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Chapter Ten Eschatology
T h e d o c t r i n e c o n c e r n i n g t h e ' ' l a s t t h i n g s " o r t h e f i n a l c o n s u mma tion of God's purposes in creation and the ultimatedestiny of humanity is called "eschatology". Thefinal stateofhumanity can
be divided into two broad sections: Personal Eschatology and the Second Coming of Christ.
1 0 .0 Personal Eschatology
In studying personal eschatology we will be concerned with two areas:
"physical death" and the "intermediate state."
A Physical Death
There are two kinds of deaths: spiritual (eternal) death and physical death. Physicaldeathshouldnotbeconfusedwithspiritual(eternal)death (Ephesians2:1-5). EternalorspiritualdeathiseternalseparationfromGod to be tormented in the lake of fire. Physical death is the means of going home to be with God for eternity. (See Job 13:13-17; Ecclesiastes 11-7; Matthew 2:20; Mark 3:4, 6; 6:23-27; 19: 23-27; Luke 9:31; John 5:24-25; Acts 7:59-60; Romans 5:21; 6:23; I Corinthians 15:50-56; Philippians 1:23; I Thessalonians 4:14; Hebrews 2:14; James 2:26;II Peter1:15; Revelation 20:10- 15.)
B Intermediate State
Man is material and immaterial. Therefore, man dies physically, in his body. His spirit is immortal; it cannot die. God alone has immortality. Man's inner nature is of God. Man's spirit cannot die. (See Exodus 3:6; Ecclesiastes12:7;ITimothy6:16;1:17;Hebrews12:22-24.) ForGodtobethe
God of Abraliam and the God of Moses, it means that He "is" the God of the living, and not of the dead. (SeeMatthew 22:32; 10:28; Mark9:4-7; Luke