THE LAST DAYS - ESCHATOLOGY

 

THE LAST DAYS

ESCHATOLOGY

Two preliminary points:

^{Acts 1:7} He said to them (the Apostles and Disciples at the scene of the Ascension) : “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.

Firstly:

The precise details are top secret, classified information, known only to the Father, not to the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Angels, or to us. The three Olivet Discourses in the Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, show that the Lord Jesus wants us to be well informed about the general picture of what is to come.

Secondly:

It is not clear where the Great Tribulation, the False Prophet, and the Antichrist, fit in, so I will omit them from my list. People will be saved and martyred during this time.

Several events have already taken place – Israel has returned to a part of the Promised Land (May 1948), to mention an important one.

A day will come when God the Father will turn to the Son, and say something like this: “The time has come to go for the Church and all the Righteous. Take the Archangel, and make sure he has his trumpet.”

^{1Thesallonians 4:16} For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

^{1Thesallonians 4:17} After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

This is the First Resurrection: in the blink of an eye. There will be the first Judgment Throne – the Bema: not of our sins (which have been forgiven when we prayed to Jesus, asking Him to forgive us through His death for us on the Cross), but a kind of Awards Ceremony.

^{2 Corinthians 5:10} For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. See1 Corinthians chapter 15 on the Resurrection.

This is the First Resurrection: in the blink of an eye. There will be the first Judgment Throne – the Bema: not of our sins (which have been forgiven when we prayed to Jesus, asking Him to forgive us through His death for us on the Cross), but a kind of Awards Ceremony.

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST'S RETURN FOR THE UNSAVED JEWS, AND THE REST OF HUMANKIND: TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES EAST OF JERUSALEM

Zechariah 14:3 and 4, Acts 1:10 and 11

THE MILLENNIUM: CHRIST RULES FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS

Satan is imprisoned Revelation 20 verse 1 ff, 20verse 4c

FINAL JUDGMENT John 5:27=29

SATAN'S JUDGMENT John 25:41, Revelation 20:10

The New Heaven and the New Earth created

THE NEW JERUSALEM CITY IS CREATED AND COMES DOWN TO EARTH WITH GOD'S PRESENCE: TO RECEIVE GLORY AND HONOUR FOR EVER AND EVER

REVELATION 21:10 and 22