What are End Things?

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8/20/2023

Eschatology - What are the end things?

BIG IDEAS:

Short Statement  (TBC doctrinal statement): 

We believe that the day is imminent when the Lord Jesus Christ will descend from heaven and we who are in Christ, weather living or dead, will be caught up (“raptured”) to meet Him in the air to be with Him forever; that at His second coming He will put all of His enemies under His feet and consummate His kingdom reign on the earth for all eternity.  We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.

Personal Eschatology

  • Death and separation of body and soul/spirit – Hebrews 9:27; James 2:26; Genesis 3:19; Romans 6:23
  • Resurrection - to glorification or final torment – John 11:23-26; I John 3:2; I Thessalonians 4:15-17; John 5:28-29, Acts 24:15

Key Events

  • Rapture – Imminent – I Thessalonians 3:13; 4:15-17; II Thessalonians 2:8
  • Great Tribulation – 7 years – Daniel 9:24-27; 12:1; Jeremiah 30:7-9; Matthew 24:8,21
  • Marriage Supper of the Lamb – Revelation 19:7-10
  • Judgment Seat of Christ – II Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14:10; I Corinthians 3:10-15
  • Second Coming of Christ – Revelation 19:11-16 -Battle of Armageddon
  • Millennial Reign of Christ – Revelation 14:20; 19:13-15; ch 20
  • Resurrections – Believers to reunite with glorified bodies and Unbelievers to Judgment
  • Great White Throne Judgment – Eternal condemnation (separation from God forever in Hell) – Revelation 20:1-15
  • New Heaven/New Earth – Eternal Blessing in God’s presence 

Key Thoughts

  • Return of Christ is Imminent
  • Prophesy speaks to many of the key events but often in riddles or descriptive language that is visual or descriptive but not in a nice timeline or chart.
  • Judgement is real and every knee will bow.
  • Heaven is real – New Heaven and New Earth
  • Hell is real

Key References

  • I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Corinthians 15:20-23, 42-44; John 5:25; Matthew 25:46

Why is it Vital to our Daily Lives:

  • Life is more than the here and now but what we choose here and now determines where we spend eternity.

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