Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy – The Bible in Context

Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy – The Bible in Context

October 4, 2009

9:30 a.m.

Revelation 2: 12-17

(Message to Pergamum)

“Satan’s Throne”

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

Quotations are from NIV, unless otherwise stated. 

1.       A famous European museum named after Pergamum is in -- :

a.       London

b.       Paris

c.       Rome

d.       Berlin

2.       An early Christian, killed in Pergamum, is the only martyr named in Revelation.  He was -- :

a.       Stephen

b.       Antipas

c.       Antipater

d.       Titus

3.       Pergamum encountered heretics known as --:

a.       Docetists

b.       Adoptionists

c.       Nicolaitans

d.       Cerenthians

4.       Some Christians in Pergamum countenanced -- :

a.       multiple baptisms

b.       seances

c.       eating food offered to idols

d.       syncretism

5.      “He who conquers” will receive --:

a.      a white robe

b.      manna

c.       a crown

d.      a two-edged sword

6.       “Satan’s throne” may refer to  -- :

a.       The Mausoleum

b.       The Artemesion

c.       The Praetorium

d.       The temple of Isis

7.       (See Numbers 22 – 24)  Balaam was hired by Balak to -- :

a.       build a temple

b.       train an army

c.       curse the Israelites

d.       ambush the Israelites

8.        In the story of Baalam, he was denounced by  -- :

a.       his king

b.       a prophet

c.       an army general

d.       a donkey

9.       According to the writer of II Peter, Balaam -- :

a.       denied the master who bought him

b.       loved the wages of doing wrong

c.       sacrificed to Baal

d.       wrote the psalms

10.     The Great Library of Pergamum was:

a.       sent to Rome

b.       given as a present to Cleopatra

c.       burned down by Alexander

d.       converted into a temple