Sam Waldron has the ability to teach complex topics in simple terms and with clarity. Eschatology is undoubtedly a complex branch of theology where the ordinary Bible student can easily get lost among all the diverse (and oftentimes opposing) views out there.
Waldron had already written three books on eschatology: The End Times Made Simple, More of the End Times Made Simple, and MacArthur’s Millennial Manifesto – A Friendly Response. In this interview about the upcoming release of his new book, The Doctrine of Last Things, Waldron explains that there is more to the new volume than simply combining his previous books into one volume.
Bearing the fruit of Waldron’s eschatology classes, in the new volume the material has been entirely rearranged to introduce the reader to eschatology in a more organic manner. A rather lenghty appendix about the history of eschatological teachings throught church history is also a valuable addition to the new book.
At the beginning Waldron is asked to define the term “optimistic amillennialism” (which has also been the title of the CovCon 2024 conference). Basically, the two-age model outlined so clearly in certain New Testament passages (e.g. Luke 20:34-36) does not allow for either pre-, nor postmillennialism. Yet Christians have reasons to be optimistic about what God will accomplish through the church on this side of existence.