Why is “the end” important?

A response for seekers

Our confidence in Scripture

Our Hope and our

motivation

Immanuel Kant(1724-1804)

“moral argument”

for the existence of God

General Form of Morality Argument

A human experience of morality is observed.

God is the best or only explanation for this moral experience.

Therefore, God exists

Afterlife Argument

Justice isn’t accomplished on the earth.

Because we sense justice ought to happen, it must happen.

It must happen in the afterlife.

Millennium

Return 2b of Christ

Dispensational Premillennial

New Heaven & Earth

Final JudgmentReturn 2a of Christ

Tribulation

Dispensational Premillennial

Origin: 1830s

Theologians: John Nelson Darby,

JB Chapman, Kirk Cameron

Traditions: Evangelicals

Logical End: fortress mentality

Millennium

Return of

Christ

Historic Premillennial

New Heaven & Earth

Final Judgment

Tribulation

Historic Premillennial

Origin: Early Church

Theologians: Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Augustine

Traditions: Catholics

Logical End:

Millennial reign through the Church

The Return of Christ and Final

Judgment

Postmillennial

New Heaven & Earth

Postmillennial

Origin: 1500’s

Theologians: Luther

Traditions: Mainline Protestants

Logical End: Social Gospel

Symbolic Millennium

The Return of Christ and Final

Judgment

Amillennial

New Heaven & Earth

Amillennial

Origin: Early Church

Theologians: Origin, Clement of Alexandria

Traditions: Orthodox, Reformed

Logical End: Church Victorious

Preterism

Full Preterism: all of Revelation has already been fulfilled

Partial Preterism: the prophecies through Revelation 19 were fulfilled in 70 AD, the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem .

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. Revelation 21:1-8

I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” Revelation 21:1-8

And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. Revelation 21:1-8

To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

Revelation 21:1-8

“But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 21:1-8

But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Luke 24:1-6

As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes.The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead!

Luke 24:1-6