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New Testament
Fourth Exam
101
Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
04/24/2009

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Hebrews 6
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Warning against apostasy
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Hebrews 11
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Heroes of faith
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Hebrews 12
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God's discipline
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James 1
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Trials and temptations
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James 2
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Faith and Works
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James 3
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Controlling the tongue
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1 Peter 4
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Suffering for the sake of Christ
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2 Peter 2
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False teachers
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2 Peter 3
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Certainty of Christ's coming in spite of delay
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Revelation 1
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Vision of the risen Christ
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Revelation 2-3
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Letters to the seven churches
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Revelation 4
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Praise to the One who sits on the throne
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Revelation 5
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Praise to the lamb
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Revelation 19
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The second coming of Christ
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Revelation 20
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The millennium
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Revelation 21-22
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The new heaven and earth
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The Big Idea this section
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The NT is both a book and a library
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The readers of Hebrews
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Jewish Christians living in Rome (a mixed church)
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When did the author write Hebrews
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before AD 70 when the temple was destroyed
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Why did the author write Hebrews
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The people needed to persevere, since they were in danger of leaving their faith in Christ in the midst of their difficulties
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Key word in Hebrews
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Better
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5 things Jesus is better than
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The OT prophets. The angels. Moses. Joshua. Aaron
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4 ways Jesus was better than Aaron
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High priest. priestly order. sacrifice. covenant
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Key response emphasized in Hebrews
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FAITH (endurance)
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The author of Hebrews directs his writings to. . .
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a mixed church. One that included not only true believers, but also those who have never believed.
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3 views about the most difficult warning passage:
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The "Loss of salvation" view.
The "Loss of God's blessing" view.
The "Not genuine believers" view.
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Principle from Hebrews to apply today:
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When I am ministering in a church setting today, I must be careful not to assume that everyone has faith in Jesus, because most Churches include both believers & unbelievers.
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Main topic for the book of James
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Righteousness is practical
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there is a higher percentage of commands in this book than in any other book in the NT
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James
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The general epistles
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written to a more general audience. James, 1&2 Peter 1&2&3 John , and Jude
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Identity of James
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Brother of Jesus and leader of the early church in Jerusalem. Killed in AD 62 by High priest.
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The recipietns of the letter of James
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Jewish Christians living outside the land of Israel
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Outside message of James
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be patient in the midst of trials
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James explains 3 things in his outside message:
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The reality of trials. The requirement of patience. The reward for the faithful.
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The inside message of James
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Quick to hear. Slow to speak. Slow to anger.
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being quick to hear includes being quick to ________
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respond
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what book says that the tongue can produce a great deal of evil and is hard to control
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James
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James says that the root cause of anger is ____________
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selfishness
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How we can live with practical righteousness?
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we need a greater grace that comes form God.
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Main topic for 1 Peter
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Persecution is expected
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Place of orgin for 1 Peter
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written from the city of Rome
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Destination for 1 Peter
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Five Roman providences in Asia Minor
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The relationship between Peter and the recipients (1 Peter)
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Emperor Claudius established Roman colonies in each of hte five providences. Peter was writing to Roman Christians who had moved in order to take up a new live in the Roman Colonies in Asia Minor
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Peter uses the verb ___________ 12x in 1 Peter
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to suffer
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Peter uses the noun _______ 4x in 1 Peter
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suffering
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In 1 Peter, Peter uses 3 metaphors to help believers understand their circumstances:
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You are pure gold. You are sojourners/temporary residents. You are copies of Jesus
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The message of 1 Peter is relevant because:
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It could happen here. It is happening elsewhere.
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main topic for 2 Peter and Jude
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contending for truth is necessary
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the 2 books that are the most similar in the NT
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2 Peter and Jude
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the relationship between 2 Peter and Jude
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they are more similar than any other 2 books in the NT
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the authenticity of 2 Peter
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some scholars think 2 Peter was a pseudonymous writing. However, Peter clearly claims to have been the writer, and the letter includes references that fit with what we know about the life of Peter.
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main topic for hebrews
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Jesus is better
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The identity of Jude
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Jude was the brother of James and Jesus. He didn't believe in Jesus until after the resurrection. Then he became a leader in the early church.
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Messages of 2 Peter and Jude
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Christians ust be able to tell the difference between right and wrong, and truth and falsehood
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what was the truth that the false teachers denied in 2 Peter and Jude?
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Jesus was not coming again in judgement.
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(book) had fasle teachers who thought that the grace of God meant that they could do whatever they wanted. Including taking people's money and fulfilling their lusts.
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2 Peter and Jude
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The importance and limits of tolerance in 2 Peter and Jude
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Tolerance cannot extend to accepting falsehood as truth and wrong as right.
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main topic in 1 John
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assurance is possible
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problems in 1 John
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Departure (church people left with false teachers) Denial (denying the humanity of Jesus Christ) and Doubts (false teachers caused some people to doubt their salvation)
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John gave three tests to help his readers know if they are spiritually aliave in John 1
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Do you believe in Jesus? Do you love other believers? Do you practice righteousness?
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What if I still have doubts?
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Believe the promises of God rather than your doubting heart
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main topic for 2 John
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Support for false teachers is wrong.
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Problem in 2 John
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False teachers want to come into the church to spread false teaching.
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John's response in 2 John
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Don't let false teachers in. The church should be a haven for truth.
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main topic for 3 John
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Support for faithful teachers is right
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Problem in 3 John
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Christian missionaries who were seeking to share the gospel were in need of support. Some believers supported them while others did not.
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John's response in 3 John
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Gaius- commended for giving support to believers. Diotrephes- Condemned because his unwillingness to help missionaries.
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(book) Gaius and Diotrephes
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3 John
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Main topic in Revelation
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Jesus is victorious
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Purpose of Revelation
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to help believers know that they can live as overcomers
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Author of Revelation
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The apostel John. Showed leadership over the churches in Asia Minor in 1st century.
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Place of writing of Revelation
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Island of Patmos (island used by Roman government to exile prisioners)
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Time of writing in Revelation
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written during a time of persecution. end of the reign of emperor Domitian 95 AD
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first emperor to persecute Christians for religious reasons
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Domitian
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Type of literature of Revelation
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Apocalyptic
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Approaches to interpreting Revelation
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Symbolic approach. Time travel approach. Prophetic approach.
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letters to the churches & their problems
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Ephesus- lost first love. Smyrna- persecuted church. Pergamum- compromise with paganism. Thyatira- compromise with false teaching. Sardis- dead church. Philidelpha- persevering church. Laodicea- lukewarm church.
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Outline of Romans
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Things you have seen- Vision of the risen Christ. Things which are- Letters to teh 7 churches. Things which will take place after these things- final victory of Christ.
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Things which will take place after these things -7
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1. Throne room in Heaven- worthy is the One who sits on the throne and worthy is the Lamb. 2. Seven seal judgments- four horsemen. 3. Seven trumpet judgments -1/3. 4. Leaders of the tribulation- dragon, beast, and false prophet. 5. Seven bowls of God's wrath 6. Fall of Babylon- symbol for wicked world systems. 7. End of history- second coming of Christ, the millennium, new heaven and earth.
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the author of Hebrews wrote what many today consider to be our best example of what genre?
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ancient sermon
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According to James, the poor person of "humble means" should respond in waht way? And the rich person should focus on what?
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take pride in their relationship with God. . . . Humility
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who was silvanus? (and what book)
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(1 peter) silas- paul's partner on his 2nd misisonary journey
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the book of 2 Peter was mot likely written to whom?
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the same people that he wrote 1 Peter to
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recipietns of John's letters?
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1. ? 2. the elect lady and her children. 3. Gaius
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3 basic approaches to teh subject of the millenium
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amillennialism
premellennialism
postmillennialism
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amillennialism
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view that teh millennium is a present spiritual reign of Christ
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premillennialism
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visable reign of Christ on earth after His second coming
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postmellennialism
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christians will bring an age of peace, and Christ will come after that.
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puzzles concerning hebrews
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author? readers? when was the book written? why was the book written?
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book that has warning passages
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hebrews
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which book had babyon as a code word for the city of Rome
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1 peter
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destination for 1 peter
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western and northern part of Asia Minor
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ephesus
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lost first love (revelation)
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smyrna
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persecuted church (revelation)
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pergamum
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compromise with paganism (Revelation)
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thyaltira
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compromise with false teaching (revelation)
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sardis
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dead church (revelation)
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philidelpha
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persevering church (revelation)
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laodicea
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lukewarm church(revelation)
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babylon symbolizes what in revelation?
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wicked world systems
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3 things included in the end of history in revelation
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second coming of Christ. Millennium. new heaven and new earth.
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