Resurrection - New Creation

{THE FUTURE RESURRECTION}
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  1. Rapture or Resurrection? - (he “Rapture” is an interpretation of a passage that is about the resurrection of dead believers - The term is not found in the New Testament) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Spirit, New Covenant, and New Creation - (The Gift of the Spirit is a sign of the New Covenant and a foretaste of the New Creation) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Order of Final Events - (1 Corinthians 15:24-28 - In presenting his arguments for the resurrection, Paul lays out several events that occur prior to  the arrival of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The Last Enemy - Death - (The resurrection, cessation of death, and New Creation all occur at the "coming" of Jesus at the end of the age) - {PDF Copy}
  5. Future Hope - Resurrection and New Creation - (Paul links the resurrection of the saints to the New Creation) - {PDF Copy}
  6. Sorrow Not - Resurrection Hope in Thessalonica - (The hope of the church is bodily resurrection when Jesus returns from heaven) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Plight to Solution - Resurrection Hope in Rome - (Romans 8:18-28- Paul links bodily resurrection with the New Creation - the “redemption of our bodies”) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Perfection - Resurrection Hope in Philippi - (Paul expresses his goal of going on to perfection, a process that culminates in the physical resurrection at the coming of Jesus Christ) - {PDF Copy}
  9. Firstborn of the Dead - Resurrection Hope in Colossae - (Paul emphasizes the exalted position of Jesus that resulted from his death and resurrection – Colossians 1:18-19.) - {PDF Copy}
  10. Everlasting Glory - Resurrection Hope for Timothy - (Paul reminds Timothy of Christ’s resurrection. False teachers were denying the resurrection - 2 Timothy 2:8-18) - {PDF Copy}
{THE NEW CREATION}
  1. The Beginning of the New Creation of God - Jesus - (The Book of Revelation looks forward to the final victory of the Lamb in the New Creation, a reality inaugurated by the Death and Resurrection of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  2. New Creation and the Return of Jesus - (2 Peter 3:3-12 - The Parousia of Jesus will usher in the Day of the Lord, the final judgment, and the New Creation) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Abraham - Heir of the Word - (Romans 4:11-17 - In Christ, the Land Promise to Abraham encompasses the entire world, not just Palestine) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The Land Promise to Abraham - (The original and limited land promise to Abraham now encompasses the entire Cosmos and all nations in his true “seed,” Jesus Christ) - {PDF Copy}
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Tallinn, Estonia, by Viktor Jakovlev on Unsplash

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