Discovery

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Session Topics

Discovery starts again on 12 February!

The theme of the Spring 2025 sessions is Eschatology – The Second Coming of Jesus and The End Times

We will study what the Bible says about the Tribulation, Antichrist, the Rapture, the Second Coming of Jesus, the Millennium, Judgement Day and more. The preliminary structure of this, over the five spring sessions, is found below.

Note that this spring's Discovery will be held every 4th weeks (previously every 2nd week) and on odd weeks (previously even weeks).

(Starting from session 29, the opening presentation is held in English, sometimes with clarifications in Swedish. Therefore, there are some parts in the materials that are also in Swedish.)

Click on “Session XX” to view the presented material (after each session):

12 February 2025 – Session 35: Overview of Biblical Eschatology
(Introduction to what follows in more detail in Sessions 36–39)

  • The second coming of Jesus – and signs preceding His return. The rapture and the resurrection of the dead. Different views of the rapture. The tribulation – main events and central figures. The millennium – key happenings and different millennium views. Judgement Day – eternal life on a new earth or in hell?

  • How does what the Bible says about eschatology, the doctrine of the end times, affect our Christian lives?

12 March 2025 – Session 36: Signs of the End of time, The Rapture and introduction to the Tribulation

  • Signs preceding the return of Jesus.

  • What is the rapture? For example, why, what happens, who gets raptured, to where and for how long?

  • Different views of the rapture with respect to the tribulation: Pre-tribulational view, mid-tribulational view, and post-tribulational view

9 April 2025 – Session 37: The Tribulation

  • The two parts of the tribulation

  • The three series of judgments during the Tribulation – the seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the seven bowls.

  • Central figures during the tribulation: The Antichrist, the False Prophet, the Beast, the two witnesses

  • The mark of the beast and the number of the beast, 666

7 May 2025 – Session 38: The Second Coming of Christ and the Millennium

  • When, how and why will Jesus return

  • Details of the Millennium and its purpose – Satan bound, Christ reigning for 1000 years, Satan released and deceiving nations, Satan defeated and thrown into the Lake of fire

  • Millennial views – premillennialism, postmillennialism, amillennialism, and preterism

4 June 2025 – Session 39: Judgement Day with two outcomes

  • Sheol/Hades/Paradise – where do we go when we die?

  • Judgement of believers – degrees of rewards. A new heaven and a new earth for believers

  • How will God judge Israel?

  • Judgement of unbelievers – degrees of punishment

    • Different views of Hell, the Lake of fire – eternal torment, annihilation, or universalism?

Topics and presented materials at previous sessions are found  further down the page.


Topics for upcoming sessions – preliminary order

Spring 2025 – session topics:

  • Theme: Eschatology – The End of Times
    See session descriptions further up the page!


Some possible topics in the future (in no particular order):

  • Water baptism 

  • Prayer: How should we pray? To whom should we pray (the Father/Son/Spirit)? What does praying in Jesus' name mean? Does God always hear/answer our prayers? Biblical faith

  • How to worship God

  • How does God speak to us?

  • Sickness and healing – does God always want to heal?

  • Discipleship

  • The meaning of the communion

  • ...

The list of subjects will be replenished/expanded

Topics at previous Discovery Sessions

Click on "Session XX" to view and download the presented materials:

The Bible and how to read it

  • 2022-09-21 – Session 1 – The Old Testament – Included books and contents, Jewish history, OT timeline, source manuscripts, OT canon

  • 2022-10-05 – Session 2 – The New Testament – Books, NT timeline and NT canon, important source manuscripts, Bible history until the 20th century

  • 2022-10-19 – Session 3 – Cont. – Bible history, early Swedish Bibles, classification of Bible translations, modern English Bibles

  • 2022-11-02 – Session 4 – Cont. – Modern English and Swedish Bibles, and good and bad paraphrases

  • 2022-11-16 – Session 5 – Biblical view, exegesis vs eisegesis, Bible Study Tools

Who is God?

  • 2022-11-30 – Session 6 – God's character/attributes – how (what) is God?  Part 1: God's incommunicableattributes

  • 2022-12-14 – Session 7 – God's character/attributes – how (what) is God?  Part 2: God's communicableattributes

  • 2023-02-08 – Session 8 – The Trinity – who is God? Part 1: God is one being and, at the same time, threedistinct persons

  • 2023-02-22 – Session 9 – The Trinity – who is God?  Part 2: Who is the Father, who is the Son, and who is the Holy Spirit?

  • 2023-03-08 – Session 10 – The Trinity – who is God?  Part 3: The ontological versus the economic Trinity. The roles/works of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Various unbiblical teachings about the Trinity – about who God is.

Who are the angels, Satan and the demons?

  • 2023-03-22 – Session 11 – Angels, Satan and demons. Part 1: Angels – who are they?

  • 2023-04-05 – Session 12 – Angels, Satan and demons. Part 2: Satan, the devil – who and what is it/he?

  • 2023-05-03 – Session 13 – Angels, Satan and demons. Part 3: Demons – who are they?

Bible verses that are often misunderstood

  • 2023-05-31 – Session 14 – Bible verses that are often misunderstood, taken out of context

The nature of man

  • 2023-09-20 – Session 15 – The Nature of Man, Part 1: Created in the image of God

  • 2023-10-04 – Session 16 – The Nature of Man, Part 2: Created as male and female – about gender perspectives and about basic distinct roles

  • 2023-10-18 – Session 17 – The Nature of Man, Part 3: Same-sex relationships and marriage

  • 2023-11-01 – Session 18 – The Nature of Man, Part 4: Created as spirit, soul and body

  • 2023-11-15 – Session 19 – The Nature of Man, Part 5: What is the difference between our soul and our spirit? (Dichotomy vs Trichotomy)

What is sin?

  • 2023-11-29 – Session 20 – What is sin? – Part 1 of 2: On sin, transgression and iniquity

  • 2024-02-07 – Session 21 – What is sin? – Part 2 of 2: The origin of sin and our sinful nature, God's wrath and judgement for sin

What is the Gospel?

  • 2024-02-21 – Session 22 – The Gospel – Part 1: Why did Jesus have to die?

  • 2024-03-06 – Session 23 – The Gospel – Part 2: Different views of the Atonement

  • 2024-03-20 – Session 24 – The Gospel – Part 3: What did Jesus do in Hades after He died?

  • 2024-04-03 – Session 25 – The Gospel – Part 4: Jesus' resurrection and ascension

  • 2024-04-17 – Session 26 – The Gospel – Part 5.1: Salvation: Salvation from what? Who can be saved? Different belief systems. How can you be saved?

  • 2024-05-15 – Session 27 – The Gospel – Part 5.2: Salvation: Is "the sinner's prayer" in the Bible? Can you believe in Jesus but not be saved? What happens when you become saved?

Q&A – Some Bible-related questions and answers

  • 2024-05-29 – Session 28 – Bible Q&A on IVF, Judgment Day, False Prophets, The rapture and the tribulation

The Holy Spirit – Who He is, baptism and filling with the Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit (focus on 1 Cor 12)

  • 2024-09-18 – Session 29: Who is the Holy Spirit? – Sent by the Father & the Son, the Helper, the indwelling of the Spirit, the work of the Spirit in Christians, the fruit of the Spirit, etc.

  • 2024-10-02 – Session 30: Baptism and filling with the Holy Spirit – Spirit baptism, to be filled with the Spirit, Spirit baptism's relation to tongues, what is baptism with fire?

  • 2024-10-16 – Session 31: Gifts of the Spirit, Part 1 – The purpose of the gifts. Overview of the gifts mentioned in the NT.
    Sessions 31–34 then focus mainly on the gifts in 1 Cor 12. Gifts: Words of wisdom and words of knowledge.

  • 2024-10-30 – Session 32: Gifts of the Spirit, Part 2 – Gifts: The gift of faith, gifts of healing and working of miracles.

  • 2024-11-13 – Session 33: Gifts of the Spirit, Part 3 – Gifts: The gift of prophecy and to distinguish between spirits.

  • 2024-11-27 – Session 34: Gifts of the Spirit, Part 4 – Gifts: Speaking in various kinds of tongues and the interpretation of tongues.

Theme for spring 2025, session 35–39: Eschatology – The End of Time (see top of the webpage)