6. Jesus Christ is Exalted in Glory

Review last lesson…

Philippians 2:5-8 p. 11621. conceived

2. born3. suffered

4. crucified5. died

6. buried

Exaltation -

Being lifted

up

Philippians 2:9-11 p. 1162

1. Descended / into hell

2. Rose / from death

3. Ascended / to heaven

4. At right hand

5. Will come again

1. Jesusdescendedinto hell.

1 Pet 3:18,19 p. 1202

When?

After becoming alive

Col 2:15 p. 1166 Why?

To proclaim

his victory over the

devil.

2. JesusRose Fromthe Dead

Rom 1:4 p. 1112

This means that

1. He is true God

1 Cor 15:17 p. 1139

2. He really defeated

Sin and death

John 14:19 p. 1068

3. He will raise meAnd all believers.

3. JesusVisiblyAscendedinto Heaven

(40 days after His resurrection)

John 14:2,3 p. 1067

1. He has gone to prepare a place for us.

Acts 1:9-11 p. 1077

2. We will live with Him there forever.

Wandering Souls?

Purgatory?

4. Jesus Now Sits at God’s Right Hand

(the position of power and glory)

1 Jn 2:1-2 p. 1207

1. As our High

Priest, Jesus

Intercedes for us

(go between)

Matt 28:18 -19

2. As our

Prophet, Jesus

guides us with his word.

Matt 28:18

3. As our

King, Jesus

Rules all things for our good.

5. When will Jesus come again?

Scan of a Christian Tee Shirt…

“Every knee shall bow” (before Christ). Even Satan.

1. He will come as

Judge of the living and the dead.

Mt 25 31)"When the Son of Man (Jesus) comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32) All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33) He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

This is how Jesus willCome back to earth visibly on the Last Day,to judge the living andthe dead.

Warning! Watch out for some churches that teach that there will be a great war (sometimes called the Apocalypse) between the forces of good and evil, in connection with Christ’s return to earth. That great war is the struggle we live in right now, as we await Christ’s return. Nor is there a “Zombie” Apocalypse; that’s Hollywood’s imagination.

2. No one knows, except God himself.

Mt 24: 36 p. 982 “No one knows about that day or hour, not the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”

Jesus will destroythe earth, but afterHe has taken hisSheep (the believers)to heaven. Since wehave heaven to livein, we don’t needthis earth any longer.The Apostle Peterteaches that the earth will be destroyed byfire. Will it be like this picture? We don’t know.

No one knows except G

od himself!

What we do knowis that it is im-possible to predictwhen the Last Daywill be! Everyone who tries is wrong.

Biblical End Times

Waiting for Christ’s 1st

Coming

Waiting for Christ’s 2nd

Coming

Christ’s

Work

Heb 1:2 In these Last Days God has spoken to

us through his Son.

1 public return, judgment & rapture

Signs of the Times are God’s reminders to be ready

now! This is the time of tribulation, the Last Days, we live in now as we await

Christ’s 2nd Advent.

God gives us the SIGNS of the End Times. What are

they?

3. WE SHOULD….

2 Tim 3:1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves…

-- signs in societyMatt 24:6-7 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars…nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

(vs. 6) ---

in society:

…BE READY…

-- signs in natureMatt 24:7-8 There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

more signs in nature:

…FOR HIS…

-- signs in the church (3x)Matt 24~ 9) Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10) At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11) and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 14) And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

(Persecution is a sign.)

(the gospel’s spreading around the globe is a sign)

(The appearance of False prophets is a sign).

Koresh taught that he was Christ

reincarnated.

In connection with false prophets:

Matt 24~ 24) For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect– if that were possible.

Deceiving miracles!

…2ND COMING!!!

The whole sentence that was broken down over the last few slides should read:

3. We should… be ready…for His… 2nd coming.

4. WE ARE READY WHEN WE TRUST IN JESUS AS OUR SAVIOR.

5. Until Jesus comes, we will gladly serve and obey him.