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Second
Coming
New Heavens New Earth
This Age
The Last Days
The End of the Ages
The Age to Come
The Last Day
The End of the Age
The Past Age<=
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Incarnation
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How important is this
subject?
•<=
/span>eschatology dominates and permeates =
the
entire me=
ssage
of the Bible.
•<=
/span>"From first to last, and not me=
rely
in the epilogue, Christianity
is eschatology, is hope, forward looking and forward moving, and therefo=
re
revolutionizing and transforming
the present." Jurgen
Moltmann
•<=
/span>About one quarter of scripture was
prophetic at the time when
it was written.
•What are some reasons why this topic is or is not=
of importance to =
you ?
How should we approa=
ch
this subject?
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%;color:#FFFF99'>•Many of us have approached this subject as puzzle to be solved-- this is wrong!=
•This doctrine is supposed to have a
profound im=
pact
on our lives in ways that we will see later.
•<=
/span>What effect has the coming of Christ=
had
on you thu=
s far?
No religion or philo=
sophy
is
without an eschatology
without an eschatology
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%;color:#FFFF99'>•This is because eschatology deals with ultimate =
questions like "What does life =
mean?,
Where is all=
of
this going? Is there a purpose to life?
•<=
/span>Eschatology is about DESTINY, both
individual and
universal.
•<=
/span>Our study will include both individu=
al and
universal
eschatology.
The Bible's view of =
time
•Essentially, the Bible presents time=
as
Moving Toward a Goal or Purpose Driven by God
•<=
/span>History is always seen from the poin=
t of
view of eternity.
•<=
/span>The world is God's workshop.
•<=
/span>John 5:17 ”But Jesus answered them, "My
Father is working until now, and I am working."
•<=
/span>There is difference between Jewish a=
nd
Christian views of the way time is divided.
•<=
/span>The Jewish view sees two stages.&nbs=
p;
- = Creation to the Messiah
- = The Messiah Ushers in the Kingdom.
- = Creation to the Messiah
- = The Messiah Ushers in the Kingdom.
•<=
/span>The Christian view sees 3 stages.
-
Creation to First Advent
- The Period be= tween the Advents
- = The Consummation of the Kingdom After the Second Advent
- The Period be= tween the Advents
- = The Consummation of the Kingdom After the Second Advent
Secular views of time
•<=
/span>Greek : time is
cyclical. Eschatology is, at best, the completion of a cycle
•Scientific: time is linear.&nb=
sp;
The universe will end at some point through fire, freezing of disintegration
•<=
/span>Primitive: no concept of time =
beyond
a succession of events
•<=
/span>Progressive: culture will
continuously improve over time
•<=
/span>Postmodern: time is essentially
meaningless and incoherent
The Biblical Division of Time
•Cr=
eation
to Incarnation - Old Testament Eschatology
•&n=
bsp;
•<=
/span>The faith of the O.T. believer was
eschatological to the core. He looked forward to God's intervention in history in =
the
near and distant future.
•<=
/span>Hebrews 11:10,13,39-40 For he was looking forward to the city t=
hat
has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. …These all =
died
in faith, not having received the things promised, =
but
having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having =
acknowledged that=
they
were strangers and exiles on the earth.
…39 And all these though commended through their faith, did not receive what was <= /i>promised, since G= od had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
…39 And all these though commended through their faith, did not receive what was <= /i>promised, since G= od had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:50%;color:white;mso-color-index:0;visibility:hidden'>•
•The O.T. saint looked forward
to:
•&n=
bsp;
-the coming Redeemer
•&n=
bsp;
-the Kingdom of God
•&n=
bsp;
-the new covenant
•&n=
bsp;
-the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
•&n=
bsp;
-the Day of the Lord
•&n=
bsp;
-the new heavens and the new earth
The Biblical Division of Time
•Incarnation to the Second Coming
•&n=
bsp;
•<=
/span>Even though this period is the time =
of so
many O.T. expectations, it is still a time of great expectation itself bec=
ause
there is so much left to come for the believer.
•<=
/span>In the New Testament, the great
eschatological event has occurred.
•<=
/span>I Corinthians 10:11 Now these things
happened to them as an example, but they were written=
down
for our instruction, on whom=
the
end of the ages has come.
•<=
/span>Hebrews 9:26 …for then he would=
have
had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the
world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to pu=
t away
sin by the sacrifice of himself. =
•<=
/span>I John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you
have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have c=
ome.
Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
•<=
/span>The blessings of the present age are=
the
pledge and guarantee of greater blessings to come.
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:50%;visibility:hidden'>•
•The Christian lives between
D-day and V-day.
D-day and V-day.
D-day is the first coming of Christ =
when
the ene=
my was
decisively defeated. V-day is the second coming when the enemy shall totally and finally surrender.
•How does that reality shape your expectations in the Christian =
life
and work?
The Kingdom of God/Heaven
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•Central
theme in Jesus’ and the Apostle’s preaching
=
•Essential
aspect of Biblical Eschatology
•Indissolubly
connected with the person of Jesus
•Defined
inductively (never expl=
icitly
defined in Scripture)
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:25%;color:#FFFF99;visibility:hidden'>•
– Positive & negative implications, salvation &
destruction
–Reign
of God in hearts / not geographical territory
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:79%;color:#FFFF99'>–God is King and acts in history to bring history to a
divinely di=
rected
goal
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:79%;color:#FFFF99'>–Not a result of human effort
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:79%;color:#FFFF99'>–Comprehends all of life
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:31%;color:#FFFF99;visibility:hidden'>•
•Is
present and future but not postponed
•Tension
between the “already” and the “not yet”
•
Do you feel this tension? If so, how?
Do you feel this tension? If so, how?
The “Already&#=
8221;
is a Foretaste of Glory
a taste –now- of what we will have in fullness
•
•Our Sonship
are sons of God. 15For you did not receive the spirit <=
/span>of slavery to fal=
l back
into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,=
by
whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our =
spirit
that we are children of God,
The “Already&#=
8221;
is a Foretaste of Glory
taste –now- of what we will have in fullness
•
•The first fruits of the Spirit
•
Roman 8:23 And not only the creation, but we
ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwar=
dly as we wait eagerl=
y for
adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
The “Already&#=
8221;
is a Foretaste of Glory
taste –now- of what we will have in fullness
•
•Pledge, deposit
•
2 Corinthians 1:22 and who has also put his seal on =
us and
given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
2 Corinthians 5:5 He who has prepa=
red us
for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a
guarantee.
Ephesians 1:14 who is the guarantee of our inher=
itance
until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
•
The “Already&#=
8221;
is a Foretaste of Glory
•<=
/span>The Holy Spirit’s role in
Eschatology is to give us a taste –now- of what we will have in fullness
•
•Seal (marked as God’s possession)
•
Ephesians 1:13 In him you also, w=
hen
you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and
believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve=
the
Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption. =
Individual Eschatology: Death
<=
span
style=3D'color:#FFFF99'>•Linked to =
Sin
Ro= mans 5:12Therefore,
just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, =
and
so death spread to all men because all sinned—
Ro= mans 5:12
•Heidelberg Catechism Question 42
puts an end to our sinning and is our entra=
nce
into eternal life.
Individual Eschatology: Death
•Our
Death Is…
•<=
/span>Gain
Ph= il.1:21-22 For to me to live= is Christ, and to die is gain. 22If I am to live in the flesh, that m= eans fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell
Ph= il.1:21-22 For to me to live= is Christ, and to die is gain. 22If I am to live in the flesh, that m= eans fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell
•<=
/span>Preferred
2 C= or 5:8 8 Yes, we are of go= od courage, and we would rather be away from the body and= at home with the Lord.
2 C= or 5:8 8 Yes, we are of go= od courage, and we would rather be away from the body and= at home with the Lord.
•A conqueror
of the last enemy and therefore our friend
1 = Cor. 15:26 The last enemy to= be destroyed is death.
1 = Cor. 15:26 The last enemy to= be destroyed is death.
•<=
/span>“ours”
1 Cor.3:21-23 21 <= span style=3D'font-size:63%;color:white;mso-color-index:0'>So let no one boa= st in men. For all things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are your= s, 23and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
1 Cor.3:21-23 21 <= span style=3D'font-size:63%;color:white;mso-color-index:0'>So let no one boa= st in men. For all things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are your= s, 23and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
Individual Eschatology: Immortality
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%;color:white;mso-color-index:0'>•Original and derived
immortality
•<=
/span>Unique to believers&=
#13;
•<=
/span>Bestowed at the
Parousia
•<=
/span>Of the entire person=
, not
just the soul
•<=
/span>Why is this importan=
t
•<=
/span>Not supremely
desirable
•<=
/span>Not distinctively
Christian
•<=
/span>The resurrection of =
the
body is …
The Intermediate State
Between
Death and Resurre= ction
Death and Resurre= ction
•
A state of incompleteness and anticipation awaiting the resurrection
of our bodies
A state of incompleteness and anticipation awaiting the resurrection
of our bodies
•O.T.
Saints were in the presence of God upon death
•
•<=
/span>Enoch<=
span
style=3D'font-size:69%;color:white;mso-color-index:0'> - Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with G=
od,
and he was not,[a](B) for God took him.
•
•<=
/span>Elijah=
- 2 Kings 2:11 And as they still went on and tal=
ked, behold,(A) chariots =
of
fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah =
went
up by a whirlwind into heaven.
•
•<=
/span>Moses and Elijah<=
/u>- Matthew 17:3 And behold, there
appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
•
•<=
/span>David<=
span
style=3D'font-size:69%;color:white;mso-color-index:0'>- Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy s=
hall
follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the <=
/span>LORD forever.=
O.T. Saints were in the presence of =
God
upon death
•Matthew 22:32 'I am the God of Abraham, and the=
God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, =
but of the
living.“
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:75%;color:white;mso-color-index:0;visibility:hidden'>•<=
/span>
•Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, 'Child,
remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus=
in like manner bad thin=
gs;
but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
•New
Testament Saints are also in the
pr= esence of God upon death
pr= esence of God upon death
•2 Corinthians 5:8 Yes, we are of good courage, and =
we(A) would rather be awa=
y from
the body and at home with the Lord.
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:133%;color:white;mso-color-index:0;visibility:hidden'><=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;position:absolute;left:-3.74%'>•<=
/span>
•Philippian=
s 1:23 I am hard pressed
between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far=
better.
=
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:133%;color:white;mso-color-index:0;visibility:hidden'><=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;position:absolute;left:-3.74%'>•<=
/span>
•Luke 23:43
And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today =
you will be with me=
in
Paradise."
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:133%;color:white;mso-color-index:0;visibility:hidden'><=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;position:absolute;left:-3.74%'>•<=
/span>
•Hebrews 12=
:23 and to the assembly of the firstb=
orn
who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and t=
o the spirits of the
righteous made perfect,
•Un=
believers
enter conscious punishment upon death
•Luke 16:23
and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his =
eyes and saw Abraha=
m far
off and Lazarus at his side.
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:133%;color:white;mso-color-index:0;visibility:hidden'><=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;position:absolute;left:-3.74%'>•<=
/span>
•I Peter 3:19
19in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison&#=
13;
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:133%;color:white;mso-color-index:0;visibility:hidden'><=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;position:absolute;left:-3.74%'>•<=
/span>
•2 Peter 2:=
9 then the Lord knows how to rescue=
the
godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under <=
/span>punishment until th=
e day
of judgment,
•We=
stminster
Confession of Faith - Chapter 32
1. The bodies of men, after death, return to
dust, and see corruption: but their souls, which neither die nor sleep,
having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them: the
souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are
received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God,=
in
light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies. And
the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in tormen=
ts
and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day. Beside these=
two
places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture
acknowledgeth none.
2. At the last day, such as are found
alive shall not die, but be changed: and all the dead shall be raised up, with t=
he
self-same bodies, and none