Eschatology and Apocalypse

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Gunton
"The doctrine of the last things is already embedded within any adequate Christian"
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Joel C. Rosenberg
"We are living on the edge of the appocalypse, but the world is asleep"
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Holmes and Rook
"Pie in the sky" "Steak on the plate while we wait"
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Future based eschatology - Daniel 12:2
"Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to overlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt"
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Realised Eschatology - John 5:24
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, he has crossed over from death to life"
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Isacc Newton on predicting the end of the world
"I see no reason why it would end before then"
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John Hicks eschatological verification
he term eschatological verification comes from John Hick and his story of a celestial city. It refers to the idea that when we die we will be able to prove whether God exists or not.
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4 distinct phases
Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, Kali Yuga in total span over 430,000 years
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Vishnu took 9 different forms in order to try and redeem Mankind
Fish, Tortoise, Boar, Man/Lion, Dwarf, An Axe, A King and most recently, the Buddha
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Geoffry Parrinder: World religions from ancient history to present
"In this role, though, he won’t so much be a redeemer as an expediter, setting the groundwork which leads to the end of all things,and bringing final judgment to humankind"
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Matthew 24:29
"But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken."
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Revelation 22:13
I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:
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Secular predictions
"We estimate that Earth will cease to exist somewhere between 1.75 abd 3.25 billion years from now"
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Michael Drosnen
The bible code
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Joel C. Rosenberg

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"We are living on the edge of the appocalypse, but the world is asleep"

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Holmes and Rook

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Future based eschatology - Daniel 12:2

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Realised Eschatology - John 5:24

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