Every Christian should be thinking about the end times, because thinking about the return of Christ impacts one's life today. It helps us fight five things: anxiety, despondency, materialism, fear, and apathy.
What does the Bible teach about the end times? Using key biblical texts, this article examines the teachings of preterism, dispensationalism, premillenialism, postmillenialism, and amillenialism. What does the Bible say about the return of Christ?
The popular understanding that "latter-days" refers only to the end of the world needs radical adjustment. Beale demonstrates how “inaugurated eschatology” sheds light on a Christian understanding of the end times. The theological idea of the relation of the indicative to the imperative in the New Testament is used to enhance such an understanding.
Eschatology is a present reality that should shape the life of the church. Beale argues that the origin of the office of elder is partly related to the inauguration of the latter-day tribulation. This article discusses this inauguration of the tribulation in some detail, and also takes a look at the motivation for godly living during these end times.
This trilogy of articles builds off of a previous series entitled The Intermediate State, looking at the topic of end times. This series looks at the text of Revelation 20:1-10, discussing the amillennialism perspective on this scripture passage.
This trilogy of articles builds off of a previous series entitled The Intermediate State, looking at the topic of end times. This series looks at the text of Revelation 20:1-10, discussing the amillennialism perspective on this scripture passage. One must understand the sybolic nature of the book of Revelation. Revelation 20 is a description of the present gospel age. This understanding has significant implications for the daily life of the Christian and the hope he has in Christ.
This trilogy of articles builds off of a previous series entitled The Intermediate State, looking at the topic of end times. This series looks at the text of Revelation 20:1-10, discussing the premillennialism and postmillennialism perspectives on this scripture passage. The author maintains that interpreting this text wrongly puts the unity of scripture at stake and threatens the Christian hope.
This article focuses on the reality of the end of the world (end times). Christian's should expect Christ's return, the resurrection of the dead, the destruction of this world, the coming of an eternal world, and judgement.
This article is about lawlessness in the end times. The author looks at 2 Thessalonians 2:3, Matthew 24:11-13 and obedience in the church.
This article is about the preaching of the gospel to all the nations as a sign of the end times. The author also discusses Matthew 24:14, the coming of the kingdom of God, the health and wealth gospel, and the effectiveness and purpose of preaching.
This article about the great persecution (the persecution of the church) in end times, is about the great tribulation and the antichrist. The perseverance of the believers is also discussed, as well as the text Matthew 24:15-35.
Is the millennium present or future? This article is about the millennial age and works with a two-age model ("this age" and "the age to come" - amillennialism). The author focuses the end times discussions on the person of Jesus Christ.
