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4. Growing in Christ Contents 1. The Great Controversy: The Foundation 2. Revelation and the God Revealed in It 3. Man: God’s Handiwork 4. Salvation: The Only Solution 5. Growing in Christ 6. Victory Over Evil Forces 7. “Arming” for Victory 8. The Church: In Service to Humanity 9. The Church: Rites and Rituals 10. The Law and the Gospel 11. The Christian Life 12. Last Things: Jesus and the Saved 13. When All Things Become New

5. Growing in Christ Our Goal {169} THE goal of the quarter is to help us to not just believe the Truth (John 14:6), but to love Him even more and to grow in His grace.

6. Growing in Christ Lesson 12, December 22 Growing in Christ Lesson 12, December 22 Last Things: Jesus and the Saved

7. Key Text Acts 3:19-21 NKJV “ ‘Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things….’ ”

8. Last Things: Jesus and the Saved Initial Words {303} THE great controversy’s climax, was at the cross, where Satan’s ultimate defeat and destruction were ensured. At the same time, biblical prophecy points to a “time of the end”, a period in salvation history with its own significance in terms of the relationship between the Lord and His people.

9. Last Things: Jesus and the Saved Quick Look 1. Christ in the Sanctuary (Hebrews 8:1-5) 2. Christ and the Advent (2 Peter 3:13) 3. Christ and the Resurrection (John 11:25)

10. Last Things: Jesus and the Saved 1. Christ in the Sanctuary Hebrews 8:1, 2 NKJV “WE have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.”

11. 1. Christ in the Sanctuary The Earthly Sanctuary {304} THE earthly sanctuary is portrayed as a type, or pattern, of the heavenly one. The earthly sanctuary, then, teaches us a lot about the heavenly; its true significance was found in the heavenly and what was to happen there.

12. 1. Christ in the Sanctuary The Earthly Sanctuary {304} Ministry in the earthly sanctuary taught that while the shedding of blood was necessary to atone for sin, there was still the need for a priestly mediator between sinners and a Holy God as a result of that shed blood.

13. 1. Christ in the Sanctuary The Earthly Sanctuary {304} The ministry of the priest in the Most Holy Place cleansed the sanctuary of sin and required affliction and repentance on the part of the people. Thus, judgment also was highlighted as an integral part of the total ministry of salvation.

14. 1. Christ in the Sanctuary The Earthly Sanctuary {305} The earthly sanctuary service revealed three phases of salvation: substitutionary sacrifice, priestly mediation, and judgment. The Bible teaches that all three phases of salvation are embodied in the ministry of Christ on behalf of sinners.

15. 1. Christ in the Sanctuary The Earthly Sanctuary {305} With the earthly sanctuary services in the background, Hebrews 9:23 points clearly to a cleansing ministry of Christ in heaven. With our understanding of the two phases of Christ’s heavenly work in our behalf, this cleansing corresponds to the yearly cleansing of the earthly sanctuary on the Day of Atonement.

16. Last Things: Jesus and the Saved 2. Christ and the Advent 2 Peter 3:13 NKJV “NEVERTHELESS we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”

17. 2. Christ and the Second Coming Importance {306} The early church was certain of both the second coming of Christ and the promise of a new heaven and earth. Without the Second Coming, the First Coming would have been futile. Without the Second Coming, and the resurrection it brings, what would the promise of salvation mean to us? Nothing!

18. 2. Christ and the Second Coming Importance {307} The predictions about the end times were not given to satisfy the curiosity of believers but to encourage them to keep watching. We need to know what the Word of God teaches about last-day events because there are so many false views within Christendom itself regarding the signs of the times.

19. John 11:25 NASB “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies.’ ” Last Things: Jesus and the Saved 3. Christ and the Resurrection

20. Bodily Resurrection {308} THE resurrection of those who died believing in Christ is the most important part of the Second Coming, because most of Christ’s followers will be dead when He returns.

21. 3. Christ and the Resurrection Bodily Resurrection {308} 1 Thess 4:13–16 The dead in Christ will rise first. 1 Cor 15:13–25 If the dead do not rise, then Christ has not risen. Rom 8:11 He who raised Christ will also give life to mortal bodies. Phil 3:20, 21 Will transform our lowly body that it may conform to His glorious body.

22. Last Things: Jesus and the Saved Final Words {309} “IN our Saviour the life that was lost through sin is restored; for He has life in Himself to quicken whom He will. He is invested with the right to give immortality. The life that He laid down in humanity, He takes up again, and gives to humanity.” The Desire of Ages 786, 787