Darby made numerous trips between 1859 and 1877 to talk about his new dispensationalist ideas. His theology began to spread rapidly with the publication of the Scofield Reference Bible, a bible which had annotated ideas published right alongside the King James text. The annotations outlined the theology of Dispensationalism and the respective ages that went along with it. The Scofield Reference Bible outlines seven dispensations and names them by a characteristic of the age. The ages go as such: the age of innocence, of conscience, of government, of patriarchal rule, of the Mosaic law, of grace, our current age, and of the millennial kingdom, an age yet to …show more content…
The most obvious and meaningful similarity is that once the final battle is over and the world has been destroyed, a new and better world will begin that is free from evil. There is also a present idea of the good side having a rival, or certain opponent to fight from the evil side. For example, in the Armageddon, Jesus will fight the Antichrist, and in Ragnarok, Thor will fight the Midgard serpent. One difference is the outcome of their battles, though. In the Christian belief, it is said the good will triumph over evil, meaning that Jesus will defeat the Antichrist. In Nordic belief, though, Thor slays the Serpent, but the Serpents poison kills Thor soon after, for example. Instead of a complete victory for good, there is equal death among both