Lesson 2 Overview Quiz – The Rapture

1. What concern among the Thessalonians prompted Paul to write about the rapture? *

A. They were worried about what would happen to their deceased loved ones in Christ

B. They doubted that Jesus had really risen from the dead

C. They wanted to know the exact date of the rapture

D. They were being taught that the rapture had already occurred

2. According to the lesson, where does a believer's soul go at the moment of death? *

A. Into a state of unconscious sleep until the resurrection

B. Immediately into the presence of the Lord

C. Into the tribulation period

D. Into an intermediate place of purging

3. In the order of events Paul describes, who receives their resurrected bodies first? *

A. Living believers on the earth

B. The nation of Israel

C. The dead in Christ

D. The angels of heaven

4. Why does Dr. Woods emphasize that Paul says "do not grieve as those who have no hope"? *

A. Because Paul forbids all grieving over the death of a believer

B. Because grief is a sin for the Christian

C. Because Paul allows grief but not the hopeless mourning of the world

D. Because the Thessalonians were grieving too little

5. How does Dr. Woods define resurrection? *

A. The soul's escape from the body forever

B. A symbolic picture of spiritual renewal only

C. The creation of a brand new soul

D. The reunion of the soul with the body, restored as God intended before the curse

6. What false teaching does Dr. Woods say was causing the Corinthians to abandon the doctrine of resurrection? *

A. Legalism

B. Incipient Gnosticism, which taught that the physical world is bad

C. Emperor worship

D. Replacement theology

7. According to the lesson, why do believers need a resurrected body? *

A. Because the present body is under the curse and not fit for eternity with a holy God

B. Because the soul cannot exist without a body

C. Because the current body is already sinless

D. Because heaven is a physical place requiring no change

8. What does truth six say the rapture will be for one generation of Christians? *

A. A time of great tribulation

B. A second chance at salvation

C. An exemption from death

D. A period of purification

9. Which two Old Testament figures does Dr. Woods cite as having been taken to heaven without dying? *

A. Moses and Aaron

B. Enoch and Elijah

C. Abraham and Isaac

D. David and Solomon

10. What does Dr. Woods say is the one difference between those earlier "raptures" and the coming rapture of the church? *

A. The coming rapture uses a completely different Greek word

B. The earlier ones were only symbolic

C. The coming rapture is for a whole generation, not just an individual

D. The earlier ones happened only after death