Miraculous Incarnation and Selective Breeding in the Bible Quiz
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What is the main reason for the confusion in identifying the modern equivalents of the Hebrew animal names?

  • Modern scholars have a bias towards identifying Hebrew animal names with existing modern animals.
  • The Hebrew language has evolved, making it difficult to recognize animal names.
  • The animals themselves may have changed over time. (correct)
  • The fossil record does not provide enough evidence of the existence of these animals.

    • Why do modern scholars find it difficult to recognize the names of animals in the Hebrew language?

  • The Hebrew language has undergone significant changes over time.
  • They have a bias towards identifying Hebrew animal names with existing modern animals. (correct)
  • The animal names in the Hebrew language are inherently ambiguous.
  • The fossil record does not provide enough evidence of the existence of these animals.

    • What is the main difference noted in the New Testament translations compared to the Old Testament translations?

  • They consistently identify Hebrew animal names with existing modern animals.
  • They provide clearer translations of Hebrew animal names.
  • They rely on different Hebrew texts for translation.
  • They do not seem to have the same problem of uncertain animal names. (correct)

    • What does the fossil record reveal about the existence of animals mentioned in the Hebrew texts?

    <p>It reveals great numbers of fossils of extinct animals, including those from the Pleistocene epoch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the likely identity of Behemoth from Job 40:15-24?

    <p>A dinosaur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Leviticus 11:6 mention about the hare?

    <p>Chewing the cud</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the debated identity of the great fish that swallowed Jonah?

    <p>A huge fish</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered miraculous about Jonah's experience in the fish?

    <p>Serving as a type of the coming death and resurrection of Christ</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the story of Jacob and Laban in Genesis 30-31 involve?

    <p>Genetic manipulation of flocks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were Jacob's wages according to the agreement with Laban?

    <p>The spotted and streaked animals, as well as the brown sheep</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened to Jacob's flocks under his supervision?

    <p>Multiplied tremendously</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of Christ's body being without physical blemish and spiritually holy?

    <p>It was necessary for Christ to serve as a sacrificial offering</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was it impossible for Christ to be born with blemish and sin if either parent contributed genes to His formation?

    <p>All genetic inheritance is transmitted equally from both parents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature of Jesus' life from conception to death?

    <p>Fully normal human life without sin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the Virgin Birth defined?

    <p>A miracle of creation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is denying the requirement of the special creation of Christ's body considered trivial and inadequate?

    <p>It shows inadequate appreciation of God's ability to create</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of Jesus being made of the seed of David according to the flesh?

    <p>It links Him to the lineage of David</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the comparison drawn between Christ's body and Adam's body?

    <p>Both were specially formed and fully human</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it necessary and appropriate for Christ's body to be directly formed by God?

    <p>To be truly human without sin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What would have to be performed by God on Mary's genetic apparatus to purge the sin-factor and defective mutations?

    <p>A special miracle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Christ's unique incarnation compared to?

    <p>The first great miracle of creation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the denial of the special creation of Christ's body impact the perception of His nature and work?

    <p>It dishonors the unique divine/human nature of the Son of God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What method did Jacob use to stimulate mating among the stronger animals?

    <p>Placing striped rods in watering troughs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jacob develop in his flock of sheep and goats using selective breeding?

    <p>Spotted and speckled dominant coloration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What have biblical skeptics challenged about the Virgin Birth?

    <p>Its biological possibility and scientific validity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What have some 'Christians' attempted to do regarding the Virgin Birth?

    <p>Downgraded its importance and tried to explain it naturalistically or 'spiritually'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jacob ensure for future flocks through selective breeding?

    <p>Increased strength and vitality by encouraging only the stronger animals to mate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the topic for further research and debate related to Jacob's method?

    <p>The effectiveness of the method</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has the account of Jacob's approach aligned with?

    <p>Known principles of modern genetics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the Virgin Birth according to biblical skeptics?

    <p>Biologically impossible and unscientific</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What have various theories, such as parthenogenesis and cloning, attempted to explain?

    <p>The Virgin Birth naturalistically</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of Jacob's faith in God and high integrity in dealing with Laban?

    <p>He was able to multiply his flock</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jacob's approach enable him to become?

    <p>Independent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What have biblical skeptics challenged about the Virgin Birth?

    <p>Its biological possibility and scientific validity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What principle did Jacob learn through decades of experience in breeding livestock?

    <p>The principles of animal genetics empirically</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What method did Jacob use to encourage only the stronger animals to mate?

    <p>Using a specific method involving striped rods in watering troughs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did various theories propose to explain the Virgin Birth?

    <p>Divine Incarnation, parthenogenesis, artificial insemination, and cloning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jacob trust God to produce from a seemingly homogeneous flock?

    <p>Spotted and off-colored animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Jacob develop a flock of sheep and goats with dominant spotted and speckled coloration?

    <p>Through selective breeding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Laban offer Jacob to retain his services?

    <p>Favorable terms allowing Jacob to name his wages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Jacob's approach benefit Laban and enable him to become independent?

    <p>His honorable and scientific approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did God do providentially in the process of prospering Jacob and judging Laban?

    <p>Overruled, prospering Jacob and judging Laban</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the account of Jacob's breeding practices anticipate according to the text?

    <p>Discoveries in genetic engineering</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ been the subject of according to the text?

    <p>Skepticism and attacks by biblical skeptics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What have some compromising 'Christians' attempted to do regarding the doctrine of the Virgin Birth?

    <p>Downgraded the importance and attempted to explain it naturalistically or spiritually</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    The Miraculous Nature of Christ's Incarnation

    • The unique incarnation of Christ required a miraculous, supernatural conception, and any attempt to explain it naturalistically is futile and destructive.
    • Christ's body had to be without physical blemish and spiritually holy to serve as a sacrificial offering, necessitating a special creation of the embryonic body in Mary's womb.
    • All genetic inheritance, physical, mental, and spiritual, is transmitted equally from both parents, making it impossible for Christ to be born without blemish and sin-free if either parent contributed genes to His formation.
    • From conception to death, Jesus experienced a fully normal human life but without sin, as He was both Son of man and Son of God.
    • The Virgin Birth may have been biologically impossible, but it is defined as a miracle of creation, scientifically impossible yet happening anyway.
    • Denying the requirement of the special creation of Christ's body due to genetic ties to Mary is trivial and inadequate appreciation of God's ability to create.
    • Jesus was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, linking Him to the lineage of David, despite His body being specially formed in Mary's womb.
    • Adam's body was also specially formed and had no human mother or father, yet he was fully human, the prototype man, and the father of all men.
    • It is necessary and appropriate that Christ's body, like that of the first Adam, should be directly formed by God to be truly human without sin.
    • A special miracle would have to be performed by God on Mary's genetic apparatus to purge the sin-factor and defective mutations, amounting to a special creation of the body in Mary's womb.
    • Christ's unique incarnation is a mighty miracle of creation, fully comparable to the first great miracle of creation, framing the worlds by the word of God.
    • The denial of the special creation of Christ's body dishonors the unique divine/human nature of the Son of God and undermines His great work of salvation recorded in the Scriptures.

    Selective Breeding and the Virgin Birth

    • Laban offered Jacob favorable terms to retain his services, allowing Jacob to name his wages.
    • Jacob had decades of experience in breeding livestock and had learned principles of animal genetics empirically.
    • Jacob had a scientific mind and knew that even in a solid-colored flock, some animals had the genetic potential to produce off-colored progeny.
    • Jacob trusted God to produce spotted and off-colored animals from a seemingly homogeneous flock.
    • Through selective breeding, Jacob developed a flock of sheep and goats with dominant spotted and speckled coloration.
    • Jacob ensured the strength and vitality of future flocks by encouraging only the stronger animals to mate using a specific method involving striped rods in watering troughs.
    • Jacob's approach was honorable and scientific, benefiting Laban and enabling him to become independent.
    • God providentially overruled, prospering Jacob and judging Laban in the process.
    • The account is in harmony with known principles of modern genetics and may anticipate discoveries in genetic engineering.
    • The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ, a miraculous conception in the womb of the virgin Mary, has been the subject of skepticism and attacks by biblical skeptics.
    • Some compromising "Christians" have downgraded the importance of the doctrine of the Virgin Birth and attempted to explain it naturalistically or spiritually.
    • Various theories have been proposed to explain the Virgin Birth, including divine Incarnation, parthenogenesis, artificial insemination, and cloning.

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    "Miraculous Nature of Christ's Incarnation and Selective Breeding in the Bible" Quiz Test your knowledge on the miraculous aspects of Christ's incarnation and the principles of selective breeding as depicted in the Bible. Explore the unique conception of Christ, the Virgin Birth, and the scientific and ethical implications of selective breeding practices.

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