The Bible's Seed Trivia Quiz

Answer: Old Testament

This verse is Genesis 1:29. It is from the creation account. Before the first man and woman sinned, they didn't eat meat, because there was no death or suffering, so they didn't kill animals to eat. God told Adam that he could eat from any tree of the garden, except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We really have no idea what kind of fruit THAT was; it possibly doesn't exist anymore. Later on in the Torah, God would require the slaughter of animals such as sheep and cattle in sin sacrifices (the innocent have to die for the guilty) and Jewish Law divided between clean and unclean meat.

In the New Testament, Jesus declared all meats to be clean. With that said, vegans might be comforted to know that their lifestyle was the original intent.

Answer: Old Testament

This verse is Genesis 3:15. After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, God cursed the serpent. From a Jewish perspective, this verse is about humans and snakes not getting along. Imagine a person trying to kill a snake and the snake biting the person. From a Jewish perspective, the serpent was just a serpent. The idea of affiliating the serpent with Satan comes from the book of Revelation, and Christians believe that Genesis 3:15 is a prophecy of Jesus Christ. In this view, the seed of the woman is Jesus, and Satan would strike His feet through death on the cross, but ultimately Jesus would crush Satan. I personally believe that there is truth to both interpretations. While some people like snakes, many people absolutely despise and fear snakes. And many snakes are poisonous or can constrict people to death.

Genesis is clear that the serpent was one of the beasts of the field and that God cursed it to lose its legs and get a fork tongue (eat dust), so it's not accurate to say that Satan, a fallen angel, WAS the serpent, although it's certainly fair to suggest that Satan used the serpent for his purposes. But I don't think that the animal was completely possessed/innocent, or else God wouldn't have cursed it. I can just imagine the other animals saying, "darn you, serpent! It's because of you that we have to die!"

Answer: Old Testament

This is Leviticus 19:19. For Christians, the book of Leviticus can sometimes be baffling. Why did God forbid the ancient Jews from mixing fabrics? Is it really a sin to wear more than one type of fabric, or to mix seeds? For Christians, no. Christians aren't under Jewish Law.

However, God wanted Israel to be completely distinct from the pagan nations, so He gave them specific laws. Basically, whatever the pagans did, they weren't supposed to do. For example, Jewish men weren't supposed to shave their beards (of course, they didn't always obey the laws).

In the New Testament, the sexual and other "moral" laws of Leviticus are repeated (murder, adultery, etc.) but the vast majority of the laws aren't.

Answer: Old Testament

This is Numbers 11:7. God gave the Israelites manna from Heaven because they didn't have any food. However, eventually they grew tired of the manna and wanted other foods to eat, and started to question if they had it better in Egypt. After all, the Egyptians gave them meat and fruit and other food. Because of their complaints, God then provided them with quail.

Interestingly, even Jesus said that people can't live by bread alone. Of course, He meant that more in the spiritual sense than physical sense.

While the manna evidently looked like coriander seed, it was also white and tasted like wafers made with honey, according to Exodus. It is called "bread from Heaven".

Answer: Old Testament

This is Haggai 2:19. In context, the Jews came out of Babylonian exile and were going to rebuild the temple. The LORD promised to bless the Jewish people despite their hardships.

"As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!'"
- Haggai 2:5

This speaks upon the loving and holy nature of God. Although His people had been sinful, He never abandons them because of the covenant that He made with the patriarchs (see Romans 11:28), and in fact, promised to bless them.

Answer: New Testament

"He presented another parable to them, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches'"
- Matthew 13:31-32

The parable is a reference to the kingdom of God starting out small, but then growing to large, such as a seed growing into a large plant.

Jesus often spoke in parables. When His disciples asked Him why, He said that it was because some of the Jews' hearts were hardened and only those who were open to Him could truly understand what He was teaching. It's not that He didn't want them to understand; however, some of His statements were controversial, and if spoken plainly, might have gotten Him arrested immediately.

Answer: New Testament

This is Acts 3:25. Peter was preaching a sermon to his fellow Jews, many of which had rejected Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah. In the sermon, Peter argued that Jesus was the promised Messiah and called for them to repent, so that in the "refreshing" their sins would be forgiven. It is believed that the "refreshing" refers to the second coming of Christ and the restoration of Israel.

Acts 3:25 is an allusion to Genesis 12:3. The concept of "the chosen people" has sometimes been misunderstood. It's not about ethnic superiority. God always intended for Israel to be a light to the other nations. Somebody had to write the Bible and bring monotheism and God's Laws to the world, so God chose the Jewish people to do it. But God always intended to use Israel to bring salvation (and some might argue other good things, such as inventions, technology, medicine, etc.) to the Gentiles. With that said, I believe that replacement theology (the idea that Christians are the new chosen people) is false, because God is holy and He will never break His promises to the Jewish nation.

Answer: New Testament

This is Luke 8:11. According to the parable, the seed falls among thorns, which represent people who hear the word of God but refuse to believe in it. Meanwhile, the people who receive the word of God happily will bear fruit because their seed has mixed with good soil.

Answer: New Testament

This is 1 Peter 1:23.

"'All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,
But the word of the Lord endures forever'
And this is the word which was preached to you"
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

Here we have another reference to the Word of God as like a seed. Those who are born (born again through the Holy Spirit) of this seed don't perish, while those who aren't, will die (see John 3:16).

Answer: New Testament

The verse is 1 John 3:9. This verse is NOT saying that Christians never sin. It means that born-again Christians don't live in sin. For example, let's say that someone is in a bad situation so he or she lies to not get in trouble, because he or she is scared.

The person later feels sorry for lying because he or she realizes that lying grieves the Holy Spirit. On the other hand, another person makes a habit of lying, deceiving, and is a dishonest and untrustworthy person. Well, then we have a problem, especially if said person claims to be a Christian.