Lesson 5 Overview Quiz – The Rapture

1. What is Dr. Woods's main reason that the pre-tribulation rapture is missing from the great creeds? *

A. The creeds deliberately condemned the doctrine

B. The doctrine had not yet been revealed in Scripture

C. The creeds were formulated after the church had turned to allegorical interpretation

D. The creeds only dealt with the rapture indirectly

2. Whom does Dr. Woods cite as a fourth-to-sixth-century writer whose words sound like a modern pre-trib statement? *

A. Augustine

B. Pseudo-Ephraim

C. Origen

D. Irenaeus

3. According to George Gunn's research, how did the earliest church fathers interpret John 14:1-3? *

A. As a symbol of spiritual growth

B. As a description of the millennial kingdom

C. As a reference to the second advent only

D. As Christ returning to rescue His people and take them to the Father's house

4. Which passage does Dr. Woods use to argue that end-times knowledge was sealed until near the end? *

A. Daniel 12:4 and 12:9

B. Amos 8:12

C. 1 Corinthians 15:51

D. John 14:1-3

5. What does Dr. Woods say "knowledge will increase" in Daniel 12 refers to? *

A. Advances in technology and travel

B. The growth of the world's population

C. Increasing understanding of the end times

D. The spread of literacy

6. How does Dr. Woods distinguish "progressive illumination" from "progressive revelation"? *

A. Illumination adds new books to the Bible, while revelation clarifies old ones

B. Illumination is God making already-revealed truth clearer, not giving new revelation

C. They are two names for the same thing

D. Revelation applies only to the Old Testament

7. According to the lesson, in what order did the church systematize its doctrines? *

A. Eschatology first, then the canon and Christology

B. Salvation first, then the atonement and the canon

C. Canon, then Christology, then the atonement, then salvation, and finally eschatology

D. All doctrines were settled at the same time

8. Which famous scientist does Dr. Woods quote as predicting that near the end, men would insist on the literal interpretation of prophecy? *

A. Galileo

B. Sir Isaac Newton

C. Blaise Pascal

D. Johannes Kepler

9. Which of these is one of the main views on the timing of the rapture that Dr. Woods surveys? *

A. Amillennial rapturism

B. Preterist rapturism

C. Post-tribulationism

D. Covenantal rapturism

10. Why does Dr. Woods say the "pre-wrath" label is misleading? *

A. Because every view considers itself pre-wrath, and this view actually keeps the church through most of the tribulation

B. Because it denies the wrath of God entirely

C. Because it is identical to the pre-tribulation view

D. Because it places the rapture before the church age begins