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Select the kind of prediction in order of the level of God’s determination to carry them out.

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Conditional predictions
Unqualified predictions
Confirmed predictions
Sworn predictions

1. Least determined
2. Second least determined
3. Second most determined
4. Most determined

What do we mean when we say that God is immutable? Select each correct answer:

His emotions never change.
His character does not change.
His attributes do not change over time.
He never becomes angry.
He keeps His covenant promises.
He has a plan for all of history that will not change.

What did it mean when a prophecy was accompanied by a special sign?

It showed that God was very determined to carry out what the prophet had predicted.
It always meant that punishment was inevitable.
It was meant to remind God's people of a previous promise that He had kept.

What did God add to a prophetic prediction when He wanted to raise that prediction to the level of a covenantal certainty?

an oath
a new sacrament
a natural sign, such as lightning or thunder

Which of the following best describes the purpose of Old Testament predictions?

They were primarily to motivate the listeners to a certain response.
They were primarily to show God's sovereignty over the future.
They were primarily to display God's supernatural nature, showing that He could predict the future.

Dr. Pratt says that prophecies were not so much to inform of the future, but to ___________.

form the future
show the sovereignty of God
authenticate the word of God

What was the meaning of the "who knows?" reactions to prophecies (such as when David was confronted about his sin with Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 12)?

It leaves things open for a change in the way God may fulfill the prophecy.
It shows a lack of faith in whether God will actually keep His promises.
It points to the fact that God is the source of the prophetic statement.

Which of the following best describes the meaning of God’s providence?

His active involvement in history as he works out his eternal plan for the universe.
His eternal election of those that will have eternal life, and His calling them to repentance and faith.
His loving care for His covenant people, meeting their needs and guiding them in all they do.

God interacts with second causes, or creaturely causes in at least three different ways. Select each one that Dr. Pratt mentions.

Necessarily — things take place according to the regular laws of nature, like the law of gravity.
Pragmatically — God looks at the options and chooses the one that is best to fulfill His plan.
Freely — things appear random from a human point of view.
Randomly — God must allow some things to happen randomly, in order for man to keep his freedom.
Contingently — God controls the direction of history by interacting with the contingencies of human choice.

According to Dr. Pratt, what was the meaning of the symbolism in Jeremiah 18, where the potter worked with the lump of clay, shaping it as seemed best to him?

It represented the fact that God has the right to do with his people as seems best to him, even changing the fulfillment of a prophetic prediction.
It represented a promise that God would mold His people into a holy nation, eliminating their sinful flaws.
It represented the story of creation, when God made man in His own image.

Even in sworn predictions, there is latitude for God to react to intervening historical contingencies.

True
False

Prayers and repentance, rebellion and defiance, could make tremendous differences in the fulfillment of predictions.

True
False

God reacts to the way human beings respond to threats of judgment and offers of blessing.

True
False

When Shemaiah prophesied that God would abandon Judah over to Shishak (2 Chronicles 12), he was revealing an eternal, unchangeable decree of God.

True
False

God prophesied through Jonah that Nineveh would be destroyed in 40 days, and nothing could change the outcome.

True
False

Some prophecies contain if then statements, and in these cases, the direction that history would take would be determined by the kinds of choices people made.

True
False

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