Year A, Lesson 9

The Exalted Jesus will come again

3 Original sin = death comes to all!

4 1260) Ecc 12:7 1. The soul and body separate.

5 1262) Luke 16:22,23 2. The soul goes either to heaven or to hell. 1263) Luke 23: ) 2 Cor 5:8

6 Near Death? / After Death?

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8 1267) Jn 5:28,29

9 3. The body remains in the grave until Jesus comes again.

10 How God always looks at humans!

11 Wandering Souls? Purgatory?

12 When will Jesus Come Again? 1. No one knows, except God himself. 966) Mt 24: 36

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14 Mt 24 p. 982 v 36 No one knows… 37) As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38) For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying… up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39) and they knew nothing

15 …and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how is will be at the coming of the Son of Man. How will it be? A world-wide, public judgment will catch people unexpectedly.

16 Mt 24 p ) That is how is will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40) Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41) Two women will be grind- ing with the hand mill; one will will be taken and the other left. 42) Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know [when he will come.]

17 What’s the context of “taken”? The sudden arrival of Jesus at the last day! No chance to quick change your status with Jesus! One taken to heaven, the other left for hell.

18 Biblical End Times Waiting for Christ’s 1 st Coming Waiting for Christ’s 2nd Coming Christ’s Work Heb 1:2 In these Last Days God has spoken to us through his Son. 1 public return, judgment & rapture

19 2. As the world draws closer to the end, it will become... …more and more ungodly. 2 Tim 3:1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves…

20 -- in society Matt 24:6-7 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars…nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

21 -in society: Wars and rumors of wars

22 -- in nature Matt 24:7-8 There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

23 - In nature: famines and earthquakes

24 -- in the church (3x) Matt 24~ 9) Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10) At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11) and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 14) And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

25 persecution…(cont) -in the church

26 False prophets… (cont)

27 … spread of the gospel.

28 In what manner will Jesus come? 1. In glory with all His holy angels. 963) Matt 25:31

29 Why Jesus won’t sneak back silently and rapture believers before the last day: Matt 24:31 All the nations of the earth will mourn; they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky… And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call. 1 Thess 4:16 The Lord himself will come with a loud command… with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that we who are still alive and are left will be caught up (raptured) with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

30 2. Visibly so that every eye will see him. 965) Rev 1:7

31 What will happen when Jesus comes again? 1. All the dead, both believers and unbelievers, will be raised from the grave. 1267) Jn 5:28,29

32 2. All mankind (the living and the dead) will be publicly judged. 964) Acts 17:31

33 What will Jesus’ verdict be?

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35 1. He will say, “Away from me to everlasting fire… …who did not trust in Jesus.

36 What will happen then? 2 Peter 3:10 & 13 p. 1206

37 1. The world as we know it will be destroyed by fire. 2. God will give believers a perfect new (better) heaven and earth.

38 3. We will receive perfect, glorified bodies similar to Christ’s after his resurrection. 1291) Phlp 3: ) 1 Cor 15:52

39 Why will judgment day be a joyous day for a believer? 1284) Rev 21:3,4 1. …we will be Free from the presence & effects of sin!

40 2. We will be with the Lord forever! 3. Eternally happy in his presence.