Published: 12 November, 2023
Updated: 22 July, 2024
The End of Days
In this series, we study the field of eschatology, or Biblical end times. The Bible makes many predictions about the End of Days, a time when the world as we know it will end. What does the Bible say? What does it mean? What are the different interpretations? Most importantly, could it be happening now?
Introduction
10 Things the Bible Predicts About the Future
This article lists 10 predictions the Bible makes about the future. It uses a futurist interpretation, which means these events are still in the future.
The Kingdom of the Beast, the Antichrist, and the Tribulation
Building on the previous post, we explain the Biblical basis for three of the ten predictions: the Kingdom of the Beast, a globalist, authoritarian regime; the Antichrist a violent, oppressive dictator; and the Tribulation, a seven-year period of death, destruction, and judgment.
Topics
In this section, we dive more deeply into the topics of eschatology and begin to build a model of what is coming in the near future and why the world looks the way it is now.
The One World Order or the Kingdom of the Beast
The Kingdom of the Beast, also known as the Kingdom of the Beast is a totalitarian, global government that will arise at the end of days. In these posts, we discuss the Biblical basis for the Kingdom of the Beast, also known as the One World Order.
The Kingdom of the Beast: Key Verses
What is the One World Order Part 1, Daniel Chapter 2
What is the One World Order Part 2, Daniel Chapter 7
The Antichrist
The Antichrist is the final ruler of the Kingdom of the Beast. He will be given his power by Satan and will persecute and murder Jews and Christians. He will rule over the most destructive government in the history of the world.
Who is the Antichrist? Part 1, Daniel Chapter 7
The Kingdom of God
The Antichrist and the Kingdom of the Beast will be allowed to rule for 7 years. Then Jesus Christ will return to earth, defeat the Antichrist, and establish a world-wide kingdom under His rule.
Schools of Interpretation
Interpreting Biblical prophecy can be confusing. Many passages are not clear and discerning their true meaning can be difficult. This difficulty has led to several different schools of interpreting end times. In this section we study and contrast several different systems of interpretation.
Preterism argues most end-times prophecy was fulfilled around 70 AD with the destruction of Jerusalem by Roman forces.
What is Preterism? Part 1: The Imminency of the Kingdom of God
What is Preterism? Part 2: The Destruction of Jerusalem and Replacement Theology
Futurism argues that most end-times prophecy will be fulfilled in the future, when a future Kingdom of the Beast and the Antichrist arise and rule the world.
What is Futurism? Part 1: The Future Kingdom of God
What is Futurism? Part 2: The Coming Kingdom of the Beast
The Text
This section contains the key verses for the Biblical End times as well as an analysis of those verses.
The Kingdom of the Beast: Key Verses
The Antichrist: Key Verses
The Olivet Discourse
The Oliver Discourse is a speech that Jesus gave his disciples after leaving the temple in Jerusalem. He predicted the temple would soon be destroyed and goes on to give the desciples the signs of his second coming. It is called the Olivet Discourse, because Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives while he was talking with his disciples.
