Paschal Mystery Unit 4

The Paschal Mystery refers to…

• Jesus' passion, death, resurrection, and ascension

• Jesus' passion and death

• Jesus' passion, death, and resurrection

• Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension

God the Father caused Jesus’ Death.

• True

• False

How are we saved through the Death of Jesus?

• His Death was ransom for our sins.

• His Death gave His mother, Mary, to us as our own mother.

• His Death cast out all demons.

• His Death made it so we would never die a physical death.

How did Jesus make His suffering and Death redemptive?

• By His acceptance of the Father’s will.

• By overcoming Satan.

• By begging to be relieved of His burden.

• By shedding tears of blood.

What is the significance of Jesus' death on a cross?

• Christ's death demonstrated a perfect act of redemptive love and suffering in God's plan of salvation.

• Christ's death is unique and definitive - only His death could truly pay the price for sin.

• Christ's death fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of the savior God promised to His people.

• All of these.

What does it mean to say that Jesus is the Lamb of God?

• Jesus is the fulfillment of the sacrifice of the Old Testament Passover, by which God delivered the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt.

• Jesus is fully human and fully God, born of a virgin mother, just like a lamb is born of something that is fully animal and spotless.

• Jesus was betrayed by Judas, just as the Israelites betrayed the Passover Lamb in the Old Testament.

• Jesus is the mediator between God and the human race, just as David mediated between his flock and the people of Israel before he was king.

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about Jesus’ suffering and Death?

• God the Father allowed Jesus, His Son, to suffer and die because of His great love for us.

• God the Father did not cause the death of Jesus; it was the sins of all humanity that killed Him.

• God showed how great His great power and love are by suffering and dying to bring about our salvation

• Only the human part of Jesus suffered and died on the Cross.

Because He is fully human, Jesus shared in the horror of death we must all experience.

• True

• False

Why was Pilate concerned about Jesus?

• He worried Jesus might disturb the peace of the Jewish population.

• He knew Jesus was truly the Messiah and therefore would harshly judge his sins.

• He was concerned that Jesus posed a threat to the political authority of Rome.

• He wanted to possess Jesus’ earthly and spiritual power for himself.

What does the tearing of the curtain in the Temple at the moment of Jesus’ Death signify?

• The end of Pilate’s meddling with the work of the priests of the Jewish temple.

• The end of doubt amongst the Pharisees.

• The end of the Old Testament worship and the end of division between man and God.

• The end of the Messianic Kingdom of Jesus.