151223 Lesson 11 - Judgment and Eternity

Lesson #11:  Judgment Day and Eternity Introduction:   Premillennialist Position:  In discussion of 2 Peter 3:10-13, Lindsey says, “In other words, Christ is going ‘to loose’ the atoms of the galaxy in which we live.  No wonder there will be a great roar and intense heat and fire.  Then Christ will put back atoms together to form a new heaven and earth, in which only the glorified persons without their sinful natures will live.  There will be no more rebellion of man’s will against God; only righteousness, peace, security, harmony and joy” (The Late Great Planet Earth, p. 179).  “The sequence is clear in the last chapters of Revelation.  First there is a return of Christ at the climax of the greatest war of all time.  Second, Christ separates surviving believers from the surviving unbelievers; the unbelievers will be judge and cast off the earth (Re. 20:1-6; cf. Mt. 25:41-46).  Third, Christ establishes the millennial kingdom and the surviving believers go into it as mortals and repopulate the earth (Re. 20:11-15; cf. Mt. 25:31-40).  Fourth, at the end of a thousand years the unbelieving children rebel, Christ judges them, then He completely changes the old heaven and earth and creates a new one (Re. 21; Is. 65:17; II Pt. 3:8-13).  This is the ultimate destiny of all persons who are redeemed by Christ” (Lindsey, p. 178).