Overview Quiz

1. Why does Hitchcock call the rebirth of Israel in 1948 the "super sign" of the end times? *

A. Because it was the first prophecy ever fulfilled

B. Because so many other end-time events depend on the Jewish people being back in the land

C. Because it marked the beginning of the tribulation

D. Because it fulfilled Ezekiel 38 completely

2. What is the turning point in the book of Ezekiel? *

A. Chapter 1, the vision of the glory of God

B. Chapter 25, judgment on the near enemies

C. Chapter 33, when word arrives that Jerusalem has fallen

D. Chapter 40, the vision of the temple

3. How does Hitchcock distinguish Gog from the Antichrist? *

A. He says Gog is the king of the north while the Antichrist leads a western confederacy

B. He says they are the same person

C. He says Gog is a place rather than a person

D. He says the Antichrist leads the northern coalition

4. Which scholar does Hitchcock cite as writing in 1846 that Rosh was undoubtedly the Russians? *

A. Josephus

B. C.I. Scofield

C. John Walvoord

D. Gesenius

5. Where does Hitchcock say Meshech and Tubal are located, and why does he disagree with Scofield? *

A. In Germany, because of Cold War alliances

B. In modern Turkey, because Scofield relied on words that merely sound similar to Moscow and Tobolsk

C. In Russia, agreeing fully with Scofield

D. In Iran, based on the Septuagint

6. How does Hitchcock explain the absence of Israel's near neighbors from the list? *

A. He argues they will have already been destroyed

B. He says the passage is not about a literal invasion

C. He points to the phrase "many peoples with you" in verse 6

D. He says Ezekiel simply forgot them

7. Where does Hitchcock place this invasion in the end-time timeline? *

A. Before the rapture

B. In the first half of the tribulation, when Israel dwells securely under a false peace

C. At the very end of the tribulation, as part of Armageddon

D. In the millennial kingdom

8. What important distinction does Hitchcock make about the rapture? *

A. That the rapture and the second coming are the same event

B. That the rapture occurs at the midpoint of the tribulation

C. That the rapture cannot happen until Israel is at peace

D. That the rapture does not start the tribulation, since the peace treaty of Daniel 9:27 does

9. According to Ezekiel 38, how are the invading armies destroyed? *

A. By Israel's superior military technology

B. By the intervention of the Antichrist

C. By God, through an earthquake, infighting, pestilence, and fire from heaven

D. By a coalition of Western nations

10. What does the Greek word pantokrator mean, and why does Hitchcock love it? *

A. It means Almighty, or to have everything in one's hands

B. It means the coming one

C. It means the God of Israel

D. It means the judge of all