CCS SysTheo

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CCS SysTheo

• Personal Eschatology

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Day of the Lord

• About 20 uses in the Old Testament
• About 4 in the New Testament (2 in 1 and Second
  Thessalonians)
• Get the broader view
• Refers to terrifying Judgment
• Is a specific time within a specific age
• Is fully enacted after the Seven Year Tribulation

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Passages of Interest

• Matthew 24-25 Olivet Discourse READ
• I Thessalonians 5 READ
• 2 Thessalonians 2 READ
• Revelation

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When?

• Moment or time?
• Peace and Safety
• Thief in the night
• Labor Pains
• Purpose Encourage now
• Children of the Day
• Not of night or darkness
• Faith, love and hope See 12-3
• Not destined for wrath

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Personal Eschatological Perspective

• Study of Last Things
• Imminence (Reign of Fire)
• Death
• Parousia
• Day of the Lord

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Reign of Fire
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Bedtime Prayers

• Quinn Abercromby What do we do when we are
  awake? The Children Keep two eyes on the sky.
  Quinn Abercromby What do we do when we sleep?
  The Children Keep one eye on the sky. Quinn
  Abercromby What do we do when we see them? The
  Children Dig hard, dig deep, go for shelter, and
  never look back.

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Personal Eschatological Perspective

• Study of Last Things
• Imminence (Reign of Fire)
• Death
• Parousia
• Day of the Lord

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HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED . . .

• the last verses

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Because He Lives

• And then one day, I'll cross the river,I'll
  fight life's final war with painAnd then, as
  death gives way to vict'ry,I'll see the lights
  of glory and I'll know He lives!

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All Creatures of our God and King

• And thou most kind and gentle Death,Waiting to
  hush our latest breath,O praise Him!
  Alleluia!Thou leadest home the child of God,And
  Christ our Lord the way hath trod.

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Amazing Grace

• Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,And
  mortal life shall cease,I shall possess, within
  the veil,A life of joy and peace.
• The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,The sun
  forbear to shineBut God, who called me here
  below,Will be forever mine.
• When weve been there ten thousand years,Bright
  shining as the sun,Weve no less days to sing
  Gods praiseThan when wed first begun.

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And Can it Be?

• No condemnation now I dreadJesus, and all in
  Him, is mineAlive in Him, my living Head,And
  clothed in righteousness divine,Bold I approach
  theternal throne,And claim the crown, through
  Christ my own.Bold I approach theternal
  throne,And claim the crown, through Christ my
  own.

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Are you Washed in the Blood?

• When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be
  white?Are you washed in the blood of the
  Lamb?Will your soul be ready for the mansions
  bright,And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

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At the Name of Jesus

• Brothers, this Lord Jesus shall return
  again,With His Fathers glory, with His angel
  trainFor all wreaths of empire meet upon His
  brow,And our hearts confess Him King of glory
  now.

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Be Still My Soul

• Be still, my soul the hour is hastening onWhen
  we shall be forever with the Lord.When
  disappointment, grief and fear are gone,Sorrow
  forgot, loves purest joys restored.Be still, my
  soul when change and tears are pastAll safe and
  blessèd we shall meet at last.

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Blessed Assurance

• Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!O what a
  foretaste of glory divine!Heir of salvation,
  purchase of God,Born of His Spirit, washed in
  His blood.
• Perfect submission, perfect delight,Visions of
  rapture now burst on my sightAngels descending
  bring from aboveEchoes of mercy, whispers of
  love.
• Perfect submission, all is at restI in my Savior
  am happy and blest,Watching and waiting, looking
  above,Filled with His goodness, lost in His
  love.

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Come Thou Fount

• O that day when freed from sinning,I shall see
  Thy lovely faceClothed then in blood washed
  linenHow Ill sing Thy sovereign graceCome, my
  Lord, no longer tarry,Take my ransomed soul
  awaySend thine angels now to carryMe to realms
  of endless day.
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The Point

• Expectation

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What happens at the end?

• Judgments
• The nature of judgment is the revelation of a
  persons works and status
• Jesus is the Judge (John 522)
• Some see a single general judgment (Reformed)
• Some see multiple judgments
• Judgment seat of Christ (Romans 1410-12 2 Cor.
  59-10)
• Rewards (1 Cor. 314)
• Christs Bride (Rev. 197-8)
• Life deeds (2 Cor. 510)
• Judgment of wickedness (1 John 228)
• Ultimately for Christian, there is joy (Rev.
  197-8)

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Multiple Judgments Cont.

• Judgment of Tribulation Saints (Rev. 204-6)
• Judgment of OT Saints (Daniel 122)
• Judgment of Living Israel (Zech. 1210-14)
• Judgment of Gentile Nations (Joel 31-2 Matt.
  2531-46)
• Judgment of Satan and the Fallen Angels (Rev.
  127-9 201-3)
• The Great White Throne Judgment of the Wicked
  (Rev. 2011-15)
• The Judgment of the Heavens and Earth (2 Peter
  310)

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The Big Picture
GOD and Man
GOD
GOD and Man
Man vs. GOD
Man vs. GOD
GOD and a chosen People
GOD and a chosen People
The GOD-Man
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CCS SysTheo

• Personal Eschatology