1. What time does this parable speak of?
    1. Right Answer!The end of the age, that is, then end of the Church age.
      • Yes. It is important to understand that this is speaking of the end of the age and not the Last day. The fiery furnace is not Hell, but the earth during the Day of the Lord, that is, during the time that most of the book of Revelation is played out.
    2. Judgment Day.
      • No. Judgment day happens after the 1000 year reign of Christ and after the God, and Magog rebellion.
    3. The Last Day.
      • No, the Last day is just another name for the Judgment day.

     

     

  2. What do the fish represent?
    1. Food.
      • No.
    2. Right Answer!People.
      • Yes. When the Lord returns from heaven to reign on the earth he will first gather up all of his people and bring them to heaven. Then he will "You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery." Psalm 2:9 (NIV)
    3. The armies of the world.
      • No.
    4. The people of the western world.
      • No. The people of the whole world will be affected by the coming judgment.

     

     

  3. What is another name for the fiery furnace?
    1. Hell.
      • No.
    2. Hades.
      • No.
    3. The burning lake of sulfur.
      • No.
    4. The Abyss.
      • No.
    5. Right Answer!The Day of the Lord.
      • All of the above names are names for the same place, and it is not the fiery furnace. The fiery furnace is another name for the Day of the Lord. When the Lord returns from heaven to rule, he will first destroy everything that opposes his rule. Everything in the world that rises up against God will be burnt up.

     

     

  4. Where are the good fish taken?
    1. Right Answer!They are taken to heaven.
      • Yes. But remember that heaven is not a place. Heaven is not of this creation. Heaven is another existence.
    2. They are left on the earth, and the wicked are sent to Hell.
      • No.
    3. They are taken to Israel.
      • No. After the fiery furnace is over the Children of Israel will be collected and reestablished in the land of Israel, but this is not the meaning of the fish that are gathered up in baskets.
    4. The are taken to Egypt.
      • No.

     

     

  5. Who are the chosen in this parable?
    1. Israel.
      • No.
    2. The Jews.
      • No.
    3. Everyone.
      • No, everyone is not chosen.
    4. Right Answer!The Christians.
      • Yes, the chosen are called Christians. But please understand that there are a great many people today that call themselves Christians, but are not Christians.

     

     

  6. During which age are the invitations available?
    1. During the age of the Law of Moses.
      • No.
    2. During the age of Prophets.
      • No, there is no age of prophets.
    3. Right Answer!During the Church age.
      • Yes, it is during this age, the Church age, that people can respond to the invitation.
    4. During the Millennial Kingdom age.
      • No.

     

     

  7. Who were those that were originally invited?
    1. Right Answer!The children of Israel.
      • Yes, the kingdom of God was created for Israel, but Israel rejected the offering when it came.
    2. The Church.
      • No.
    3. The Gentiles.
      • No, but the Gentiles are the ones that the invitation was given to after the Israelites rejected the offer.
    4. The Jews.
      • This is correct, but (a) is a better response.

     

     

  8. Who were then invited, that is, after the original invitees were rejected?
    1. The children of Israel.
      • No, read the explanation from (7a) above.
    2. The Church.
      • No. Those that respond to the invitation are called the Church.
    3. Right Answer!The Gentiles.
      • Yes. The Church is a Gentile thing. The Church age is the age in which the covenant of God is offered to the nations of the world. Before the Church age God's covenant was primarily offered to the children of Israel. After the Church age God's covenant will once again be mostly for the children of Israel.
    4. The Jews.
      • No.

     

     

  9. Who does the king represent?
    1. Jesus Christ.
      • No, this is not the best answer. Notice that the king is giving a banquet for his son, that the son would be Jesus.
    2. Right Answer!God the Father.
      • Yes.
    3. The angel Gabriel.
      • No.
    4. Satan.
      • NO.

     

     

  10. Who does the son represent?
    1. Right Answer!Jesus Christ.
      • Yes, the son is Jesus, the Bridegroom. The banquet is also called the marriage supper. The event marks the time when the church will be united to Jesus Christ in heaven.
    2. King David.
      • No.
    3. The Christians.
      • No. The Christians make up the bride, who is united to the Bridegroom.
    4. The Gentiles.
      • No.

     

     

  11. Who does the servants represent?
    1. The faithful in the Church.
      • No.
    2. Right Answer!The angels that have not fallen.
      • Yes, the servants are the angels.
    3. Mankind
      • No.
    4. Those faithful that have fallen asleep in God.
      • No.

     

     

  12. What is meant by the man found not to be clothed in wedding clothes?
    1. He was not clothed with the righteousness that is by faith.
      • Yes. Clothes symbolize that which covers our being. The man and the woman in the garden of Eden would found to be naked after they sinned, that is, they had lost their righteousness. By faith we are clothed in righteousness in Christ. The man that did not have on wedding clothes had no faith in Christ. But this is not the best answer.
    2. He was a lamb in wolf's clothing.
      • No.
    3. He is like one of the ten virgins that had insufficient oil in her lamp, that is, he thought that he was a Christian, but was not in fact born again.
      • Yes, the man thought that he was a Christian, but he lacked the one element that would make him righteous, that is, faith.
    4. He was someone that did not take church seriously enough, and therefore did not dress up for church.
      • No. I thought that this was a funny answer. It is not about dressing up.
    5. Right Answer!Both (a) and (c) above.
      • Yes, read (a) and (c) above for why.

     

     

  13. What is another name for the "outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth"?
    1. Hell.
      • No.
    2. The Abyss.
      • No.
    3. The lake of fire.
      • No.
    4. Right Answer!The Day of the Lord.
      • Yes. Hell and the Abyss, are the same thing and they are eternal, that is they do not exist in the natural universe. The lake of fire is also eternal and does not exist in the natural universe. Those that are not caught up to be with Christ at is coming are not sent anywhere. They are left on the earth to endure the time of vengeance of our God, or the Day of the Lord.

     

     

 

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