OPC Bible Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
Why did Paul write his letter to Philemon?
Correct Answer
To show tangibly the kind of relationship that God's grace creates in the church for
mission in the world. At its core, it has little or nothing to do with the abolition of
slavery. it has more or everything to do with reconciled relationships in Christ.
Question 2
Where does Joshua set up the twelve stones taken out of the Jordan?
Correct Answer
Gilgal
Question 3
What was Edom's sin against Judah?
Correct Answer
She was proud over her own security and was gloating over Israel's devastation by
foreign powers.
Question 4
In what chapter of the Bible is the destruction of Sodom found?
Correct Answer
Genesis 18-19
Question 5
In what chapters of the Bible can the Book of Comfort be found and what is in this
book?
Correct Answer
Jeremiah 30-33. It depicts the ultimate restoration of both Israel and Judah.
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,Question 6
Peter quotes someone saying: "In these last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit
on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams." Who is he quoting?
Correct Answer
Joel 2
Question 7
State the postmillennial view of Revelation 20.
Correct Answer
The world will eventually be Christianized, resulting in a long period of peace and
prosperity called the millennium. This future period will close with Christ's Second
Coming, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgement, and the eternal state.
Question 8
What is the meaning of the word "testament"?
Correct Answer
A sovereign disposition God had made with his people (synonymous with berith),
not a last will or testament that can change up until that person dies (i.e., an
immutable covenant)
Question 9
What book includes no oracle addressed to Israel but is instead a dialogue between
the prophet and God?
Correct Answer
Habakkuk
Question 10
Who said, and where do we find this: "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy,
gluttons."
Correct Answer
Probably Epimenedes of Crete; Titus 1
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,Question 11
What does 'qoheleth' mean?
Correct Answer
Teacher
Question 12
What big event happened in the Northern Kingdom when Isaiah was between fifty
and sixty years old?
Correct Answer
Tiglath-Pileser III (745-27BC) extended the Assyrian empire and both Northern and
Southern kings had to pay enormous tribute to him. He also began taking Israelite
territories and deporting citizens (2 Kgs. 15:29)
Question 13
What was the main burden of Haggai's ministry?
Correct Answer
Haggai was concerned with the rebuilding of the Temple and with the returnees'
obedience and/or disobedience to God.
Question 14
In what chapter of the Bible is the vision of the valley of dry bones located?
Correct Answer
Ezekiel 37
Question 15
Where do we find the "Council at Jerusalem"?
Correct Answer
Acts 15
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, Question 16
What king drove his chariot like a mad man?
Correct Answer
Jehu, son of Nimshi (2 Kgs. 9)
Question 17
Give the main excuse of the people as seen in Haggai 1:2.
Correct Answer
"Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: 'This people says, "The time has not come,
the time that the Lord's house should be built."'"
Question 18
What is the theme of Proverbs and where is it stated?
Correct Answer
The theme is the way of wisdom (fear of the Lord). "The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs 1:7).
Question 19
In what two towns did Jeroboam build altars and why?
Correct Answer
Bethel and Dan
He was concerned that the people of Israel might return to the house of David if
they continued to journey to Jerusalem for the festivals and observances at the
Temple of Solomon; so he proposed an alternative form of worship that was
idolatrous.
Question 20
To whom was the gospel of Luke written, and what was its purpose and content?
Correct Answer
Theophilus; to write an "orderly account," so that he "may have certainty concerning
the things you have been taught" (1:3-4).
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Question 1
Why did Paul write his letter to Philemon?
Correct Answer
To show tangibly the kind of relationship that God's grace creates in the church for
mission in the world. At its core, it has little or nothing to do with the abolition of
slavery. it has more or everything to do with reconciled relationships in Christ.
Question 2
Where does Joshua set up the twelve stones taken out of the Jordan?
Correct Answer
Gilgal
Question 3
What was Edom's sin against Judah?
Correct Answer
She was proud over her own security and was gloating over Israel's devastation by
foreign powers.
Question 4
In what chapter of the Bible is the destruction of Sodom found?
Correct Answer
Genesis 18-19
Question 5
In what chapters of the Bible can the Book of Comfort be found and what is in this
book?
Correct Answer
Jeremiah 30-33. It depicts the ultimate restoration of both Israel and Judah.
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,Question 6
Peter quotes someone saying: "In these last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit
on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams." Who is he quoting?
Correct Answer
Joel 2
Question 7
State the postmillennial view of Revelation 20.
Correct Answer
The world will eventually be Christianized, resulting in a long period of peace and
prosperity called the millennium. This future period will close with Christ's Second
Coming, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgement, and the eternal state.
Question 8
What is the meaning of the word "testament"?
Correct Answer
A sovereign disposition God had made with his people (synonymous with berith),
not a last will or testament that can change up until that person dies (i.e., an
immutable covenant)
Question 9
What book includes no oracle addressed to Israel but is instead a dialogue between
the prophet and God?
Correct Answer
Habakkuk
Question 10
Who said, and where do we find this: "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy,
gluttons."
Correct Answer
Probably Epimenedes of Crete; Titus 1
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,Question 11
What does 'qoheleth' mean?
Correct Answer
Teacher
Question 12
What big event happened in the Northern Kingdom when Isaiah was between fifty
and sixty years old?
Correct Answer
Tiglath-Pileser III (745-27BC) extended the Assyrian empire and both Northern and
Southern kings had to pay enormous tribute to him. He also began taking Israelite
territories and deporting citizens (2 Kgs. 15:29)
Question 13
What was the main burden of Haggai's ministry?
Correct Answer
Haggai was concerned with the rebuilding of the Temple and with the returnees'
obedience and/or disobedience to God.
Question 14
In what chapter of the Bible is the vision of the valley of dry bones located?
Correct Answer
Ezekiel 37
Question 15
Where do we find the "Council at Jerusalem"?
Correct Answer
Acts 15
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, Question 16
What king drove his chariot like a mad man?
Correct Answer
Jehu, son of Nimshi (2 Kgs. 9)
Question 17
Give the main excuse of the people as seen in Haggai 1:2.
Correct Answer
"Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: 'This people says, "The time has not come,
the time that the Lord's house should be built."'"
Question 18
What is the theme of Proverbs and where is it stated?
Correct Answer
The theme is the way of wisdom (fear of the Lord). "The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs 1:7).
Question 19
In what two towns did Jeroboam build altars and why?
Correct Answer
Bethel and Dan
He was concerned that the people of Israel might return to the house of David if
they continued to journey to Jerusalem for the festivals and observances at the
Temple of Solomon; so he proposed an alternative form of worship that was
idolatrous.
Question 20
To whom was the gospel of Luke written, and what was its purpose and content?
Correct Answer
Theophilus; to write an "orderly account," so that he "may have certainty concerning
the things you have been taught" (1:3-4).
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