Exam Questions #1
What is the food at the proper time in Mt 24?
Testifying the realities fulfilled according to the prophecies
What are the true meanings of ① food and ② yeast
① food: word
② yeast: instructions (teachings)
What is the old wine at the first coming?
Law of Moses
What is the old wine and the new wine at the second coming, respectively?
OT FF (gospel), NT prophecies
NT FF
Recite Jn 14:29
"I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe."
What is the result of those who do not understand parables, along with a reference verse.
cannot receive atonement of sins, thus cannot receive salvation, Mk 4:10-12
What is the true meaning of rod?
Rod: word and person
In what order does God fulfill his prophecies?
Rebellion (betrayal), destruction, salvation
What is needed for one’s lamp to light up? What does it mean that one’s lamp is lit up?
oil (word of testimony), to have understanding
Recite 1 Pt 1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
What are the two reasons Jesus spoke the secrets of the kingdom of heaven in parables at the first coming?
to fulfill what was spoken through the OT prophets, to hide them from the enemy
What is the true meaning of light and darkness?
light/darkness: word of life/ignorance of not having the word
What is the work of a lampstand? Who was the reality of the lamp at the 1st coming?
prepares the way (for the messenger), John the Baptist
Who do the servants need to buy oil from at the second coming?
Servant John
Recite Rev 1:1-3
1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
What is the true meaning of ① seed, ② field, ③ tree, ④ bird, ⑤ branch, ⑥ leaf, and ⑦ fruit.
① Seed: word
② Field: person’s heart, world
③ Tree: inner person born again of the seed of the word (pastor)
④ Bird: spirit
⑤ Branch: disciple
⑥ Leaf: evangelist
⑦ Fruit: word, saint born of the word
What is the true meaning of wedding clothes?
clothes/wedding clothes: heart, actions, doctrines / righteous acts
What does it mean to eat and drink Jesus’ flesh and blood in order to receive life/be set free?
to hear and believe in Jesus’ words (the words he promised and fulfilled)
What is a “seal”? What does it mean “to seal”? What does it mean “to be sealed”?
word of God or person with the word of God, to testify, to believe and accept
Recite Psalm 43:3
Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
When are the true meanings of the parables made known plainly, along with a reference verse.
when the actual entities of the parables appear, Jn 16:25
What are the true meanings of ① fire, ② censer, incense, ③ smoke of the incense, and ④ pot.
① fire: word
② censer, incense: person, prayer of the saints
③ smoke of incense: prayers being lifted up
④ pot: church
Who is the reality of idols at the 1st coming? Explain.
In Dn 2, who is the rock not cut out by human hands? And what does it do to the idols? Testify plainly.
Servant John
Judges them
Recite Eph 4:22-24
You were taught with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.