Last Things

1  "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
John 14:1-3 (ESV)


The Baptist Faith & Message 2000

X. Last Things

God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.


Isaiah 2:4; 11:9; Matthew 16:27; 18:8-9; 19:28; 24:27,30,36,44; 25:31-46; 26:64; Mark 8:38; 9:43-48; Luke 12:40,48; 16:19-26; 17:22-37; 21:27-28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 17:31; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 15:24-28,35-58; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Philippians 3:20-21; Colossians 1:5; 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 5:1ff.; 2 Thessalonians 1:7ff.; 2; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:27-28; James 5:8; 2 Peter 3:7ff.; 1 John 2:28; 3:2; Jude 14; Revelation 1:18; 3:11; 20:1-22:13.
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The Bible depicts a timeline that includes past, present ad future.  God is not trapped in or limited by time. He created time as a construct within eternity - part of His creation.

The Bible's doctrine of eschatology, which focuses on Last Things, provides a future horizon for Christian theology and Christian living.  Believers are to live in anticipation of Christ's coming and in absolute confidence that God will consummate all things and accomplish His purposes.

The doctrine of Last Things focuses on Jesus Christ and His return. The Bible tells us that He will return to earth personally, visibly and gloriously.

When Christ returns, He will come in glory as a conquering king to claim His kingdom.

When Christ returns, the dead will be raised (1 Thess. 4:16). The promise of our resurrection is sure and certain. All those who have died - believers and unbelievers-  will experience the resurrection of the dead.

The righteous - those who are declarered righteous through faith in Christ- will be allowed into heaven.  The unrightous will be consigned to hell, the place of everlasting punishment (Rev. 20:11-15).

taken from The Baptist Faith & Message

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Soli Deo Gloria
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