Questions about Isaiah 61:1-2 and Luke 4:16-21

  1. Was Jesus reading from Isaiah 61:1-2?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
      • He was reading from Isaiah 61:1-2.
    2. No.
      • No, he was reading from Isaiah.

     

     

  2. Who was the subject of the prophecy speaking of?
    1. Isaiah.
      • No, we know that Isaiah was not talking about himself because when Jesus read the passage he said that it was fulfilled the day that he read it. So Jesus had to be the person from the prophecy.
    2. David.
      • This says nothing about David. Also David had been dead and buried many years by the time that this prophecy was given.
    3. John the Baptist.
      • This one is close, but the prophecy is not talking about John.
    4. Right Answer!Jesus Christ.
      • Yes, Jesus said that the day he read it that it was fulfilled. Jesus is the one whom God sent to preach freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.

     

     

  3. Was the prophecy from Isaiah 61:1-2 fulfilled at the time that Jesus read it?
    1. Yes.
      • No, the entire prophecy was not fulfilled when Jesus read it. The portion that Jesus read was fulfilled but the portion that Jesus did not read was not fulfilled. It is important that we do not jump to conclusions. We have to ask our selves exactly what Jesus read and did not read and then exactly what he said and did not say. Jesus did not say that the book of Isaiah was fulfilled, only what he had just read.
    2. Right Answer!No.
      • This is the correct answer. The whole prophecy was not fulfilled. Only what Jesus read was fulfilled.

     

     

  4. Did Jesus read the whole prophecy from Isaiah?
    1. Yes.
      • He did not read the whole prophecy. Jesus did not read the part that says, "and the day of vengeance of our God,". This day has not yet been fulfilled to our day. This day of vengeance is speaking of the time immediately after the Lord returns from heaven to the earth, that is, his Second Coming.
    2. Right Answer!No.
      • Right! Jesus stopped mid sentence and then proclaimed that that which he had read was fulfilled. That does not mean in any way that the rest of it was fulfilled. This is an excellent example of how the Bible prophesies treat time. Time is meaningless in the prophecies, but the order of events is correct. The Church age is virtually invisible in the Old Testament Prophecies.

     

     

  5. When will the Day of Vengeance of our God occur?
    1. This is another name for the Day of the Lord.
      • This is right, but this is not the best answer.
    2. This is another name for the time of God's wrath.
      • This is right, but this is not the best answer.
    3. This is another name for the great tribulation.
      • Yes, the day of vengeance is the great tribulation, but this is not the best answer.
    4. Right Answer!All of the above.
      • Yes, this coming judgment goes by many names and is probably the most important and misunderstood event in the Bible. This is subject to interpretation, but I estimate that as much as a full third of the Bible is either directly or indirectly referring to things that are yet in our future.
      • 1 Corinthians 10:11
        These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. (NIV)
      • The Bible was written mostly for the benefit of those that would be born at the end of the age, that is, our time. The events that will soon transpire will result in more people repenting and coming to the Lord than at any time before. This is a big event that is coming. The only thing that you can compare it to is the Flood of Noah's time. But this time there are thousands of times more people and a great many more will come to God than did before.
      • Revelation 7:9
        After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. (NIV)

     

     

  6. Why did Jesus stop where he did, and then proclaim that what he read was fulfilled?
    1. Right Answer!He stopped when he did and proclaimed it fulfilled because it was, but because the day of vengeance of our God was not to come for many years he did not include that part of the prophecy.
      • This is the correct answer. Jesus read the part about himself that was complete, but did not read that part that was to be finished at is Second Coming. Jesus understood this about the fact that he would come more than once. This fact is evident to the close observer, but not to the masses. The same is true today. Most church going people know that the Lord is Coming again, but most do not understand that there is a Third Coming of the Lord. The Lord's Third Coming can only be seen in the Scriptures if you have a good understanding of what is going on.
      • Consider this prophecy:
      • Matthew 25:31-33
        When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.... (NIV)
      • This prophecy (read the whole thing) is talking about his "Coming" but is taking about the great judgment day. This cannot be the Second Coming, because after that Coming Israel will be established as a nation for a thousand years, then after the thousand years, we get the God and Magog rebellion, then a few years later we get this prophecy from Matthew 25.
    2. The prophecies are subject to interpretation, meaning that Jesus could pick any part and declare it fulfilled.
      • The prophecies are not subject to interpretation. They mean exactly what they mean. You, the reader, must try to understand what that exact meaning is. All of the prophecies are talking about the single chain of events that will take place. We must read, and reread, and ponder, and pray and seek to understand what this single chain of events is. When we can see the one scenario that agrees with every passage then we understand the truth.
    3. Only part of every prophecy will be fulfilled and so you must determine what part is real, and what part of it is to fool the unsuspecting.
      • The is completely not true.
      • Matthew 5:17-18
        "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. (NIV)
      • Everything will be fulfilled. There are no spare parts in the Bible. There is no filler
    4. This prophecy was not fulfilled at the time of Christ and that is why the good Bible reading folks tried to kill Jesus.
      • Jesus spoke the truth. The Bible doesn't always mean what people think that it does. It is always true, and we must try to understand it in the light of this fact.

     

     

  7. What does it tell us about the nature of time and the Bible prophecies, that Jesus would declare one part of a sentence fulfilled and the next part of the sentence will not be fulfilled for thousands of years?
    1. That the Bibles ways are beyond understanding.
      • No, it doesn't tell us that at all. We can understand the Bible if we just open our hearts and minds to understanding and believe that what is says is true. We must search for the understanding that the Bible reveals, and not try to conform it to how we think things should be.
    2. Right Answer!That time is mostly meaningless in the prophecies.
      • Yes. The Bible frequently steps over great period of time without blinking an eye.
    3. That the Bible is wrong.
      • This Bible is not wrong. What is in question is people's understanding of the Bible. The Bible means what it means, and not necessarily what people think that it means.
    4. That most of the Bible is only filler and will not come to pass.
      • No. There is no filler in the Bible. Jesus said that every Scripture, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, will be fulfilled before the end.

     

     

  8. Which biblical Age transpired during the time that Jesus declared that what he read of the prophecy will fulfilled and when the unread portion will be fulfilled?
    1. Right Answer!The Church Age.
      • Yes. The Mystery of God, the Church Age. The Bible is about the nation of Israel, except the Church Age is about the Gentiles. After the Church is taken to heaven, Israel will once again be the focus of God's work on the earth.
      • Romans 11:25
        I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. (NIV)
      • Ephesians 3:2-6
        Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me for you, 3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. 6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
      • Colossians 1:27
        To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (NIV)
    2. The end of the age of Israel.
      • No. Israel will be restored. I quoted Romans 11:25 above, now let us look at the next two verses from Romans.
      • Romans 11:26-27
        And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins." (NIV)
      • Paul was explaining that for the Church Age Israel has been rejected, but that it will not remain so. After the last of the Gentiles comes into the Church, then the Church will be taken into heaven, and all Israel will believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
    3. The Industrial Age.
      • No. The Bible does not speak of the Industrial age.
    4. The Computer Age.
      • No. The computer age is nothing in God's eyes. People are forever going on about technology, like it is the Savior, but it is all less than dust on the scales for God. God will soon wipe away all traces of technological society.

     

     

  9. Thinking back to Daniel 9:24-27, between which 'weeks' does the hidden portion of Isaiah 61:1-2 take place.
    1. Between the seventh and eighth.
      • No. The first sixty-nine 'weeks', (483 years), is all continuous.
    2. Right Answer!Between the sixty-ninth and seventieth weeks.
      • Yes. The hidden age, the Church Age, transpires between the time that the Anointed One was cutoff and the signing of the seven-year treaty that marks the start of the 70th week.
    3. After the seventy weeks are finished.
      • No. The Kingdom Age takes place after the 70th week.
    4. It does not relate to that prophecy.
      • It does relate. The hidden portion of Isaiah 61:2 is the same period that is hidden in Daniel's Seventy weeks prophecy.

     

     

    Questions about Malachi 3:1-5

  10. Who is the messenger spoken of in Malachi 3:1?
    1. An angel of God.
      • Matthew 11:7, 10
        7 As John's disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? ...
        10 This is the one about whom it is written: ""I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' (NIV)
      • Jesus told us that this passage from Malachi was talking about John. So it cannot be talking about an angel of God.
    2. Jesus the coming Messiah.
      • No. The messenger is talking about John the baptizer, (see (a.) above). The messenger is talking about Jesus.
    3. The angel Gabriel sent to Mary the betrothed of Joseph.
      • No. See (a.) above.
    4. Right Answer!John the baptizer.
      • Yes. This passage is talking about John the Baptist.

     

     

  11. Which Coming of the Lord is spoken of in Malachi 3:1-3, the First or the Second?
    1. The First Coming of the Lord.
      • You would think that because of the reference to John the Baptist that it would be the First Coming that the passage refers to, but it is not the First, but the Second. It is the Second Coming that is the Coming associated with fire, not the First.
    2. Right Answer!The Second Coming of the Lord.
      • Yes, we go from John to the Second Coming of Christ in the blink of an eye.
    3. It is not talking of the Lord's Coming at all.
      • It was talking of the Lord's Coming. It is quite clear on this point.
    4. What ever you want because the prophecies are subject you your interpretation.
      • The prophecies are not subject to your interpretation, or anyone else'. They speak of what will happen. There are many people that teach that the various teachings regarding the end times are all valid, because they are subject to interpretation. This is illogical. God doesn't want your opinion about what he is going to do. He is going to do what he said he is going to do, and a wise person will listen to God and accept what the Scriptures say.

     

     

  12. Which Coming of the Lord is marked by fire, the First or the Second?
    1. The First Coming of the Lord.
      • No. There was no fire associated with the Lord's First Coming. But the Second Coming is reserved for fire as Peter says:
      • 2 Peter 3:7
        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!The Second Coming of the Lord.
      • Yes, the Lord's Coming next time is in Judgment. He will burn the ungodly from the earth.
      • Matthew 3:11-12
        "I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (NIV)
      • This does not look at all like what happened at the Lord's First Coming, but is exactly what is described for the Second Coming.
      • Matthew 13:40-42
        "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (NIV)
      • This parable is talking about what will happen at the end of the age. The Lord will gather his wheat into barns, that is heaven, but he will gather all of the disobedient and cast them into he fiery furnace, that is the day of the Lord.
    3. The Great Day of Judgment, when the rebels are cast into the Lake of Fire.
      • No. The great day of Judgment is a single day in which God takes all of his 'sheep' to heaven but casts all of the 'goats' into the lake of fire.
    4. Neither, the Lord's Comings are all days for rejoicing.
      • Boy! This is the wrong answer. The First Coming was a joy to the world, but the Second is one of terror.
      • Malachi 3:2
        But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap. (NIV)
      • Clearly this is the Second Coming of Christ and not the First. The First was easy to bear.

     

     

  13. Which biblical Age transpired during the time between the coming of John the baptizer and the Second Coming of the Lord?
    1. Right Answer!The Church Age.
      • Yes, the Church Age, the hidden age, the Mystery of God, transpired during the time not mentioned in Malachi 3:1-5.
    2. The end of the age of Israel.
      • No, the Kingdom of Israel will start after the coming judgment.
    3. The Industrial Age.
      • No.
    4. The Computer Age.
      • No. Read the information for (8-d) above if you want more on this.

     

     

  14. What does it tell us about the nature of time and the Bible prophecies, that the time between the coming of John the baptizer and the Second Coming of Jesus is invisible?
    1. That the Bibles ways are beyond understanding.
      • No, the Bible's logic is very easy to understand and is logical, however, it must be received and understood within its own context. It is both impossible to understand the Bible and easy. Impossible to understand it on you own, but God can make it known to you.
    2. Right Answer!That time is mostly meaningless in the prophecies.
      • Yes, the passing of time is mostly meaningless in the prophecies.
    3. That the Bible is wrong.
      • The Bible is not wrong. It just doesn't mean what most people think that it means.
    4. That most of the Bible is only filler and will not come to pass.
      • There is no filler in the Bible. Jesus said that every passage will be fulfilled.

     

     

  15. Thinking back to Daniel 9:24-27, between which 'weeks' does the hidden portion of time between the coming of John and the Second Coming of Jesus take place?
    1. Between the seventh and eighth.
      • No. The first sixty-nine 'weeks' or 483 years in Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy are continuous.
    2. Right Answer!Between the sixty-ninth and seventieth weeks.
      • Yes. Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy has a gap between the 69th and 70th week, known to us as the Church Age.
    3. After the seventy weeks are finished.
      • No. Jesus Comes during the 70th week.
    4. It does not relate to that prophecy.
      • It does relate. The prophecy does allude to a gap between the 60th and 70th weeks.

     

     

  16. Which Age is mostly hidden in the Old Testament?
    1. Right Answer!The Church Age.
      • Yes, the Church age was a Mystery hidden in God. The fact of the coming Church age could only be known if God chose to reveal it to a person.
    2. The Mosaic Age.
      • No. The Mosaic Age was pretty much the Old Testament period.
    3. The Millennial Kingdom Age.
      • No, there are a great many references to the Millennial Kingdom Age in the Old Testament. This is one of the reasons that Jesus was rejected. People that knew the Bible knew of all of the promises of the coming King that would destroy all of Israel's enemies and establish Israel as the Nation of nations, and Jesus didn't look like the one to bring them to pass. But Jesus will bring the Millennial Kingdom at the appointed time.
    4. The Space Age.
      • No.