The Hour of Judgment

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How Many Judgments at the End of Time? Question 1 — Judgment Phases Timeline

Discussion Question

The judgment at the end of time is broken into how many stages or phases — One event, two, three, or four stages?

Arrange the following

Below, drag the following to arrange them in the order you believe they will occur.

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Millennium
Lake of Fire
Investigative Judgment
New Earth
Armageddon
Second Coming

Passages to Consider

Revelation 22:12 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work." Tap to read
1 Peter 4:17 "For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?" Tap to read
2 Corinthians 5:10 "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." Tap to read
Daniel 7:9–10 "I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated… The court was seated, and the books were opened." Tap to read
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The Investigative Judgment Question 2 — Unique Teaching & Timing

Discussion Question

What is our unique Adventist teaching of the investigative judgment, and when does it take place?

Consider: Is it at the end of time? In the near future? Has it already happened? Perhaps at the cross?

Passages to Consider

Revelation 22:12 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work." Tap to read
1 Peter 4:17 "For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God…" Tap to read
2 Corinthians 5:10 "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ…" Tap to read
Daniel 7:9–10 "The court was seated, and the books were opened." Tap to read
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The 2,300 Days & the 70 Weeks Question 3 — Daniel 8 & 9 Bridge

Question 1 — When does the 2,300 days start?

Daniel 8:14 says the sanctuary will be cleansed after 2,300 days. How—or when—does this prophetic period begin? Use only biblical references.

Question 2 — Gabriel’s bridge

How does Gabriel’s re-appearance establish a structural and linguistic bridge between the 2,300 days and the 70 weeks?

Sub-question — Reaching 1844

As a group, attempt to show how the year 1844 is reached from the 2,300-day prophecy (Daniel 8:14) and the 70-week prophecy (Daniel 9:24–27), using the day-for-a-year principle (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6) and the decree to restore Jerusalem (Ezra 7).

Passages to Consider

Daniel 8:13–14, 26–27 "…unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Tap to read
Daniel 9:21–24 "…seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city…" Tap to read
Numbers 14:34 "…each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years…" Tap to read
Ezekiel 4:6 "…I have appointed thee each day for a year." Tap to read
Ezra 7:11–26 The decree of Artaxerxes restoring and rebuilding Jerusalem. Tap to read
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Cosmic Vindication & Sanctuary Typology Question 4 — The Unfallen Universe & Leviticus

Discussion Question

Why does an omniscient God open judicial records before the unfallen universe, and how does the Levitical sanctuary mirror this?

Passages to Consider

Leviticus 16:16–22 The Day of Atonement — cleansing the sanctuary, the scapegoat bearing iniquity. Tap to read
Job 1:6–12 "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them." Tap to read
1 Corinthians 4:9 "For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men." Tap to read
Hebrews 9:23–24 "…it was necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these." Tap to read