus
What is the figurative meaning of woman?
Pastor
True or false:
There was only one kind of seed sown in the churches: the good seed.
False
Who was the lampstand at the time of the first coming?
John the Baptist
What must we do if we want to buy the treasure that is hidden in the field?
We must sell all our possessions (and buy the field)
What is the true meaning of the figurative spring and river?
Pastor
Disciple / evangelist
Who lives in the sea?
Dragon / Serpent / the devil / Satan
Mt. Zion
True or false:
In every era, the messenger(s) who prepares the way does the work of a lampstand(s).
True
What kind of people do dogs and pigs represent in the Bible?
Betrayers (those who turn from the word, etc.)
Fill in the blank (Jn 3:31-32):
He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth He who comes from heaven is above all.
What He has ____ and ____, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.
seen and heard
Fill in the blank (Mt 13:47):
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a ____ that was cast into the sea and gathered ___ of every kind.
dragnet (or net)
fish
When the prophecies are fulfilled, what must you do to become a son of God? What must you do to be born again?
*Hint: B_____ in the fulfillment of the prophecies
Believe in the fulfillment of the prophecies
The seven churches that existed 2000 years ago (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea) appear again at the time of the fulfillment of Revelation to do the work of the lampstand.
False (any of the following explanation, or any similar ones, is okay):
1) the seven churches are a mystery; they are written as parables
2) they do not exist anymore
3) they represent realities that appear at the time of the fulfillment of Revelation
Why is the Holy City New Jerusalem referred to as the city of gold?
It is made up of people who have the word of truth (gold = word of truth)
Who is the spring at the second coming that Jesus works with?
the bride, the one who overcomes, the faithful and sensible slave (any one of three is okay)
What is the reality of the sea at the end of the age?
The churches / Christian denominations
At the time of the first coming, Jesus came and sowed the seed of God. When can the two kinds of seeds be distinguished?
Time of harvest, at the end of the age, second coming (any of the three is okay)