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Blogging about The Last Things
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. (Hebrews 9:27-28)
Why Study Eschatology (The Last Things)?
Over a fourth of the Bible is predictive, by one count.[a] And Scripture is meant to be understood. Yet no other area of theology holds such a variety of interpretations as does eschatology (the fancy technical term for the doctrine of the last things).
Amidst the disagreements one could easily lose sight of the fact that (with the exception of full preterism), all orthodox interpreters concur in expecting the glorious, cataclysmic, and universal event that will usher in eternity: the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The faith of the New Testament church is dominated by the expectation of Christ’s second advent. In like manner, believers today should be looking forward with eagerness to the coming of the Lord. Where this expectation is no longer present, there is something radically wrong.
The Resurrection of the Dead in The Last Judgment
by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo
This blog looks at what the Scriptures have to say about Christ’s second coming, what commentators have thought about Christ’s return throughout history, and examines contemporary trends in eschatological thinking.
As human history is moving towards a goal, eschatology gives us hope and helps as to understand the fundamental questions of life better. Far from vain speculation about the end, eschatology impacts our worldview and how we live out our lives in the present. And right now counts forever.
[a] Payne, J. B., The Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, Baker Pub. Group, 1980, p. 675)
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. (Matthew 24:36)