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The Story-Line of Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect LESSON 7: RESURRECTION, JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN

The Story-Line of Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect LESSON 7: RESURRECTION, JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN. This lesson shows that after the destruction, death, and judgment on earth, Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect presents resurrection and judgment before God in heaven.

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The Story-Line of Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect LESSON 7: RESURRECTION, JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN

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  1. The Story-Line of Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect LESSON 7: RESURRECTION, JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN This lesson shows that after the destruction, death, and judgment on earth, Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect presents resurrection and judgment before God in heaven. Only after all of these activities does the book of Revelation in the New Testament show God creating a new heaven and new earth. Lesson 8, the final lesson on the Christian Apocalyptic Story-Line, will focus on God’s new creation. • Click for the next slide and a Hebrew Bible resource for Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect.

  2. Resurrection in Daniel 12 in the Hebrew Bible God’s resurrection of the dead, after times of extreme distress and destruction, begins the final events of the end time in apocalyptic literature. Daniel 12 presents the first clear biblical reference to a resurrection, final judgment, and afterlife. Click to read the presentation of resurrection in Daniel 12.

  3. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH Daniel 12:1 At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book. Click for continuation of Daniel 12.

  4. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH Daniel 12:2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 12:3 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. Click for resurrection in Hosea and Isaiah.

  5. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION in Hosea and Isaiah Important images and statements related to resurrection at the end of time are present also in Hosea 6:2; Isaiah 26:9. Click to read the images of resurrection in Hosea and Isaiah.

  6. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: IMAGES OF RESURRECTION in Hosea and Isaiah Hosea 6:2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him. 26:1 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.” Click for an explanation of Ezekiel 37.

  7. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: THE IMAGE OF REVIVAL in Ezekiel 37 Ezekiel 37 presents a famous prophetic account of the revival of the “dry bones” of Israel to new life as a nation in Israel. The image of “revival” of Israel in Ezekiel becomes a resource for later Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect, which envisions “resurrection” at the end of time. Click to read the presentation of revival in Ezekiel 37.

  8. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: THE IMAGE OF REVIVAL in Ezekiel 37 Ezekiel 37:4 Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, you dry bones, hear the word of Adonai. 37:5 Thus says the Lord Adonai to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 37:6 I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am Adonai. Click for continuation of Ezekiel 37.

  9. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: THE IMAGE OF REVIVAL in Ezekiel 37 cont. (1) Ezekiel 37:22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all; Click for continuation of Ezekiel 37.

  10. A Hebrew Bible Resource for Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: THE IMAGE OF REVIVAL in Ezekiel 37 cont. (2) Ezekiel 37:23 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. Click for an explanation of Christian apocalyptic resurrection.

  11. CHRISTIAN APOCALYPTIC RHETOROLECT PRESENTS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD AT THE END OF TIME • Click for next slide.

  12. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WHO HAVE DIEDWILL BE RAISED FIRST 1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 4:15 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep. Click for continuation of 1 Thessalonians 4.

  13. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WHO HAVE DIEDWILL BE RAISED FIRST cont. 1 Thessalonians 4:16: For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17: Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. Click for resurrection in Romans 14.

  14. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTIONin Romans 14 Romans 14:8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 14:9 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. Click for resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15.

  15. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION in 1 Corinthians 15 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 15:4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Click for continuation of 1 Corinthians 15.

  16. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION in 1 Corinthians 15cont. (1) 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep…. 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming. Click for continuation of 1 Corinthians 15.

  17. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION in 1 Corinthians 15 cont. (2) 1 Corinthians 15:24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 15:26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death. Click for continuation of 1 Corinthians 15.

  18. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION in 1 Corinthians 15 cont. (3) 1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. Click for continuation of 1 Corinthians 15.

  19. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION in 1 Corinthians 15 cont. (4) 1 Corinthians 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 15:54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” (see Isaiah 25:7) Click for continuation of 1 Corinthians 15.

  20. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: RESURRECTION in 1 Corinthians 15 cont. (5) 1 Corinthians 15:55 “Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?” 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Read 1 Corinthians 15) Click to read about judgment before God in heaven in the Hebrew Bible.

  21. Hebrew Bible Resource:JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN The Hebrew Bible presents judgment before God in heaven. Click to read about judgment before God in heaven in Daniel 7.

  22. Hebrew Bible Resource: JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN in Daniel 7 Daniel 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. Click for the use of this Hebrew Bible resource in Christian apocalyptic rhetorolect.

  23. CHRISTIAN APOCALYPTIC RHETOROLECT PRESENTS JUDGMENT BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN IN ROMANS AND REVELATION • Click for next slide.

  24. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: JUDGMENT IN HEAVEN in Romans 2 Romans 2:5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” Click for continuation of Romans 2.

  25. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: JUDGMENT IN HEAVEN in Romans 2 cont. Romans 2:7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; 2:8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation. Click for judgment in heaven in Revelation 20.

  26. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: JUDGMENT IN HEAVEN in Revelation 20 Revelation 20:12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. Click for continuation of Revelation 20.

  27. Christian Apocalyptic Rhetorolect: JUDGMENT IN HEAVEN in Revelation 20 Revelation 20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Click for a summary of this lesson.

  28. Good Work! In this lesson you have learned that: The Christian apocalyptic story-line presents God’s resurrection of people from death after extended periods of destruction, death, and turmoil on earth. After resurrection, people face judgment before God in heaven. Well done! Please continue now to Lesson 8 on God’s creation of a new heaven and a new earth, which is the final lesson in the Christian Apocalyptic Story-Line.

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