Overview Quiz

1. Which two figures does Fruchtenbaum credit with shifting the church from premillennialism to amillennialism? *

A. Origen and Augustine

B. Jerome and Ambrose

C. Luther and Calvin

D. Polycarp and Irenaeus

2. What does replacement theology teach about the prophecies of Israel's restoration? *

A. That they will be fulfilled literally in the future

B. That they were fulfilled spiritually in the church rather than literally in Israel

C. That they apply only to the tribulation period

D. That they were never actually written

3. Why does the second perspective say Deuteronomy 30 does not fit the modern Jewish state? *

A. Because the passage never mentions a regathering

B. Because the passage was already fulfilled in Egypt

C. Because the passage places national faith before the final regathering

D. Because the passage forbids Jewish people from returning

4. What criticism does Fruchtenbaum make of the third perspective's ministries? *

A. That they refuse to help Jewish people move to Israel

B. That they deny the second coming entirely

C. That they teach amillennialism

D. That they help Jewish people financially but refuse to share the gospel with them

5. What key insight does Fruchtenbaum say the first three perspectives all miss? *

A. That Scripture describes two different worldwide regatherings

B. That the millennium is only symbolic

C. That Israel will never be restored

D. That the temple has already been rebuilt

6. In Ezekiel 20:33-38, what historical event provides the pattern for the future regathering? *

A. The building of Solomon's temple

B. The Exodus and the wilderness judgment of the rebellious generation

C. The return from Babylon

D. The conquest of Jericho

7. What timing does Zephaniah 2:1-2 supply for the first regathering? *

A. It occurs after the millennial kingdom

B. It occurs after national salvation

C. It occurs before the day of the Lord begins

D. It occurs at the second coming

8. How does Isaiah 11:11 answer the fourth perspective? *

A. It says there will be many regatherings and dispersions

B. It numbers the final regathering as the second, so only one can precede it

C. It denies any regathering at all

D. It places the regathering in the days of Babylon

9. According to Daniel 9:27, what single event triggers the seven-year tribulation? *

A. The rapture of the church

B. The rebuilding of the temple

C. The invasion described in Ezekiel 38

D. The signing of a covenant between Israel and the Antichrist

10. Why does Fruchtenbaum say certain temple and Ezekiel 38 prophecies could not be fulfilled before 1967? *

A. Because Israel did not yet exist as a nation

B. Because they require Israeli sovereignty over the temple compound and the mountains of Israel

C. Because the red heifer had not yet been born

D. Because the ark of the covenant had not been found