The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ: A Comprehensive Overview

Learning about Christ often involves exploring His life, teachings, and impact on history and spirituality. Central to this learning is understanding the core message of love, forgiveness, and redemption that Jesus Christ preached. This journey usually begins with studying the Bible, particularly the New Testament, which details His birth, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection.

In addition to scriptural study, learning about Christ can include examining His parables and sermons, such as the Sermon on the Mount, to grasp His moral and ethical teachings. It also involves reflecting on His relationships with His disciples, His compassion for the marginalized, and His role as a mediator between God and humanity.

Engaging with historical and theological perspectives can further enrich this learning process. This might include exploring the early Christian church, different denominations' interpretations, and how Christ’s teachings have influenced various aspects of culture and society over time.

Ultimately, learning about Christ is not just an academic exercise; it’s a transformative process that can shape one’s values, actions, and spiritual life, inviting a deeper connection to the divine and a commitment to living out His teachings in everyday life.

1. PERFECT HOME FOR YOU

2. THE CLOSING OF EARTH’S HISTORY Events during the seventh plague. Revelation 16:17-21

3. 1. Flashes of lightning and peals of thunder. V.18 2. Terrible earthquakes—the worst of all. V. 18 3. Cities of the nations destroyed. V. 19 4. Inhabited islands disappear. V. 20 5. Mountain chains are sinking. V. 20 6. Great hailstones each weighing as much as fifty kilograms. V. 21

4. Daniel 12:2 “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”

5. Special resurrection. Daniel 12:2 1. “All who have died in the faith of the third angel’s message come forth glorified.” - Great Controversy, p. 637

6. 2. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

7. Isaiah 25:9 “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us.”

8. 1. The first resurrection. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 The righteous dead shall rise clothed with immortal glory.

9. The living righteous put on immortality. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53

10. Wicked bound for destruction. Revelation 6:15-17 The wicked pray to the rocks, “fall on us.” Silver and gold cast to the bats and moles. Isaiah 2:10-12, 19-21

11. The wicked destroyed by His glory. 2 Thessalonians 2:7, 8, 10 Those who did not received the truth shall be destroyed with the rightness of Christ’s glory.

12. The angels gather the elects from the earth. Matthew 24:31 “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

13. The risen saints with the living righteous ascend to heaven with Christ. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

14. Christ welcomes the heirs of God’s kingdom in heaven. “Come ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” --Matthew 25:34

15. The benefits of glimpsing eternity: 1. Focusing on the eternal gives us a proper sense of priorities today.

16. The benefits of glimpsing eternity: 2. Focusing on the eternal gives us a shield against temptation.

17. “The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Revelation 22:2 The original word for “healing” could also mean “restoration.” The restoration of man in his original state when God created Adam.

18. “Those who lived in the days of Noah and Abraham resembled the angels in form, comeliness, and strength. But every succeeding generation have been growing weaker and more subject to disease, and their life has been of shorter duration.” --Early Writings, p. 184

19. “Adam was more than twice as tall as men now living.” - The Story of Redemption, p. 21

20. There is perfect harmony in the new heaven and earth. - Isaiah 11:6-9

21. “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

22. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”

23. The saints will enjoy the works of their hands. Isaiah 65:21 “And they shall build houses, and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.”

24. What is life going to be like in eternity?

25. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives.

26. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives. “There shall be no night there.” Rev. 22:5

27. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives. Rev. 21:4 “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” Rev. 21:4

28. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives. No more death. Rev. 21:4

29. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives. No more mourning, crying, or loneliness. Rev. 21:4

30. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives. No more pain. Rev. 21:4

31. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives. No more sickness. Isaiah 33:24

32. 1. Life on the new earth will be without the negatives. No more trouble. Isaiah 65

33. 2. Life in eternity will be life with God and Christ. Revelation 21:2-3 “And I John saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”

34. 3. The supreme joy of the future is life with God. Rev. 21:23; 22:5 “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” Rev. 21:23

35. 3. The supreme joy of the future is life with God. Rev. 21:23; 22:5 “And there shall be no night there… for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign for ever and ever.” Rev. 22:5

36. “Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.” ( Psalm 73:25 )

37. 1 Corinthians 2:9 “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.”

38. Do you want to be there in the new heaven and earth?

39. Lord, By Your grace, I surrender all to You. I surrender my heart, my will, my whole soul, and everything to You. I will do whatever You want me to do.