1. WHAT TAKES PLACE AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a b) Eccl. 12:7. Then shall the dust return to the earth
as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
(a b) 2 Cor. 5:8. (We are) willing rather to be absent from
the body and to be present with the Lord.
*(b) Luke 23:43. Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou
be with Me in paradise.
*(b) Rev. 14:13. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
from henceforth.
(c) 1 Pet. 3:19, 20. He went and preached unto the
spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
(A) When man dies his immortal soul leaves his mortal body.
(B) The soul of the believer is at once received into heaven.
(C) The soul of the unbeliever immediately finds itself in
hell.
2. WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF CHRIST'S SECOND COMING ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a) Acts 1:11. This same Jesus, which is taken up from you
into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into
heaven.
(a) Rev. 1:7. Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye
shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him.
(b) Matt. 25:31. When the Son of Man shall come in His glory,
and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of
His glory.
(c d) Acts 17:31. (God) hath appointed a day in the which
He will judge the world.
*(c) Mark 13:32. Of that day and that hour knoweth no man.
(c) 2 Pet. 3:10. The day of the Lord will come as a
thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a
great
noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also
and
the works that are therein shall be burned up.
(c) 1 Pet. 4:7. The end of all things is at hand. (Concerning
the signs of Christ's coming see Matt. 24; Luke 21; 2 Thess 2; 2 Tim.
3:1-4.)
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
Christ will return
(A) Visibly;
(B) In glory;
(C) On the Last Day, known only to God, which will mark the
end of the world;
(D) To judge mankind.
3. WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a) John 5:28, 29. The hour is coming in the which all
that
are in the graves shall hear His voice and shall come forth.
(a) John 6:40. I will raise him up at the last day.
*(a) Job 19:25-27. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that
He shall stand at the latter day upon
the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body,
yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine
eyes shall behold, and not another.
(b) Phil. 3:21. (Christ) shall change our vile body that
it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
(A) On the Last Day Christ will raise up all the dead,
reuniting
their souls with their former bodies.
(B) The bodies of the believers will be glorified. (Those
living at the Last Day will be changed. 1 Cor 15:51, 52; John 6:40.)
4. WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
*(a) 2 Cor. 5:10. We must all appear before the judgment
seat
of Christ.
(a) Acts. 17:31. He will judge the world in
righteousness
by that Man whom He hath ordained.
(a) John 12:48. The Word that I have spoken, the same shall
judge him in the Last Day.
(a b c) Mark 16:16. He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
(a b c) Matt. 25:31-46. (Read this passage.)
(c) Luke 16:23, 24. In hell he lift up his eyes, being in
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he
cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus,
that
he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am
tormented in this flame.
(c) Matt. 10:28. Fear not them which kill the body, but are
not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell.
(c) Is. 66:24. Their worm shall not die, neither shall their
fire be quenched; and they shall be and abhorring unto all flesh.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
(A) Christ will on the Last Day judge all men in righteousness
by His Word.
(B) The believers will accompany Christ, according to both
soul and body, into heaven.
(C) The unbelievers will be condemned, according to both soul
and body, to eternal torment, shame, and contempt in hell.
5. WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF THE BLESSEDNESS OF HEAVEN ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a b) 1 John 3:2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He
shall
appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
*(a b) Ps. 17:15. I will behold Thy face in righteousness:
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.
(b) 1 Cor. 13:12. Now I know in part; but then I shall know
even as also I am known.
(c) Rev. 21:4. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall
there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
(d) Ps. 16:11. In Thy presence is fullness of joy; at Thy
right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
*(d) Rom 8:18. I reckon that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed
in us. (Degrees of glory. 2 Cor. 9:6.)
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
The blessedness of heaven consists in this, that
(A) We shall be with God and see Him as He is;
(B) We shall possess the fullness of the divine image,
consisting
in blissful knowledge of God and in perfect righteousness and holiness;
(C) We shall be free from all ills;
(D) We shall live in eternal and indescribable joy and glory.
6. TO WHOM WILL GOD GIVE ETERNAL LIFE ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a) John 3:16. God so loved the world, that He gave His
only-begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting
life.
(a) Matt. 24:13. He that shall endure unto the end, the same
shall be saved.
(a b) John 3:36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life: but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath
of God abideth on him.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
God will give eternal life
(A) To all believers;
(B) To believers only.
7. WHAT, THEN, MUST BE THE MAIN PURPOSES IN OUR LIVES ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -
(a) Acts 16:31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and
thou shalt be saved.
*(a) Rev. 2:10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give
thee a crown of life.
(b) Matt. 24:14. This Gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then
shall
the end come.
(b) Mark 16:15, 16. Preach the Gospel to every
creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.
FROM THIS WE LEARN -
The main purposes in our lives must be
(A) To believe in Jesus Christ and remain faithful unto the
end;
(B) To bring the Gospel of salvation to our fellow men.
Before the Next Lesson
FILL OUT Work Sheet No. 18
MEMORIZE the Bible passages marked with an asterisk (*).
READ Psalms 32, 46, 51, 73, 84, 90, and 91.
(B) The soul of the believer immediately goes to ............................ ; the body returns
(D) Thereupon the Christian, according to both body and soul, will live with
................................. in .............................. forevermore.