2. Bible Eschatology What happens after death?

3. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. (Ezekiel 18:20 ESV) Kingdom of Nature James 1:13-18 T L S D The Power of Darkness (the world) Alien – 2 Thess. 1:8-9 Infant Mt. 18:3 LIFE DEATH Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. (James 1:13-15 ESV) …when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 ESV) …and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:3 ESV)

4. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted. (Isaiah 7:14-16 ESV) Kingdom of Nature James 1:13-18 T L S D The Kingdom of Christ The Power of Darkness (the world) F R C Baptism V K SC S G BA L Faithful – Rev. 2:10 Alien – 2 Thess. 1:8-9 Unfaithful – Mt. 13:40 Infant Mt. 18:3 LIFE DEATH 2 Peter 1:5-8 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:5-8 ESV) Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Revelation 2:10 ESV) Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” (Matthew 13:30 ESV)

6. Bible Eschatology What happens after death? continued

7. Kingdom of Nature James 1:13-18 T L S D The Kingdom of Christ The Power of Darkness (the world) F R C Baptism V K SC S G BA L Faithful – Rev. 2:10 Alien – 2 Thess. 1:8-9 Unfaithful – Mt. 13:40 Infant Mt. 18:3 LIFE DEATH HADES PARADISE or Abrahams’ bosom Luke 16:22; 23:43 Acts 2:27, 31 2 Cor. 5:1-4 2 Cor. 12:1-4 Matthew 16:18 Revelation 6:9-11 2 Peter 1:5-11 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. (Luke 16:22-23 ESV) And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” (Luke 23:43 ESV) For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. (Acts 2:27 ESV) …he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. (Acts 2:31 ESV) For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. (2 Corinthians 5:1-4 ESV) I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. (2 Cor. 12:1-4 ESV) And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18 ESV) When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. (Revelation 6:9-11 ESV)

8. Kingdom of Nature James 1:13-18 T L S D The Kingdom of Christ The Power of Darkness (the world) F R C Baptism V K SC S G BA L Faithful – Rev. 2:10 Alien – 2 Thess. 1:8-9 Unfaithful – Mt. 13:40 Infant Mt. 18:3 LIFE DEATH HADES PARADISE or Abrahams’ bosom Luke 16:22; 23:43 Acts 2:27, 31 2 Cor. 5:1-4 2 Cor. 12:1-4 Matthew 16:18 Revelation 6:9-11 TARTARUS or Torment Luke 10:15 Luke 16:23 2 Peter 2:4-9 Jude 6 2 Peter 1:5-11 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. (Luke 10:15 ESV) and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. (Luke 16:23 ESV) if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed …then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, (2 Peter 2:6-9 ESV) And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— (Jude 1:6 ESV)

9. Kingdom of Nature James 1:13-18 T L S D The Kingdom of Christ The Power of Darkness (the world) F R C Baptism V K SC S G BA L Faithful – Rev. 2:10 Alien – 2 Thess. 1:8-9 Unfaithful – Mt. 13:40 Infant Mt. 18:3 LIFE DEATH HADES THE END (1 Cor. 15:24) PARADISE or Abrahams’ bosom Luke 16:22; 23:43 Acts 2:27, 31 2 Cor. 5:1-4 2 Cor. 12:1-4 Matthew 16:18 Revelation 6:9-11 TARTARUS or Torment Luke 10:15 Luke 16:23 2 Peter 2:4-9 Jude 6 JUDGMENTJUDGMENT RESSURRECTIONRESSURRECTION 2 Peter 1:5-11

10. “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

11. “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31-46 ESV)

12. Kingdom of Nature James 1:13-18 T L S D The Kingdom of Christ The Power of Darkness (the world) F R C Baptism V K SC S G BA L Faithful – Rev. 2:10 Alien – 2 Thess. 1:8-9 Unfaithful – Mt. 13:40 Infant Mt. 18:3 LIFE DEATH HADES THE END (1 Cor. 15:24) PARADISE or Abrahams’ bosom Luke 16:22; 23:43 Acts 2:27, 31 2 Cor. 5:1-4 2 Cor. 12:1-4 Matthew 16:18 Revelation 6:9-11 TARTARUS or Torment Luke 10:15 Luke 16:23 2 Peter 2:4-9 Jude 6 JUDGMENTJUDGMENT RESSURRECTIONRESSURRECTION Mt. 25:31-46 DEPART, v.41 COME, v.34 Eternal Punishment Eternal Life 2 Peter 1:5-11

13. Bible Eschatology Don’t wait till it’s too late.

15. Kingdom of Nature T L S D F R C Baptism ME K SC P G BK L ________________ _________________ __________________ LIFE DEATH _________ _________ (1 Cor. 15:24) ____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________ JUDGMENTJUDGMENT RESSURRECTIONRESSURRECTION DEPART, v.41 COME, v.34 _____________ Mt. 25:31-46