Good Morning!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH DECATUR CAMPUS THIS MORNING!
Opening Song:
This Is Our God
Worship Together:
Great Things
Egypt
Glory Honor Power
Closing Song:
Homecoming
Revelation: What Will Heaven Be Like?
Speaker: Dave Fox
4 Views of Hell
- Traditional
- Metaphorical
- Annihilation
- Form of Purgatory
sheol = grave, mentioned 65x in the Old Testament
In Job: even the light is darkness (Job 10:21-22)
In Ecclesiastes: dead know nothing (Ecclesiastes 9:4-6)
In Isaiah: place of retribution, a consuming fire, everlasting burning (Isaiah 149-10, 3314-15, 66:24)
Greek hades similar to sheol: temporary place of the unsaved after death
Gehenna = place of everlasting punishment
“Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28 NRSV
“Those who worship the beast and its image, and receive a mark on their foreheads or on their hands, they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath...and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur...” Revelation 14:9-11 NRSV
4 Views of Heaven
- Traditional
- New Earth
- Heaven on Earth
- Catholic Perspective
Intermediate State “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV “today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 NIV
“Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people and God Himself will be with them and be their God.” Revelation 21:3 NIV
“Heaven will contain a great lake of beer in which we swim.” St. Bridget
“Instead of crystal-ball gazing that tries to predict the future, we should ask ourselves: What does God require of us in the here and now so that His kingdom may come on earth as it is in heaven?” Richard Middleton
“the breadth of our heavenly hope prompts us to commit all of life as a loving devotion to God... we’re called to love God with all we are – heart, soul, mind and strength.” Michael Allen
“set your hearts on things above.” Colossians 3:1 NIV
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
