11 - Last Things/Eschatology Exam

Exam 3

Eschatology should NOT be exclusively defined as

about end times

Eschatology is Christian teaching about

the last things: heaven, hell, death, judgment, the second coming of Christ, and the kingdom of God.

Theologians refer to the already-not yet nature of eschatology as

inaugurated eschatology

Living in the tension between the already and the not yet of the kingdom means that for now

Christians are committed to the mission of proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ throughout the world.

T/F: Heaven is where we’ll play harps to baby-faced cherubs while sitting on clouds for eternity

False

T/F: Heaven is where the Christian’s soul goes to be with Christ until the resurrection of the body.

True

T/F: Heaven is future only.

False

T/F: Heaven is only for humans and God.

False

T/F: Heaven is the place of God’s rule.

True

T/F: Heaven can be experienced out of the body.

True

T/F: Heaven is where Jesus stays for all eternity.

False

T/F: Heaven is where Jesus sits down and does nothing for ages.

False

T/F: Heaven is glorious because of the presence of God.

True

Ephesians 1 and 2 position Christians in heaven presently because

of our being seated with Christ in the heavenly places of his kingdom rule

Augustine of Hippo famously mapped the already not yet distinction in social terms of

the City of God on pilgrimage through the City of Man

Our citizenship is in heaven, in Philippians 3:20 means,

we belong to God’s kingdom right now where we are

1 Peter 4:7 indicates that the nearness of the end of all things means Christians should

run to the grills, to cook up some loving hospitality

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 teaches that

resurrection is future for those who have died in Christ

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 teaches that

rapture is a biblical concept

According to Dr Draycott's post-tribulational view, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 teaches that

Christ will return publicly to earth

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 is encouraging to Christians because

Christ's return is good news as fulfillment of our kingdom hope

Rapture theologies must minimally affirm

saints, both living and dead, joining Christ when he comes from heaven

Revelation 6:9-11 gives an impression that saints who have died

exist safe in heaven experiencing time before the final resurrection of their bodies

The intermediate state will be

for Christians with Jesus in heaven, disembodied but in conscious continuity, in a state of happiness and interest in redemption history

Evangelicals all agree that

Jesus will come again in judgment

Judgment, biblically, is good news for

those who are the objects of God's grascious love

Judgment is

The culmination of God’s righteous redemption in Christ to the joy of some and the despair of others.

Judgment, biblically, involves

lifting up the humble and bringing down the proud

Judgment in Matthew 25 separates the sheep and the goats according to

deeds done, or left undone, for the least of these

‘It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God’ (Heb 10:31) even for Christians because

our deeds lived in lives of ministry will be exposed and tested by fire, even as we are saved in Christ

The final fixed states of the lost and the saved are spiritually sickening or delighting because

these are characterized by the loss or enjoyment of the very presence of and love of God

Hell, according to Jesus,

is to be avoided at all costs

Hell, is according to Revelation 20, for

eternal torment as punishing result of God's judgment

New Zubbuddada is not our eschatological hope because

we have no creaturely idea what this means

Kings of the earth bringing their glory into the New Jerusalem may mean that

goods from creation’s cultural life and civilization may somehow endure to God’s glory into the new heaven and new earth

Which of these is NOT true of the New Jerusalem:

individually isolated mansions made from clouds for private harp playing