Eschatology – Page 2 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Daniel 9:20-27, The Seventy Weeks

Daniel has been confessing Israel’s sin and asking Yahweh for mercy and the return of his people to their land according to the prophecies of Jeremiah (25:11-13; 29:11). Yahweh sends an angel, Gabriel,

Daniel 8:1-27, The Vision of the Ram and Goat

We come across another little horn in this passage, but it is not the little horn we saw in chapter 7, which came out of the revived Roman empire, the fourth beast of chapter 7, the iron/clay feet of chapter

Daniel 7:15-28, The Interpretation of the Vision

Twice Daniel mentions how concerned, “anxious,” “alarmed,” and frightened he is of this vision of the four beasts. This must be due, in part, to the other unique aspect of this vision, which is

Daniel 7:9-14, The Kingdom of the Son of Man

Why did Jesus often refer to himself as the Son of Man? Like when Jesus asked the man born blind, whom he had healed, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” And the healed man said, basically, tell me

Daniel 7:1-8, Vision of the Four Beasts

This vision corresponds to the vision Nebuchadnezzar had in chapter 2, of the statue of various metals, depicting the four successive world dominating kingdoms, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.

Daniel 2:25-45, The Dream and Its Interpretation

“The appearance of colossal figures, often the statue of a deity, is fairly common in dream reports from the ancient Near East. Pharaoh Merenptah saw a giant statue of the god Ptah, who gave him permission

Malachi 4:1-6, The Great and Awesome Day of Yahweh

The Day of Yahweh is any day of God’s judgment when the wicked are destroyed and the righteous are exonerated and restored. There is going to be an ultimate Day of Yahweh, the final judgment of the wicked

Malachi 2:17-3:5, The Underlying Root of Unbelief

Most of us are familiar with the process of smelting silver or gold in order to remove the impurities. This is a common metaphor of judgment in Scripture. But another metaphor is cleansing by fuller’s

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, The Rejection of the Truth and Believing of the Lie

How is it that many of the Pharisees and other religious leaders in Israel failed to see who Jesus was, after all the miracles he performed and the powerful teaching he did? Jesus tells us that they had

2 Thessalonians 2:5-8, The Restrainer Removed

The “restrainer” is described with the neuter term “what” and with the masculine term “he.” Who or what is the restrainer that is holding back the mystery of lawlessness and the revealing of

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, The Man of Lawlessness Comes First

If you believed that the rapture of the saints would occur after the time of great tribulation and the career of the antichrist, would you be alarmed that the Day of the Lord had begun? I think you would

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, God’s Judgment in Light of Persecution

What do people who are going through persecution for their faith in Christ need. They need encouragement to remain true to Christ, encouragement that their suffering is not in vain, and hope that righteousness

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Being Sober-Minded about Jesus’ Return

It is kind of discouraging that Paul doesn’t fill in all the blanks with the Thessalonians about Jesus’ return, doesn’t repeat what he had taught them in person, because they “know with accuracy”

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, The Rapture of the Saints

Are you confused about all the events to happen at the end of the world with Christ’s return? Join the crowd. I’ve written a book on it and still struggle at times. The Thessalonians were concerned

What Happens When We Die

Death Eschatology judgment
/ By Randall Johnson

He was the oldest child in his family, and when he woke to a fire in his house, he woke two of his siblings and got them to flee the house. But his mom and another sibling were in a part of the house

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