Chapell Meeks 2 J - Theology: Last Things

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What happens to believers at death? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.

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"The souls do believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves, till the resurrection.” WSC #37

2 Cor. 5:1 if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands
v6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord
v8 We are confident, I say. and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord

Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him. I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise

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What happens to unbelievers at death? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.

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...And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day... WCF 32.1

Jude 6-7 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home-these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day

1 Pet. 3:19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison.

Front 3

Who will be raised to life at the last day?

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The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor: the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honor; and be made conformable to His own glorious body. "-WCF 32.3

John. 5:28-29 Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.

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Who will be judged at the last day? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.

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The apostate angels and all persons who have walked the earth. (ref. WCF 33.1)

Jude 1:6-7 judgement of angels
Jude 1:14-15 Lord comes with 10K holy ones to execute judgment on all... to convict the ungodly

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By whom will they be judged? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.

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By Jesus Christ. (ref. WCF 33.1)
Acts 17:31 - he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man appointed... assurance to all by raising him from the dead...

Front 6

Will any receive a second chance? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.

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Heb. 9:27 - man appointed once to die & then the judgment

John 8:24 -  [to Pharisees] "I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

Front 7

What practical use is the doctrine of the final judgment? Include Scripture proofs.

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1) Deters men from sin 2)Consoles the godly facing adversity
3) shakes off carnal security; creates a watchfulness ref.WCF 33.3

2 Cor. 5:10 We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body whether good or evil.

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When will Christ return? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.

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No one knows. "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son.
Matt. 24:36 no one knows the hour, not angels, nor the Son only the Father
Matt. 24:42-43 stay awake, you do not know when... if one knows when the thief is coming...

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What will heaven be like? Scripture clearly represents heaven as a place.

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1) Christ ascended to heaven, which can only mean the he went from one place to another.

2) heaven is described as the house of our Father, with many mansions (John 14:1), and this description would hardly fit a condition.

3) believers are said to be within and unbelievers without.

4) Scripture givens us reason to believe that the righteous will not only inherit heaven but an entire new creation.

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Is there a hell? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.

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Matt. 13:40-42 Just as weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age... all lawbreakers thrown in the fiery furnace....in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 18:8-9 better to enter life crippled or lame... than be thrown into the eternal fire...

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What is "annihilationism?" Evaluate it biblically.

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The teaching that the reprobate are destroyed completely (annihilated) after the judgment, rather than facing eternal punishment.

1) the vocabulary of destruction" This can only at times appear to support annilationism. It - is not an option when the whole biblical picture is taken into account.

2) Hell-fire imagery: Hell-fire speaks of the pain of the wicked, not of their consumption.

3) God's justice: We must learn of divine justice from the Bible itself. It will not do to protest God's revealed judgments on the basis of what seems fair to us.

4) Universalist passages": Universalists and annilationists have to argue that the last three chapters of the Bible are not a picture of the final state since these chapters reject both views.

5) Conditional immortality: Peterson believes in the immortality of human beings because the Bible clearly teaches everlasting damnation for the wicked and everlasting life for the righteous. ...

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Describe Amillennialism

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There is not sufficient ground for belief in a literal millennium that will last for a thousand years.
After Christ's second coming the final judgment and the eternal state will be ushered in.
The number 1000 is symbolic for a long period of time, or of "completeness."

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Describe Postmillennialism

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Christ will return after the millennium.
The 1000 or more years of peace on the earth that comes about as a result of Christians' preaching and teaching. Their work in the world will bring many conversions, reducing evil to a minimum.
After the period of the Church’s greatness, Christ will come again, the dead will rise, and God will conduct the final judgment.

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Describe Premillennialism

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Christ will return, set up an earthly kingdom, and rule for 1000 years.
Christ's return will be preceded by an increasingly evil world-more wars, famines, earthquakes-by the Gospel's being preached to all peoples, by the appearance of the Antichrist and by the great tribulation.
Christ will then come and set up His Kingdom and reign with the saints for 1000 years. Jews will come to Christ in large numbers and will again take an important place in God's kingdom.
After the millennium, evil will again cause rebellion; however God will crush it. At that time God will raise unbelievers for eternal judgment in hell and create a new heaven and earth for believers.