Universality of death: Romans 5:12, Hebrews 9:27
Compared to as Sleep: Mark 5:39, John 11:11, Acts 13:36, 1 Corinthians 15:6,1 Thes 4:13
Death Will be Vanquished: 1 Cor 15:26, 54; 2 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:4
Death Of the Righteous: Triumphant (Luke 16:22); Of the Wicked (Luke 12:20) Great Gain (Philippians 1:21); Blessing Pronounced upon (Revelation 14:13); Sought as a Relief from Trouble (Revelation 9:6)
Spiritual Death: Romans 6:23; Romans 8:6; James 1:15; James 5:20; Revelation 21:8
Christ Conqueror of death: Acts 2:27; Demonstrated his Victory by his own Resurrection (Romans 1:4), Will Completely Destroy Death at Last (1 Corinthians 15:25,26).
Death in Revelation: Jesus holds the key of death (Rev1:8), second death has no power (20:6); second death is the lake of fire (Rev 20:14), no more death (21:4) second death (Rev 21:8),
Only because Christ’s resurrection guarantees their future resurrection are Christians delivered from the fear of death (Heb. 2:14f.) and able to see it as a sleep from which they will awaken (1 Thes. 4:13f.; 5:10) or even a departing to be with Christ (Phil. 1:23).
Immortality - Immortality is the gift of God, which will be attained through the resurrection of the whole person.
Immortality can not be destryed by men (Matt. 10:26,28);
It is given only by God, immortality is eternal life of the soul, age to come - Matt. 19:16, 17 Luke 10:25–28.
Immortality is a state of eternal panishment od eternal life - Matt. 25:46;
The main chapter of this doctrine is 1 Cor. 15.
Immortality is gain only by accepting Christ - 2 Tim. 1:10;
Imortality is is translated „eternity“ 2 Tim. 1:9
Imortality is is translated „life to come“1 Tim. 4:8
Immortality of the soul:
Immortality in the gospels: Mark 10:30; Mark 12:26, 27; Luke 9:25; Luke 20:36–38; John 3:14–16, 36; John 5:29, 40; John 6:39, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58; John 10:28; John 11:25, 26; John 14:19; John 17:2, 3;
Immortality in the epistles: Acts 20:32; Acts 23:8, 9; Acts 26:7, 8, 18; Rom. 2:7; Rom. 6:22, 23; 1 Cor. 15:12–55; Gal. 6:8; Col. 1:5, 6; 1 Thess. 4:13–18; 1 Thess. 5:10; 2 Thess. 1:7–9; 2 Thess. 2:16; 1 Tim. 4:8; 1 Tim. 6:12, 19; Tit. 1:2; Tit. 3:7; Heb. 9:15; Heb. 10:34; Heb. 11:5, 10, 13–16; 1 Pet. 1:3–5; 1 John 2:17, 25; 1 John 5:13; Jude 21; Rev. 1:7; Rev. 3:4; Rev. 22:5
The expectation and the nature of the final comming
The bible speaks of Christ second coming eight times more often than of His first coming. It speaks of it 318 times in the NT. The NT consistently represents the coming of Christ as imminent (Mt. 16:28; 24:33; Rom. 13:11f.; 1 Cor. 7:29; Jas. 5:8f.; 1 Pet.4:7; Rev. 1:1; 22:7, 10, 12, 20).
The church leaders taught that Christ would return- Acts 3:30
The angels told of Christ’s return – Acts 1:11
Jesus told of His return – Mat 24:27, Mark 13:26, Luke 21:27, Jophn 14:3; 21:22
Out Attitude Concerning second coming of Christ: Readiness (Matthew 24:44), Stewardship (Luke 19:13), Patient Waiting (1 Corinthians 1:7 ), Charitableness (1 Corinthians 4:5), Blameless Living (1 Thessalonians 5:23), Perfect Obedience (1 Timothy 6:14), Joyful Expectation (Titus 2:13), Constant Abiding (1 John 2:28)
Purpose of Christ coming: to Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:31 , Matthew 25:32, 1 Corinthians 4:5 , 2 Timothy 4:1 ,Jude 1:14 ,Jude 1:15.
The Time of his coming is Unknown: Matthew 24:27. Matthew 24:36, Luke 12:40, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 16:15
Spoken of as Near at Hand: Philippians 4:5, Hebrews 10:37 ,James 5:8 , Revelation 3:11, Revelation 22:7, Revelation 22:20
Christian hope is focused on the coming of Christ, which may be called his ‘second’ coming (Heb. 9:28). The OT term, ‘the *day of the Lord‘, which the NT uses for the event of final fulfilment (1 Thes. 5:2; 2 Thes. 2:2; 2 Pet. 3:10; cf. ‘the day of God’, 2 Pet. 3:12; ‘the great day of God the Almighty’, Rev. 16:14), is characteristically ‘the day of the Lord Jesus’ (1 Cor. 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:14; cf. 1 Cor. 1:8; Phil. 1:6, 10; 2:16).
The signs of the times
Some exegetes think the NT provides ‘signs’ by which the church will be warned of the approach of the end (cf. Mt. 24:3). The strongest support for this idea comes from Jesus’ parable of the fig tree, with its lesson (Mt. 24:32f.; Mk. 13:28f.; Lk. 21:28–31). We should be able to indetify and understand the signs of His coming , but this dos not mean that we know the day and the hour. Matthew 24:3-14 gives us 8 signs:
False way of using of Christ name - Mat 24:5
Wars - Mat 24:6-7
Famine Mat 24:7
Earthquakes - Mat 24:7
Persecution (hurting and killing of Christians) - Mat 24:9
Appostasy - Mat 24:10
False religious teachers - Mat 24:11
Decandecy of evil and declining of love - Mat 24:12-13
Other signs from NT:
Growing of sin –false security 1 Tes 5:3
Selfishness and love of money – 1 Tim 3:2
Lack of relational respect – 2 Tim 3:2
Insatisfaction and sinfulness 2 Tim 3:2
Lack of love – 2 Tim 3:3
Spreading of good news over all the world – Mat 24:14
Jews will return to their homeland – Ez 36:24
The resurrection of the body -1 Cor 15
At the coming of Christ, the Christian dead will be raised (1 Cor. 15:23; 1 Thes. 4:16) and those who are alive at the time will be transformed (1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thes. 4:17), they will pass into the same resurrection existence without dying.
RESURRECTION: Matthew 28:1-20, Mark 16:1-14 ,Luke 24:1-46 ,John 11:1-44 ,John 20:1-31, 1 Corinthians 15:1-58, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 , Rev 20:5,6.
Promises Concerning The resurrection: John 5:25, John 6:40, John 11:25, Acts 24:15, 1 Corinthians 15:22, 2 Corinthians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:16.
The final judgment
The Judge is God (Rom. 2:6; Heb. 12:23; Jas. 4:12; 1 Pet. 1:17; Rev. 20:11) or Christ (Mt. 16:27; 25:31; Jn. 5:22; Acts 10:42; 2 Tim. 4:1, 8; 1 Pet. 4:5; Rev. 22:12).
It is God who judges through his eschatological agent Christ (Jn. 5:22, 27, 30;
Acts 17:31; Rom. 2:16). The judgment seat of God (Rom. 14:10) and the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10) are therefore equivalent.
The standard of judgment is God’s impartial righteousness according to men’s works (Mt. 16:27; Rom. 2:6, 11; 2 Tim. 4:14; 1 Pet. 1:17; Rev. 2:23; 20:12; 22:12).
This is true even for Christians: (2 Cor. 5:10).
The judgment will be according to men’s lights (cf. Jn. 9:41); according to whether they have the law of Moses (Rom. 2:12) or the natural knowledge of God’s moral standards (Rom. 2:12–16),
Hell and the intermediate state -The state of the dead
Scripture is restrained in its portrayal of what life in the intermediate state is like. Paul says of himself that after his death he will be “with Christ, which is far better” (Phil 1:23) but he gives no details.
(Lk 16:19–31),- parable of the rich man and Lazarus
In the NT, hell is pictured as:
a place of unquenchable or eternal fire (Mk. 9:43, 48; Mt. 18:8; 25:30) and the undying worm (Mk. 9:48),
a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mt. 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 25:30), the outer darkness (Mt. 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; cf. 2 Pet. 2:17; Jude 13) and
the lake of fire and brimstone (Rev. 19:20; 20:10, 14f.; 21:8; cf. 14:10). Revelation identifies it as ‘the second death’ (2:11; 20:14; 21:8).
It is the place of the destruction of both body and soul (Mt. 10:28).
Hell is the destiny of all the powers of evil: Satan (Rev. 20:10), the demons (Mt. 8:29; 25:41), the beast and the false prophet (Rev. 19:20), death and Hades (Rev. 20:14).
Eternal punishment – is described as:
Eternal fire: Matthew 3:12 ,Matthew 13:42 ,Matthew 18:8 ,Matthew 25:41 ,Mark 9:44, Jude 1:7 ,Revelation 14:10 ,Revelation 20:10 ,Revelation 20:15 ,Revelation 21:8
Hell: Psalms 9:17; Matthew 5:29; Luke 12:5; 16:23
Darkness: Matthew 8:12; 2 Peter 2:17
Death: Romans 5:12-17; 6:23
Resurrection of damnation:John 5:29
Rising to shame and everlasting contempt: Daniel 12:2
Everlasting destruction: 2 Thessalonians 1:9
Second death: Revelation 2:11; 21:8
Damnation of hell: Matthew 23:33
Eternal damnation: Mark 3:29
Blackness of darkness: 2 Peter 2:17; Jude 1:13
The wrath of God: John 3:36
Wine of the wrath of God: Revelation 14:10
Torment with fire: Revelation 14:10
Torment for ever and ever: Revelation 14:11
Often sudden and unexpected: Psalms 35:8; 64:7; Proverbs 29:1; Luke 12:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
The new earth
This concept of a new or renewed universe first found in the book of Isaiah. God declares, “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind …. For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me … so shall your descendants and your name remain” (Is 65:17; 66:22, rsv).1
Destruction of the earth: Matt. 5:18; Matt. 24:3, 14, 29–31, 35–39 Mark 13:24–37; Luke 21:26–36. 2 Pet. 3:10–13; Rev. 20:11; Rev. 21:1.
Earth will be dissolved by fire. (2Pe 3:7,10,12); will be renewed. (Isa 65:17; 2Pe 3:13), saints shall inherit. (Mt 5:5).
The Christian hope is not for redemption from the world, but for the redemption of the world. Out of judgment (Heb. 12:26; 2 Pet. 3:10) will emerge a recreated universe (Rev. 21:1; cf. Is. 65:17; 66:22; Mt. 19:28), ‘a new heaven and a new earth in which righteousness dwells’ (2 Pet. 3:13).
rsv Revised Standard Version
1Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. 2001. Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library . Tyndale House Publishers: Wheaton, Ill.