1. The End And The Beginning

2. Revelation 20:11-21:7

3. Understanding the End 1.Final judgment awaits everyone.

4. Understanding the End 1.Final judgment awaits everyone. 2.The Book of Life = record of salvation. -Ephesians 2:8 -saved by grace through faith in Christ alone

5. Understanding the End 3. The book of deeds = record all our actions. -Leviticus: “Be holy because I am holy!” -Hebrews 8:12 -Psalm 103:12 Our sins are remembered no more.

6. Understanding the End The final judgment is really about God’s mercy. The End is not really the end... it is the Beginning..

7. Understanding the Beginning 1.A new heaven AND a new earth!

8. Understanding the Beginning 1.A new heaven AND a new earth! 2.God’s dwelling place is among His people.

9. Understanding the Beginning 3. No death, sorrow, crying or pain.

10. Understanding the Beginning 3. No death, sorrow, crying or pain. 4. Available to ALL who are thirsty! New Life!

11. What about the Present? 1.Drink! -From the living waters Christ freely offers

12. What about the Present? 2. Keep an eternal perspective on this life. -Life is more than what we can see. -God can recycle the trash of our lives!

13. What about the Present? 3. Offer God’s hope to others. -Share the Good News! -Evangelize. -Go. -Now.

14. What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy? What if trials of this life The rain, the storms, the hardest nights Are your mercies in disguise?