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Death
Judgment
Purgatory
Hell
Heaven
The signs of the end
The Second Coming
(5) THE LAST THINGS
DEATH
Will be judged on merits
Acts 17:31, Rom 2:6, 11, 14:10, 2 Cor 5:10, 11:15, Col 3:25, Heb 11:6, 1 Pet 1:17, Rev 20:13
Promised future resurrection
2 Cor 4:13-14, Phil 3:11, 1 Thess 4:14, 2 Tim 2:11
Heaven as reward for good
Mt 5:12, Col 1:5, Heb 10:34
SOUL — IMMORTALITY
Soul created by God
Gen 2:7, Eccles 12:7, Is 57:16, Zech 12:1
Made in God’s image
Gen 1:26-27, 1 Cor 11:7, Col 3:10
Distinct from body
Mt 10:28, Acts 2:27, 1 Thess 5:23, Heb 4:12
Soul departs body at death
Gen 35:18, Eccles 12:7, Lk 12:20
Soul survives death of body
Gen 35:18, 1 Sam 28:19, 1 Kings 17:22, Mt 10:28, Lk 8:55
Committed to God’s care at death
Ps 31:5, Acts 7:59, 1 Pet 4:19
Souls of just in heaven
Wis 3:1 ff, Rev 6:9, 8:3, 20:4
Soul subject to temptation
1 Pet 2:11, 2 Pet 2:14
Nothing compensates for loss of soul
Mt 16:26, Mk 8:36
Saving our souls
Jas 1:21, 5:20, 1 Pet 1:9
Physical death a consequence of sm, Gen 3
Wis 1:13, 2:24, Sir 25:24, Rom 5:12, 1 Cor 15:22
Death ends our mortal existence
Job 7:8-9, 21, 14:10, Ps 39, 13, 88:5, 102:23-24, Eccles 3:19-22, 6:1-12, Lk 12:20
Death is man’s common destiny
2 Sam 12:23, 14:14, 1 Kings 2:2, P 5 49:8-g, Eccles 3
Death brings sorrow
Gen 23:2, 50:1, 2 Sam 19:1, 2 Kings 13:14, Lk 7:12-13, Jn 11:19, 35
Death is to be feared
2 Kings 20:2 fl, 15 38:2, Mk 14:33, Lk 22:44, Jn 11:33, 38, 12:27, 13:21, Heb S:7
Christ has conquered death
Acts 13:34, Rom 6:9, 1 Cor 15:25-27, 2 Tlm 1:10, Heb 2:14, Rev 1:18
All who die in Christ shall live with him
Rom 6:5, 8, 8:17, 2 Tim 2:11
(See also IMMORTALITY, SIN)
PURGATORY
Purification necessary for heaven
Heb 12:14, Rev 21:27
An intermediate state of purification
Mt 5:26, Lk 12:58-59
Degrees of expiation of sins
Lk 12:47-48
Can be aided by prayer
2 Mac 12:45
After expiation – Heaven
1 Cor 3:15
HELL – (GEHENNA)
Prepared for devil and his angels
Mt 25:41, Rev 14:9-11
Place of darkness and silence
Ps 88:6, 115:17, Mt 8:12 22:13, 25:30, 2 Pet 2:i 7, Jude 13
Called a pit
Job 26:5-6, Ps 88:6, 2 Pet 2:4
Called a prison
Job 38:17 Is 24:22
Place, of misery and torment
Dan 12:2, Mt 8:11-12, 13:42 22:13, Lk 13:24-28, Rom 2:8, Rev 14:9-11, 19:20
Exclusion from God s presence
Mt 5:20, 7:21-23, Lk 13:24-28, 1 Cor 6:9-11, Gal 5:21, 2 Thess 1:9
Fires of hell
Mt 5:22, 18:9, 25:41, Mk 9:43, Lk 3:17, Jas 3:6, Jude 7, Rev 19:20, 20:10, 21:8
Hell is wages of sin
Is 3:11, Rom 2:6, 6:21-23, 1 Cor 6:9-10, Gal 6:7, Jas 1:15, Rev 21:8
Punishment for willful, rejection of God’s grace
Jn 12:48, Rom 2:5, 2 Thess 1:8, Heb 2:2-3, 6:4-6, 10:26-29
No further chance of repentance
Heb 12:17
HEAVEN
Heaven is dwelling place of God
Gen 19:24, Dent 10:14, 1 Kings 22:19, Ps 11:4, Mt 5:16, 45, 6:1
Jesus came down from heaven
Jn 3:13, 31, 6:38, 1 Cor 15:47
Jesus ascended into heaven
Mk 16:19, Lk 24:50, Jn 20:17, Acts 1:3-9, Eph 4:10, 1 Pet 3:22
Will return from heaven
Mt 10:23, 16:27, 19:28, 25:31, Acts 1:11, 1 Thess 4:13-1 fl, 2 Thess 1:7, 2 Pet 1:16, Rev 1:7, 20:11, 22:20
Heaven our home
Mt 5:12, 2 Cor 5:1-5, Phil 3:20, Col 1:5, 1 Pet 1:4
Christ will take us to heaven
Mt 24:31, Jn 14:2-3, 1 Thess 4:16-17, 2 Thess 2:1
Heaven intended for all mankind
1 Tim 2:4
Not easy to attain
Prov 11:28, Mk 10:23-25, 1 Cor 6:9, 1 Pet 4:18
We should strive to attain heaven
Col 3:1, Heb 13:14
Our bodies must first be changed
1 Cor 15:50-51, 1 Thess 4:13-17
Degrees of happiness in heaven
Mt 20:21, Jn 14:1-3
St Paul taken to third heaven
2 Cor 12:2
The Second Coming
SECOND COMING
Will return in glory
Dan 7:13, Mt 24:30 25:31, 26:64, 1 Thess i:16, Rev 1:7
At a time unknown
Mt 24:44, 25:13, Mkl 3:35, Lk 12:40, 46, 1 Thess 5:2, 2 Pet 3:10, Rev 3:3, 16:15
Will come as Judge
Jn 5:22, Acts 10:42, 17:31 2 Tim 4:1, 1 Pet 4:5, Rev 20 , 12- 13
Judge of the living and dead
Acts 10:42, Rom 2:16, 2 Tim 4:1, 1 Pet 4:5
For completion of salvation of just
Rom 2:7, 1 Cor 1:8, Phil 3:21, Heb 9:28, 1 Pet 1:5
We should look for his coming
Rom 8:23, 1 Cor 1:7, Phil 3:20, Col 3:1-4, 1 Tim 1:1, Heb 10:37, 2 Pet 3:12
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