(1) Why do we speak of “the Man Christ Jesus” as the Mediator of the Atonement rather than refer to the Logos, or pre-human One? Page 129
(2) In considering our Lord’s genealogy as a man, what is the explanation of the conflict between the accounts in Matthew 1 and Luke 3? Explain why they differ and the value of the two, and why one says that Joseph was the son of Heli while the other declares him the son of Jacob? Page 129
(3) If Jesus was a descendant of King David by both Joseph’s and Mary’s lineage, to which is He really accredited? Quote the Scriptures proving the point. Pages 130-132
(4) Why and how was the line of our Lord’s descent changed from Solomon’s to Nathan’s? Page 133
(5) When Jesus’ mother poetically sang of the putting down of the mighty from their seats and the exalting of those of low degree, to what did she refer? Page 133, par. 4
(6) When did our Lord become the “Righteous Branch” of David’s stock? When did He become David’s root? What different thought do the two words express? Page 134, par. 1, 2; Page 135, par. 3; Page 136
(7) In John 1:1 the Logos is referred to as a God; and in Matthew 22:43, 44, we read: “Jehovah said unto My Lord (Master), sit Thou,” etc. What is the proper relationship of these statements? When did Christ become Lord both of the dead and living? (Rom. 14:9) Pages 134-136
“The Second Adam”
(8) When our Lord is styled the Second Adam, what feature of His work is referred to? Page 137, par. 1
(9) When did our Lord become the Second Adam, and how and when will He regenerate the first Adam and his death-stricken family? Pages 137, 138
(10) Did it cost our Lord anything to become the Second Adam? If so, what? Page 138, 3; Page 139, par. 1
(11) How will the Lord’s first work for His Church correspond with His whole work for the world by and by? Page 139, par. 2
(12) How is the expression, “Root and Offspring,” well illustrated in the Scriptural figure of Christ and the Church (a grape-vine)? Note and explain the Page 140
“The Everlasting Father”
(13) What titles are given to our Lord in Isaiah 9:6?
(14) In what sense should we understand that our Lord Jesus was the Mighty God? How the Wonderful One? How the Counselor or Teacher? How the Prince of Peace? Page 141, par. 2
(15) Does the application of the title, the Everlasting Father, to our Lord Jesus, in any manner conflict with the application of such a title to Jehovah? If not, why not? Page 141, par. 3
(16) Quote one or more Scriptures which refer to the heavenly Father as one person, and to the Son of the Father as another person, and which declares Jehovah to be the Father of our Page 141, par. 3
(17) Is Jesus now the Everlasting Father, or will He become such in the future? Under what circumstances will this be to Him a proper title? Page 141, par. 3, 4
(18) What relationship will the perfected world hold at the end of the Millennium to the Son–and what to the Father? Page 141, par. 4
(19) Explain the Scripture which says, “Instead of Thy fathers shall be Thy children,” etc. (Psa. 45:16) Who are the fathers and whose children will they become and by what process will the change be effected? Page 142, par. 3
(20) Is our Lord Jesus ever spoken of as the Father of the Church? If not, why not? Page 143, par. 1
(21) What is the relationship between Christ and the Church, Scripturally stated? Prove your view by several quotations. Page 144
(22) If this particular relationship between Christ and the Church is the “mystery” of the Scriptures, explain it and show why. Pages 145-147