The Doctrine of the End of Times: Eschatology Resources

Introduction

The doctrine of the End Times (Eschatology) includes the Return of Christ, the end of the world, judgment heaven and hell. Many Christians neglect the subject for various reasons:

They are almost exclusively focused upon current events and activities.
They don’t like thinking about death.
They are afraid of thinking about the End Times (which are difficult to imagine anyway).
They feel the return of Christ won’t happen in their lifetime because, after all, people have thought the End was near down through the centuries.
They are confused and put off by the strange, frightening symbolism of the Book of Revelation.
They are put off by people, including Christians, who have extreme – even crazy - views on the subject.
They may have no assurance of eternal life (for themselves or deceased loved-ones), but rather a vague hope.
They have little awareness of accountability to God and the idea of judgment worries them.
They find the idea of Jesus literally returning to earth somewhat unbelievable.

Yet teaching on the End Times (Eschatology) is important:

It makes up some 9% of the New Testament, which is a very significant proportion.
The New Testament teaches that we should be living in the light of the End Times.
It is important that the Christian community has an informed hope, instead of the current ignorance or fear, and conveys a message of hope.
It is important that the Christian community has a proper sense of accountability to God including an awareness of the last judgment.

It is because of this that we have created this section of the website to help Christians begin to face up to and benefit from this important area of teaching.

Please also see "A Certain Hope".

If you have questions or comments, feel free to write to my blog site.

Please also see Patricia Higton’s book “Life after life” also on this website.

Eschatology Resources

18 Articles and 1 Book Available in this Category

Articles are arranged according to subject and to whether they are:
1. Short popular articles for the general reader
2. Longer popular articles for the general reader
3. More academic articles where relevant

Teaching about Eschatology in General

Short popular articles for the general reader.

Teaching about the Signs of the End Times

Updates Sign Up

Copyright Policy

We have made great efforts to obtain copyright permission where relevant but it is possible that, despite our best efforts, we have unwittingly infringed someone’s copyright. In the event that such infringement occurs involving material on our website, we will remove the materials from the website following notification, and restore the materials to the website only after receiving written permission to do so from anyone with a valid claim as the owner of copyright in the texts.