What is one reason that many scholars believe the beast's cryptic number could be identified with a specific person?
A. At the time Revelation was written, numbers were represented by letters of the alphabet.
B. At the time Revelation was written, many important officials' names were recorded with accompanying numbers that placed them within an expansive hierarchy.
C. John hinted at it in Revelation.
D. None of these is correct; biblical scholars have proven that no special identification was intended in assigning the number 666.
A. At the time Revelation was written, numbers were represented by letters of the alphabet.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the conclusion that follows in a single step from the given premises. Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. Given the following premises: 1 . F ? S 2 . ~S 3 . (S ? W) • (F ? N)
A) F 1, 2, DS B) S ? W 3, Simp C) ?F ? S 1, Impl D) F ? N 3, Simp E) W ? N 1, 3, CD
John of Patmos, along with the authors of Jude and 2 Peter, contrasted the hopelessly corrupt present world with the ideal purity of God's planned future world. How was the new righteous order to be brought into being?
A. through compassion and self-sacrifice B. through reason and understanding C. through God's direct and violent intervention D. through the indirect manipulation of Satan (tricking him into destroying the old heaven and earth first)
Outsourcing production to developing countries has what advantage, according to
Arnold and Bowie?
a. reduced production costs b. flexibility in production capacity c. specialized skills and equipment d. all of the above
The rising affluence of people in the United States has meant a corresponding decrease in pollution and its attendant environmental problems in the United States
Indicate whether the statement is true or false