Sermon Series: Great Doctrines of the Bible: Eschatology

The Intermediate State

Date: February 12th, 1984  |  Scripture: Luke 23:39-43  |  Topics: Abraham's Bosom, Afterlife, Death, Hades, Heaven, Hell, Paradise

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.


The Intermediate State

Date: February 12th, 1984  |  Scripture: Luke 23:39-43  |  Topics: Abraham's Bosom, Afterlife, Death, Hades, Heaven, Hell, Paradise

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.


The Rapture of the Church

Date: February 19th, 1984  |  Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17  |  Topics: Church, End Times, Eschatology, Rapture

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.


The Pre-Mid-and Post Tribulationists

Date: February 26th, 1984  |  Scripture: Matthew 24:15-21  |  Topics: Apocalypse, End Times, Eschatology, Rapture, Tribulation

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neContinue Reading


The Great Separation

Date: March 4th, 1984  |  Scripture: Luke 17:26-36  |  Topics: Eschatology, Judgment, Last Days, Rapture, Separation

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall itContinue Reading


The Terrible Tribulation

Date: March 11th, 1984  |  Scripture: Matthew 24:21-31  |  Topics: Antichrist, End Times, Eschatology, Israel, Tribulation

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very eleContinue Reading


The Rise, Reign and Ruin of the Antichrist

Date: March 18th, 1984  |  Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12  |  Topics: Antichrist, End Times, Eschatology, Satan, Tribulation, 666

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquityContinue Reading


The History of the Doctrine of the Lord’s Return

Date: March 25th, 1984  |  Scripture: Matthew 24:1-3  |  Topics: Eschatology, Millennium, Persecution, Reformers, Return

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?


What Do the Prophets Say?

Date: April 1st, 1984  |  Scripture: Revelation 10:7  |  Topics: End Times, Eschatology, Prophecy, Second Coming

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.


Why I Became a Premillennialist

Date: April 8th, 1984  |  Scripture: Luke 24:36-51  |  Topics: End Times, Eschatology, Premillennial, Second Coming

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet believed noContinue Reading