The Shaking

1. Facing unprecedented natural and social upheavals, the Church will soon be greatly shaken, sifted. According to the Word of God, which types of believers might well abandon the faith, during this great shaking? (Check off all the right answers.)
   The lukewarm believers, lacking consecration to God and His cause.
   Those who are lacking in knowledge of the Word of God.
   Those whose first priority is not God and His message of salvation.
   Those who minimize the coming upheavals and calamities.

2. In the Gospel according to Matthew, Jesus describes other traps which can prevent the believer from successfully going through the shaking: «He who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the of this world and the deceitfulness of choke the word, and he becomes .»

3. The Word of God announces that the great upheavals that will marking the period of the shaking will arise very suddenly, unexpectedly. According to the First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians, what will people say, shortly before the coming of these great upheavals?
   «We should prepare ourselves for the worst...»
   «Peace and safety!»
   «Let's be cautious, one never knows...»
   «There are signs of a coming storm...»

4. The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy shows another powerful trap which will prevent many believers from successfully going through the shaking: «Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the , giving heed to spirits and doctrines of .» Every unstable believer, who is not deeply rooted in the Word of God, will be swept away by these mighty winds of false doctrines.

5. The very nature of the shaking indicates how we can become like the good seed which remains in the winnowing basket. According to the Word of God, to avoid becoming a victim of the shaking, each believer must, spiritually speaking, ...
   ... grow in weight only.
   ... grow in size only.
   ... grow both in weight and in size.
   ... decrease both in weight and in size.

6. One of the seven letters to the churches, found in the book of Revelation, explains the reasons for the shaking, and, above all, shows the way to succeed in going through this difficult period. Which letter is it?
   The letter to the church of Smyrna.
   The letter to the church of Sardis.
   The letter to the church of Philadelphia.
   The letter to the church of Laodicea.

7. According to the book of Revelation, all the faithful and persevering believers, after going through the shaking, will be marked with the seal of God. Then they will make up a group called:
   «The great multitude».
   «The 144,000».
   «The four living creatures».
   «The twenty-four elders».

8. According to a prophecy found in the book of Amos, how many grains will be sifted out of the sieve and fall to the ground, during the shaking?
   Not one.
   About a third.
   About two thirds.
   Almost all of them.

9. According to the Word of God, what will be the work of the remnant Church, during and after the shaking?
   Judging the nations.
   Building churches.
   Pulling the tares out of the Church.
   Sending out the final call to salvation.

10. The book of Revelation presents a summary of the final call addressed to the inhabitants of the earth, shortly before Jesus' return: «Come of [Babylon], my , lest you share in her , and lest you receive of her .» Our next lessons will examine the circumstances in which this final and gigantic evangelical work will take place.

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