Questions about Revelation 11:15-18

  1. When is the seventh trumpet sounded?
    1. Seven years after the year 2000.
      • It has not been revealed in Scripture exactly when the seventh trumpet will sound.
    2. Three and a half years after the year 2000.
      • No, see (a.) above.
    3. Thirty-four years after the year 2000.
      • No, see (a.) above.
    4. Right Answer!After the other six trumpets are sounded.
      • Yes, we know that the trumpets are each sounded in order, but beyond that we cannot yet know when it will sound. The sounding of the seventh trumpet will sound three and a half years after the man frequently called the Antichrist signs a seven year treaty with the many of Israel. But until that treaty is signed we have know way of knowing when the end times start.

     

     

  2. What does the seventh trumpet foretell?
    1. The Lord has come from heaven to the earth to assume his authority to reign.
      • Yes, this is true, but this is not the best answer.
    2. The actual start of the Lord"s reign as King of the earth.
      • Yes, this is true, but this is not the best answer.
    3. The gathering up of the Church, commonly called the rapture.
      • Yes, this is true, but this is not the best answer.
    4. Right Answer!All of the above.
      • Yes, this is the best answer. The Lord will do many things at his return.

     

     

  3. What does "and for destroying those who destroy the earth" mean in verse eighteen?
    1. When the Lord comes he will freely pardon all offenders.
      • No. When the Lord returns it will be to destroy the rebellious peoples if the earth. It will be a time of judgment like Noah"s flood.
      • 2 Peter 3:3-7
        First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, "Where is this "coming" he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God"s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (NIV)
    2. Right Answer!He is coming to wipe all rebellion from his domain.
      • Yes, this is the best answer. See (a.) above.
    3. After he gathers his Church he will wipe the earth of all mankind; Judgment day then follows.
      • No. The Lord will gather up his body the Church at his Coming, but that will not he the end of things yet. The Lord will restore Israel and establish an thousand year reign.
    4. He will come and destroy Satan.
      • No. Jesus will not destroy Satan at his Coming. Rather, Satan will be permanently cast out of heaven down to the earth where he will vent his rage against all who hold to the name of Jesus Christ, with the exception of the 144,000. After three and a half years then Satan will be captured and temporally locked in the Abyss, or Hell. After a thousand years Satan will then be released for a time, then he will be destroyed in the Lake of Fire.

     

     

  4. The time that the Lord comes is also called...?
    1. The time of reconciliation.
      • No, that name better describes the Church age.
    2. The time of peace and forgiveness.
      • No, immediately after the Lord comes there will not be much peace.
    3. The time of rejoicing for all mankind.
      • No, most of mankind will be in great fear and dread.
    4. Right Answer!The time of God"s wrath.
      • Yes, this is the name that best describes the time immediately following the Lord"s return.
      • Matthew 24:15-21
        "So when you see standing in the holy place "the abomination that causes desolation," spoken of through the prophet Daniel -- let the reader understand -- 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now -- and never to be equaled again. (NIV)
      • Revelation 11:18
        The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great -- and for destroying those who destroy the earth." (NIV)

     

     

  5. In simplest terms the seventh trumpet announces the coming of what?
    1. Right Answer!The Lord.
      • Yes, this is the simplest true answer.
    2. The end of the world.
      • No, it does not announce the end of the world, but will seem that way to those that are living through that time.
    3. Judgment day.
      • No. It will be a time of judgment, but not the great Day of Judgment. That day will come after the thousand year reign of Christ on earth.
    4. Our second chance.
      • No, for many it will not be a time for a second change. This is not the best answer, but there is some truth in it, especially for the Israelites.

     

     

    Questions about John 14:1-3

  6. Looking carefully at the promise of the Lord he says that when he comes back he will take us to be where?
    1. Heaven.
      • This is not the best answer. It is true that we will go to heaven, but that does not mean what most think that it means. We will be in heaven, yes, but we will also be operating in the earth, but from the spiritual side of things.
    2. To the millennial kingdom.
      • The church will not be living in human bodies during the Millennial Kingdom Age.
    3. To specially prepared homes here on the earth.
      • No, this is not the best answer.
    4. Right Answer!To be with him wherever he is.
      • Yes, the promise is that when the Lord Comes we shall be with him forever.

     

     

  7. Where is his Father"s house?
    1. Right Answer!Heaven.
      • Yes, this is the best answer.
    2. Outer space.
      • God does not live in outer space. Outer space is what the Bible calls the second heaven, the first being the sky.
    3. Under the earth.
      • No, this is a symbolic location of death, and of Hell.
    4. In the garden of Eden.
      • God does live in Paradise, but not in the Garden of Eden on earth.

     

     

  8. In this passage of John 14:1-3 Jesus promised to take us where immediately upon his return?
    1. Heaven.
      • This is not the best answer. There is an element of truth to it, but it is misleading.
    2. To the Clouds.
      • No, he doesn"t say that we will live in the clouds.
    3. To live in the houses that he has prepared.
      • He doesn"t really say that, it sounds like he does but look carefully.
    4. Right Answer!He does not say in this passage exactly where we will go, only that we will be with him.
      • Yes, this is the best answer. We will be in heaven, but we shall also be dashing the nations of the earth with Jesus" iron scepter.
      • Revelation 2:26-27
        To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations -- 27 "He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery" -- just as I have received authority from my Father. (NIV)
      • This promise of dashing the nations to pieces like pottery is from Psalm two. There the promise is made from the Father to Jesus. But here it is made from Jesus to the Church, that is, those who overcome the world. Any promise made to Jesus is also a promise to the Church, because as a Christian we live inside Jesus. Anyway, Jesus will be using the fourth kingdom, the iron kingdom to strike the nations in judgment, and because Jesus promised that when he returns he will gather is up and we will be with him forever, well then we will be on earth dashing the nations.

     

     

    General questions about the Lord"s return.

  9. Which of the following questions are true?
    1. When the Lord returns he will gather his wheat, (church), into his barns, and burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
      • This is true, but it is not the best answer.
    2. When the Lord returns he will deliver his people Israel from their enemies.
      • This is true, but it is not the best answer.
    3. When the Lord returns he will dash the nations to pieces like smashing pottery with an iron shaft.
      • This is true, but it is not the best answer.
    4. Right Answer!All of the above.
      • Yes, this the best answer. The Lord will do many things upon his return. His return means different things to different people.

     

     

  10. The Lord comes from heaven to the earth when?
    1. When his enemies have been made a footstool for his feet, that is, Satan is cast out of heaven down to the earth.
      • This is true, but it is not the best answer.
    2. When the Church does not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
      • This is true, but it is not the best answer.
    3. When the last trumpet is sounded.
      • This is true, but it is not the best answer.
    4. Right Answer!All of the above.
      • Yes, this is the best answer. Satan, through his people on earth, will be persecuting the true Church and the Church will not shrink back from her devotion to the Lord. This will result in Satan losing his argument with God and his being cast out of heaven. This will happen at the time that he seventh trumpet is sounded.

     

     

  11. When the Lord returns from heaven he will...?
    1. Return immediately to heaven with his Church.
      • Most people think that this is what will happen. They think that the Lord is going to come and gather up his church and take them to some place far away. But this is not what the Scriptures indicate.
    2. Right Answer!He will remain in the earth while he removes all opposition to his rule.
      • Yes, this is true, but while we are here we are also in heaven, that is, we have receive our spirit bodies. I don"t think that exactly what this means is fully comprehendible to us. We will be like Jesus in his glorified state, working with him to accomplish his will.
    3. He will be visible to all of the inhabitance of the earth.
      • Jesus will not be visible to all the people of the world.
    4. He will sit physically on the throne in Jerusalem.
      • Jesus will not be physically sitting on a throne in Jerusalem. He will be the reigning King of kings, but from the spirit realm. During this present age Satan is said to be the god of this age, and he is described as the king of the kingdoms of the earth, but we do not see him. It will in this manner that Jesus will be the King, but when Jesus is the King everything will be different. The world will not be the same place.

     

  12. Immediately upon the Lord"s return the Church will...?
    1. Be taken to heaven, that is, completely removed from the earth.
      • This is not the best answer.
    2. Be purified by the wrath that has come upon the world.
      • The Church will not be purified by the coming wrath. The church will be change. She will be given spiritual bodies, and be free from the temptations of sin.
    3. Right Answer!Be with the Lord as he purges the earth of those that oppose him.
      • This is the best answer.
    4. All of the above.
      • No, answer (b.) is especially wrong.

     

     

  13. When the Lord returns he will gather...?
    1. All people that profess the name of Christ.
      • This is not true. Many who claim to be Christians are not.
      • Matthew 7:21-23
        "Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?" 23 Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" (NIV)
    2. All those that are baptized into the name of Christ and attend Church.
      • This is also wrong for the same reason as (a.) above.
    3. Right Answer!All of those that truly believe the gospel.
      • Yes, the Lord will gather all that have faith to be saved.
    4. All of those that obey all of the law.
      • No one can perfectly obey the law. No one will be found to be justified by observing the law.

     

     

  14. At the time of the Lord"s coming...
    1. The beast will be revealed.
      • This is true, but it is not the best answer.
    2. The Church will be caught-up to be with the Lord forever.
      • This is true, but it is not he best answer.
    3. All Israel will believe that Jesus is the Christ.
      • This is true, but it is not he best answer.
    4. Right Answer!All of the above.
      • Yes, the beast will be revealed at that time, and he will gather his body the church in what is commonly called the rapture, and the rapture will open the eyes of the Israelites so that they then believe that Jesus Christ is the One that was to come.

 

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