Questions 61-63
How is mercy and justice found in the Incarnation?
Mercy: God descended and took flesh out of love for all mankind
Justice: God accepted to carry the same sentence that He pronounced over man
What did God have to do in the Divine Incarnation so that man can see and know Him?
Unite His divinity with humanity (the greatest and strongest expression of God's love!)
James 1:17 says that with God "there is no variation or shadow of turning." What does that mean?
He is perfect and not affected by change
In John 4, Jesus heals a nobleman's son "at the seventh hour." Around what time is that?
(Hint: Think about the Agpeya hours and when we pray them)
1:00 PM
Name all of Israel's children.
(Double points if you can include his daughter because yes, he had a daughter!)
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin
The daughter's name was Dinah.
There are two alternatives for the Incarnation: pardon and annihilation. Explain why both are unacceptable.
God has limitless love AND limitless justice. If He pardons Adam with limitless love, limitless justice would be amiss. Annihilation would not befit God at all, and could start a vicious cycle where man is created and destroyed over and over again.
How was Christ born without sin?
When the Holy Spirit came down on the Virgin Mary, the Word took flesh from her, which was pure from the ancestral sin and the seed of man, and therefore without corruption.
This is an easy one.
Did the humanity limit God's divinity? Give an example that was provided in the book.
NO!
Think of a glass lamp --- the glass doesn't restrict the light, but the light spreads everywhere.
What did God's Hand write on the wall in Daniel 5?
(Double points if you can tell me what it means)
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN
In simple terms, God will end King Belshazzar's rule because he wasn't a good ruler, and will divide his kingdom.
What other miracle (besides the Resurrection) is mentioned in all four of the Gospels?
The feeding of the five thousand with five loaves and two fish
Why did the Incarnation take place to fulfill redemption?
It is the only solution for the redemption of man and his delivery from the consequences of the fall of Adam. Also for the manifestation of God (John 1:18).
How was Christ in heaven and on earth at the same time?!
God had divinity in His existence since FOREVER to the point that heaven and earth overflow with it.
How did humans see God when seeing Him in His divinity is impossible?
He took on flesh and became Immanuel ("God with us")
What was St. Paul's trade occupation (job) as mentioned in Acts 18? (I'll give you 150 points if you look this up in the Bible)
Tentmaker
What is the very last word in the Old Testament? (I'll give you 150 points if you look this up in the Bible)
Curse (Malachi 4:6 - "...Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.")