I hope that you are enjoying each installment of the Christmas Test. Below are the answers to questions #18-34 of the Christmas Test along with relevant Scripture references. For more detailed explanations, visit the Christmas Test document in its entirety by clicking on the link at the end of this blog. Additionally, I've posted the final 33 questions of the test; next Monday I will post the answers for questions 35-67. Each question is in True/False format, and all answers are backed up with Scripture (as opposed to the "Hallmark theology" previously referenced). Good Luck!
Answers to last week's questions:
18. False - Luke 1:34-35
19. False - Matthew 1:18-24
20. True - Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:26-28
21. True - Luke 1:26-33, 41-45; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:8-20
22. False - Luke 1:26-28, 38
23. False - Matthew 1:18-19
24. True - Luke 1:45
25. False - Luke 2:41-50; Mark 3:20-21, 31-35; Luke 8:19-21
26. False - Matthew 1:18-23
27. False - Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27
28. False - Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:39-45, 2:22-38
29. True - Matthew 1:19
30. True - Luke 1:57-80
31. False - No record of Elizabeth is made again after Luke 1:46-56
32. False - Luke 2:4-6; Galatians 4:4; Matthew 2:1-6
33. False - Luke 2:4-5
34. False - Luke 2:7
This week's questions: True or False? According to Scripture. . .
35. Jesus was born in a manger. Joseph and Mary ended up placing Him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
36. At Jesus’s birth, a star shown over the manger.
37. In accordance with the Scriptural account that “the little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes,” the baby Jesus did not cry as many babies do, and as a result, began to manifest His deity on the very first night of His birth.
38. At the time of Jesus’s birth, Mary and Joseph were married.
39. After the birth of Jesus, Mary remained a virgin, and in a state of perpetual virginity and purity, she devoted herself to the service of God all her life.
40. The angel of the Lord who made his proclamation to the shepherds appeared to them in the sky, hovering above them.
41. It was an act of grace for God to first reveal the location of the baby Jesus to shepherds as shepherds were considered by the Law to be unclean.
42. The angels who appeared to the shepherds had white robes, wings and halos.
43. The angels came proclaiming, “Peace on earth, and good will towards men.”
44. The shepherds found the manger unaided by the star.
45. The angels took the shepherds to the manger.
46. At the manger, the angels hovered overhead, praising God, as the shepherds worshiped the baby Jesus.
47. The angels, when they appeared to the shepherds, were singing. The picture is of an “angelic choir.”
48. Unlike the shepherds who were dumbfounded by the information provided by the angels, Mary, who also was visited by an angel, in contrast boldly shared the information she received publicly and with all who would listen.
49. The Magi consulted the Holy Scriptures which led them to Bethlehem and the baby Jesus.
50. The Magi, upon seeing the star in the east, followed it directly to Bethlehem.
51. There were no prophecies, however, concerning the exact location of Jesus’s residence which is why the Magi needed the star to guide them.
52. The chief priests and scribes consulted the Holy Scriptures which isolated Bethlehem as Jesus’s birthplace.
53. After receiving their instructions from the priests and scribes, the Magi came to visit the baby Jesus in the manger.
54. There were three Magi who came riding camels and bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
55. The gifts of the Magi – gold, frankincense and myrrh - were of prophetic significance concerning the Messiah and the death He would experience.
56. One of the indicators of the special position Mary would someday hold in the church was the fact that when the Magi arrived, they paid homage to Mary and venerated her as the “mother of God.”
57. The shepherds and the Magi all converged upon the baby Jesus in the manger.
58. The Magi were from the East.
59. From its first appearance, the star led the Magi directly to Jesus.
60. Although the Magi found their way to the baby Jesus in quite a miraculous way, there was nothing particularly miraculous about their return home.
61. The pagan Magi were the only people in the Christmas revelation to hear directly from God.
62. After Jesus's birth, Joseph and Mary remained in Bethlehem and set up housekeeping.
63. Shortly after Jesus’s birth, Joseph and Mary were married, and at the ceremony, the prophetess Ramona prophesied concerning the death of the baby Jesus.
64. Jesus was a beautiful baby who grew into a handsome man with long flowing hair.
65. The Christmas Revelation ends with the arrival of the Magi.
66. Mary was one of the great witnesses of Jesus in the New Testament Church. Both the Gospels and The Book of Acts has accounts of her ministry and her impact on the early church.
67. In the early church, pilgrimages were regularly held to the locations associated with the birth of Christ. The Inn, the stall, the manger and most notably the swaddling cloth in which he was wrapped - all become sources of veneration and numerous miracles are associated with these locations and objects.
By His mercy, II Corinthians 4:1 Rev. John S. Mahon Grace Community Int.
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