Doctrine 11 Flashcards
Doctrine 11
We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked.
Dominant Teaching of Jesus
The Beatitudes/Lord's Prayer Kingdom Feasts Entrance into the Kingdom Keys to the Kingdom Parables Son of Man/Parousia
Parables - Growth
Mustard Seed/Leaven Secretly Growing Seed Sower Wheat and Tares Dragnet
Parables - Great Value
Hidden Treasure/Pearl
The person found something of great value and sold everything in order to purchase the treasure/pearl.
Parables - Contrasting
Unjust steward Judge and Widow Burglar Wise and Foolish Maidens Talents and Pounds
Unjust Steward
Planning for your future: do it wisely
Judge and Widow
God will provide justice to His own
Burglar
Be ready for His coming
Wise and Foolish Maidens
long wait/immediate return - READY
Talents and Pounds
Don’t waste what you have been given
Our Relationship to the Kingdom of God
Fellow Citizens… (Ephesians 2:18-20)
God is pleased to be our God (Hebrews 11:13-16)
Joint Heirs (Titus 3:7)
Inheritance that does not perish (1 Peter 1:4)
People of now but “not yet” - Partial presence
Wesley saw this final goal
as having already begun in the Christian life, or, the life of holiness, as a….
Wesley Final Goal -
Pilgrim Journey with this present life as one of decision and preparation.
Decision is based on the presence of the kingdom of God already present in the life of the believer.
Preparation then is practical holiness since the kingdom is still future and goal of our hope.
***Wesley - Realized Eschatology
New way of Life - Love of God and Man
Inward Religion - Full Redemption
Social Religion - Working to change lives
Judgment - some now / all later
Dispensationalism
a theological view that sees the history of man in a series of segments “dispensations” where God brings blessing to obedient and judgment to the disobedient
Dispensationalism - This view….
Holds a literal view of the Bible
Sees a distinction between the church and Israel in that God has a plan for both.
Glory of God as the ultimate purpose for the world.
Dispensationalism
Each segment contains
testing, failure and judgment.
Each segment falls into three categories (7 total)
OT - Innocence Conscience Human Govt. Promise Law/Israel NT- Grace/Church Kingdom - Kingdom
Millennium - Christ’s Earthly Reign
Three Views
Amillennialism
Post Millennialism
Premillennialism (Historical) & (Dispensational)
Amillennialism
Christ current reign over the church. The millennial is now. Hostility towards Christians will increase (tribulation). Believers meet Jesus in the air. Armageddon All descend to earth for final judgment Heaven or hell.
Postmillennialism
sees the future as forward, positive advancement of the church bringing the nations of the world into obedience to the Lord and His kingdom. Millennial is spiritual. Culture becomes Christian. Great Rebellion. Believers gathered with Jesus. Judgment.
Premillennialism - (Historical)
Church goes through tribulation. Armageddon. Rapture/1,000 year reign Satan released/rebellion. Satan defeated once for all Judgment Heaven/Hell
Premillennialism - (Dispensational)
Rapture of the Church Tribulation (7 years) - (pre, mid, post) Armageddon Physical 1,000 year reign by Christ Satan released/Rebellion Satan defeated once for all Judgment Heaven/Hell
Tribulation Views
Pretribulation Post Tribulation Mid Partial Imminent
Pretribulation
Christ raptures the church before the great tribulation
Postribulation
Christ comes after the great tribulation
Mid
Church removed half-way through tribulation
Partial
series of raptures
Imminent
after but anytime if tribulation is happening.
“If you don’t…
know where you are going, you’ll end up some place else.”
“The Bible is….
our only source of knowledge concerning existence and events in a future state.”
Would you rather be….
sanctified saint
eschatolgoical evangelist
***Four Warnings on Predictions
Counter Jesus’s own teachings
Scripture can be twisted
Called to serve replaced by a craving speculate
Focus on a World Beyond Saving
Eschatology’s considerable task…
is to explore the whole revelation of the inerrant Word of God in order to discern the divinely ordained, prophetically revealed flow of world history from creation to consummation with a view to issuing “a call to action and obedience in the present.”
Eschatology
the study of last things
Eschaton
last things
Death, intermediate state, second advent, resurrection, final judgment, New Heaven and New earth, the end of the world as we know it.
Individual Eschatology
individual destiny
What will happen to me when I die?
Cosmic Eschatoloty
Creation destiny
What will happen to human kind/creation?
Progressive Eschatology
Already-Not yet
View that the movement towards the complete reign of God’s kingdom began with the incarnation of Christ which, after His death, resurrection, ascension and Pentecost reveals its presence in the life of the believer and the church.
Parousia
presence, arrival, Christ glorious
2nd coming
the finality of what was begun at His Incarnation
2 Peter 1:16
Epiphaneia
Appearance/Shine Forth
glorified body to judge in power; save from final destruction those that await him.
Titus 2:13
Apocalyspe
Unveiling/revelation in progress - Ephesians 1:17
revelation in total - 1 Peter 4:13
**Sources of Proof
Faith Scripture Sealed by the Holy Spirit Resurrection Power in Us Judgment of Separation is in Effect Temporal removed/Eternal revealed
Kingdom of God in the Person of Jesus
Pre-existence Incarnation Suffering and Death Resurrection Ascension Return to Rule: Lordship over all
General Understanding
Immortality of the Soul
Death is not the end to our existence.
Post-death existence is still a God-given action for all.
Post-death identity is not eliminated.
All will be resurrected.
All will submit to the final judgment of Christ.
All will have a final destination.
General Understanding
The Resurrection of the Body
This identifies the “whole” person as they were on earth.
Our same bodies will be extremely made over.
For judgment, the soul and body are reunited.
Destination determines design
Focus determines function.
Environment determines expectations.
General Understanding
General Judgment at the End of the World
There will be a “Day of the Lord”
Fulfillment of God’s promises
Affirms God’s righteousness
Confirms the truth of the Gospel message
Assures the faithful that ‘Our God Reigns’
Time of accountability Based on God’s Gift of Freedom
Time of assurance for the faithful because of the Trinity
General Understanding
Eternal Happiness of the Righteous
Full experiencie of God's presence Full Return of Christ in Glory Completion of God's Kingdom on Heaven and Earth Faith is rewarded Let the Wedding Feast Begin Evidence of its reality present today.
General Understanding
Endless Punishment of the Wicked
Full experience of God's absence For eternity Tickets already punched for: Satan, Anitchrist, False prophet, demons. A future location - post judgment evidence of its reality present today.
God has given humanity a hunger for eternity
Ecclesiastes 3:11
We are wired for eternity
God made us for eternity
God made us for Himself
Coming of the Kingdom of God/Heaven
the bible provides us with multiple images of what the coming Kingdom of God will be.
Harmony with God and All Creation
Isaiah 11:6-9
New Creation with Joy
Isaiah 65:17-25
God dwells with His people
Revelation 2:1-7, 22:4
Sensory Splendor
Revelation 21:9-22
Sustaining Gifts
Revelation 22:1-5
In Christ’s resurrection
from the dead and the outpouring of the Spirit, the life of the Kingdom of God was released into the world.
Son of Man/Parousia
Exalted Appearance - Matthew 26:24
Sheep and Goats - Matthew 25:31-46
My Kingdom - John 18:36
Son of Man
Harpazo
snatched away - unexpectedly
Chillas
a thousand years
