The Judgment of Satan and the Reward of Believers
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God will end evil by judging all rebels to his rule and casting them in the lake of fire and rewarding all who trust in Christ.
God will end evil by judging all rebels to his rule and casting them in the lake of fire and rewarding all who trust in Christ.
1. Satan will be defeated.
1. Satan will be defeated.
There will not be an eternal struggle of light against dark, good vs. evil.
Accusations will end.
Death will be no more.
2. We will rule and reign with Christ for 1000 years.
2. We will rule and reign with Christ for 1000 years.
Different theological viewpoints
Postmillennialism
Premillennialism
Amillienialism (recapitulated millennialism)
Historically
Justin Martyr (and others)
Augustine
God values his creation and delights in his rule over it.
God keeps His promises.
God is preparing you to rule and reign with Him.
The amazing thing about God
The suffering you go through - don’t buy into the lies of wealth and self-sufficiency
3. Everyone who is not found in the Book of Life will be judged forever.
3. Everyone who is not found in the Book of Life will be judged forever.
8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
The book of Life
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
What is your hope?
Community Group questions
What do you most look forward to about the defeat of Satan and the end of his deception?
What does being prepared to rule and reign with Christ mean to you right now? Where is he shaping you to care for others well?
Who do you know who needs to hear the Gospel as well as the warning of what will happen to those who do not trust in Jesus?
