 Okay, welcome back to BC213. This is our second lecture today on the end times and we're going to continue from where we paused before the break. So I'm going to go back to our lecture notes. So what we did was an overview of what we call a just outline of the sequence of some of the main events going from where we are today in the church age all the way to the new heavens and the new earth. Now we're going to get into the details, right? So each piece step by step we go in we'll journey through the book of Revelation that will take us all the way through into the new heavens and the new earth. So we'll turn through the book of Revelation chapter by chapter, just give you an overview of it. We're not going to read every verse, but I'll just give you a summary an overview of each chapter that will kind of lead us through here. So we begin first of all with the rapture of the church. So Christ's return the coming of Jesus we say is in two stages. One is he's coming for the first he's coming for the church which we call the rapture of the church and then which is generally referred to as a second coming of Christ is when he's going to come at the end of the seven years of tribulation and we come with him. So what are the scriptures we can look at? Let's turn in our Bibles please to 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 and we will read from verses 13 to 18. 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 13 to 18 somebody could read that for us please. 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 13 to 18 brothers we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep or to grieve like the rest of men who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. Go on to verse 18. Okay according to the Lord's own word we tell you that we who are still alive who are left till the coming of the Lord will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep for the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God and the dead in Christ will rise first after that we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we all will be with the Lord forever therefore encourage each other with these words. Thank you so let's look at these in detail right it says here verse 13 says I don't want you to be ignorant in other words I want us I want us as Paul is saying I want us to know I have this understanding about what happens when people die and what is going to happen in the time to come so it says don't be ignorant those who fall asleep that means they die now we should not get confused but the language that is using here those who were 13 those who have fallen asleep right it doesn't mean that you know they're just sleeping on the ground that their spirit and soul is there sleeping no it's just a way of saying these people have died they're dead so when they are dead what happens there they are with the Lord right so how do we know they are with the Lord because he says in verse 14 God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus that means these people have died in Christ but where are they they are with the Lord he says God will bring with him that means these people who have died in Christ that means they are believers believers have died where are they they're not sleeping in the ground somewhere they're not floating around the earth somewhere no when a believer dies he goes to be with the Lord right and so Paul is telling us here you know we don't have to sorrow as those who have no hope but we know that they are with the Lord and we also know that Jesus died and rose again and that's enough for us if Christ died and rose again that obviously we also will live we also will be raised the same Christ who raised was raised from the dead God who raised Christ from the dead will also raise us up from the dead so he says in verse 14 God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus right and how is this going to happen verse 15 he says and he says you know I'm speaking to you what God has revealed to me and giving you the word of the Lord that the coming of the Lord when that happens the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first so there's going to be this great announcement in heaven there's going to be this archangel who's announcing Christ is coming and and and and the trumpet of God will sound and the dead in Christ will rise and we who are alive that means we are alive we are on the earth the believers who are on the earth will be caught up together and we will meet the Lord in the air so this coming is different from the revelation 19 coming where he comes in a very militant way he comes with the armies of heaven he comes to destroy the antichrist and the false prophet so that coming is very different this coming is he's coming for those who have who belong to him right so it's very you know the details of these two events are very very different very different so he comes and he and and and then he says you know verse 17 we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together now it's very interesting that you know the word rapture doesn't appear in the English Bible and it's not in the greek text but in the latin that word caught up in verse 17 which we just read is is the word rap simu simu and of course i can't speak lat but simu rapi more so simu rapi more so that means simultaneously together right so that's where we get the english word rapture from the latin bible right so sometimes people will say hey the word rapture is not in the bible yes it's not in the greek text but they didn't have something like that in the greek text but that word english word rapture is derived or is based on the latin rapi more which simply means to be simultaneously together right simultaneously we are caught up together to meet the lord in the air so that's where we get the word rapture so in one sense yeah it is in the bible but it's in the latin version from which we get the english word rapture okay and then he says verse 17 thus we shall always be with the lord okay so it's described for us that this whole event of the rapture is described for us here in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 13 to 18 now we also want to look at 1st Corinthians 15 because Paul tells us what happens at that moment so we go to 1st Corinthians chapter 15 and we are going to read verses 51 to 58 please can somebody read that or we can go 1st Corinthians 15 51 to 58 behold i tell you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed for this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality so when this corruptible has put on incorruption and this mortal mortal has put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written death is swallowed up in victory oh death where is your sting oh Hades where is your victory the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ therefore my beloved president be steadfast immovable always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord thank you so this is a parallel text Paul is saying look with this verse 51 he's saying look i want to tell you a mystery or meaning something that has been hidden but it's revealed to us now i want i want to share something that God has revealed to us what does God reveal he says look we're not all going to die that means some some believers will be alive some believers of course were die but there will be both these groups of people believers and then in a moment in a twinkling of an eye it's going to happen instantaneously right so he the and he again he talks about that last trumpet the trumpet will sound so that means there is the sounding of a trumpet and meaning this is the final trumpet okay now we should and i will explain this a little later on okay but i'm just mentioning it you're highlighting it here we do not confuse the sounding of the trumpet that is mentioned in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 and also in 1st Corinthians 15 we don't confuse that with the trumpets that are sounding with the seven seals seven bowls and the seven trumpets which are announcing judgments during the tribulation okay don't confuse the two right trumpets are used in many places in the bible in the old testament and i will explain this a little later i'm just mentioning it here because we've read it in the old testament trumpets were used to you know gather people together so when they wanted to mobilize people say come together hey come together you know we need to get into action maybe we need to resume our journey maybe we need to go into battle something whatever to call people together trumpet was used okay with the people of god but in revelation seven trumpets are used to announce these judgments that are being poured out okay so we don't confuse the two right in both 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 and in 1st Corinthians 15 there is the sounding of a trumpet okay and we will explain it a little later there is a sounding of trumpet when when christ you know comes out of heaven and there is one more trumpet sounding when these people are being raised from the dead now remember old testament trumpet was used to call people together and this is this this rapture is really a calling people together who those are in christ some are dead some are alive but we're all being called together summoned together bear to meet the lord in the air okay so that's the purpose of the sounding of the trumpet in connection with 1st Thessalonians 4 and 1st Corinthians 15 it's a sounding of a trumpet and now 1st trumpet announced in christ is coming out of heaven 2nd trumpet summoning people together believers those who died those who are alive summoning them to meet the lord in the air that's the those are the trumpet sounds okay so there's 1st trumpet christ coming out of heaven which we read in 1st Thessalonians 4 2nd trumpet or the last trumpet is hey people wake up come together who believers coming together okay so this is what's used here in 1st Thessalonians 4 1st Corinthians 15 so what's 52 the trumpet will sound and what happens the dead will be raised now paul is telling us something more here 1st Corinthians 15 which he hasn't shared with us in 1st Thessalonians 4 what he's saying is that when we are raised we are going to receive a different kind of a body he says we will be raised with incorruptible immortal bodies we have over which death has no more effect and also we just use the term glorified bodies or resurrected bodies right to talk about the body that we will receive of when we are raised from the dead right and we're going to read a few more scriptures which will show us that the body we receive the glorified body or the resurrected body is the same as the body that jesus had after his resurrection meaning this is a body that is of a different kind of material it over which death has no effect it's we receive glorified bodies and death has been conquered okay let's read some more scriptures in john 14 now i just want to read these maybe we may have read them before but it's good to read it in the context of what we are studying so let's go to john 14 and we will read verses one two and three please let not your heart be troubled you believe in god believe also in me in my father's house there 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 there i am there you may be also now thank you so jesus told his disciples look i'm going to my father's house of course it's heaven so i'm going to prepare a place for you i'm going to build mansion for you meaning something very big grand i'm going to build a mansion for you i'm going to build mansions for you right and then he said if i'm going there and preparing a place for you i will come again and receive you to myself that where i am what is that where i am the mansion in heaven my father's house you would be there so what can we highlight from here first we highlight the fact that the lord is preparing a place for us in heaven each of us second he's going to come back for us to take us there third we are going to be with him in those mansions where in heaven now this is very different from what we read again in revelation 19 i'm highlighting this i'm contrasting the rapture with revelation 19 because revelation 19 is a description of christ coming with the armies he's coming to crush the antichrist and the false prophet and he's coming to set up his kingdom here on earth so in that coming which we call as the second coming of christ he's not coming to take us into the mansions in heaven he's coming to establish his kingdom here on earth and he says back on earth rule and reign which is very different from john 14 or first sonius 4 where he comes where we meet with him and he takes us to be with him in heaven so that's why we're saying the rapture is a very distinct or very separate event from the second coming of christ let's also read philippines chapter 3 let's go to philippines chapter 3 and it's 2021 where it'll tell us about the bodies we receive philippines 3 2021 please for our citizenship is in heaven from which we also eagerly wait for the failure the lord jesus christ who will transform our lovely body that it may be conformed to his glorious body according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself thank you so we are looking eagerly for the coming of the lord what will happen when he comes our mortal lowly bodies will become like his glorious body so we call it a glorified body so as paul described in first qurenton 15 mortal will put on immortality corruption will put on incorruptible our lowly bodies will become like his glorious body and he's going to do it by the power of which whether she subdues everything will subdue death he'll subdue corruption so that's why we say that when we are resurrected and then we receive glorified bodies our bodies will be just like his body meaning of that kind of substance which is immortal never die paul in second qurenton five a user said different line user different language and he explains this for us second qurentons five uh us one to four please for we know that if our earthly house this tent is destroyed we have a building from god a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens for in this we grow on earnestly earnestly desiring to be clothed with a habitation which is from heaven if indeed we have been clothed we shall not be found naked for we who are in this tent grown being burdened not because we want to be unclothed but further clothed that mortality may be swallowed by life so paul in this place is comparing these the earthly body and the heavenly body as a house you know as a house in which we live so he's saying look right now we're living in a house that is uh this earthly house which is you know it's it's going to uh decay it's in this house we grown and be a burden we have all of that which is we're going to get a house that means a body which is eternal a glorified body that's heavenly body right and in in it is a it is a habitation of a house or a body that is from heaven it's heavenly and uh and we will be clothed in that immortal body so we're just using a little different language basically saying that God has you know this glorified body for us so what will this glorified body be like it'll be just like the body that Jesus had after his resurrection it can pass through walls and yet it can be touched and felt uh it could eat it could ascend into heaven that means it's just travels or it moves uh against natural laws so something very different uh we don't know exactly what substance it is but we can see some characteristics of that glorified substance body uh the substance of what it is made of okay so we're going to have a body just like that so now that leads us to a question which is when will the rapture take place right and so in the next chapter we will look at the signs leading up to that but what we do know uh let's go to 1st Thessalonians 5 we're going to read this passage verses one two eleven uh what we do know is that this coming of the Lord is is at a time and a moment when we least expect right so let's read 1st Thessalonians 7 5 1 through 11 please but confirming the times and seasons brethren I have no need that I should write to you for you yourself know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night for when they say peace and safety then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant woman and they shall not escape but you brethren are not in darkness so that this day should overtake you as a thief you are all sons of light and sons of the day we are not of dark you are not of the night nor of darkness therefore let us not sleep as others do let us watch and be sober for those who sleep sleep at night and those who get drunk drunk at night but let us who are of the day be sober putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation for God did not appoint us to that but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him therefore comfort each other and edify one another just as you also are doing thank you so something to keep in mind you know when Paul wrote this Paul wrote his episodes he did not write it in chapter and verse so there is a continuing thought from what we just read earlier in chapter four you know we read chapter four verses 13 to 18 where he he's talking about the rapture of the church right says the Lord will there be the Lord will descend from heaven and we are alive we caught up along with the dead in Christ we raised and we caught up to meet him in the air that's chapter four verses 13 to 18 which we just read and he ends that segment by saying comfort yourselves with these words and then he's continuing with that same thought so although here in the in the Bible now it's chapter five verse one Paul is actually continuing with the thought that he has just completed telling us about that is the Lord coming out of the clouds and us being caught up in to meet him in the air and he's going to be with the Lord and he says concerning the times and seasons okay in the same part that means the time of the season when this is going to happen when the rapture is going to happen when the Lord is going to you know descend and we are going to be caught up to meet him in the air that time and season he says it's brethren I can't write you know there's nothing I could tell you about it exactly right there's no need for me to even tell you about it verse two for you yourselves know that means Paul had preached about this to them when he was their person so remember Paul had gone to Thessalonica personally during a second missionary journey he had gone there and he had preached to them it planted the church now he's writing a letter to them so he's telling them you know I you know that means he's only told them he says the day of the Lord so remembering chapter one as we introduced this whole course we mentioned the day of the Lord the phrase the day of the Lord the day of the Lord can refer to different points in time in this whole end time sequence of events in this passage first Thessalonians five verse two the day of the Lord has to be interpreted in the context what is the day of the Lord here it's what he described for us a few verses earlier the Lord coming and taking the church away that is the day of the Lord that's what he's talking about in this passage right because it's all in context so he says the day of the Lord this day the day when Christ comes to you know to take his people away that day we don't know it comes like a thief in the night meaning when we least expect we're not expecting suddenly this will happen so this coming of the Lord for his church happens when we don't even expect that's why he says you know what we should always be ready we have sons of light so we got to live like that and we got to be watchful for six we have to be sober that means always live right because we don't know when this day is gonna come and we need to be ready and so he says you know we we need to put on the breastplate of faith and love and helmet and salvation and hope for salvation and God doesn't has not appointed us to wrath to judgment but he's called us to experience salvation through Jesus Christ so this can be understood in two ways one is God doesn't want us to experience eternal judgment but it can also be understood as in hey the judgment that follows this event right we know there's a judgment that the judgment of the world is following this event that's happening after the church has taken out of the way there's going to be the wrath that comes that is poured out on the earth so first the Salonians five nine is understood in two ways God has not appointed us to wrath what is the wrath well there's a wrath that's going to be poured out immediately after this event that he has just described after this day of the Lord and God doesn't want us to go through that wrath but he wants us to experience salvation through Christ so whether we die or whether we are alive we're going to live together with him how are we going to live together with him by what happens first the Salonians 4 13 to 18 he's going to come and he's going to take us away you're going to live together with him and once again he repeats in verse 11 first the Salonians 5 11 comfort one another with these words right so what is the comfort we get in the previous portion he said comfort yourself in view of those who are dying in this one comfort yourself because we are not going to go through wrath but we're going to experience salvation through Jesus so long as we live ready for the coming of the Lord so comfort each other edify each other as you are doing okay now I want us to keep in mind we are going to look at you know the another passage in 2nd the Salonians later on but keep in mind that everything Paul is writing in 1st the Salonians 2nd the Salonians is in context and what is the context the context is Paul has gone personally to the Salonica he has preached to them he has planted the church and obviously during his time there in person he has spoken to them about the end times now he's writing to them about things he has already spoken to them about so he's reminding them about these things and they have understood a sequence of events Paul has spoken to them about which is there is the coming of the Lord for his people and that coming happens like a thief in the night and that coming preserves us from the wrath to come then in 2nd the Salonians chapter 1 and chapter 2 he says hey there is he talks about what's going to happen after these events so even in these episodes what's the Salonians 2nd the Salonians there is a sequence he's following because you know in his mind it's not like necessarily two separate letters but there are two continuation okay letter one letter two the sequence is flowing through okay keep that in mind because when we read 2nd the Salonians we read it in the context of all the things that have happened before as Paul was relating to the Thessalonians okay so let me pause here and see you're with me so far in all the scriptures we have looked up any questions okay so let's move forward feel free to ask questions if anything comes up all right so we I had mentioned earlier we will you know give an explanation about these trumpets so I was stressing the fact that the the trumpets that we read or we read about in 1st the Salonians 416 and 1st Corinthians 15 52 should not be confused with the trumpets that we read about in Revelation 11 to 13 right which are the seven bowls seven sorry seven seals seven trumpets and seven bowls so there's a in in the book of Revelation there are three sets seven each of judgments being poured out right so there are people see there are seven seals judgment seven trumpets judgment and then there's seven bowls so in the book of Revelation those trumpets are announcing judgment being poured out on the earth whereas the trumpet we read about in 1st Thessalonians 416 and 1st Corinthians 15 52 are different how do we say that because in both these situations the context is not about judgment happening on the earth unlike the seven trumpet judge seven trumpets in Revelation in this context it is having to do with believers and you know what God is doing with them right so we explain that you know in the Old Testament primarily trumpets were used to assemble people gather people together and to direct their movement and here we are seeing 1st trumpet being sounded announcing the coming of Christ out of the heavens 2nd trumpet being sounded or the last trumpet being sounded announcing the resurrection and the gathering of the church right so that's how we understand these two trumpets that we read about in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 16 and so on and it's a wonderful parallel to what we see in the Old Testament where when the trumpet was sounded you know it was sounded to gather people together summon them together so it's a very beautiful parallel here when the trumpet is sounded and the believers are gathered together to meet the Lord in the air right so it's a beautiful parallel so keep that in mind so when believers are in heaven during the seven years what will happen in heaven what do we see there sometimes outlined it here we're not going to read all of these verses maybe we'll read a few in order to get some detail but these are the things that'll happen in heaven we will be with him in glory Colossians chapter 3 verse 4 we will see him as he is 1st John chapter 3 verse 2 we will be like him living in glorified bodies again this is given for us in 1st John 3 2 we will know God as we are known now this is amazing that means there is there is no limit there is no barrier in our knowing God we will know even as we are known and again this is something we can't fully comprehend but it seems like our eyes and our spirit will just know and and know you know know God even as we are known we will be welcomed into our mansions like we've read in John 14 we will stand before the judgment seat of Christ to receive rewards for the work we have done we're going to read these passages okay we will read it we'll come back and read it we will engage in worship as kings and priests and while we are in that seven years in heaven we see that there will be people who are martyred here on earth and their spirits come up into heaven right we see that in revelation chapter 6 and 7 and so on so these people who come up to heaven revelation 14 you see the 144,000 Jews also in heaven this is during the tribulation okay so seven years we are there and while we are there there are people who are being martyred here on earth for the faith in Christ we see their spirits coming up into heaven joining us in worship and this culminates with the marriage supper of the lamb in revelation 19 verse 7 and 8 okay so these are the things we know will be taking place in heaven during those seven years while we are there after the rapture of the church the believers will be in heaven and this is what will happen now I want us to read before we finish up today I want us to read two passages second Corinthians 5 10 and we're also going to read verse Corinthians 3 13 to 15 please somebody can read that second Corinthians chapter 5 verse 10 for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive what is due to him for the things done while in the body whether good or bad thank you so Paul is telling believers right says we must all we means we all all of us believers we're going to stand before the judgment seat of Christ right so this judgment here is different from the great white throne judgment of revelation 20 okay different this one is a judgment seat of Christ that one is a great white throne judgment okay now in the Greek so you call this 5 10 judgment seat is bema be a meaning bema so people will call it the bema seat bema judgment the bema judgment is the judgment seat for believers the believers going to be judged and what is the believer being judged here for is going to be judged according to you know what he did here while he was on earth okay second revelation 20 that judgment is a judgment for whether your name is in the book of life or not very different this judgment is for your reward that judgment is different okay let's go to first Corinthians 3 where Paul gives us a little bit more detail on this judgment of the believer of the saints first Corinthians 3 13 to 15 please sorry sorry let's read from verse 12 please yes now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold silver precious stones wood hay straw each one's work will become clear for the day will declare it because it will be revealed by fire and the fire will test each one's work of what sort it is if anyone's work which he has built on it endures he will receive a reward if anyone's work is burnt he will suffer a loss but he himself will be saved if so as through fire thank you so here Paul is telling us saying says our work will be tested by fire so our work so the believer is already saved yes saved by grace we're not saved by works so this has this is not about our salvation this is this is about our rewards so rewards are based on works salvation is based on grace so we are already saved but now the believer their works our works will be tested by fire did we do you know what was from God the which is gold silver precious stones or did we do things out of self which is wood hay and straw so whatever we did of our own self you know that will be burned only what we did according to the will of God would gold silver precious stones that will remain and then we will receive our reward now verse 15 if somebody all their works are burned that means they have nothing to show it's all gone he says yet they will be saved verse 15 they will suffer loss that means they have they have no reward but he himself will be saved that means even if we don't have any works that can get rewards if all our works are burned up he will still be saved because we are saved by grace but only the works that are gold silver precious stones representing what is divine what came from God that will stand the test of fire and that is what will receive reward okay so both these passages second one is five ten first screen is 13 are talking about the believer's judgment it's a it's a testing of the works to give the rewards to the believers so this is going to happen when we are in heaven during those seven years because that's the right place to put it we don't see any other place where we can fit you know this this whole happening because this is very exclusively for believers and like I said it is very different from the great white throne judgment okay now let's quickly mention this and then we will close for today you know in in the new testament we see several kinds of rewards uh be there it's usually referred to as crowns so we see several crowns there's a crown of righteousness uh there is an you know and I'm just looking at all the crowns that were mentioned in the new testament there's an imperishable crown it won't die it's a crown of rejoicing there's a crown of life there's a crown of glory uh yeah so these are the the crowns that that are mentioned in the bible so basically these are rewards or expression of god's rewards or appreciation for us as you know he he places these things on our lives now you know whether or not we're going to be physically walking around with crowns I don't think that's the point the point is about god saying look this is uh you know what I'm putting on you I'm bestowing on you as an appreciation for the life you lived and the work you did on earth right doesn't mean we'll all have crowns on our heads walking around like that um however this however it's going to happen it's just a reward that god gives us for serving okay so we'll pause here we'll we'll see if there are any questions and you're welcome to ask we will you know go forward from here next week as we give reasons why do we believe in a pre-tribulation rapture of the church and we'll pick up from here next week any questions on things we have spoken about so far is everything clear now are you all with me jeffina you have a question yes pastor so uh according to our works we will be rewarded right so maybe also saw that rewards for the believers so uh does it mean like uh everyone will have different rewards but but we will all have every rewards that is mentioned in the bible it's all depends on the works like we'll get this we'll get that some may not get this it is like that yeah so from what we read here in first Corinthians three the rewards will depend on the works that stand the test of fire and he mentions here paul says some people all the works will be burned and so therefore they will get no reward he mentions that in verse 15 in our first quarter since 315 if anyone's work is burned that means all the works are gone he will suffer loss that means he's not going to get any rewards so that answers the question that there will be different people getting different rewards and uh and this these are rewards based on works right uh so there will be some who get certain rewards some will get certain other rewards and so on and you also see for example uh one of the uh one of the rewards he mentions at first speed of five he says uh he's referring to those who are spiritual leaders says when the chief said perchel up here you will receive a crown of glory which will not fade away so he's talking to you know spiritual elders leaders says you're going to receive a crown of glory so that crown of glory is a reward given for spiritual leaders who have served the Lord well and righteously they will receive that so so we see different rewards different so different people will receive different rewards thank you best okay right but I but you know I was thinking about a follow-up question to that that doesn't mean that we will be made to feel bad you know or that person got so much reward I didn't get you know what no I don't think I haven't it's a place where we're going to be in regret feeling bad I'm so that the atmosphere there is going to be uh you know just one of great rejoicing so I don't think there's going to be that feeling of you know oh that person got more and me didn't get less or me got less or whatever that God will take care of that you know any other questions okay so I hope all of your following with me if you have any questions please feel free to ask anytime we'll continue this next week and let's close in prayer please could somebody close in prayer and we will dismiss Father in heaven we thank you for this wonderful eschatological class that we are having these days Lord I want to thank everybody who attends this session Lord and this course in particular but as we are trying to put our theology into perspective as far as last days are concerned we do call upon your whole spirit Lord to guide us and teach us in everything Lord we also thank the pastor for the context he teaches this course Lord we know it's not a hard thing it's not an easy thing to do but we do appreciate the knowledge the wisdom the understanding the skills the attitude and the values that you've rendered onto his life so we do pray for his family his wife and the little ones and also the church that is also on his head all Lord I also pray for my brothers and sisters in this class so that they really revise these notes me inclusive Lord because without understanding your eschatology eschatological studies your hermeneutics is suffering I do pray and believe that we shall meet again next Friday in the name of the Father the Son the Holy Spirit we have prayed thank you everyone God bless you we'll see you again soon right now thank you thank you thank you so much thank you God bless