Will be taking this week.  An attitude of gratitude will go a long way, so take this time, this season, to be thankful for what we have in our Savior Jesus.  Take this time to allow for hearts to melt into kindness and not be of critical mind and spirit.  Allow for others to be able …

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We will live eternally with God in new heavens and a new earth! After the final judgment, believers will enter into the full enjoyment of life in the presence of God forever.  Jesus will say to us, "Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" …

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It is appropriate to discuss the doctrine of hell in connection with the doctrine of final judgment.  We may define hell as follows: Hell is a place of eternal conscious punishment for the wicked.  Scripture teaches in several passages that there is such a place.  At the end of the parable of the talents, the …

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The Fact of Final Judgment Scriptural Evidence for a Final Judgment.  Scripture frequently affirms the fact that there will be a great final judgment of believers and unbelievers.  They will stand before the judgment seat of Christ in resurrected bodies and hear his proclamation of their eternal destiny. The final judgment is vividly portrayed in …

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Before examining the arguments for the three different positions of the Millennium, it is important to realize that the interpretation of the details of prophetic passages regarding future events is often a complex and difficult task involving many variable factors.  The degree of certainty that attaches to this conclusions in this area will be less …

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Before examining the argument for the three different positions of the Millennium, it is important to realize that the interpretation of the details of prophetic passages regarding future events is often a complex and difficult task involving many variables factors.  The degree of certainty that attaches to this conclusion in this area will be less …

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Before examining the arguments for the three different positions of the Millennium, it is important to realize that the interpretation of the details of prophetic passages regarding future events is often a complex and difficult task involving many variable factors.  The degree of certainty that attaches to this conclusions in this area will be less …

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The word millennium means "one thousand years" (from Latin millennium, "thousand years").  The term comes from Revelation 20:4-5, where it says that certain people "came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.  The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended." Just prior to this statement, …

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This week we will conclude our discussion of the return of Christ. There Is Disagreement Over the Details of Future Events Christians differ over specific details leading up to and immediately following Christ's return.  They differ over the nature of the millennium and the relationship of Christ's return to the millennium, the sequence of Christ's …

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The study of future events is often called "eschatology," from the Greek word eschatos, which means "last."  The study of eschatology, then, is the study of "the last things."  Unbelievers can make reasonable predictions about future events based on patterns of past occurrences, but in the nature of human experience it is clear that human …

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