Chapter 41 Death and the Intermediate State

Chapter 41 – Death and the Intermediate State

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1. ______is the doctrine that believers remain unconscious between death and the return of Christ.

2. In Roman Catholic theology, ______is the place where souls of believers went to wait until Christ’s resurrection.

3. ______is the teaching that after death, unbelievers will suffer God’s wrath for a time and then be destroyed.

4. The intermediate state is the condition or mode of being for a person between their death and the time of Christ’s ______.

Multiple Choice

5. Death is the ______of living in a fallen world.

A. Punishment

B. Final outcome

C. Penalty

D. All of the above

6. In Roman Catholic teaching, ______is the place where the souls of believers go to be further purified from sin.

A. Limbo

B. Purgatory

C. Hell

D. None of the above 7. Roman Catholics hold that the doctrine that believers suffer punishment for sin after death until they have been purified is found in ______.

A. 1 Corinthians 3:15

B. 2 Maccabees 12:42–45

C. Matthew 5:26

D. All of the above

8. The Grudem text states:“The souls of unbelievers go immediately to ______.”

A. Judgment

B. Destruction

C. Eternal punishment

D. None of the above

True/False

9. The Apocrypha does not teach that we should pray for the dead. ______

10. The NT teaches us to view our own death with joy. ______Chapter 42 – Glorification (Receiving a Resurrection Body)

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1. Glorification is the final step in the application of ______, and it will happen when Christ ______.

2. We will receive this type of body at our future resurrection: ______.

3. Two phrases describing our future resurrection bodies (their strength and their radiance) are “raised in ______” and “raised in ______.”

Multiple Choice

4. The text states that the primary NT passage on glorification is:

A. 1 Corinthians 15:12–28

B. 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

C. John 6:39–40

D. 2 Corinthians 4:7–15

5. Paul describes our resurrection bodies as:

A. Invisible

B. Imperishable

C. Incredible

D. Nonphysical

True/False

6. Snakes and mushrooms will be renewed at the future resurrection. ______7. Matthew 27:52–53 tells us that many dead saints rose again and went into Jerusalem after the resurrection of Jesus. ______

8. Lazarus’ sister Martha did not believe in a future resurrection. ______

9. When Paul says that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,” he means that our resurrection bodies will be spiritual in nature. ______

10. Jesus’ resurrection body has flesh and bones. ______Chapter 43 – Union With Christ

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1. ______refers to the union between the believer and Christ, the workings of which are not fully understood.

2. The phrase “union with Christ” summarizes several different relationships between believers and Christ, through which Christians receive every benefit of ______.

3. “______with Christ” refers to a person’s break with his old way of life through union with Christ.

4. “______with Christ” refers to a person’s receipt of new spiritual life through union with Christ.

Multiple Choice

5. Which of the following is not listed as an aspect of our union with Christ?

A. We are like Christ

B. Christ is in us

C. We are under Christ

D. We are with Christ

6. Whatever Christ did on earth as our ______, God counted it as something we did too.

A. Lord

B. Savior

C. Coheir

D. Representative 7. Which of the following is not listed as one of the four perspectives on the richness of our present life “in Christ”?

A. We are imitators of Christ

B. What we do can be done in Christ

C. All Christians together are one body in Christ

D. We have new life in Christ

True/False

8. Being in union with Christ means that we are also in union with the Holy Spirit. ______

9. That “Christ is in us” means that we imitate him. ______

10. Ephesians 1:4 tells us that God chose us in Christ “before the foundation of the world.” ______