1.   What did “minas” represent for first century Christians?  What happened if these “minas” were misused?             ANSWER

 

2.   How does the above information benefit us today?          ANSWER

3.   Who specifically did Jesus give “minas” to and what did he expect they would do with these?              ANSWER

4.   Why do we know that no “minas” were given out after 70 C.E.?                                 ANSWER

5.   When Jesus returned after securing Kingly Power, what was his first act according to Luke 19:15?             ANSWER

6.   How could this information be used to help Jehovah’s Witnesses reason on the veracity of the 1914 date?              ANSWER

7.   At Luke 19:14, Jesus spoke about his “enemies” who did not want him to become king.  In verse 27, these “enemies” were slaughtered after he returned with Kingly power.  Who must these enemies be?                               ANSWER

8.   At Matthew 12:41, 42, Jesus said that the generation that heard him but did not pay attention to his teachings would be resurrected only to be condemned by resurrected non-Israelites in the Judgment.  Why does this group not include those who were “slaughtered in 70 C.E.?”                             ANSWER

9.   In verse 26, Jesus spoke about the unfaithful where “even what he had would be taken from him.”  What did he mean?            ANSWER

10.   In verse 13, Jesus’ disciples were told to “do business till I come.”  Matthew 28:20 expresses a similar thought using the “conclusion of the system of things” as the “time” he would come.  What questions might we ask concerning this time period?            ANSWER

 

 

11.   Which time period would Jesus have most logically been referring to?                               ANSWER

 

12.   In Jesus’ illustration at Matthew 25:14-30, who is the “man about to travel abroad” and who are “his slaves” that he gives talents to?                                       ANSWER