1. The Coptic Church Dogma (Based on the Creed) DG_1: One God DG_1: One God DG_2: The Trinity DG_2: The Trinity DG_3: The Divinity of Christ DG_3: The Divinity of Christ DG_4: The Doctrine of Incarnation DG_4: The Doctrine of Incarnation DG_5: The Doctrine of Redemption/Salvation DG_5: The Doctrine of Redemption/Salvation DG_6: The Holy Spirit DG_6: The Holy Spirit DG_7: The Church DG_7: The Church DG_8: The Second Coming “And He shall come again in His glory to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the coming age”

2. The Second Coming 1)I ntroduction 2) The Physical Death 3) Christ’s Second Coming 4)M illennium

3. 1)Introduction + Eschatology Greek Term = Second Coming Greek Term = Second Coming The last stage of God’s plan of grace: Preparation, Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification The last stage of God’s plan of grace: Preparation, Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification + After Christ’s redemption & resurrection Christ opened the Paradise, Luke 23:42-43 Christ opened the Paradise, Luke 23:42-43 Christ went to Hades and freed the captives taking them to Paradise, 1Peter 3:18-20 Christ went to Hades and freed the captives taking them to Paradise, 1Peter 3:18-20

4. 2) The Physical Death It is the death of the body not the spirit; it is the separation of body and spirit What happens after the physical death? Paradise OR Hades  Paradise OR Hades  No such claims in the Orthodox faith about purgatory or sleeping of souls or private judgment (the parable of Lazarus and the rich man) No such claims in the Orthodox faith about purgatory or sleeping of souls or private judgment (the parable of Lazarus and the rich man) Where is Paradise? Where is Paradise?

5. 3) Christ’s Second Coming The 2 nd Coming of Christ was referred to by the Lord Christ, Angels, and in the Epistles. The 2 nd Coming of Christ was referred to by the Lord Christ, Angels, and in the Epistles. The Events preceding the Second Coming: The Events preceding the Second Coming: 1.Calling of the Gentiles 2.The Conversion of the full number of Israel 3.The Great apostasy and tribulation 4.Coming of the Anti Christ 5.Signs of wonders The Second Coming itself The Second Coming itself 1.No one knows when? 2.In the body to be seen 3.Surprising

6. 4. The Millennium Heresy of the 1000 years Heresy of the 1000 years The reposed spiritss in Paradise The reposed spiritss in Paradise The spirit is united with the human body in the 2 nd Coming The spirit is united with the human body in the 2 nd Coming