The Last Things

Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell

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Weight 0.34 lbs
Dimensions 7.13 × 4.75 × 0.3 in
ISBN 9780851515441
Topic

Spiritual Growth, The End Times

Page Count

160

Scripture

Whole Bible

Banner Pub Date

Jan 1, 1989

Original Pub Date

1989

Binding

Paperback

Format

Book

ISBN

9780851515441

Book Description

Concern for the present life has over-powered that for the life to come’. So writes Paul Helm in the Introduction to this timely study of the four ‘last things’: death, judgment, heaven and hell. His purpose is ‘not to speculate, or sentimentalise, but to state as sharply and starkly as possible the plain facts of the matter as Scripture portrays them’.

Paul Helm writes with careful thought and serious purpose, but also with the humility and sensitivity of a Christian convinced that we must follow God’s word wherever it leads, and no further.

The Last Things not only clarifies our view of the future-it also provides a fresher, clearer perspective on the present life.

The Last Things completes Paul Helm’s trilogy on the Christian life, which includes The Beginnings and The Callings, also published by the Trust.

Table of Contents Expand ↓

Introduction 9
I RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD 15
Limits 18
Scripture and Responsibility 19
Alarm and Comfort 24
God’s gift of Time 27
Regaining the Balance 31
II DEATH AND DYING 34
The Inevitability of Death 36
The Day of one’s Death 39
The Finality of Death 42
Dying and the Test of Faith 45
Death and Bodily Resurrection 50
Should a Believer want to Die? 54
Summing Up 55
III JUDGMENT 57
The Fact of Judgment 59
The Just God 61
Judgment according to Truth 67
The Standard of Judgment 71
Salvation by Works? 78
IV HEAVEN 83
Continuity and Change 84
Heaven as Redemptive, Fixed and Final 88
Heaven as Rest, but also as Activity 93
Critiques of Heaven 95
Heaven as Vision and Reward 103
V HELL 108
Opposing Hell 110
Hell and Annihilation 117
Differences in Hell? 119
The Preaching of Hell 125
VI GLORY BEGUN BELOW 129
I Corinthians 15 130
Romans 8 135
II Corinthians 4-5 138
Some Conclusions 140
General Index 145
Index of Scripture References 149

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