Matt Slick Bible Study, Eschatology - again

Technical Setup and Opening Prayer

Turn the light on. There we go get that. All right, what's that? I got my mic on right here. Microphone phone computer program. Research lights people are coming in good. So I was announcing this on the radio today that I'll be doing eschatology.

So I want to give people a chance to come in. All right, because they're interested in that. All right, let's pray and let's just jump right in. Lord Jesus, thank you for today and I asked Lord that you'd bless.

I just bless the study bless. The reading the study of your word. I asked Lord Jesus for your mercy or grace. That you would cause people Lord myself included to be struck by the truth of your word and that we would be enamored with your glorious Return that is that is coming.

We asked Jesus for your mercy grace on us this time the reading of your word the people who listen and we ask of Jesus In your precious name, amen. All right so eschatology is a study of end times from the Greek eschatos, which means end and Lagos which means word or study.

So eschatology is a study of end times and I have a study I do I called depressed catology and Because I'm a pessimistic on millennialist and that's my perspective I used to be premillennial and now I'm on millennial and I've been studying for a while and teaching this study and other stuff for quite a while.

Two Ages: This Age and the Age to Come

So what I'm going to do is Go through something and And go through a Model of of the end times that Basically very few people teach. Now I'm gonna say this and I know I'm gonna offend some people. It's unfortunate that the Schofield reference Bible came on the scene in the sense that it taught premillennial Armenian dispensationalism and though, you know It's a good Bible, but the references just taught this one perspective and because of it most of America adopted this perspective and then coincidentally.

About the time that liberal theological examination was coming into bear the Amillennial view was gaining ground on millennialism says we're in the millennial reign of Christ. So on millennialism became associated with wacko morons liberals.

Okay, and so then if you were on millennial then the premillennialist would think you weren't even a Christian. It happened a lot and then on millennial said say no. No, let's talk. You know, and so that's getting better and on millennialism is growing by leaps and bounds in America.

Because of what the scriptures teach got something my eyes Sorry about that, and I'm gonna go through some of the stuff and show some things. We'll talk about the rapture we'll talk about the millennium and I'm gonna be kind of hitting around because there's so much to study and We'll just see how it goes.

And for those of you who are Watching online you can save your questions for a little bit later. And I would suggest that if you want you can take a note. Take notes of what I'm saying. And I can Email these notes to you guys if you email me at info at calm org.

Then I can just take attach these notes and email them to you and you can have them but Also, it's already on Karm, but I'm going to go through so if you go to calm and you type in Two ages in support of all millennialism.

You'll find the article and I have it there. So what I've done over the years is I've taught this study and That's gonna sound arrogant. It's not meant to be but no one has ever refuted it. I've had people who say they don't agree but no one's been able to to undo the arguments and not at all and Now one person said he had refuted me but his arguments were about as solid as his, you know paper mache and He said he goes I'd beat you, you know, what are you talking about?

We're not even to beat everybody. So that's the only guy who even tried and I'm not saying it's it's unassailable. But when you start seeing what the scriptures teach you start going. Wait a minute. How come it wasn't taught this before and I've gotten this that's why I'm surprised that they're not here because This they wanted to hear this, but we'll see they come in later or whatever.

So we'll see but nevertheless the scriptures teach that there's two ages this age and the age to come if You've been a Christian for years and years and years and years. You've gone to church and you've never heard this.

It's unfortunate the scriptures teach this blast. Matthew 1232 Jesus has blasphemy. The Holy Spirit will not be forgiven in this age or the age to come. In Mark 10 30 and Luke 18 30 we receive much in this age and the age to come will receive eternal life.

Ephesians 121 far above all rule and authority power and dominion and every name that is named not only in this age. But also in the one to come. Obviously, it's this age in the age to come and so what I've done the last time I really kind of taught this I was at a church and We had two chalkboards there were equal size and then in the middle was a metal Divider because there were two chalkboards.

It was perfect this age the age to come and we use that dividing line as. As the end of this age, so if you think about it this way we're going to do is go through this. If so from left to right, okay, so it's this age and the age to come there's only two ages in this age we have.

But you know as it says in this age, we receive 100 times as much mark 10 30. Luke 18 30 people are given in marriage. Luke 20 34 the wisdom of this age or this world is the wisdom of this age. 1st Corinthians or yeah 1st Corinthians 120 the ruler of this age the rulers of this age are coming to nothing.

1st Corinthians 2 6 Satan is a god of this age. 2nd Corinthians 4 4 Jesus rescued us from this present evil age. Galatians 1 4 so That's what it is. And so what we do let's imagine this is on the left side.

You have this this age and the age to come. Well, if we have this age in the age to come and in the age to come it says we have eternal life. And there's no marriage that we know that that age is without end.

Because that's what we have eternal life in this age. We have troubles and marriage and that there's no marriage that we have eternal life now. We possess eternal life right now. 1st John 5 13 these things are written so you may know you have eternal life.

But what it's talking about there is after the eschaton the arrival of Christ and on the consummation of the ages. But you're not going to hear this taught in many churches at all, but it's right there in Scripture.

That's why I memorize Scripture. That's why I give so many references. Look at what it says. Look at what it says. So this age the age to come as you're looking left to right. All right. Now we want to do is ask questions.

The End of the Age, the Last Day, and the Day of the Lord

Questions. Now if you were to go to this chart right here, which says end of this age last day day the Lord last trumpet after the tribulation. Now if you go there. There's a we got a problem here in that.

This is just new information. We don't have a pencil and paper. We're not all sitting down on tables for two hours going through everything. Let's do this one thing at a time. We're sitting here. We've got this information and I have I believe I didn't put in this one.

Did I print this up? All the references. For all of them in another study I have I have them all printed up in a big file and I put them up in here and here they are. But what you need to do is go look at every one of these and look at their context.

Make sure that what I'm saying and drawing from them is accurate. Always check because my last name is slick so you can't trust a guy a reverend named slick. All right. So what we're gonna do is go over this you won't have time to verify everything.

But I want you to verify. I want you to go through and look at them. But as you can see We have five categories the end of this age. The last day the day of the Lord the last trumpet and after the tribulation.

So the judgment of good occurs at the last trumpet now, you know what? I could do just get my laptop right here and I can read the verses. Is all I gotta do is just come in here and so for example. It says 1st Corinthians 1 8, okay, and Who will confirm you to the end blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ and then 5 5 so 1st Corinthians 5 5 Which says I've decided to deliver such such a one to Satan for the destruction of his Destruction of his flesh so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

So Judgment occurs on the day of the Lord. So if you look in the column here the day of the Lord, I should have that work down there as well. Second 1st Corinthians and do I have it in there don't have it in there.

You should I should write it in there that the day of the Lord because it says that the spirit will be saved on the day of the Lord. This is my simple I simplified one for printing. So We see that the day of the Lord occurs there and we see that Paul is what he delivers him over for it for salvation for the judgment to come on the day of the Lord and in 1st Corinthians 1 8 that you be found blameless in the day Of our Lord Jesus Christ.

There's gonna be a judgment. The judgments coming and it has to do with the day of the Lord. So what we would say is the day of the Lord. We would put this in by my pen. I would put it in there 1st Corinthians 1 8.

Hope it didn't you know what I did. When I copy this I put it in the wrong column. I Moved it over. That's what I did. So let's verify it. Maybe I only did it with that one. I hope I just said it with that one.

We'll find out but that's where it's supposed to be the day of the Lord so this. You know, like I said, I do so much research and writing and copying and pasting that maybe I messed up. So look at Matthew 13 40.

Okay, let's verify. We'll do a few of these make sure on the right track. Matthew 13 40. It says so just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire social be at the end of the age. All right, so that's correct.

But the end of the age that's when the wicked are gathered. At the tares are gathered at the end of the age. So we say at the end of the age the wicked are gathered that this is not hard. It's what it says and also go down to 49 50 which says.

So it will be at the end of the age the angels will come forth and take take out of. Take the wicked out from among the righteous. And we'll throw them into the furnace of fire and there'll be weeping and gnashing of teeth and notice what it says.

It's the wicked who are taken out from among the righteous. What's taught today? It's the opposite that the good are taken away out of the bad, but that's not what Jesus says. We're gonna show you even more of this.

Now the judgment of the wicked occurs at the end of this age. We see that in their little chart and now I'm gonna go to John 12 48. Okay. All right. Last one. There's a Mormon. Let's see. All right. He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has one who judges him the word.

I spoke will judge him at the last day. So looks like I just messed up on that last trumpet one way copying things over we'll see we get down to other stuff. So Matthew 12 John 12 48 the The judgment is on the last day.

We'll judge him on the last day. Now, here's the question. Imagine our little thing in the air this age in the age to come the age to come there is no last day. Because it goes on forever. Logically, there has to be a last day in this age.

So the judgment of the wicked occurs at the last day. Where would you put the last day? Well when I normally do this, I you know, I go just to the left of The right the edge and I just go last day and I put an arrow near it.

Okay. So we also know that that's the day of the Lord. Because they'll be judged on the last day. Because we know that the wicked judgment of the wicked occurs at the end of the age from what Jesus says in Matthew 13 40 to 42.

We already went over that. Okay, so he'll be at the end of the age at the wicked are gathered. And they're the wicked are gathered out from among the good. Now remember. As it was in days of Noah's so shall it be the days of the coming of the Son of man.

For they were eating they Were drinking. They were giving in merit to the day that no entered the ark and the flood came and took them all away. Two men will be in the field when it's taken when it's left.

Everybody believes that's the rapture and it is not. It is the wicked who were taken. Because the parallel says and the flood came and took them all away or the flood came and destroyed them all the ones who were Destroyed were the ones who are giving in marriage and and stuff and they're the ones who are the wicked and then they asked Jesus.

We'll probably get to it later where they're taken and Jesus says where the body is the vultures gather. So that that a rapture occurs that's in first Thessalonians 4 chapter Chapter 4 verse 16 through chapter 5 verse 2 the rapture occurs.

But there's two men in the field one is taken one is left. Is not the rapture. What gets me what bothers me to no end is why every single time I've ever taken anybody through it every time without exception.

That I've shown somebody Matthew 24 Luke 17 Matthew 24 Luke 17 and I go it's a rapture. It's a rapture. I go wait a minute. Who's the with taken? They go the wicked is taken what and they see it and they go you're right.

Every time it's the wicked who are taken and then they ask him where they take him. And he answers where the body is the vultures are gathered. I Asked this question. Why is it that preacher that pastors and teachers are teaching this for years and years and years and First of all, nobody's ever cross-checking them and second they're not getting it.

What else are they missing? If they're not even getting that. That's what worries me. That's why I tell people like tonight I was in a chat room discussing today and I do all the time. Somebody was talking about God being outside of time.

And I said don't say that. You don't know what it means. Oh, you see gosh not outside of time. I said no. No, no, you understand. What is that mean? Tell me what it means to be outside of time. You don't know.

You don't know what it means. You don't know what we're only inside of time. We don't have the ability to know what it is outside of time. We don't know so don't say it's what God is. It sounds good, but people don't think.

Please react. It's true. He's outside of time. Wasn't me or like on the radio. Someone called me up today and Matthew 25 for 27 46. I think it was Where Jesus says on the cross my God my God, why have you forsaken me?

And they said one guy I've read these preachers. He said that's when God turned his back on Jesus and I say What does that mean? What does it mean to say that God the Father turns his back on the Son?

Because I would ask what does it mean We turns his back on him. I got that. What does it mean to turn his back on him? He's saying didn't want him to do with him anymore. Go watch my back on somebody.

It means I'm angry at him. I don't want to talk to him. Is that what you're saying God the Father did with the Son? That's not what it says, but people will assume so many things and they do not check them and I say check them.

What does it say? What does it mean? It's why I quote scripture so much. All right now. The elect are gathered now, we're gonna spend some time in Matthew 24. All right, so let's go to Matthew 24. We're gonna burst some bubbles doing this.

The rapture. You've been taken. And never clarified. Yeah, that's we'll get to that later the first ones taken when Christ comes back of the wicked we'll get to that later. Yeah right. That's right and where I do is I show people from God's Word, that's what it says.

I've had so many people say, you know, I don't like talking to you. You know, why is that because you quote scripture all the time and not to go check it out in it. That's what it says. No, sure. That's another topic but you go to.

Yeah.

The millennial reign is a thousand years.

That's what you've been told. Is it we'll get to it and we'll see and we'll see. Okay, let's get to what it says in Matthew 24. Jesus came out of the temple and was going away when his disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to him and he Said to them.

Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you not one stone here will be left upon another which will not be torn down. As a prophecy fulfilled in 70 AD. He was sitting at the Mount of Olives and his disciples came up to him privately saying tell us when will these things happen?

And what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age? Right there. I mean you don't hear anybody talk about it. Anyway, he says in verse 4 see to it that no one misleads you for many will come in my name saying I am the Christ.

And will mislead many. You'll be hearing of wars and rumors of war see that you are not frightened for those things must take place. But that is not yet the end for nation will rise against nation kingdom against kingdom and in various places there be famines and earthquakes.

But these are merely the beginning of the birth pangs. That means it's gonna get worse. That's why we call it the Prescott ology. But all these things are really the birth pains. Okay, verse 9. Then they will deliver you to tribulation and will kill you and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise will just mislead many because lawlessness is increased. Most people's love will grow cold.

But the one who endures to the end will be saved. The gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations and then the end will come. Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, which is spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place.

Let the reader understand. Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Whoever's on the housetop must not go down to get things out of his house. Whoever's in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

But woe to those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days. But pray that your flight will not be in the winter or on a Sabbath or then there shall be great tribulation. Such has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now nor ever will.

Unless those days be cut short. No life will be saved now. I'm gonna come back to that later. I did 24 22. No life would be saved but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. Then if anyone says to you behold, here is the Christ or there he is do not believe him.

Or do not believe him for false Christ and false prophets will arise will show great signs and wonders. So as miss to mislead if possible, even the elect behold, I've told you in advance. So if they say to you behold, he's in the wilderness do not go out or behold He's in the inner rooms do not believe them for just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the West.

So will the coming of the Son of Man be wherever the corpse is there? The vultures will gather now back up a little bit and notice what it says the tribulation, right? What verse was that? I should have made a mental note of it because it said to be great tribulation that never And never will be again right so you talk about yeah there it is verse 21 the big great tribulation.

Okay. Now he keeps going but look at verse 29, but immediately after that tribulation of those days so he talked about the great tribulation and he's top of the because after the tribulation of those days.

The Sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will from all from the sky. The powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the Son of Man will appear in the sky and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and they will see the son of man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory and He will send forth his angels with a great trumpet and that's out of first Thessalonians 4 16 the rapture.

The great trumpet and they will gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of the sky to the other. So according to Jesus when is a rapture occur? After the tribulation. This was given Jewish mindset.

Yeah. Yeah. But there's more. So but he is he is saying that is after the tribulation is when the elector gathered with a trumpet. We're gonna we're gonna be getting to some more stuff. So this is what Jesus says.

We might as well just jump over here. Let's go to first Thessalonians 4 16. And it says this in first Thessalonians 4 16. But the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God.

Right with the trumpet of God now when you are looking at Matthew 24. What was it roughly? 20 24 that I'll go down and find a letter. Here we go Medley after in verse 29 in Matthew 24 after the tribulation, etc.

He'll in verse 31 He'll set forth his angels with a great trumpet and I'll gather together his elect. There's only one gathering not two and it says in first Thessalonians 4. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God.

The dead in Christ will rise first. The dead in Christ are those who have died in the faith before Jesus returns. They're gonna be resurrected first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together With them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we shall always be with the Lord now comfort one another with these words.

Now as to the times and the epics brethren you have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourself know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. The day of the Lord is the rapture, right?

Right the day of the Lord's rapture, that's what he says.

Yeah, that's a Jewish nation thing we'll get into that that's historic premillennialism.

Yeah, we know. Well, we're just going through what it's he's what it says because what it says here right now is. But we don't do all the whole all at once we can only go one thing at a time. So I'm showing is that what it says here is a day of the Lord is the rapture that's what it says because the the rapture which is the Comes with the.

Yeah, that's what it says we're caught up in the air to meet him right so that we're caught up to meet Jesus in the air. The resurrection occurs. That's when the resurrection. We're not done. There's a lot here and the resurrection occurs and it is the day of the Lord.

The chapter break in English is just unfortunate. But it goes on now as to the times and the epics brethren. You have no one to be able to teach you or to be written to you or you yourselves know full.

Well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief of the night. We know that the day of the Lord is also the judgment of the wicked. We've already seen that in John 12 48 and We also know that the last trumpet is when the wicked are gathered.

The wicked. Yeah. Well, hold on. You're going you're jumping all over the place. You got to go one thing at a time. Let me show you let's go this. I'm gonna show you guys now go to 2nd Peter 3 3 9 now notice this most people teach that the rapture happens a literal 1 ,000 years before the new heavens and new earth.

That's the predominant view. But the Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness. But is patient towards you not wishing any to perish before all come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief just like it says in Thessalonians in Which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be burned up with intense heat that day.

There are things worse. They'll be burned up so Peter is saying the day of the Lord comes like a thief is when the new heavens and new earth are made. Paul is saying The day of the Lord comes like a thief is when the rapture occurs.

They're the same day. This is where people start going. What then they say? No, it's a millennium is a thousand years. Go to Revelation 20. This is where it says 20 and we'll do what I always do with people.

Revelation 20 verse 1. Now, I'm gonna ask you is it literal or figurative? Then I saw an angel come down from heaven literal or figurative. Literal literal. Holding the key of the abyss literal or figurative key.

Figurative critique and a great chain in his hand literal or figurative chain. Figuratively, okay laid hold of the dragon. Figurative the serpent of old that's literal. Okay, who is the devil? That's literal and Satan and bound him for a thousand years literal or figurative.

That's the question. Most people just automatically assume it means a literal thousand years. Well, I just say how do you know? Because it's in the context of figurative and literal usage. If they say well, it means literal.

I can say well that it means figurative. If they say well, it's figurative. I get well then it means literal because either one can be used. Particularly when you understand that God says I own he owns the cattle on a thousand hills not a thousand one a Days, but a thousand years a thousand years, but a day the thousand is also figurative there.

It's used in a figurative context. I'm not saying it's that the logic is this the logic is not that it doesn't it does not mean there is no Literal thousand years. The logic is you can't use this verse to prove it is a literal thousand years.

That's the point. You can't use it to prove it. You can use it as support, but it doesn't prove anything because if I were debating somebody on this I'd say what's the context? Well, it's good livered little and figuratively.

Why do you choose that it's to be literal because what you're taught. Then I say if that's the case and why is it the day of the Lord which is beginning of the of the? Rapture, which is the beginning of the millennium is also a day of Lord comes like a thief.

Which is the new heavens a new earth, which is at the end of the millennium, but they're the same day. That's when people start going well. Because they don't know how to answer that other than to say there's two days of the Lord.

There has to be a day of the Lord here and another day of the Lord there but there isn't. That's right plus. The wicked now are at the end of the age. That's when the day of the Lord occurs. Because a day of the Lord we've already seen is when the wicked are judged.

The day of the Lord is also when the new heavens and new earth are made and when the rapture occurs. When I show people this They you know, they go. Oh, I haven't seen that before and I ask him you ever seen this before.

No, and all these years you've heard of it. No, how about this age in the age to come? You heard that? No, how about two men in the field? What is taking one's left? That's the rapture, right? Yeah, and it's not is it no and I start taking them apart quickly.

So I think it's got a problem here. Now, let's continue now I'm gonna Get during the Millennium Satan's supposed to be bound, right? I'm gonna mess people up during the Millennium. Satan supposed to be bound, right?

Okay, thank you. You in the front you can move up closer towards the that's right so in Matthew 12 22 through 32 I won't read all of it. But this is where Jesus is casting out demons and the Pharisee said you're doing it by the power of the devil so let's look at verse 25 and Knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and any city or house Divided against itself will not stand if Satan casts out Satan.

So he's saying Satan casts out Satan he's divided against himself. How then will this kingdom stand if I by Beelzebul Cast out demons by whom do your sons cast him out for this reason? They will be your judges, but if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

What? If he's casting out by the by the power of God, he's saying in the kingdom of God is here. That's what he's saying. If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God and the kingdom of God has come upon you.

So was he casting him out by the Spirit of God? Yes, therefore the kingdom of God is there. That's the logic. We're gonna find out there's a lot more. How can anyone or says or how can anyone enter the strongman's house?

That's Satan, right. And Carry off his property unless he first binds the strongman and then he'll plunder his house. Was Jesus plundering his house? Yes. Was Satan bound? Yes. When was Satan bound? When Jesus was there if people tell me he was not bound I said, well then you don't believe what Jesus said.

You say it was bound. And people say well, wait a minute. Are you saying that? There's no literal thousand years ago. That's correct because the thousand is in a figurative context of Revelation 20 you have the rapture comes a day of Lord a thief in the night and.

And then you have the new heavens new earth what's come like a day of Lord could come like a thief. There's the same day in which the wicked are judged and We already said already showed you that the wicked are taken out of the kingdom.

Where he showed you that and we'll get into we'll do this next go to Matthew 13. So the wicked are taken out of the kingdom. That's what Jesus says and he says Satan's already bound. No one hears this you don't hear this from church.

Now, let's go to Matthew 13. That's why people I say look don't trust a guy on the radio named slick. Read for your own check it out. Matthew 13 24. That's another question we're getting some variations of theories about yes or no and Most of us in this camp say he's probably been let loose towards the end of the Millennium.

The thousand years is a figurative usage and he's probably let loose because There is a great rebellion occurring now wars rumors of wars. Everything's going with the Antichrist, but we're not there yet.

Let's go on. So this is what Matthew 13 24 says. Jesus presented another parable to them saying the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping the enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.

But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain then the tares became evident. Also, the slaves of the landowner came and said to him sir. Did you not sow good seed in the field? How then does it have tares and he said to them an enemy has done this the slaves said to him.

Do you want us then to go and gather them up? But he said no for while you're gathering up the tares you may uproot the wheat with them. Verse 30 allow both to grow together until the harvest and the time of the harvest.

I will say the reapers First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn. The first ones gathered at the harvest are the wicked. Now if you go down further in that chapter verse 36 Jesus explains the parable he tells us what it means.

Then he left the crowds and went to the house and his disciples came to him and said explained to us the parable the tares Of the field and he said the one who sows the good seed the son of man. The field is the world and as for the good seeds, these are the sons of the kingdom.

The kingdom. That means the wicked are taken out of the kingdom. We already saw that First and he says the good seed of the sons of the kingdom. That means are in the kingdom of Christ now. There's no way to get out of this.

It's what it says. As for the good seed these are the sons of the kingdom and the Tares are the sons of the evil one and the enemy who sowed them as a devil and the harvest is the end of the age and The reapers are angels just as the tares are gathered and burned with fire.