The Resurrection of the Dead, Part 2

THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, PART 2
TEXT: Revelation 20:4-15

SUMMARY: The subject of what happens to a person after death (called individual or personal eschatology), though often subject to novel interpretations, is discernible from Scripture and is dramatically and powerfully presented in this passage, where it serves as both a comfort to Christians and a warning to sinners.

I. IMAGINATIVE VIEWS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH.

II. CHURCH TEACHING REGARDING LIFE AFTER DEATH.
A. Statements of the Reformed Confessions.
B. Life After Death: a Timeline.

III. THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.
A. The Setting of the Scene.
B. The Summoned Guests.
C. The Outcome.

1. Resurrection of the unjust.
2. Opening of the books.
3. Resurrection of the just.