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This week in the Aliens' ministry, we started a new teaching series. Both Jr. High and Sr. High will be study the end times in an in depth study titled Living Wisely: Expecting the Future. The following is the first set of teaching notes for you and the students to review and/or follow along with. Feel free to seek out opportunities to continue discussing and teaching these truths with the students, remembering to seek all wisdom and knowledge from the Word of God by His Holy Spirit.

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Eschatology -- Derived from the Greek term meaning "last," eschaton [<-- in italics please] refers to the ultimate climax or end of history wherein Christ returns to earth to establish his eternal kingdom of righteousness and justice among all nations. Eschatology, then, is the theological study that seeks to understand the ultimate direction or purpose of history as it moves toward the future, both from an individual perspective (What happens when a person dies?) and from a corporate perspective (Where is history going, and how will it end?).

Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms, p46

• Deuteronomy 29.29

The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.

• Ephesians 5.15-17

So be careful how you live. Don't live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don't act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

6 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT DEATH TO LIVE WISELY EXPECTING THE FUTURE

1. Death is the CONSEQUENCE and PENALTY of sin.

• Genesis 3.19
• Romans 6.23a

2. Death is now PART of the CYCLE OF LIFE.

• Ecclesiastes 3.1-2

3. Death is NOT the END of everything.

• Hebrews 9.27
• Ecclesiastes 12.7

Believer:
• Philippians 1.23

Unbeliever:
• Revelation 20.11-15

4. For the BELIEVER, Death is "EVEN BETTER...FAR BETTER." (Or, "GAIN.")

• Philippians 1.21-23

5. Death should make you "REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR."

• Ecclesiastes 12.1-7

6. Jesus Christ CONQUERED SIN and DEATH!

• Hebrews 9.28
• 1 Corinthians 15.55-57
• Revelation 1.18