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Iran, Israel and the Nuclear Crisis: An Evangelical Christian Perspective with Joel Rosenberg

Iran, Israel and the Nuclear Crisis: An Evangelical Christian Perspective

Overview Quiz

1. What does Rosenberg mean by "the third lens"? *

A. Reading events through Scripture alongside politics and economics

B. A telescope used to study prophecy

C. The perspective of the news media

D. A third political party in Israel

2. Which passage does Rosenberg use to urge people to "analyze the present time"? *

A. Matthew 24:36

B. Luke 12:54-56

C. Ezekiel 38:10

D. Daniel 2:21

3. What event in 1979 does Rosenberg call the explosion of radical Islam? *

A. The founding of the state of Israel

B. The Six-Day War in Jerusalem

C. The Iranian revolution and hostage crisis

D. The collapse of the Soviet Union

4. What did the Iranian leadership of that time believe about the Mahdi? *

A. That his coming was still distant

B. That his arrival was imminent

C. That he had already come and gone

D. That he was only a legend

5. Why does Rosenberg argue Cold War deterrence would not work on that regime? *

A. Because Iran had no weapons at all

B. Because the Soviets were more dangerous

C. Because it welcomed death rather than fearing it

D. Because deterrence never works anywhere

6. What does Rosenberg stress about the timing of Christ's return from Matthew 24:36? *

A. That no one knows the day or the hour

B. That the date can be calculated precisely

C. That it will happen within one year

D. That only prophets can know it

7. What central contrast does Rosenberg draw between the two eschatologies? *

A. One awaits a messiah and the other does not

B. One kills millions and the other saves millions

C. One is ancient and the other is modern

D. One is political and the other is economic

8. What does Rosenberg say the fig tree of Matthew 24 symbolizes? *

A. The nation of Israel

B. The Christian church

C. The Roman Empire

D. The Gentile nations

9. In Ezekiel 38, what does Rosenberg say the name "Gog" is? *

A. A personal first name

B. A title, like pharaoh or czar

C. The name of a city

D. A modern nation

10. What caution does Rosenberg repeatedly give about the Ezekiel prophecy? *

A. That it has already been fulfilled

B. That it can never be understood

C. That it may not be fulfilled soon

D. That it refers only to the past

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