Chapter 15

‘The Last Things’

Chapter Sections

1. Jesus Christ’s Return & the Judgment
   1. The Timing of Jesus Christ’s Return
      • Jesus Christ will return at an unexpected time, while people are living as usual
      • Jesus Christ’s return will be preceded by distressful events
      • Awesome cosmic events will occur just prior to Christ’s return
   2. Jesus Christ’s Return
      • Jesus Christ will return with his angels
      • Jesus Christ will come in great glory
      • On Jesus Christ’s return his followers will be gathered to him
      • On Jesus Christ’s return evil powers will be crushed
   3. The Final Judgment (I): Its Scope and Outcomes
      • God will judge every person, for all they have done
      • The dead will rise to be judged, and either rewarded with eternal life or be condemned
   4. The Final Judgment (II): The Process
      • God will judge all people through Jesus Christ
      • On his return, Jesus Christ will judge and reward all people according to what they have done
      • Those who have believed in Jesus Christ will have eternal life
      • Those who have rejected Jesus Christ will be condemned
      • What people have known will be taken into account
   5. The Millennium
      • The prophecy of a thousand year reign of Jesus Christ

2. The Afterlife
   1. The New Creation
      • The present heavens and earth will pass away
      • God will create new heavens and a new earth
      • God’s people will live in the new Jerusalem
   2. Eternal Life
      • As God raised Christ from the dead, God will raise his people
      • On Christ’s return, their bodies will be made imperishable, glorious and spiritual – like Christ
      • God’s people will be given eternal life
   3. The Heavenly State of God’s People
      • God’s people will enter the kingdom of God
      • God’s people will be made perfect
      • God’s people will have glory
      • There will be no more sorrow and no more death
   4. Being with God
      • God’s people will be with God and Jesus Christ forever
      • God’s people will see God
      • God’s people will praise God
      • God’s people will serve God
   5. The Punishment for the Ungodly
      • The ungodly will be separated from God and Jesus Christ
      • The ungodly will be thrown into fire

 ➜Major headings in: 15. ‘The Last Things’ (and all of Unit C)

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