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WAEC Christian Religious Studies 1995 Question 17

Question 17

General Knowledge

Matthew, the evangelist, preferred the phrase Kingdom of heaven to Kingdom of God because

  1. A.the concept of God was absent at the time
  2. B.he was writing for the Gentiles
  3. C.heaven and God were always synonymous
  4. D.as a Jew, he avoided calling the name of God
  5. E.he was not a Jew.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (as a Jew, he avoided calling the name of God)

Explanation

Writing for Jews, who reverently avoided saying God's name, Matthew usually says "kingdom of heaven" instead of "kingdom of God".