Theology: J - Last Things Flashcards
What happens to believers at death? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.
**WSC 37 - ** “The souls do believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves, till the resurrection.”
Luke 23:43 - “And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
2 Cor. 5:1 - “For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
** 2 Cor. 5:6 -** “So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,”
What happens to unbelievers at death? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.
They are cast into hell.
WCF 32.1 - “…And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day …”
Jude 1:6-7 - “And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.”
1 Peter 3:19 - “in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,”
Who will be raised to life at the last day?
The unjust and just alike.
WCF 32.3 - “The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor: the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honor; and be made conformable to His own glorious body.“
John 5:28-29 - “Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Who win be judged at the last day? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs. …
The apostate angels and all persons who have walked the earth.
WCF 33.1 - “God has appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world, in righteousness, by Jesus Christ, to whom all power, and judgment is given of the Father. In which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged, but likewise all persons that have lived upon the earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give and account of their thoughts, words, and deeds; and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or evil.”
Jude 1:6-7 - “And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.”
. By whom will they be judged? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.
By Jesus Christ.
**WCF 33.1 - **“God has appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world, in righteousness, by Jesus Christ, to whom all power, and judgment is given of the Father. In which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged, but likewise, all persons that have lived upon the earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give and account of their thoughts, words, and deeds; and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether
good or evil.”
Acts 17:31 - “because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
Will any receive a second chance? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.
No, man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.
Hebrews 9:27 - “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,”
John 8:24 - “I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”
What practical use is the doctrine of the final judgment? Include Scripture proofs.
Deters men from sin
Consoles the godly facing adversity; shakes off carnal security; creates a watchfulness
WCF 33.3 - “As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both to deter all men from sin; and for the greater consolation of the godly in their adversity’, so will He have that day unknown to men, that they may shake off all carnal security, and be always watchful, because they know not at what hour the Lord will come; and may be ever prepared to say, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly. Amen.”
2 Cor. 5:10 - “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.”
When will Christ return? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs. …
No one knows.
Matt. 24:36 - “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.”
What will heaven be like? , Scripture clearly represents heaven as a place.
Christ ascended to heaven, which can only mean the he went from one place to another. It is described as
the house of our Father, with many mansions (John 14:1), and this description would hardly fit a condition.
Moreover believers are said to be within and unbelievers without. Scripture givens us reason to believe that the righteous will not only inherit heaven but an entire new creation.
Is there a hell? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.
Yes.
Matt. 13:40-42 - “Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matt. 18:8-9 - “And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.”
What is “annihilationism?”
The teaching that the reprobate are destroyed completely (annihilated) after the judgment, rather than facing eternal punishment.
- “the vocabulary of destruction” This can only at times appear to support annilationism. It - is not an option when the whole biblical picture is taken into account.
- Hell-fire imagery: Hell-fire speaks of the pain of the wicked, not of their consumption.
- God’s justice: We must learn of divine justice from the Bible itself. It will not do to protest God’s revealed judgments on the basis of what seems fair to us.
- “Universalist passages”: Universalists and annilationists have to argue that the last three chapters of the Bible are not a picture of the final state since these chapters reject both views.
- Conditional immortality: Peterson believes in the immortality of human beings because the Bible clearly teaches everlasting damnation for the wicked and everlasting life for the righteous.
What is your view of the millennium? Briefly defend your view from Scripture. ..
**Amillennialism - **According to this view there is not sufficient ground for belief in a literal millennium that will last for a thousand years. This position advocates that after Christ’s second coming the final judgment
and the eternal state will be ushered in. This position sees the number 1000 as symbolic for a long period of time, or of “completeness.”
Postmillennialism - This position holds to the idea that Christ will return after the millennium. the 1000 or
more years of peace on the earth that come about as a result of Christians’ preaching and teaching. Their work in the world will bring many conversions, reducing evil to a minimum. After this period of the Church’ s greatness, Christ will come again, the dead will rise, and God will conduct the final judgment.
Premillennialism - The teaching that Christ will return, set up an earthly kingdom, and role for 1000 years. According to this view, Christ’s return will be preceded by an increasingly evil world-more wars, famines, earthquakes-by the Gospel’s being preached to all peoples, by the appearance of the Antichrist
and by the great tribulation. Christ will then come and set up His Kingdom and reign with the saints for 1000 years. Jews will come to Christ in large numbers and will again take an important place in God’s
kingdom. After the millennium, evil will again cause rebellion. but God will crush it. At that time God will raise unbelievers for eternal judgment in hell and create a new heaven and earth for believers.
