Unit 6 Flashcards
Study of the last days
Eschatology
Why should you study eschatology
It is a major theme of the Bible. Doesn’t pertain merely to future events. We have a part in the eschatological plan, though God will be the one to usher in His Kingdom. Should adduce alertness and watchfulness. Provides hope and encouragement
“Last things”
Eschatos
4 views on the intermediate state
Soul sleep
Purgatory
Instantaneous resurrection
Temporal state/paradise
View on the intermediate state
emphasis on passages equating death with sleep. The soul either unconscious or extinct.
Soul sleep
View on intermediate state
refers to a continued cleansing taking place after death. Good works help to lessen the time spent in purgatory (attending Mass, prayer, etc.) Scriptural support
Purgatory
View on intermediate state
believers receive resurrection bodies immediately upon death (based on 2 Corinthians 5:1-10)
Instantaneous resurrection
View on the intermediate state
even if believers receive a temporal body there is still a future resurrection. Souls of the righteous enter Paradise. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. 1 Cor. 3:10-15 has to do with judgment and reward.
Temporal state/paradise
Different views on millennialism
Amillennialism
Postmillennialism
Premillennialism
View on millennialism
the kingdom is primarily spiritual in nature and will be fully manifested in the Second Coming.
Amillennialism
View on millennialism
the millennial kingdom comes first, then Christ’s second coming (emphasis is placed on human progress and the church ushering in the kingdom.
Postmillennialism
View on millennialism
the millennial kingdom comes first, then Christ’s second coming (emphasis is placed on human progress and the church ushering in the kingdom.
Premillennialism
2 levels of Premillennialism
Dispensational
Historic
One of the two views of Premillennialism
Pretribulational rapture, future Israel
Dispensational
One of the two views of Premillennialism
Posttribulational rapture, no future Israel
Historic premillennialism