The Beatific Vision

Revelation 22:1-5

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: We will experience our greatest gladness when we gaze upon our glorious God.

OUTLINE:
1. The Instruments of this Vision
2. The Internality of this Vision
3. The Intimacy of this Vision
4. The Enjoyment of this Vision

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Our God Reigns: An Amellennial Commentary on Revelation by Sam Storms; To Gaze Upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice by Samuel Parkison; Shining Like the Sun: A Biblical Theology of Meeting God Face to Face by David Wenkel; The Blessed and Boundless God by George Swinnock

The New Heaven & the New Earth

Revelation 21:1-27

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: We await the new creation, in which we’ll obtain the home and life for which we yearn.

OUTLINE:
1. The Home For Which We Hope
2. The Life For Which We Long
3. The Invitation To This Inheritance

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Revelation: A Shorter Commentary by GK Beale and David H Cambell; Baker New Testament Commentary: Revelation by Thomas Schreiner; Lectio Continua: Revelation by Joel Beeke; Not Home Yet: How the Renewal of the Earth Fits Into God’s Plan for the World by Ian K Smith; This Homeward Ache by Amy Baik Lee; Reformed Expository Commentary: Revelation by Richard Phillips; Let’s Study Revelation by Derek Thomas; Revelation For You by Tim Chester; Revelation For Everyone by NT Wright; The Promise of the Future by Cornelius Venema; More Than Conquerors: An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation by William Hendrickson

The Final Judgement

Revelation 20:1-21:8

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God will justly judge all at the end of the age, inspiring our sobriety, worship, and belief in his gospel.

OUTLINE:
1. The Reality of the Final Judgment
2. The Relevance of the Final Judgment

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Revelation by Richard Phillips; Revelation: A Shorter Commentary by G.K. Beale; Baker Exegetical Commentary on the NT: Revelation by Thomas Schreiner; The Justice and Goodness of God: A Biblical Case for the Final Judgment by Thomas R. Schreiner; The Promise of the Future by Cornelius Venema; Themelios, Volume 11 - Issue 2: The Problem of Judgment by Stephen Travis