Foundations & Doctrine · Intermediate · ABOUT 175 MINUTES
Study Christian hope beyond vague “going to heaven”: resurrection, judgment, renewed creation, God’s presence, and eternal life
Primary passage: 1 Corinthians 15:42
Read 1 Corinthians 15:42 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on the resurrection body and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Philippians 1:23
Read Philippians 1:23 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on to be with christ and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Revelation 21:1
Read Revelation 21:1 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on new heaven and new earth and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Revelation 21:3
Read Revelation 21:3 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on god dwells with humanity and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
