Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

May 24, 2009

11:15 a.m.  -- LIBRARY

 

 Up QuizMenu Early Christian Writings NavTest 2 NavTest3 New Page 2 Hebrews 5-8 Hebrews 9-13 James I Peter II Peter I John II and III John Jude Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Experimental BPCA

 

Hebrews 9-13

 

“By Faith We Understand”

 

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

 

 Note:  All quotations are from the NRSV, except where noted

 

1.       The Ark of the Covenant contained -- :

a.       manna

b.       the Ten Commandments

c.       Aaron’s rod

d.       hostile spirits

 

2.       Christ will appear a second time in order to -- :

a.       defeat death

b.       establish the New Jerusalem

c.       unify the church

d.       save those who wait for him

3.       “Sacrifices and offerings you have prepared for us” is in the Old Testament as part of -- :

a.       Job 22

b.       Psalm 40

c.       Amos 5

d.       Ezekiel 18

 

4.  The addressees have experienced -- :

a.      confiscation of their possessions

b.      imprisonment

c.       public abuse

d.      torture

 

5.  By faith, Enoch -- :

a.      brought water from a rock

b.      restored a dead boy to life

c.       had a vision of God on his throne

d.      did not die

 

6. (Advanced) “They were sawn in two.”  Traditionally, this has been associated with -- :    

a.       Amos

b.       Isaiah

c.       Jeremiah

d.       Melchizedek

 

 

7.       The readers have come to – what?

a.       a blazing fire

b.       a tempest

c.       the sound of a trumpet

d.       the heavenly Jerusalem

 

8.  God is -- :

a.      Lord of spirits

b.      the foundation of faith

c.       a consuming fire

d.      the light that destroys darkness

 

9.       What have some done without knowing it?  

a.       been inspired by the Spirit

b.       talked with the dead

c.       entertained angels

d.       heard the voice of Christ

 

10.       Who has recently been set free?  

a.       Barnabas

b.      Silas

c.       Paul

d.       Timothy