Christ and His Everlasting Gospel

What is Exegesis?

Interpretation of text from its original meaning

What is Eisegesis?

Application of text from ones own ideas

What does it mean that the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil are both part of the garden?

They create choice and opposition and they were both planted by God

What are some differences in pre-fall and post-fall relationship?

Communication with God was in person now its only through prayer

What is a ‘help meet’?

Necessary, suited for or sufficient (not subservient)

What was cursed because of the fall?

Satan, Eve, and Adam

How was Satan cursed because of the fall?

Cursed to be on his belly (meaning he has limited power but still can influence), and enmity (resentment)

How was Eve cursed because of the fall?

Sorrow, pain in conception and desire to husband (will be ruled over by her husband)

How was Adam cursed because of the fall?

He needs to work hard to earn (sweat of thy brow you shall earn your bread) and ground is cursed to have to be worked at (thorns and thistles)

What is the speaker in 2 Nephi 2?

Lehi

What is the audience in 2 Nephi 2?

Jacob until verse 14 where it is a group of people

How does Lehi describe his days in the wilderness?

Tribulations (this is suffering because of righteous decision)

What does Lehi say about the necessity of the fall?

Adam fell so men MIGHT have joy

Is the fall regression or progression?

Progression because we could not exist in mortal form without the fall

What is unique from most Christian beliefs that we get from the BOM?

The fall was planed before hand

What are different deaths caused by the fall?

Physical, spiritual and 2nd spiritual

What is physical death from the fall?

Body becomes mortal

How is physical death overcome?

Resurrection

What is spiritual death caused by the fall?

Location separation from God

How is spiritual death overcome?

At judgement

What is the 2nd spiritual death because of the fall?

Sin

How is 2nd spiritual death overcome?

Repentance

How does the atonement cover affliction not from our own sin?

Jesus dealt with the most unfairness so we can deal with our unfairness, consecration letting Jesus create something new out of this

What are 3 fundamental components of Gods plan?

The creation, the fall and the atonement

What are different sources of affliction?

Tribulation (suffering due to righteous decision) and suffering (due to others bad choices)

Where did the book of Moses come from?

Part of Joseph Smith translation

What was Solomon famous for?

Building a temple

Why was the temple Solomon important?

It was a central place for worship and where the Israelites could access Gods presence

How many years between the end of the Old Testament and start of the New Testament

400 years

What are the characteristics of the Messiah that many Jews were looking for?

A superhuman figure who would lead armies of Israel in world conquest

What language was the Old Testament written in?

Hebrew

What language was the New Testament written in?

Greek

What language did Jesus and His apostles speak?

Aramaic

What was the dominate culture in Jesus time?

Hellenism

Who was the political power in Jesus’s time?

Rome

Who conquered the Northern Kingdoms and when?

Assyria in 722BC

Who conquored the Southern Kingdoms and when?

Babylon in 600BC

Who conquered the know world and what language and culture was spread because of it?

Rome conquered and spread Greek and Hellenism

Where there some English translations of the bible before the king James version?

Yes, 80% of KJV comes from Tyndale’s translation

Who were the Pharisees?

Teachers who ran the synagogue and scribes. They were strict about the law of Moses and oral law

Who were the Sadducees?

In charge of temple (which meant they were mostly in Jerusalem), very political, believed only in the Torah and didn’t believe in resurrection

Who were the Essenes?

Lived in the desert, kept dead sea scrolls and were extremely strict

Who were the Samaritans?

Mixed blood (Jew and Gentile), Jews claimed they were unclean, they claimed to be the true people of Israel and they had their own temple

What are beliefs Jews had in common?

Monotheism (belief in one God), election (Gods chosen people), eschatology (they’ll be favored in the end times), temple and Torah (words of the prophets)

What does typology mean?

Study of categories or types

Why is typology important in understanding Jesus in the Old Testament?

Because of the study of the prophesies of the Messiahs coming

What name does God tell Moses in Exodus 3?

I AM THAT I AM which translates to Jehovah

How do we get the name Jehovah?

From the word LORD that in Hebrew is Yahueh which translates to Jehovah

What do we learn about Jesus from Isaiah 53?

Jesus will not be comely (he will look like an ordinary person), He will grow and come from humble origins

Who is the Messianic figure that appears in Daniel 7?

Jesus/person descending from a cloud

What are the benefits and liabilities of art?

Benefit= Looking through a window/deveopling a clearer idea of how it may be

Liability= can perpetuate misconceptions

How does what we see in a picture affect what we read in scripture?

The pictures can ofter be a stronger idea then how the story really is

How do we usually picture Jesus?

soft, white and glowing

Theme of Matthew 15:22-28

Jesus tells a woman she is not worthy of his help because she is a Gentile, he does however end up helping her

How did Moses know the presence of the Lord withdrew after he received a vision?

He fell to the ground and was weak for many hours

How many times did Moses try to get Satan to leave before he was successful?

3 times

What did Moses do that successfully banished Satan?

Used Christs name

How many plans were offering in the council in heaven? And what were they?

Only one plan, to bring to pass the immortality of men

What was the question asked during the council in heaven?

Who shall I send?

What was the biggest difference between what Satan and Jesus offered?

Satan offered no agency while Jesus offered all and glory to God

How was satans proposal interpreted?

Either forcing people to make correct choices or taking away bad choices entirely

How many different accounts of the creation are there?

2 accounts one in Abraham and one in Moses

How is creation described?

Ex Nihil(out of nothing) and bringing chaos into organization

What are some of the differences in pre-fall and post-fall relationships?

Pre-fall

• no happiness and no sin

• Equal heiarchy in garden

• No enmity

How did mark start his gospel?

With Jesus being baptized, where Jesus starts his role as the Messiah

How does Matthew start his gospel?

With Jesus linage and birth

How does Luke start his gospel?

The birth of Jesus

How does John start his gospel?

Premortality, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.

How does Mark teach about Jesus?

Shows Jesus through his actions

How does Matthew teach about Jesus?

Shows how Jesus fulfills prophesies to explain how He is the Messiah

How does Luke teach about Jesus?

Shows through eye and ear witnesses

How does John teach about Jesus?

Light and dark imagery showing Jesus is the God of the old testament showing that Jesus knew who He was

Who was Marks audience?

He was a Jew writing to the Gentiles

Who was Matthews audience?

He was a Jew writing to Jews

Who was Luke’s audience?

He was a Gentile writing to Gentiles

Who was Johns audience?

He was a Jew writing to those already converted

Who was supposedly the first author?

Mark because Matthew and Luke quotes him

What is the term we use to discuss Matthew, Mark and Luke together?

Synoptic gospels

What is a Christology?

The study of the nature of Jesus Christ

What is the Christology of John?

High

What is the Christology of Mark?

Low

Whos point of view is Matthews account of Jesus birth and why is that important?

Its from Josephs point of view, it is important because it will be more important to men of that culture since they care about men’s opinions more

What perspective is Luke’s about of Jesus births from and why is that important?

Mary’s perspective, it is important because its universalism, meaning that its from a perspective that is usually not cared about, also its a primary source

Who are the four women in Matthews genealogy?

Tamar, Rehab, Ruth and Bathsheba

Why are the four women in Matthews genealogy important and what do they have in common?

All stories where women are scandalous and Mary seems as one of them because her child isn’t Josephs

How is Luke’s genealogy different from Matthews?

Luke points out that Jesus has a genealogy which goes back to Adam to emphasizes he is the son of God. Matthews genealogy shows that Jesus is a descendent of David, Moses and Abraham to show how is fulfilling prophesies

Which account of Jesus’s birth includes Wise Men, Stars, slaughter of the innocents, and the flight to Egypt?

Matthew’s

What account of Jesus’s birth includes inns, shepherds and taxes?

Luke’s

What are the implications of Mary and Joseph offering two doves at the temple?

They were very poor since that’s the cheapest sacrifice you can make

What does John 1 and D&C 93 suggest about Jesus childhood?

Jesus put on human flesh and grew up like everyone else

Why does Matthew describe Jesus to be on a mount?

To compare him to Moses since he received laws on a mountain and Jesus is giving laws on one

What is the relationship of Jesus to teaching the law of Moses?

He is emphasizing the importance of the moral and spiritual aspects not invalidating the law

What does Jesus mean by fulfill the law?

To bring them to their full purpose

What can be considered harsh teaching from Jesus?

Divorce being taught as a sin

What are the 6 antithesis?

Don’t hate (do not commit murder), don’t lust in your heart (do not commit adultery), don’t divorce (certify your divorces), don’t make vows (keep your vows), don’t retaliate (retaliate) and love your enemies (hate your enemies)

What are Jesus’s teachings on divorce and how does it relate to our modern day?

Jesus taught whoever divorces commits adultery this is different from modern day because what Jesus says in ancient times is different from what applies to modern day

What does Jesus mean by ‘be ye therefore perfect’?

To be whole or complete not without sin

When does Jesus consider himself perfect?

In 3 Nephi:48 once he is resurrected

What does elder Holland teach about being perfect?

It is a tribute to who God is as a perfect being in which we can only aspire to

Why does Matthew group 10 parables together?

To appear as the reverse of the 10 plagues