The Seven Major Future Events
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
The Seven Major Future Events
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
1
Rapture
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
The Seven Major Future Events
Judgment Seat
2
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
1
Rapture
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
The Seven Major Future Events
Judgment Seat
2
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
1
Rapture
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
3
Tribulation
7 Years
The Seven Major Future Events
Judgment Seat
2
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
1
Rapture
4
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
3
Tribulation
7 Years
Second
Coming
The Seven Major Future Events
Judgment Seat
2
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
1
Rapture
4
Second
Coming
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
3
Tribulation
7 Years
5
Millennium
1, 000 Years
The Seven Major Future Events
Judgment Seat
2
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
1
Rapture
4
Second
Coming
6
Great White
Throne
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
3
Tribulation
7 Years
5
Millennium
1,000 Years
Lake
Of Fire
The Seven Major Future Events
Judgment Seat
2
Christ’s
Resurrection
& Ascension
1
Rapture
4
Second
Coming
6
Great White
Throne
7
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
3
Tribulation
7 Years
5
Millennium
1,000 Years
New
Heaven
& New
Earth
Lake
Of Fire
Order Of Events In Bible Prophecy
2
Christ’s
Resurrection &
Ascension
1
The Judgment Seat Of Christ
Rapture Of
The Church
4
Christ’s
Second
Coming
Antichrist
Declares
Himself World
Ruler
Mideast
Peace
Treaty
Signed
6
Sheep & Goats
Judgment Of
Survivors
Great White
Throne
Judgment Of
Unsaved
Dead & Satan
7
Pentecost
Christ’s
First
Coming
3 ½ Years 3 ½ Years
The Church Age
Pentecost To The Rapture
3
7 Year Tribulation
Daniel’s 70th Week
Armageddon
Israel Restored
5 The Millennium
Christ’s Reign
1,000 Years
Satan Bound
New
Heaven
& New
Earth
Lake
Of Fire
The Eternal State
• Illustration: Vietnam POW Returning To America
• Contrast between the lake of fire and our eternal home
• Philippians 3:20 (NKJV) For our citizenship is in heaven, from
which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ,
• God has given us a glimpse of what Heaven will be like
• Illustration: Grainy Black & White Photograph
• Let us ponder some of the incredible truths that God has
revealed to us in His Word
• I. There will be a New Heaven and a New Earth where we will
be perfectly satisfied
The Eternal State
• John 14:1-4 (NKJV) “Let not your heart be troubled; you
believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are
many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am,
there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way
you know.”
• A. In Heaven, Everything Will Be NEW
• Revelation 21:1 (NKJV) Now I saw a new heaven and a new
earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.
Also there was no more sea.
• Isaiah 65:17 (NKJV) “For behold, I create new heavens and a
new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to
mind.
• B. In Heaven, We will Be Perfectly Satisfied
The Eternal State
• What makes the Lake of Fire so terrible . . .
• What makes Heaven such a magnificent place . . .
• Revelation 21:3-4 (NKJV) And I heard a loud voice from
heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and
He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God
Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will
wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for
the former things have passed away.”
• Psalm 16:11 (NKJV) You will show me the path of life; In Your
presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures
forevermore.
The Eternal State
• II. In Heaven, God Will Create A City Called New Jerusalem,
An Awesome Display Of His Creativity And Love For Us
• Revelation 21:2 (NKJV) Then I, John, saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as
a bride adorned for her husband.
• Revelation 21:10 (NKJV) And he carried me away in the Spirit
to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the
holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
• The New Jerusalem will be an Incredible City, Full Of Beauty
(described by John in Revelation 21:10-27)
The Eternal State
• 1. The New Jerusalem will be the Largest City Ever Built
• Revelation 21:15-17 (NKJV) And he who talked with me had a
gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. The city is
laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he
measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its
length, breadth, and height are equal. Then he measured its
wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the
measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
The Eternal State
The Eternal State
• 2. God’s Beauty and Brilliance will Shine Throughout The
New Jerusalem
• Revelation 21:10-11 (NKJV) And he carried me away in the
Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great
city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious
stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
• Revelation 21:22-23 (NKJV) But I saw no temple in it, for the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had
no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of
God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
The Eternal State
• 3. The Bible Gives Amazing Descriptions of the New
Jerusalem
• Revelation 21:12 (NKJV) Also she had a great and high wall
with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names
written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the
children of Israel:
• Revelation 21:21 (NKJV) The twelve gates were twelve pearls:
each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city
was pure gold, like transparent glass.
The Eternal State
• Revelation 21:14 (NKJV) Now the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.
• Revelation 21:19-20 (NKJV) The foundations of the wall of the
city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first
foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third
chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth
sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz,
the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth
amethyst.
• Revelation 21:18 (NKJV) The construction of its wall was of
jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
• Revelation 21:21b (NKJV) And the street of the city was pure
gold, like transparent glass
The Eternal State
• All of this will in comparison to the very glory of Christ ,
which will be in full view . . . Look at Revelation 22:1-7.
• QUESTIONS?
• APPLICATION
• Are you longing for heaven?