Eschatology is the study of what is commonly referred to as the “end times.” This era in history was foretold by the book of Revelation in the New Testament. This field of study can have both good and bad come from it. An example of a good thing from it would be to recognize signs of Christ’s second coming and to let those signs strengthen one’s faith. A bad result that could be pulled from studying Eschatology would be a person attempting to pick a date for when Jesus comes back to retrieve all his followers. The Bible tells us that no one, not even our Savior, knows when He is coming back, so we should not try to guess when and where everything will take place. All of that is a waste of valuable time that can be used to further the message
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Most of apocalyptic fiction is not written with the result being the end of time or the universe but usually the end of a certain time period and the birth of a new era. As an example, you could write apocalyptic literature about the end of the Victorian Era and the rise of the modern era in the early twentieth century. The driving force behind the themes of an apocalyptic setting is a catastrophic event of global or universal proportions that kills the current era and ushers a new one in. The new era just mentioned can also take form as a new way of thought, life, culture, etc. The inciting incident that kicks off the apocalypse can take virtually any form as long as it follows through by ending an era or other influential force. (ReligiousTolerance.org, Christian Belief Systems: Competing Theories of Eschatology, End Times, and …show more content…
This has leaked into Christian though somewhat. Some Christians, as well as secular people, worry about the apocalypse constantly and have an aura of paranoia around them at all times. However, this is not the usual in the Church. Sound Christian eschatology sees the end of the world God’s remaking of His fallen creation. The universe’s timeline has been completely linear. It started with God creating everything, had humanity and its woes in the middle, and will come to an end in perfection again at the hand of God, who will bring a new and undefiled holy Heaven and Earth. (DeMar, Last Days Madness: Obsession of the Modern
Most of apocalyptic fiction is not written with the result being the end of time or the universe but usually the end of a certain time period and the birth of a new era. As an example, you could write apocalyptic literature about the end of the Victorian Era and the rise of the modern era in the early twentieth century. The driving force behind the themes of an apocalyptic setting is a catastrophic event of global or universal proportions that kills the current era and ushers a new one in. The new era just mentioned can also take form as a new way of thought, life, culture, etc. The inciting incident that kicks off the apocalypse can take virtually any form as long as it follows through by ending an era or other influential force. (ReligiousTolerance.org, Christian Belief Systems: Competing Theories of Eschatology, End Times, and …show more content…
This has leaked into Christian though somewhat. Some Christians, as well as secular people, worry about the apocalypse constantly and have an aura of paranoia around them at all times. However, this is not the usual in the Church. Sound Christian eschatology sees the end of the world God’s remaking of His fallen creation. The universe’s timeline has been completely linear. It started with God creating everything, had humanity and its woes in the middle, and will come to an end in perfection again at the hand of God, who will bring a new and undefiled holy Heaven and Earth. (DeMar, Last Days Madness: Obsession of the Modern