Description: This course will consider the subject of Eschatology or a word about those things which are yet future for believers, the church, and the world as we now know it. We will explore what happens to both believers and unbelievers in the intermediate state, that period following death but prior to the Lord’s return to earth. We will also focus on the second coming of Christ in relation to the great tribulation and when and how it shall occur. We will consider the various evangelical views regarding the millennium and seek to determine which one best fits the biblical revelation. We will consider the final judgment and punishment of the wicked along with the future glorification and resurrection of the righteous. We will also focus on the new heaven and earth and spend time learning to properly interpret the Book of the Revelation.
Required Textbooks:
o L. Berkhof. Systematic Theology. (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1977, 784p.)
o Wayne Grudem. Systematic Theology. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994, 1290p.)
o Martyn Lloyd-Jones. The Church and the Last Things. (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1998, 264p.)