Lesson 3 Overview Quiz – The Rapture

1. According to 1 Corinthians 15:52, how quickly will the rapture take place? *

A. Over a period of several days

B. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye

C. Gradually over the tribulation period

D. Across an entire generation

2. What does the Greek word "atomos," translated "moment," help illustrate about the rapture? *

A. That it happens in a slice of time too small to divide

B. That it involves atomic weapons

C. That it unfolds slowly and deliberately

D. That it can be scheduled in advance

3. What examples does Dr. Woods use to show that God sometimes works over long periods? *

A. The creation week and the flood

B. Israel's 400 years in Egypt and the 70-year Babylonian captivity

C. The life of Christ and the day of Pentecost

D. The building of the temple and the exile

4. What does the Greek word "mystery" (mysterion) actually mean, according to the lesson? *

A. A puzzle that must be solved with great effort

B. A truth that can never be fully understood

C. The revelation of a previously hidden truth now brought into the open

D. A secret that remains hidden forever

5. Where does Dr. Woods say Jesus first disclosed the doctrine of the rapture? *

A. The Sermon on the Mount

B. The Olivet Discourse

C. His conversation with Nicodemus

D. John 14:1-3, in the upper room

6. Why does Dr. Woods say the second advent is not a mystery like the rapture? *

A. Because it is taught throughout the Old Testament, even in Job and Zechariah

B. Because it was invented by the Apostle Paul

C. Because it will never actually happen

D. Because it is found only in the book of Revelation

7. According to the lesson, why did God so often place Paul in prison? *

A. To punish him for his past

B. So that, free of distractions, he could receive revelation about the church

C. Because he had broken Roman law

D. To keep him from preaching the gospel

8. What point does Dr. Woods make by noting that the church age began at Pentecost with a miracle? *

A. That the church age will also end with a miracle, the rapture

B. That miracles have now ceased

C. That Pentecost was the rapture

D. That the church began in the Old Testament

9. What does it mean that the rapture is "imminent"? *

A. That it will happen exactly seven years from now

B. That it can only happen after the tribulation

C. That it is a signless event that could happen at any moment

D. That it requires the Antichrist to appear first

10. According to the lesson, why can the rapture happen today while the second advent cannot? *

A. Because the second advent already happened

B. Because the rapture requires no preceding signs, while the second advent requires the whole tribulation to elapse first

C. Because the rapture is only symbolic

D. Because the second advent is imminent but the rapture is not