Page 10 - Eschatology - Student Ebook

Premillennialists believe God has not permanently rejected the nation of Israel and will literally
fulfill every promise made to His chosen nation. The Old Testament saints who died in hope of a
King and a kingdom will certainly be raised to enjoy the fulfillment of those promises. The
church will participate in the reign with Christ as His Bride but will not replace the nation of
Israel. The King will return to deliver Israel (Zechariah 14:1-3) and establish His kingdom (14:9).
The kingdom will be headquartered in Jerusalem, the very land promised to be the possession of
the nation of Israel. And Israel will be the central nation of this kingdom (Zechariah 8:22-23).

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Zechariah 14:1–3 (NIV84) A day of the Lord is coming when your plunder will be divided
among you. I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be
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captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile,
but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. Then the Lord will go out and
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fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle.

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Zechariah 14:9 (NIV84) The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will
be one Lord, and his name the only name.

Zechariah 8:22–23 (NIV84) And many peoples and powerful nations will come to
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Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.” This is what the Lord
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Almighty says: “In those days ten men from all languages and nations will take firm hold
of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard
that God is with you.’ ”

1.4 Let’s Practice…

1. Write out a definition of Eschatology:

2. What is the Abrahamic Covenant?

3. What’s the difference between conditional and unconditional covenants?

4. Why is it significant that the Abrahamic Covenant in unconditional when it relates to eschatology?

5-11. List the seven basic rules or guidelines that must be considered when looking at Biblical prophecy:

1.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson…

Activity: Israel is in the news a lot! It is a country surrounded by countries who would love
to destroy it as a nation, yet God protects it. More than every before, Jewish people are
returning to the land of Israel and next year, even more are planning to “go home” to Israel.
What do you think this tells us about how soon the end time prophecies of the Bible are
about to unfold?

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