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Day of the Lord• About 20 uses in the Old About 20 uses in the Old

TestamentTestament• About 4 in the New Testament About 4 in the New Testament

(2 in 1 and Second (2 in 1 and Second Thessalonians)Thessalonians)

• Get the broader viewGet the broader view– Refers to terrifying JudgmentRefers to terrifying Judgment– Is a specific time within a specific Is a specific time within a specific

ageage– Is fully enacted Is fully enacted afterafter the Seven the Seven

Year TribulationYear Tribulation

Passages of Interest

• Matthew 24-25 – Olivet Discourse [READ]

• I Thessalonians 5 [READ]

• 2 Thessalonians 2 [READ]

• Revelation

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 1:2-3– Not destined for wrath

Personal Eschatological Perspective

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

Reign of Fire

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.

Personal Eschatological Perspective

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

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED . . . the last versesthe last verses

Because He Lives

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

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.

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 shine;But God, who called me here below,Will be forever mine.

• When we’ve been there ten thousand years,Bright shining as the sun,We’ve no less days to sing God’s praiseThan when we’d first begun.

And Can it Be?

• No condemnation now I dread;Jesus, and all in Him, is mine;Alive in Him, my living Head,And clothed in righteousness divine,Bold I approach th’eternal throne,And claim the crown, through Christ my own.Bold I approach th’eternal throne,And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

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?

At the Name of Jesus

• Brothers, this Lord Jesus shall return again,With His Father’s glory, with His angel train;For all wreaths of empire meet upon His brow,And our hearts confess Him King of glory now.

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, love’s purest joys restored.Be still, my soul: when change and tears are pastAll safe and blessèd we shall meet at last.

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 sight;Angels 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.

Come Thou Fount

• O that day when freed from sinning,I shall see Thy lovely face;Clothed then in blood washed linenHow I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,Take my ransomed soul away;Send thine angels now to carryMe to realms of endless day.

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The PointExpectation

What happens at the end?• Judgments– The nature of judgment is the revelation of a person’s

works and status– Jesus is the Judge (John 5:22)– Some see a single general judgment (Reformed)– Some see multiple judgments

• Judgment seat of Christ (Romans 14:10-12; 2 Cor. 5:9-10)– Rewards (1 Cor. 3:14)– Christ’s Bride (Rev. 19:7-8)– Life deeds (2 Cor. 5:10)– Judgment of wickedness (1 John 2:28)– Ultimately for Christian, there is joy (Rev. 19:7-8)

Multiple Judgments Cont.

• Judgment of Tribulation Saints (Rev. 20:4-6)• Judgment of OT Saints (Daniel 12:2)• Judgment of Living Israel (Zech. 12:10-14)• Judgment of Gentile Nations (Joel 3:1-2; Matt. 25:31-

46)• Judgment of Satan and the Fallen Angels (Rev. 12:7-9

& 20:1-3)• The Great White Throne Judgment of the Wicked (Rev.

20:11-15)• The Judgment of the Heavens and Earth (2 Peter 3:10)

The Big Picture

GOD

GOD and Man*

Man vs. GOD GOD and a

chosen People

The GOD-Man*The GOD-Man*

GOD and a chosen People

GOD and Man*

Man vs. GOD

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