Lesson 8 Overview Quiz – The Rapture

1. What detail in Revelation 13:9 does Dr. Woods highlight to support his argument? *

A. It adds a new warning to the churches

B. It drops the phrase "to the churches" found seven times earlier

C. It names the 144,000 for the first time

D. It repeats the phrase exactly as in the earlier chapters

2. Besides the word "church," what else does Dr. Woods say is absent from the tribulation section of Revelation? *

A. The concept of the transnational church made of Jews and Gentiles

B. Any mention of God

C. Any reference to Israel

D. Any mention of angels

3. Which groups show that God is working through a nation during the tribulation, according to the lesson? *

A. The seven churches and their pastors

B. The Gentile nations gathered at Armageddon

C. The 144,000 Jews and the two Jewish witnesses

D. The redeemed of all ages

4. In Revelation, what are the lampstands identified as? *

A. The seven angels

B. The seven seals

C. The seven spirits of God

D. The churches

5. Why does Dr. Woods say the 24 elders cannot be the nation of Israel? *

A. Because Israel is never mentioned in Revelation

B. Because they are crowned and therefore resurrected, but Israel's resurrection comes after the tribulation

C. Because they are angels

D. Because they are still on the earth

6. Why does Dr. Woods say the 24 elders cannot be angels? *

A. Because they sit on thrones and are distinguished from the angels

B. Because they are invisible

C. Because they never speak

D. Because they remain on the earth

7. Which features of the 24 elders match how Christ describes the church in Revelation 2 and 3? *

A. They carry swords and ride horses

B. They wear crowns and are clothed in white

C. They are sealed on the forehead

D. They are given trumpets

8. How does Dr. Woods answer the claim that the elders cannot be singing of their own redemption because they use the third person? *

A. He admits they must be angels

B. He says the passage is mistranslated everywhere

C. He notes that Israel sang about its own redemption in the third person in Exodus 15

D. He says the elders are not really singing

9. According to the lesson, why did God not preserve the original biblical manuscripts? *

A. Because they were never actually written

B. So that copies would protect the message and people would not worship a single original

C. Because they were unimportant

D. Because the church destroyed them

10. What is Dr. Woods's point in comparing the Bible's manuscripts to works like Caesar, Plato, and Homer? *

A. That the Bible has far more manuscripts, and much closer to the originals, than any other ancient work

B. That the Bible has fewer manuscripts than other works

C. That ancient works are more reliable than the Bible

D. That manuscripts do not matter for any book