This article is an exposition of Matthew 24. It shows how Christ referred to the destruction of Jerusalem as a pointer to the final judgment and the end of the world.

As a continuation of this topic, the author produces a number of scripture texts that may be taken as arguments that there is a separate state to which the soul goes after death and before the final judgment.

What does it mean that the final judgment will be according to works? This article analyzes the apostle Paul's different statements about the criteria by which the works of a person are measured in the last judgment. The study concludes that the same criteria applies to believers and unbelievers, i.e., the Torah as fulfilled by Jesus Christ. It is argued that the whole Torah is still valid in the time of the new covenant, but in a transformed and intensified way.

Bird participates in the debate between John Piper and N. T. Wright on a biblical understanding of justification by faith. He looks at five points of contention between Piper and Wright. Bird tries to establish a modified Reformed view that can function as a middle way between the two.

How should we understand the relationship between the love of God and the wrath of God? This article concerns itself in particular with the understanding of God's wrath and anger in the final judgment.

This is an entry in a theological dictionary on the return of Christ and the final judgment.

This is an entry in a theological dictionary on the judgment seat of Christ as God's final judgment.