Eschatology Flashcards
- Reproduce the chart portraying the next eight monumental events on the eschatological timetable and label each event with precision (135).
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1. The Imminent Rapture of the Church
2. The Judgment Seat of Christ
3. The Seventieth Week of Daniel
4. The Second Coming of Christ
5. The Divine Restoration of Israel
6. The Millennial Reign of Christ
7. The Final Judgment of Unbelievers
8. The Final State of Eternity
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- Identify the three primary biblical passages relating to the Rapture (145).
John 14:1-3
1 Thess 4:15-17
1 Cor 15:51-52
- In a single sentence each, explain the pre-tribulational argument from the following passages:
1 Thessalonians 1:10 and 5:9;
2 Thessalonians 2:1-2;
Revelation 3:10
John 14:1-3
(153–64).
The Church’s Deliverance from Divine Wrath (1 Thess 1:10; 5:9)
* God Promised to deliver the church from His wrath.
The Thessalonian Disturbance About the Day of the Lord (2 Thess 2:1-2)
* Indicates that they had been previously taught a pretribulaitonal rapture.
The Church’s Exemption from the Hour of Testing (Rev 3:10)
* Contains the promise of Jesus to keep the church out of the time period known as the Tribulation.
The Destination of Raptured Believers (John 14:1-3)
* An eschatological promise of Christ’s return to take His children to a heavenly home where they would be rewarded.
Wrath-Delivered
Disturbance Removed
Suffering-Exempt
Heaven-Raptured
- Identify the objects, timing, and nature of three divine judgments of mankind that will take place in the future, with a biblical reference for each (chart on 172).
Judgment Seat of Christ
* Believers
* After the Rapture
* 1 Cor 3:10-15
Sheep/Goat Judgment
* Living Nations
* After the 2nd Coming
* Matt 25:31-46
Great White Throne
* Unbelievers
* After the Millennium
* Rev 20:11-15
- Identify and support biblically the two main criteria by which believers will be evaluated at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Further specify the three aspects of the second criterion, with biblical support for each (173–75).
Obedience in One’s Life (Rom 14:12; 2 Cor 5:10)
Faithfulness in One’s Ministry (1 Cor 3:10-4:5)
* The Quality of the Labor (1 Cor 3:8, 12-13)
* The Trustworthiness of the Laborer (1 Cor 4:1-2)
* The Motives of the Laborer (1 Cor 4:3-5)
Obedient Ministry (Quality Work, Trustworthy Worker, Purely Motivated)
- Identify the two areas in which pastors will be held accountable according to James 3:1 and Hebrews 13:17b (177).
The Content of Your Teaching
The Faithfulness of Your Care
- Argue briefly but decisively for a temporal gap between the 69th and 70th weeks of Daniel 9:25–27 (179–80).
- Prophetic Foreshortening - OT prophecies predicting two or more future events in a way that it appears they will occur at the same time.
- 70th Described seperatley - The description of the seventieth week sets it apart from the sixty-nine weeks, which suggests something different about it (Dan 9:25–27).
- Crucifixion & Temple-destruction excluded - both the crucifixion of Christ (Dan 9:26a) and the subsequent destruction of Jerusalem forty years later (Dan 9:26b) occur after the sixty-ninth week and yet not during the seventieth week.
- Remaining prophecies - Not all of the 70th-week-purposes were fulfilled.
- Abomination then 2nd coming - the “abomination of desolation” will occur immediately before second coming. Matt 24:29
- Last 1/2 of 70th week parrallel 2nd 3.5yrs of Tribulation The events of the last half of the seventieth week (as described in Dan 9:27b) correspond well to the second three and one-half years of the Tribulation, as described in the Book of Revelation, which is yet future.
- Define preterism, and distinguish between partial and full preterism (199–200).
“most eschatological prophecies have already been fulfilled in the past” (more specifically at the time of Jerusalem’s destruction in A.D. 70.)
* Partial preterism: most biblical prophecy was already fulfilled in the events surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. (Still a future return of Christ, ressurection of mankind, and new heavens and earth.)
* Full Preterism: all biblical prophecy has already been fulfilled, including prophecies concerning the Second Coming of Christ, the future resurrection and judgment, and the advent of the eternal state.
- Briefly identify and respond to the three main arguments for preterism (199).
Time Indicators in NT convey Imminence, not Immediacy.
* (these modifiers do not demand that the prophesied events happen within a short period of time but rather they convey the concept of imminence.)
“This Generation” in Matthew 24:34 is future.
* (Listeners are projected to the future generation that will not die before Christ returns.)
Early Dating of the Book of Revelation
* Consensus of church history is that Revelation was written in about A.D. 95.
- Name the five main promises of the Abrahamic Covenant, with a supporting Scripture reference for each (202–03).
The Blessing of Abraham (Gen 12:2-3)
The Making of the Nation Israel (Gen 12:2, Gen 13:16)
The Promise of the Land for Israel (Gen 12:7)
The Establishment of a Relationship with Israel (Gen 17:8c)
The Blessing of the Nations through Israel (gen 12:3)
“Better Not Let Rahab kNow!”
- Name the six main promises of the Davidic Covenant, with a supporting Scripture reference for each (205–06).
The Exaltation of David’s Name (2 Sam 7:9)
The Giving of Israel’s Land (2 Sam 7:10)
The Protection from Israel’s Enemies (2 Sam 7:10-11)
The Preservation of David’s Line (2 Sam 7:11)
The Enthronement of David’s Descendant (2 Sam 7:11)
The Establishment of Messiah’s Kingdom (2 Sam 7:13)
- Name the six main spiritual promises of the New Covenant, with a supporting Scripture reference for each (207–09).
The Gift of Repentance (Ezek 36:31)
The Forgiveness of Sin (Ezek 36:25)
The Transformation of the Heart (Ezek 36:26)
The Provision of the Spirit (Ezek 36:27)
The Internalization of the Law (Jer 31:33b)
The Consummation of the Relationship (Ezek 36:28b)
Repentance and Forgiveness and a Spirit-filled Heart with Law-loving Realtionship
- Briefly explain how Acts 1:6-7 makes the case for a future restoration of the nation of Israel (237–38; 359–61).
The Content of the Question (Acts 1:6)
* Assumes the Reality, Restoration, and Recipients of the Kingdom
The Context of the Question (Acts 1:3; Luke 24:44-49)
* The Disciples were instructed and enlightened
The Answer to the Question (Acts 1:7)
* Jesus did NOT correct.
Content in Context clarifies his Answer
- Briefly explain why Romans 11:26 must refer to an eschatological restoration of the nation of Israel (241–43).
“Israel”-
* The Use of “Israel” in the New Testament
* Paul’s Use of “Israel” in Romans 9-11
* Paul’s Use of “Israel” in Romans 11:25
Questions-
* Paul’s Questions in Romans 11:1 and 11:11
Conditions Reversed-
* The Reversal of Israel’s Present Condition
Dual status-
* The Dual Status of “All Israel” in Romans 11:28
OT Quotation-
* Paul’s Use of Isaiah 27:9 in Romans 11:26b-27
Overall Context-
* The Overall Context of Romans 9-11
“Israel” Quite Really, Does, Identify, Certianly
- Identify the four main problems with the amillennial interpretation of Revelation 20 (251).
- Denies the Chronological Relationship of Revelation 19-20
- Requires a Partial Binding in Revelation 20:1-3
- Requires a Spiritual Resurrection in Revelation 20:4-6
- Requires a Symbolic Interpretation of the Thousand Years (Symbolic 1000)
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