Sermon Notes –
- Biblical prophecy should…
- cause us to worship God
- drive us to read the Bible
- increase our hope and dissuade our anxiety
- encourage us to live faithfully
- Jesus does not want us to know exactly when He is coming, but he does want us to know what He expects we are to be doing while we expectantly await His coming.
- Watch out for impostors (13:5)
- Stay unalarmed (13:7)
- Be on your guard (13:9)
- Don’t worry about your speech (13:11)
- Flee the one who sets himself up as God (13:14)
- Pray (13:18)
- Don’t try to figure out the hour of Jesus’ return (13:32)
- Stay awake! (13:33;35;37)
- It is God’s job to return, it is ours to be found faithful
- Terms
- Eschatology: Study of the Last things (end times)
- Second Advent (parousia): The return of Christ to earth
- Millennial Reign: The thousand year period where Christ rules on David’s throne in Jerusalem
- Pre-millennialism: Belief that Christ is going to reign for a literal thousand years on earth years
- Amillennialism: The belief that the thousand year reign of Christ spoken of in Revelation 20 is symbolic and not literally to be fulfilled
- Post-millennialism: The belief that the second coming will occur after a “golden millennial” period in which the gospel has been taken (and presumably accepted) by the entire world
- Pan-millennialism: The belief that it will all “pan” out in the end..
- Rapture: The name given to the event where true followers of Christ (true believing church) are “caught up” to be with Christ in the air.
- The Great Tribulation: The seven year period immediately preceding the second coming of Christ. Also called the time of Jacob’s distress
- It is God’s job to return, it is ours to be found faithful
- Perseverance is a sign of salvation, not its source
- How am I living in light of Jesus’ return?
