"the Gospel For Living," With John Musgrave, M.div.

Having finished our series on “Last Things,” we’re continuing to podcast the content of the classes at Christ Church each week. Search “What Does the Bible Teach?” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music, and you’ll see it there!

Eschatology and God’s plan for human history.

The scene of final judgment, and its immediate after:  the New Heavens and New Earth.

What is the relationship between Satan, the Antichrist, and the “man of lawlessness”?

Restrained for now.

Between our age and the New Heavens and New Earth:  Man of Lawlessness.

What happens between our age and the New Heavens and New Earth?

Satan before, during, and after the "1,000 years" of Revelation 20.

Revelation 20, Daniel 7, and what/when is the ‘thousand years’?

Looking at the view that sees the "millennium" as the entire period between the ascension and the return of Jesus (as the time we're in today).

A fifth view of "the last things," Preterism, focuses on the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by the Roman army in A.D. 70.

The main beliefs of Dispensational Premillennialism, continued.

The main beliefs of Dispensational Premillennialism.

Looking at the historically new, but now dominant view of last things:  Dispensational Premillennialism.

Understanding how to interpret “last things” by understanding that God uses synonyms.

An examination of Historic Premillennialism, which teaches a 1,000 year earthly reign of Christ, prior to final judgment and the New Heavens and New Earth.

How postmillennialism doesn't survive the scrutiny of Scripture. (Plus, some extra discussion, up front, on the Lord's Supper.)

Sacraments: visible, sensory ceremonies in the Church that show forth what Jesus did for His people.

Postmillennialism believes the "1,000 years" (taken figuratively) of Revelation 20 is a time in which the gospel will win most on earth to faith in Jesus, such that Jesus' return will be a welcomed event by most who live on earth.

The “1,000 years” of Revelation 20 is interpreted in different ways and as coming at different times.  Millennial view #2:  Postmillennialism. And, some principles of Biblical interpretation.