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The vision of Ozark Christian College is to glorify God by evangelizing the lost and edifying Christians worldwide. The mission of Ozark Christian College is to train men and women for Christian service as a degree-granting institution of biblical higher education.
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Session 5: End Times with Shane J. Wood, Ph.D.
I. Studying the “End Times”
- a. Typical Questions: When will the world end? When will Jesus come back?
Are we living in the end times? What will heaven look like?
- b. Key Question: Do our questions match the questions of the New Testament?
II. Homesickness
- a. Genesis 3
- b. Danger of homesickness: We can be so focused on a different time and a different place that we fail to live in the here and now.
III. A Mental Shift to Study “End Times”
- a. The end times are not so much about events that happened at the end of time. They are about transforming our actions and how we live in the present.
IV. Three Scripture Texts
- a. Matthew 24:36-25:46 - Four parables all with this command, “You won’t know…always be ready!”:
Wicked Servant: 24:48-51
10 Virgins: 25:1-13
Talents: 25:14-30
Sheep and Goats = 25:31-46
b. Revelation 21-22 - Beauty of Heaven
c. 2 Peter 3:1-11 - The question the Bible asks about the End Times.
V. The Cure to Homesickness - Changing our Questions:
- i. Looking to the Lord’s prayer - Matthew 6:9-13
- ii. The Key question for End Times is not: When will the world end? When will Jesus come back? Are we living in the end times? What will heaven look like?
- iii. No, the key question is: “Since everything will end in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?”