God’s Plan and Purpose for Man: Witnesses in Heaven’s Court

1 Corinthians 2:6-10

Colossians 1:25

Ephesians 3:2-13

Titus 1:3

2 Timothy 1:8-12

Romans 16:25

Revelation 13:8

Colossians 3:3, “For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”

Victorious Proclamation and the Triumphal Procession

Colossians 2:15

2 Corinthians 2:14

2 Peter 2:4

Jude 6

1 Peter 3:18-4:2

Suffering

1 - Suffering teaches us by providing an opportunity to learn

Hebrews 2:10-11

2 - Suffering demonstrates our faith in the character of God to Angels and Men

1 Corinthians 4:9 “We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to

men.” “spectacle” is Greek “theater”(“theatron”); ,

Job 1:8, 11; 2:3

3 - Suffering is the price we pay in our human nature to achieve God’s plan for our lives

Matthew 16:24-28

Colossians 1:24

Ephesians 3:13

4 – Suffering is the doorway to the power of God in our lives

2 Corinthians 12:10

A Life of Faith and not Sight:

Trusting and Seeking the Creator and not the Creation

The Final Battle, the Arrest and the Conclusion of the Court Case

a. Revelation 20:1-10

b. 2 Peter 2:4

c. Jude 6

d. Zechariah 3:1-7

e. Daniel 7:9-14

f. Philippians 2:10-11

g. Believers will be witnesses in this particular court case. They will testify:

1 Corinthians 6:3 (Witness to men: John 1:7,8; 15:27; Acts 1:8; 5:32

Hebrews 2:5,6

Hebrews 12:1

Revelation 12:9

Jude 14

Revelation 1:1,2 Isaiah 43:10, 12; 44:8