Living in the Last Days

A Biblical Overview

Roy Alden Atwood, Ph.D.
Trinity Reformed Church
Adult Sunday School, Fall 2023

Lesson Schedule
Lesson 1 | 9.3
Schools of Thought &
Principles of Interpretation		Lesson 2 | 9.10
Beginning of the End:
Genesis & the Pentateuch		Lesson 3 | 9.17
Psalms & the
Minor Prophets
Lesson 4 | 9.24
Prophecies of Isaiah,
Daniel & Ezekiel		Lesson 5 | 10.1
 Olivet Discourse
(Mt. 24, Mk. 13, Lk. 21)		Lesson 6 | 10.8
Review, Questions,
& Discussion
Lesson 7 | 10.22
The Gospels & Acts		Lesson 8 | 10.29
Pauline Epistles		Lesson 9 | 11.5
Pauline Prison & Pastoral
Epistles
Lesson 10 | 11.12
Hebrews & General Epistles		Lesson 11 | 11.19
Revelation (I)		Lesson 12 | 11.26
Revelation (II)

Suggested Readings & Resources on Eschatology

Lesson 6:
Review, Questions & Discussion

Review Questions
  1. The day of the Lord is coming like a thief in the night (2 Peter 3). So what sort of people ought we to be (2 Peter 3:10)?
  2. What eschatological promises are evident in Genesis, both before and after the fall?

3. What important biblical relationship between God and mankind is explicitly instituted at the time of Noah and the flood?

4. What eschatological promises does God make after the flood and the tower of Babel?

5. God promised four things to Abraham: what were they and what are their importance eschatologically?

6. What Psalm is the most quoted in the New Testament? What makes it important to the biblical story and eschatology?

7. The minor prophets frequently predicted God’s judgment on Israel, Judah, and God’s enemies using strong language: how should we understand the relationship between that prophetic language and other escchatological language in the Bible?

The Olivet Discourse

Concluding comments from last week:

A key interpretive element:
“This generation will not pass away until all these things take place.”
A Rapture? Insufficient evidence of such a phenomenon, especially in contrast to the common practice of hostage taking