June 30, 2025 • 7 mins
Will things that happen now, in this world, in this mortal life be carried forward into eternity? Interstingly, the answer is yes. And that answer is not even in doubt.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
After eight days, his disciples were again inside,
inside a house, right, andThomas was with them this time,
and Jesus came, the doors havingbeen shut, and he stood in
their midst and he said Peace,be with you.
Then he said to Thomas reachhere with your finger and see my
hands, and reach here your handand put it in my side and do
(00:31):
not be unbelieving, butbelieving.
How does this passage relate tohistory having eternal
importance?
Well, what body is Jesus inwhen he stood there in the house
?
He's in his resurrection body.
So is he still in the sameresurrection body right now?
(00:52):
Yes, is he going to have thisresurrection body when he comes
for us at the rapture?
Is he going to have thisresurrection body at the second
coming of Christ, when he comesto earth to rule and reign for a
thousand years?
Yes, he's going to have thesame exact body that was there
and thomas reached and touchedand saw.
Now this body is derived fromthis history, right, in that the
(01:14):
resurrection is atransformation.
I mean, his body was laid inthe tomb.
His mortal body was.
It was crucified.
It was laid in the tomb, butthen it wasn't there on the
third day.
Right, it was risen, meaningthat body was transformed into a
resurrection body.
So it was the body that was inhistory.
It was now transformed into animmortal condition that is a
(01:38):
part of the world to come.
Will it be there in the newheaven and new earth Revelation
21 and 22?
.
Same body, it's not going tochange.
Are the new heaven and newearth?
Revelation 21 and 22.
Same body Not going to change.
Are the scars going to go away?
Where were those scarsinflicted In time in history?
Or in eternity?
In time in history, and theyare carried into eternity.
(02:00):
Look at Revelation, chapter 5.
We're pointing out theimportance of history and
hopefully this will make yourealize that your life is
important in history.
That's where we're going withthis.
Your life is important inhistory.
What you do in history carriesover in some way into eternity.
Revelation, chapter 5 and verse6.
(02:21):
This is where you've got thescroll, the seven-sealed scroll,
and nobody can open it right.
And then someone steps forward.
Who can?
And we notice in verse 6, I saw, between the throne, with the
four living creatures and theelders, a lamb standing, as if
(02:41):
slain Standing, as if whatainStanding, as if what Slain.
Not standing, so it's alive,but it looks like it's been
slain right.
In other words, it bears scars.
Scars from when?
From the crucifixion.
Again, when did the crucifixiontake place In time in history
(03:11):
or in eternity?
It took place in time inhistory and yet here he is
standing and John sees him, andhe looks like a lamb, as if
slain, having carried thosewounds from history into this
eternity.
So history is important.
Now let's look at our own lives.
2 Corinthians 5, verse 10.
Is there anything in theChristian life that relates to
this idea that our lives arereally important in history?
What we do with them, how wespend our time, what we do with
(03:32):
our time, what we do with ourlives, is that important?
2 Corinthians 5, verse 10.
2 Corinthians 5, verse 10.
Paul says, for we must allappear before the judgment seat
of Christ.
We call this the Bema right.
(03:52):
It's a Greek word that meansyou go to a judgment seat.
It was used in the ancientworld for Olympic games or
competitions, when thecompetitors would have a race or
whatever their event was, andthen they would go and they
would stand before the Bema,where the judges were the judges
for the contest, and they wouldthen award those who won their
(04:15):
events right.
This is the type of thing thatwe will stand at.
Viewing the Christian life islike a race that we are running
and Paul says elsewhere you runso as to win right.
Win what Win prizes?
He's talking about rewards.
So let's read on.
So we must all appear beforethe judgment seat of Christ you,
(04:36):
me, all of us who are believersin Christ.
Why?
So that each one of us may berecompensed for his deeds in the
body, according to what he hasdone, whether good or bad.
In other words, then, there'sgoing to Does what we do in
(04:58):
history, does it have any effecton eternity?
Yeah, because what you do inthis life is going to be
evaluated at the judgment seatof Christ and rewards will then
be given out or not given out,depending on how we lived our
Christian lives.
So again, is your lifeimportant?
Is history important?
Yes, it is important.
(05:20):
Some people say well, the onlything that's important in life
is believing in Jesus Christ.
I believe that is the numberone thing that is of greatest
importance that a person believewho Jesus Christ is and what he
did for them on the cross, andthe sole condition for enjoying
eternal life is just believe,right, just believe in him.
That's not everything, though.
Once you become a Christianright.
The second biggest thing inlife is how you live the
(05:44):
Christian life, because onceyou've believed in Christ,
eternity is set.
You have everlasting life.
Nothing can separate us fromthe love of Christ.
But the issue becomes how do welive the Christian life?
Because there's also going tobe an evaluation, at a payment,
at a judgment seat, and rewardswill be given out, and those
rewards are for eternity.
(06:05):
Jesus said it this way.
Jesus said it this way store uptreasure in heaven, right when
moth and rust don't decay, right.
So that's talking about whatyou do now in history having
eternal ramifications.
So that's an implication of thehypostatic union, because it
(06:25):
all starts with Christ.
You really get to realize thatwhat he does in time, in history
affects eternity and isreflected even in his
resurrection body.
So your lives are important too, and you know, paul says in
Ephesians 5, 15, he says makingthe most of your time, for the
days are evil, making the mostof your time because the days
(06:48):
are evil.
Or the Greek says buy up thetime.
In other words, don't wastetime, because you're only here
for a short period of timerelative to eternity.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(07:20):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
After eight days, his disciples were again inside,
inside a house, right, andThomas was with them this time,
and Jesus came, the doors havingbeen shut, and he stood in
their midst and he said Peace,be with you.
Then he said to Thomas reachhere with your finger and see my
hands, and reach here your handand put it in my side and do
(00:31):
not be unbelieving, butbelieving.
How does this passage relate tohistory having eternal
importance?
Well, what body is Jesus inwhen he stood there in the house
?
He's in his resurrection body.
So is he still in the sameresurrection body right now?
(00:52):
Yes, is he going to have thisresurrection body when he comes
for us at the rapture?
Is he going to have thisresurrection body at the second
coming of Christ, when he comesto earth to rule and reign for a
thousand years?
Yes, he's going to have thesame exact body that was there
and thomas reached and touchedand saw.
Now this body is derived fromthis history, right, in that the
(01:14):
resurrection is atransformation.
I mean, his body was laid inthe tomb.
His mortal body was.
It was crucified.
It was laid in the tomb, butthen it wasn't there on the
third day.
Right, it was risen, meaningthat body was transformed into a
resurrection body.
So it was the body that was inhistory.
It was now transformed into animmortal condition that is a
(01:38):
part of the world to come.
Will it be there in the newheaven and new earth Revelation
21 and 22?
.
Same body, it's not going tochange.
Are the new heaven and newearth?
Revelation 21 and 22.
Same body Not going to change.
Are the scars going to go away?
Where were those scarsinflicted In time in history?
Or in eternity?
In time in history, and theyare carried into eternity.
(02:00):
Look at Revelation, chapter 5.
We're pointing out theimportance of history and
hopefully this will make yourealize that your life is
important in history.
That's where we're going withthis.
Your life is important inhistory.
What you do in history carriesover in some way into eternity.
Revelation, chapter 5 and verse6.
(02:21):
This is where you've got thescroll, the seven-sealed scroll,
and nobody can open it right.
And then someone steps forward.
Who can?
And we notice in verse 6, I saw, between the throne, with the
four living creatures and theelders, a lamb standing, as if
(02:41):
slain Standing, as if whatainStanding, as if what Slain.
Not standing, so it's alive,but it looks like it's been
slain right.
In other words, it bears scars.
Scars from when?
From the crucifixion.
Again, when did the crucifixiontake place In time in history
(03:11):
or in eternity?
It took place in time inhistory and yet here he is
standing and John sees him, andhe looks like a lamb, as if
slain, having carried thosewounds from history into this
eternity.
So history is important.
Now let's look at our own lives.
2 Corinthians 5, verse 10.
Is there anything in theChristian life that relates to
this idea that our lives arereally important in history?
What we do with them, how wespend our time, what we do with
(03:32):
our time, what we do with ourlives, is that important?
2 Corinthians 5, verse 10.
2 Corinthians 5, verse 10.
Paul says, for we must allappear before the judgment seat
of Christ.
We call this the Bema right.
(03:52):
It's a Greek word that meansyou go to a judgment seat.
It was used in the ancientworld for Olympic games or
competitions, when thecompetitors would have a race or
whatever their event was, andthen they would go and they
would stand before the Bema,where the judges were the judges
for the contest, and they wouldthen award those who won their
(04:15):
events right.
This is the type of thing thatwe will stand at.
Viewing the Christian life islike a race that we are running
and Paul says elsewhere you runso as to win right.
Win what Win prizes?
He's talking about rewards.
So let's read on.
So we must all appear beforethe judgment seat of Christ you,
(04:36):
me, all of us who are believersin Christ.
Why?
So that each one of us may berecompensed for his deeds in the
body, according to what he hasdone, whether good or bad.
In other words, then, there'sgoing to Does what we do in
(04:58):
history, does it have any effecton eternity?
Yeah, because what you do inthis life is going to be
evaluated at the judgment seatof Christ and rewards will then
be given out or not given out,depending on how we lived our
Christian lives.
So again, is your lifeimportant?
Is history important?
Yes, it is important.
(05:20):
Some people say well, the onlything that's important in life
is believing in Jesus Christ.
I believe that is the numberone thing that is of greatest
importance that a person believewho Jesus Christ is and what he
did for them on the cross, andthe sole condition for enjoying
eternal life is just believe,right, just believe in him.
That's not everything, though.
Once you become a Christianright.
The second biggest thing inlife is how you live the
(05:44):
Christian life, because onceyou've believed in Christ,
eternity is set.
You have everlasting life.
Nothing can separate us fromthe love of Christ.
But the issue becomes how do welive the Christian life?
Because there's also going tobe an evaluation, at a payment,
at a judgment seat, and rewardswill be given out, and those
rewards are for eternity.
(06:05):
Jesus said it this way.
Jesus said it this way store uptreasure in heaven, right when
moth and rust don't decay, right.
So that's talking about whatyou do now in history having
eternal ramifications.
So that's an implication of thehypostatic union, because it
(06:25):
all starts with Christ.
You really get to realize thatwhat he does in time, in history
affects eternity and isreflected even in his
resurrection body.
So your lives are important too, and you know, paul says in
Ephesians 5, 15, he says makingthe most of your time, for the
days are evil, making the mostof your time because the days
(06:48):
are evil.
Or the Greek says buy up thetime.
In other words, don't wastetime, because you're only here
for a short period of timerelative to eternity.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(07:20):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
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