Lesson 2 Flashcards
How were the Roman provinces mainly established?
A) Senatorial diplomatic means through a king ceding his territory
B) Imperial through means of force or conquest by the Imperial Roman army
The Roman empire would allow conquered nations to practice their own religion and keep their own customs if they did want two things?
A) Be peaceful
B) Pay your taxes
Contrast the Hebrew and Greco-Roman in Relation to God?
Hebrew A) un see able God in the present
B) God is present but needs to be transcendent and God is faraway
Why did the Pharisees develop certain extrabiblical customs “fence laws”
To protect the Jews and to guard against the influence of Greek culture
What is the most powerful force in this world and why?
The Truth because God is Truth
Why should we be patient with those who struggle with the Oneness of God?
We are living in a culture that is pervaded by the language and the concepts of tritheism and the trinity.
Jesus challenge was not to convince the Jews that there was one God; the challenge was for Him to convince them of what?
He was God manifested in the flesh
Why can’t the language of the Trinity be found in the scriptures?
The writers and audiences of the new testament were either Jews or God-fearers, so they had already settled the question of how many Gods there were.
