Lesson 4 Overview Quiz – The Rapture

1. In the Christmas and Thanksgiving analogy, what do the "signs of Christmas" represent? *

A. The rapture itself

B. The signs of the coming tribulation period

C. The second advent of Christ

D. The end of the millennial kingdom

2. What is the main point of that analogy? *

A. That the tribulation has already begun

B. That no one can know anything about the future

C. That if the tribulation is near, the rapture that precedes it is even nearer

D. That Christmas is more important than Thanksgiving

3. According to Dr. Woods, what is the primary purpose of the doctrine of imminence? *

A. To fuel endless speculation about dates

B. To change the way believers live

C. To identify the Antichrist

D. To predict world events

4. Besides holiness, what other response does Dr. Woods say imminence fuels? *

A. Evangelism

B. Political activism

C. Financial giving

D. Withdrawal from society

5. What is the "recency fallacy," as Dr. Woods describes it? *

A. Assuming something is false only because it is old

B. Attacking an idea by attacking its source

C. Assuming the majority is always right

D. Assuming something is false simply because it is new, or true simply because it is old

6. What is the "genetic fallacy" in the rapture debate? *

A. Attacking the doctrine by attacking figures like Darby or Scofield rather than the idea itself

B. Assuming the majority opinion is correct

C. Claiming the doctrine is too new to be true

D. Denying that genetics has anything to do with theology

7. What parallel does Dr. Woods draw between the rapture debate and Martin Luther? *

A. Luther invented the doctrine of the rapture

B. Luther faced the same objection, that his doctrine was missing from centuries of church history

C. Luther rejected justification by faith alone

D. Luther taught an allegorical view of prophecy

8. How does Dr. Woods use Acts 20:29-30 in his argument? *

A. To prove the rapture already happened

B. To show that the majority is always right

C. To argue that Paul predicted savage wolves would fill church history, so its absence there proves little

D. To identify the exact date of the rapture

9. According to the lesson, which two ancient schools were in conflict over how to interpret prophecy? *

A. Rome and Constantinople

B. Jerusalem and Athens

C. Corinth and Ephesus

D. Antioch and Alexandria

10. Which theologian does Dr. Woods credit with the first formal treatment of amillennialism, in the fourth century? *

A. Origen

B. Augustine

C. Jerome

D. John Nelson Darby