Questions Concerning the First Advent of Christ.

  1. Looking at Matthew 21:1-9 what is the sign that Israel would see announcing the coming King of Israel?
    1. Right Answer!The King would come to Jerusalem riding on a very young donkey.
    2. The people would all be singing and dancing for joy at his arrival.
    3. The Holy Spirit would descend upon him at his baptism announcing the fact that he is the Christ.
    4. He would be conceived in the womb of a virgin Israelite woman.

     

  2. Why are the people calling Jesus the Son of David?
    1. Because Joseph was Jesus' Hellenistic name, but David was Jesus' father's Jewish name.
    2. Because Joseph was a descendant of King David.
    3. Because Mary was a descendant of King David.
    4. Because the kings of Judah, (the Jews), always came from the family of King David, and the people were hailing Jesus as the coming king.
    5. It was prophesied in the Old Testament that the King that would establish Israel as the premiere nations would come from David's line.
    6. (b.), (d.), (e.), but not (c.) and (a.).
    7. (c.) and (a.), but not (b.), (d.), and (e.)
    8. Right Answer!All but (a.)

     

  3. What kingdom did they mean in Mark 11:10?
    1. They meant the prophesied kingdom found in Daniel 2:44.
    2. They meant the kingdom that God promised David in 2 Samuel 7:16.
    3. They meant the kingdom mentioned in Daniel 7:18.
    4. It was the same kingdom that the disciples were asking about in Acts 1:6.
    5. Right Answer!All of the above.

     

  4. In Luke 19:38 the people are calling Jesus a King; why?
    1. Right Answer!Because Jesus is and was Israel's rightful King.
    2. Because Jesus looked like a powerful king.
    3. Because Jesus Christ was wealthy and powerful and the people associated this with the authority of a king.
    4. None of the above.

     

  5. Considering these "Triumphal Entry" passages, when was Jesus announced to the Jews as the Coming King, relative to his death?
    1. Thirty years before his death.
    2. Thirty-three years before his death.
    3. Three and a half years before his death.
    4. Right Answer!Just before his death.

     

    Questions about Daniel 9:24-27

  6. In Daniel 9:26 it says, "After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing." what is the nothing that the Anointed One will not have?
    1. His life.
    2. Right Answer!His rightful kingdom.
    3. His power and authority.
    4. He will be rejected by God, and be cast out of heaven.

     

  7. Looking carefully at Daniel 9 when is the year of Jesus' Coming?
    1. Right Answer!The same year that he died.
    2. Thirty years before he died.
    3. Thirty-three years before he died.
    4. Three and a half years before he died.

     

  8. When did Jesus actually start his earthly ministry?
    1. At the time of his "Triumphal Entry," just days before his death.
    2. Right Answer!At the time of his baptism by John, approximately three and a half years before his death.
    3. At the moment of his conception, approximately thirty-four years before his death.
    4. At the moment of his birth, approximately thirty-three years before his death.

     

    Questions Concerning the Second Advent of Christ.

  9. What is the sign that announces the Lord's Second Coming to Israel, that corresponds to the sign of his riding on a donkey at the First Coming?
    1. He will come riding on the clouds.
    2. Lightning will flash in the east and be visible in the west.
    3. The heavens will be rent in two and the Lord will descend in splendor.
    4. Right Answer!The sun will be darkened and the moon and stars will not be visible.

     

  10. When does this "official" sign occur relative to the sounding of the seventh trumpet?
    1. Right Answer!Three and a half years later.
    2. At the same time.
    3. Three and a half years before.
    4. Seven years after.

     

  11. At Jesus' First Coming, his riding the donkey into Jerusalem was his "official" Coming sign, and his baptism by John accompanied by the Holy Spirit descending upon him like a dove was his actual start of ministry, what is the "official" and actual signs of his Second Coming?
    1. Right Answer!The official sign is the sun, moon, and stars being darkened, and his actual coming is three and a half years earlier at the sounding of the seventh trumpet, which occurs right after the abomination that causes desolation sign.
    2. The official sign is the sun, moon, and stars being darkened, and his actual coming is at the same time, that is, when the lightening that comes from the east and is visible in the west is seen by everyone on earth.
    3. The official sign is the sun, moon, and stars being darkened, and his actual coming is seen by his riding a white horse in the clouds which happens seven years before the official sign.
    4. All of the above.

     

  12. Thinking again of the Lord's First Coming, which sign was the more visible, the Official sign that was for the many in Israel, or the actual coming which was for the believers?
    1. The baptism by John.
    2. Right Answer!Jesus riding the donkey.

     

  13. Considering his Second Coming, which event will be more visible to the people, the sun, moon, and stars darkening, or the sounding of the seventh trumpet and his coming in the clouds?
    1. Right Answer!The sun, moon, and stars darkening.
    2. The sounding of the seventh trumpet and his coming in the clouds.

     

  14. What is the point of this study?
    1. Right Answer!That like his First Coming, the Lord's Second Coming has two points, one the Official Coming, and the other the actual, so we should consider this when looking at the prophecies.
    2. There is no point, the writer just asks a lot of questions and who cares what the answers are.
Return to The Official Coming of the Lord