Lesson 28: A Land Where We Never Grow Old

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Lesson 28: A Land Where We Never Grow Old

1. What promise did Jesus make before He returned to heaven? John 14:1-3

2. Can we know when Jesus is coming back for His children? Matthew 24:36; Luke 21:28

3. Jesus foretold the things that would happen on earth before he returned. How will those things affect people? Luke 21:26

4. What warning did Jesus give us regarding His return? Matthew 24:42-44

“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” 2 Peter 3:9.

5. What two groups of people will be on the earth when He comes? Matthew 25:33

Everyone living on earth when Jesus comes will have decided to follow Him all the way and be obedient in all things, or will have refused to obey Him.

6. Summarize the characteristics of the sheep and of the goats.

The sheep — Matthew 25:34-40

The goats — Matthew 25:41-46

7. What will happen to the earth at the second coming of Jesus? 2 Peter 3:10

8. How will the righteous be changed when Jesus returns? 1 Corinthians 15:51-53; Philippians 3:20, 21

9. Where does Jesus take the righteous when He comes again? Revelation 22:14

“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.” Revelation 3:12

10. What new things are those who believe God’s promises looking for? 2 Peter 3:13

11. How long will the saints be in heaven? Revelation 20:4

12. What happens to the wicked when Jesus comes? 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8

“ For our God is a consuming fire” Hebrews 12:29.

“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” 2 Thessalonians 2:8.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 6:23.

13. What occurs at the end of the 1000 years? Revelation 21:1, 5

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind” Isaiah 65:17.

“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain” Isaiah 66:22.

14. Will we have to worry that sin might come back again? Nahum 1:9

15. What did John, in vision, see coming down from heaven? Revelation 21:2

16. Where will God live and His throne be when the earth is recreated? Revelation 21:3

“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him” Revelation 22:3.

17. How much sorrow, pain and crying will be found in the city and the new earth? Revelation 22:4

18. Why won’t the saints need candles in the new Jerusalem? Revelation 22:5

“And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there” Revelation 21:25.

19. When God called Abraham to leave his home and go live in a strange land he obeyed and spent the rest of his life living in tents. What was Abraham looking for? Hebrews 11:10

 Abraham believed God’s promises. Though he never settled in one place, but lived a nomadic life in the land of Canaan, he looked forward to the city that God had promised was he real home.

“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city” Hebrews 11:16.

20. Does the city John saw in vision have foundations? Revelation 21:19, 20

21. When will the saints come together to worship God? Isaiah 66:23

22. What did John see flowing through the city? Revelation 22:1

“And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh” Ezekiel 47:9. 

23. What is growing on its banks? Revelation 22:2

“And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine” Ezekiel 47:12.

24. What occupations will the saints have in the new earth? Isaiah 65:21

25. How will all the different animals of the new earth get along? 

A. Isaiah 65:25

B. Isaiah 11:6, 7

26. Where will the little children be able to play without fear? Isaiah 11:8

27. When did God make the promise of eternal life? Titus 1:2

28. Who will get to see Jesus come? Revelation 1:7

“Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” Matthew 24:23-27.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” 1 Corinthians 2:9.

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses”  1 Timothy 6:12.

“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city” Revelation 22:14.

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” 3 John 1:2.

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