This chapter defines important terms used in discussions of the last things (eschatology). An extensive vocabulary has been developed around this topic, and readers are familiarized with it in this chapter. Theological terms discussed are eschatology, millennium, rapture, preterism, and futurism.

Source: A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times (Baker Books, 2013), 27-32.

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