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370 Carverton Road, Trucksville, PA 18708
(570) 696-0399
370 Carverton Road, Trucksville, PA 18708
(570) 696-0399
Service Times
Sunday Worship and Bible Studies @ 9am & 10:45am
Wednesday Family Night @ 6:30pm
Tuesday Night Celebrate Recovery @ 6:30pm
Small Groups meet at various times
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“After Death” Acts 1:2-3 and Selected
How long was Jesus on earth after His resurrection? What was Jesus doing between His death & resurrection? When a person dies today, where do they go? What was Jesus’ new resurrection body like?
Acts 1:1-3 1 In my former book (Luke), Theophilus (friend of God), I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
I. The Proclamation of Christ
Luke 16:22-23 22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
Luke 16:26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
<PPT - Picture of the underworld >
Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell (tartarus), putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
<PPT - Picture of the underworld again>
Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, (remember Luke 16:26)
Jesus Proclaimed… Ø To all the occupants of the “underworld”, His victory at the cross over Satan, Sin and Death… 1 Peter 3:18-19 18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison
Ø Jesus then opened the gates of Paradise leading O.T. believers triumphantly into God’s presence in heaven. Ephesians 4:8-10 8 This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men." 9 (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
During the present church age, the redeemed who die are “absent from the body . . . at home with the Lord.” (2Co 5:8) The wicked, by contrast, are in hades (hell). (Luke 16:23) Both are awaiting resurrection: one the resurrection to life and the other the resurrection to condemnation.
Philippians 2:10-11 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. · This is a powerful verse… every creature will one day recognize and bow before Jesus Christ · The One who died for you is Sovereign over all Creation… Every knee will bow, every tongue confess Him for who He really is… He is Sovereign in heaven… on earth… under the earth (underworld)… · The entire universe and everything in it will submit to Jesus… Option is to either bow now or bow later… The third day… Easter Sunday… Jesus arose from the dead in a resurrection body!
II. The Presence of Christ (Resurrection Body)
John 20:19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" Luke 24:31b “… and he disappeared from their sight.”
Luke 24:39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." Luke 24:31a “Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him…”
Luke 24:41-43 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate it in their presence.
Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
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