The church age does not go on indefinitely. Rather, it will end suddenly when Jesus removes all church-age believers in a single moment. Then, as prophesied in the Old Testament, Jesus will turn His attention back to unrepentant, national Israel. God had already talked about what it would take in the future to make the rebellious people of Israel repent and come to national faith in their Jewish Messiah. God will orchestrate a time of terrible punishment and suffering to get Israel’s attention. This is the seven-year period known as the “time of trouble for Jacob”, otherwise called the Tribulation. We go through a summary of the details that God provides about this future period, how there will be supernatural catastrophes, wars, hyperinflation, famine and a reshaping of the planet. God will permit Satan to raise a man known as the False Christ, or Antichrist, who will force the people of the world to submit to his one-world government and worship him. This False Christ will be assisted by another Satan-raised person known as the false prophet. But Jesus is the One directing the Tribulation and He will come to judge all the rebellious Jews, Gentiles, the Antichrist and the false prophet. It will be this catastrophic time that brings many Tribulation-age Jews and Gentiles to faith in Christ. To follow the session, access the notes at https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-22-How-the-World-Ends-Part-2.pdf
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Lesson 21: How the World Ends - Part 1
Does the church age continue without end? What does the Bible tell us? Scripture tells us that the church age will not go on forever but will end suddenly, without warning, when Jesus comes in the air to call to Him all who belong to Him, that is, those who have put their faith in Him. On that future day, believers who are alive on the earth will be taken up to meet Jesus in the air. Then along with church-age believers who have already passed away, all church-age believers will be given new, immortal resurrection bodies. They will go to be with Jesus in heaven and there, they will receive a review of their lives. Jesus will reward each believer according to the works each has done during their time on earth as believers. These rewards are regarding the future roles and lives in the coming Kingdom of God. The Bible tells us the key criterion of evaluation is the motive or attitude behind every work done. Each believer will be rewarded and assigned their future roles and responsibilities in the coming Kingdom. To follow the session, access the notes at https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-21-How-the-World-Ends-Part-1.pdf
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Lesson 20: The Present Age - Part 2
What happens when someone trusts in Jesus for salvation? We explore what the Bible says. Because of Christ’s work on the cross, God can declare a believer as righteous. And God births new spiritual life through the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit indwells permanently; and the Holy Spirit seals a believer, guaranteeing eternal life. We then examine why believers still fail, disobey and do evil. That’s because there are three aspects to salvation: there is the one-time justification (saved from the penalty of sin); the on-going sanctification (saved from the power of sin); and the future glorification (saved from the presence of sin). God secures justification and glorification, and while the Holy Spirit leads the sanctification process, it requires the cooperation of the believer. This means the believer can stumble, be disobedient and fail. This is why the Bible talks about being filled with the Spirit, grieving the Holy Spirit and quenching the Holy Spirit. These are all sanctification issues. We also discuss the realities of the church age: how there will be fake believers, failed believers, false teachers and Satan’s continued attacks on the church. So while the “invisible” church is made up of true believers, the “visible church” is a mix of real, false and failed believers, as well as false teachers. That’s why churchgoers often experience a mix of loving people and people who behave in unloving ways. To follow the session, access the notes at https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-20-The-Present-Age-Part-2.pdf
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Lesson 19: The Present Age - Part 1
Before we examine what the present age is about, we go back to the gospel accounts to witness what Jesus offered the Jewish people when he first came. He was the Messiah, the Son of David, the King whom the people of Israel were waiting for. Jesus offered the people of Israel their Kingdom. Some of the Jews trusted Jesus but the majority rejected him. So Jesus delayed the return of the Kingdom and instead, introduced an interim period. This interim period is the church age and a future tribulation period for Israel that will bring the Jews to national repentance. Then Jesus told his disciples to wait for God the Father and him to send the Holy Spirit to live in believers. Ten days after Jesus ascended, on the morning of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit arrived dramatically with three simultaneous miracles. The disciples realised the Holy Spirit had come. And now, the church age had begun. To follow the session, access the notes at https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-19-The-Present-Age-Part-1.pdf
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Lesson 18: The Saviour’s Work - Part 2
Why did Jesus die, how did He die and what happened after He died? These are all questions we will examine in this lesson. We examine the eyewitness accounts, the gospels, to see why the Jewish people and their leaders rejected the Messiah they had. been waiting for. We read through the account of Jesus being tried, found innocent, but still being sentenced to death on a cross. We examine all the unusual things that occurred on the day Jesus died and then what happened three days later. His disciples met a resurrected Jesus! We examine what the Bible says about the immortal, resurrection body, how it is completely different from the mortal body. And we examine why the resurrection is important, why it shows that what God is saying about the future is true. This is why so many people try so hard to deny the reality of Jesus’ resurrection event for if it really happened in history, then what God is saying about the future is true. We also examine how a person can personally benefit from Christ’s death and resurrection by putting their faith in Christ for salvation. Such a person will have their sin problem taken care of and will have reconciliation with the Creator-God. To follow the session, access the notes at https://comeandsee.online/s/Lesson-18-The-Saviours-Work-Part-2.pdf
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