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Eschatology Bible Trivia Questions
Questions tagged Eschatology, from the Gospels, the epistles, and Revelation. The app has 185 questions in this set. 12 more quote the ESV at length, and those stay in the app rather than on this page. 12 are printed here.
Questions and answers
Hard Bible Numbers & Statistics
In Daniel 9, how many 'weeks' are decreed concerning Daniel's people and his holy city?
- ASeventyCorrect
- BSixty-two
- CSeven
- DForty-nine
Answer: Seventy
Daniel 9:24 · ESV
Seventy weeks are decreed to finish transgression, to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness. Gabriel then divides the seventy into seven, sixty-two, and a final one. The Hebrew word means a unit of seven, which is why the passage is usually discussed as seventy sevens.
Daniel 9:24 gives the total and its purposes, and verses 25–27 the subdivisions and the events that fall within them.
Why not this one. Sixty-two is one segment inside the seventy, following the first seven, rather than the number decreed over Daniel's people in total.
Easy Doctrine — Baptist Faith & Message
BF&M2000 Article X (Last Things) affirms that God will bring history to its proper conclusion. What event does the article describe as imminent and visible?
- AThe return of the Lord Jesus ChristCorrect
- BThe establishment of a new world government by the church
- CA global revival that ushers in the kingdom
- DThe annihilation of the present cosmos with no future state
Answer: The return of the Lord Jesus Christ
BF&M 2000, Article X · ESV
The article says God will bring the world to its appropriate end in his own time and in his own way, and that Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory. Personally rules out a return in influence or in the church's work; visibly rules out a secret or spiritual coming. The article calls this the certain hope rather than a schedule.
BF&M 2000, Article X; Acts 1:11.
Why not this one. Postmillennialists do expect the gospel to spread widely before Christ returns, and that view remains orthodox. But even on that reading the revival is not the event the article calls imminent and visible; the return itself is.
Hard Doctrine — Christ
In John 5 the Father gives the Son authority to execute judgment. What reason does Jesus give for that grant?
- ABecause he is the Son of ManCorrect
- BBecause he kept the whole law without failing
- CBecause he was anointed by the Spirit at the Jordan
- DBecause he was born in the line of David
Answer: Because he is the Son of Man
John 5:27 · ESV
The reason is his identity as the Daniel 7 figure who receives everlasting dominion, and it is also his humanity: the judge of men appears as a man. The passage ties honouring the Son to honouring the Father, so refusing the Son's authority is not a lesser fault but a refusal of the Father.
John 5:22-29, drawing on the son of man of Daniel 7:13-14.
Why not this one. His sinless obedience is true and essential to his work, but it is not the reason John 5:27 gives. The verse grounds the authority to judge in his being the Son of Man.
Hard Doctrine — Christian Living
According to Romans 14:17, the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of which three things?
- ARighteousness and peace and joy in the Holy SpiritCorrect
- BFaith and hope and love that abides
- CPower and wisdom and glory in Christ
- DTruth and holiness and unity of the Spirit
Answer: Righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit
Romans 14:17 · ESV
The verse gives Paul's reason for refusing to let a dispute over food divide the church: what is at stake in the kingdom is of another order than diet. Two of the three he names, peace and joy, also stand among the nine named as the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5.
Romans 14:17, following the warning in 14:15 not to destroy by food one for whom Christ died.
Why not this one. That triad comes from 1 Corinthians 13:13, where Paul is closing an argument about spiritual gifts. It is not what he sets against eating and drinking here.
Easy Doctrine — Church & Ordinances
According to BF&M 2000, Article VII, in the Lord's Supper members memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate what?
- AHis second comingCorrect
- BThe outpouring of the Spirit
- CThe rebuilding of the temple
- DThe conversion of Israel
Answer: His second coming
BF&M 2000, Article VII · ESV
The Supper looks two directions at once. It remembers a death already accomplished and it waits for a return still promised, which is why the confession joins memorial and anticipation in one sentence.
BF&M 2000, Article VII, following 1 Corinthians 11:26, where the church proclaims the Lord's death until he comes, and BF&M 2000, Article X on last things.
Why not this one. Pentecost is past, not anticipated, and the Spirit already indwells the church that gathers at the Table. The confession points the Supper forward to Christ's return.
Easy Doctrine — Grace & Election
According to 1 Peter 1:3, God has caused believers to be born again to what?
- AA living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the deadCorrect
- BA hope that must be renewed at each yearly feast
- CAn inheritance kept for them in the temple at Jerusalem
- DA hope that depends on how well they endure
Answer: A living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
1 Peter 1:3 · ESV
Peter says God caused the new birth according to his great mercy, and the hope it produces is anchored in an accomplished event outside us, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3–5, where the inheritance is imperishable and kept in heaven, and believers are guarded by God's power through faith.
Why not this one. Verse 5 says believers are guarded by God's power for a salvation ready to be revealed. Their endurance is real, but the inheritance is kept in heaven and does not rest on it.
Easy Doctrine — Last Things
In Revelation 21:2, the holy city coming down out of heaven from God is prepared like what?
- AA bride adorned for her husbandCorrect
- BA bridegroom awaiting his bride
- CA garden watered by a river
- DA vineyard ready for harvest
Answer: A bride adorned for her husband
Revelation 21:2 · ESV
The final state is pictured as a city descending from God to a renewed earth, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Salvation ends not with believers escaping to heaven but with God bringing his dwelling down to be with his people.
Revelation 21:2-3, where the voice from the throne announces that God's dwelling place is now with man, and he will dwell with them.
Why not this one. A river of the water of life does flow through the city in Revelation 22, and Eden stands behind the whole picture, but the simile in this verse is nuptial: the city is dressed as a bride for her husband.
Easy Doctrine — Man & Sin
According to Hebrews 9:27, what comes after man dies once?
- AJudgmentCorrect
- BSleep until the end of the age
- CAnother life on the earth
- DThe dissolving of the soul
Answer: Judgment
Hebrews 9:27 · ESV
It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment. Death is not a doorway to a second chance or to extinction; it is followed by an accounting before God.
Hebrews 9:27 states it, and the next verse draws the parallel that Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many and will appear a second time to save those waiting for him.
Why not this one. Reincarnation is ruled out by the same verse: man dies once, and what follows is judgment, not a return. Hebrews rests its argument about Christ's single offering on that fact.
Medium Doctrine — Salvation
In Romans 8:23 believers who have the firstfruits of the Spirit groan as they wait eagerly for adoption as sons. How does Paul define that awaited adoption?
- AThe redemption of our bodiesCorrect
- BThe revealing of the sons of God to the nations
- CThe inheritance kept in heaven for them
- DThe daily renewal of the inner self
Answer: The redemption of our bodies
Romans 8:23 · ESV
Adoption is granted now, since believers already cry Abba, Father, yet it has a public consummation still to come when the body is raised. Justification has no such future instalment; adoption's remaining act is the resurrection, not a further verdict. It is given now and consummated then.
Romans 8:22-25, where creation and the church groan together awaiting redemption.
Why not this one. Paul mentions creation waiting for the revealing of the sons of God a few verses earlier, but he defines the awaited adoption itself as the redemption of our bodies.
Medium Doctrine — The Holy Spirit
According to Romans 8:11, what will God do through the Spirit who dwells in believers?
- AGive life to their mortal bodiesCorrect
- BFree them from all sickness in this life
- CRemove every trial from their path
- DPerfect them so they no longer sin at all
Answer: Give life to their mortal bodies
Romans 8:11 · ESV
The indwelling Spirit is the link between Christ's resurrection and the believer's. Because the same Spirit who raised Jesus lives in them, their bodies will be raised too, which makes his present indwelling an eschatological pledge rather than only a source of help now.
Romans 8:11, in the chapter that ends by naming the redemption of our bodies as the object of Christian hope (8:23).
Why not this one. Paul assumes ongoing warfare with sin in the same chapter, calling believers by the Spirit to put to death the deeds of the body (8:13).
Easy Doctrine — The Scriptures
Revelation 22:18–19 pronounces a solemn warning against anyone who adds to or takes away from what?
- AThe words of the prophecy of that bookCorrect
- BThe visions given to Daniel
- CThe Gospel of John
- DThe teaching delivered to the church at Ephesus
Answer: The words of the prophecy of that book
Revelation 22:18–19 · ESV
John closes the canon's last book by warning that its words are not to be tampered with. The same principle appears at the beginning of the canon, where Israel is forbidden to add to or subtract from what God commanded.
Revelation 22:18–19, with parallel commands to Israel in Deuteronomy 4:2 and 12:32.
Why not this one. Daniel was told to shut up his words and seal the book until the time of the end, which is a different instruction. The warning at the close of Revelation concerns the prophecy of Revelation itself.
Easy New Testament — General Epistles & Revelation
Hebrews 9:27 says it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes what?
- AJudgmentCorrect
- BPurgatory
- CA second chance
- DSoul sleep
Answer: Judgment
Hebrews 9:27 · ESV
Death is appointed once, and judgment follows it. The writer says this in order to make his point about Christ, who was likewise offered once to bear the sins of many and will appear a second time to save those who wait for him. The parallel is exact: one death and judgment, one offering and a second appearing.
Hebrews 9:27–28.
Why not this one. The verse allows no opportunity to believe after death. Scripture places the call to repent on this side of the grave, and Hebrews repeatedly presses its readers to respond today.