INTRODUCTION TO BIBLE PROPHECY – Reading Comprehension Quiz - ANSWERS
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Our Creator declares the end from the beginning.
Integrity, devotion to duty, true principles in face of apparent great danger.
Every true disciple is born into the Kingdom of God as a missionary.
One who is sent on a mission
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Matthew 28:19.
6. History told in Advance.
7. Hope.
8. Prophecies are compared in the SP to rare diamonds lying hidden in the solitude of the
mine. One cannot exhaust exploring a diamond; neither can one exhaust exploring and
finding precious gems in Bible prophecies.
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9. God will reveal them to His prophets.
10. “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in
conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12.
11. In the past god communicated with mankind through His prophets; Today He communicates
through Jesus, in other words, the Bible.
12. Integrity, purpose in the heart that he will not defile himself, humility, prayerfulness,
courageous devotion to duty, faith and deep regard to the cause of God.
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13. A) Message to the Jews:
a. God’s great purpose to save the Jews;
b. Daniel recognized as an outstanding man of God – a prophet;
B) Message to Babylon:
a. An opportunity of becoming acquainted with God and the way of salvation;
b. The Purpose of the Hebrew nation in Babylon;
c. The doom to a fallen Babylon;
C) Message to those living in the “Time of The End;”
a. “Until 2300 days the Sanctuary shall be purified...” “...and seal the book even to the
time of the end...”
14. To us living in the “Time of the End” – in other words, from 1844 to close of probation.
15. The meaning of the prophecies of Daniel was to be unfolded from age to age as God’s
people should need the instructions in them.
16. At the beginning of Daniel’s supplication the angel Gabriel was sent with the answer, in
accordance to what is written in Isaiah “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will
answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24.
17. Hesitation, sluggish movements in God’s work, lack of understanding regarding the
importance of time, habit of living the most important things for later on undone while
occupying the time in less taxing or more pleasant on... doubts, delays, indecisions, etc.
These frequently give the enemy every advantage.
18. Rapid movements.
19. Long delays tire the angels who are always ready to help and support.
20. People whose judgement is at hand, able to promptly decide what best course of action to
take.
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21. Some will be willing to do just the work they feel like doing and will make themselves ready
only and only when they can see clearly what they are suppose to do... They would never
advance the uncertain waters of the red sea as did Moses...
22. God is calling men and women who will go forward to accomplish their mission not in their
own power but in the power of the living God. Man and women of unwavering faith even
under unfavourable circumstances, self-sacrificing servants who do not measure their work
by hours and whose wages do not influence the effectiveness of their labour, workers who
have received their commission from heaven and that to heaven they look for the reward...
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23. God illuminated human writers and the human writers arranged the messages in human
language. “the Bible, with its God-given truths expressed in the language of men, presents a union of the divine and the
human. Such a union existed in the nature of Christ, who was the Son of God and the Son of man.” (GC v.4).
24. “Lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Matt. 28:20
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25. “Get thee behind me, Satan.” These words of Jesus should inspire every missionary to be
grounded on the Word of God, always; otherwise Satan will take advantage of
presumptuous servants and speak through them, as he did with Peter.
26. Through sacred history marked out in the Word of God, uniting link after link in the
prophetic chain we learn where we are in the time line and what may be expected for the
future.
27. God overrules all to the accomplishment of His purposes. Many nations were given a time of
test to see if they would fulfil God’s purposes... each has failed, their glory faded, its glory
departed... and when it happened their place was occupied by another.
28. By rejecting God’s principals the nations of this earth have wrought their own ruin upon
themselves.
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29. The signs of times today tell us that we are standing on the threshold of solemn events... the
world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis... everything in our world is in agitation... before
our eyes is fulfilling the Saviour’s prophecy of the events that must take place just before His
coming...
30. The Bible and the Bible only.
31. ...because the inhabitants of the earth have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances,
broken the everlasting covenant... Isaiah24:1-6.
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32. ...because they relate to the very time we are living in. The book of Revelation must be
linked to the studies of the prophecies recorded by Daniel.
33. “The wise shall understand” Dan. 12:10; “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the
words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.” Rev. 1:3
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34. No. We can see that in Dan.12:4, 9 and 13
35. After the 2300 days of the prophecy, in other words, when the first angels’ message should
be proclaimed to our world, which is the beginning of the prophetic period known as “Time
of the End.”
36. No. They will not comprehend because they have rejected the light in regard to the Law of
God.
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37. Angels desire to look into the truths that are revealed to God’s people.
38. “I have been instructed that the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation should be printed in
small books, with the necessary explanations, and should be sent all over the world.”
39. The people of God – The church.
40. The fact that certain doctrines have been held as truth for many years by our people is not a
proof that our ideas are infallible. Age will not make error into truth, and truth can afford to
be fair. No true doctrine will lose anything by close investigation. We must investigate
“everything” thoroughly.
41. “We cannot afford rejecting anything that bears the fruit of the Spirit of God... we must be
teachable, meek and lowly of heart...” otherwise “we may endanger our eternal interests as
did the Jewish nation in their rejection of Christ.”
42. “Those who really love God are real lovers of truth, and they will be diligent in searching for
it. Genuine scholarship does not consist in demolishing truth, but in revealing error. Men
who are true scholars and are deeply devoted to God will build and enlarge upon previous
achievements.”
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43. “Our task today is to deepen and broaden our understanding, and, if possible, to gain new
insight into prophecies not in the past clearly understood or only partially perceived.”
44. When we behave in such a way “we are not safe.”
45. “There will not be oft-repeated ideas and dull sermonizing in their presentation of the
truth... The old truth will be presented in a new light... There will be a new perception of the
truth... new beauty...”
46. True “new light” does not do away with old truths we know are true. New light brings more
brilliancy upon old truths and not the opposite.
47. “The Three Angels’ message is sounding; it is infallible;” “it is sure [that we have the truth] as
God lives...”
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48. Increasing light will be shed upon the grand truths of prophecy, and they will be seen in
freshness and brilliancy.
49. “New light will ever be revealed on the word of God to him who is in living connection with
the Sun of Righteousness. Let no one come to the conclusion that there is no more truth to
be revealed.”
50. They eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus Christ as they go about their studies; in this
way they do not gather a theoretic knowledge alone but they are indeed guided and moved
by the Holy Ghost.
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51. Habakkuk 3:17-19
17 Although
the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the
olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and
there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make
me to walk on my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
52. About 6.000 years
53. “They chose to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for
a season... They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, [and] were slain with
the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,
tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in deserts, and in
mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth...”
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54. “I have fought the good fight.”
55. See page 21 (f). The power of prayer, the part of angels in the affairs of men; secret of true
success, The ability to rise above trials and misfortunes, The hand of God in national and
international affairs... etc.
56. “...the outworking of God’s providences, the reward of faith and discretion, of virtue and
perseverance. Fine mental qualities and a high moral tone...”
57. During the reign of Hezekiah, when the people of God would be carried captive to Babylon.
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58.