KINGDOM AND COVENANT IN THE NEW TESTAMENTS

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Lesson 2: Test Paper

NAME DATE SCORE

1. What is the key theme underlying all New Testament theology?

a. Salvation
b. Justice
c. The kingdom of God

2. Another term for "gospel" is ____________.

a. salvation b. prophecy c. good news

3. The phrase "good news" comes from the Greek noun __________.

a. eunoia b. euangelion c. didaskalia

4. True or false? The main message of the gospel is about the steps an individual should take
to be saved.

a. True
b. False

5. When used in the Greek translation of the Old Testament (the Septuagint), the word for
"proclaiming the good news" often refers to _____________.

a. victory in battle
b. salvation from sin
c. the time of harvest

6. The basic concept of the gospel in the New Testament is the good news of victory for
_________.

a. Israel b. justice c. the kingdom of

God

7. How does lesson two define the kingdom of God?

a. The liberation of God's people in God's time

b. God’s rule over God's people in God's place
c. The eternal salvation of God's people

8. Scripture refers to God's kingdom in two primary ways, God's unwavering ________ over all
creation and the _______ kingdom throughout history.
 a. sovereignty / unfolding
b. mercy / temporary
c. covenant / future

9. _____________ and ______________ are two evil empires that God called to conquer the
Jewish people and take them into exile.

10. What does it mean when Isaiah says that the Lord will "bare his holy arm"?

a. He will show his glory.

b. He will manifest his righteousness.
c. He will defeat his enemies.

11. True or false? The theme of the kingdom of God in the New Testament has been
recognized for over two thousand years in traditional Christian theology.

a. True
b. False

12. True or false? The early followers of Jesus gradually learned that the kingdom of God was
not coming as they had imagined.

a. True
b. False

13. What phrase was often used by rabbis and leaders in Israel to describe the present age of
sin, suffering and death that exists since the Fall?

a. The age of darkness

b. This age
c. The kingdom of man

14. What phrase was often used by rabbis and leaders in Israel to describe the future age of
righteousness, love, joy, and peace that would follow the exile?

a. The age to come

b. The apocalypse
c. The age of light

15. While Jewish sects had different ideas about the transition to a future age of righteousness,
love, joy and peace, most agreed that there would be a __________.

a. wicked king b. catastrophic c. natural

war disaster

16. True or false? Most Jewish sects were expecting the Messiah to lead the angels of heaven
and God's people to victory over both human and spiritual enemies.

a. True
b. False
17. What word comes from the Greek translation of "Messiah" in Hebrew?

a. Christ b. Jesus c. Emmanuel

18. What is meant by "inaugurated eschatology?"

a. It refers to the fact that when Jesus came to earth, he established the final eternal
form of the kingdom.
b. It refers to the fact that Israel was the beginning of the kingdom of God on earth.
c. It refers to the fact that the Messiah has already come, but the final victory has not
yet occurred.

19. What are the titles given to the three stages of the coming of God's kingdom?

a. Before the Fall, after the Fall, and in eternity

b. Planned, promised, and purchased
c. inauguration, continuation, and consummation

20. Lesson two describes two aspects of the New Testament victory of the kingdom of God:
______ and deliverance.

a. permanence b. defeat c. salvation

21. Colossians 2:15 teaches that Jesus disarmed the powers and authorities, making a public
spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the _______.

a. sword of b. cross c. truth

salvation

22. Match the blessings of deliverance with the stage of the coming of the kingdom of God,
according to the New Testament.

__ 1) Miracles, attention to social justice, purchase of eternal

Consummation salvation, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
2) God continues to grant the Holy Spirit, he sanctifies,
__ Inauguration
gives joy, power.
3) God's people will fully experience all the blessings of
__ Continuation
the kingdom.