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New page: The '''End Times''', also called the '''Last Days''', refers to the period of time in Christian theology just before and during the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This per...
The '''End Times''', also called the '''Last Days''', refers to the period of time in [[Christian]] [[theology]] just before and during the [[Second Coming]] of [[Jesus Christ]]. This period of time is foretold in the books of [[Daniel]] and [[Revelation]] in the [[Bible]], as well as in [[I Thessolonians]] and in the teachings of Jesus in the four [[Gospel]]s.
There are differing views of the End Times. A common view is that the believers in Christ and those who died in Christ will be removed from the [[Earth]] in an event called the [[Rapture]], just before the start of a seven-year [[Great Tribulation]] which will see the rise of a [[world government]] headed by the [[Antichrist]]. The Tribulation will be a time of plagues and disasters. Some Christians however believe the Rapture will happen in the middle of the Tribulation, and some believe the Rapture will happen at the end of the Tribulation. All three of these views are part of the [[premillennial]] view of the End Times, because in all three scenarios Jesus comes back before the 1000-year reign of Christ on Earth.
Another view is known as [[postmillennial]]ism. According to postmillennialism, Jesus will only return after Christians set up the [[government]] of [[God]] on Earth, and the Rapture will not happen until after the 1000-year reign of Christ. Postmillennialism is also known as [[Dominionism]], Dominion Theology or Kingdom Theology, but is should be noted that the term "Dominionism" is widely mis-used by [[secular humanist]]s, [[left-wing]] extremists, and other opponents of Christianity to refer to [[evangelical Christianity]] as a whole. Properly, Dominionism only refers to a postmillennial view of the End Times.
Yet another view is [[praeterism]], which is the view that the prophecies in Daniel and Revelation have already come to pass. The most common interpretation in praeterism is the Great Tribulation and other events prophesied for the End Times happened during the first or second century, usually in the context of the [[Roman]] government persecution of Christians.
The term "Rapture" is not found anywhere in the Bible, but is a common term used to refer to the prophecies in I Thessolonians 4:16-17.
==See also==
* [[Antichrist]]
* [[Dispensationalism]]
* [[Number of the Beast]]
* [[Prophecy]]
* [[Rapture]]
There are differing views of the End Times. A common view is that the believers in Christ and those who died in Christ will be removed from the [[Earth]] in an event called the [[Rapture]], just before the start of a seven-year [[Great Tribulation]] which will see the rise of a [[world government]] headed by the [[Antichrist]]. The Tribulation will be a time of plagues and disasters. Some Christians however believe the Rapture will happen in the middle of the Tribulation, and some believe the Rapture will happen at the end of the Tribulation. All three of these views are part of the [[premillennial]] view of the End Times, because in all three scenarios Jesus comes back before the 1000-year reign of Christ on Earth.
Another view is known as [[postmillennial]]ism. According to postmillennialism, Jesus will only return after Christians set up the [[government]] of [[God]] on Earth, and the Rapture will not happen until after the 1000-year reign of Christ. Postmillennialism is also known as [[Dominionism]], Dominion Theology or Kingdom Theology, but is should be noted that the term "Dominionism" is widely mis-used by [[secular humanist]]s, [[left-wing]] extremists, and other opponents of Christianity to refer to [[evangelical Christianity]] as a whole. Properly, Dominionism only refers to a postmillennial view of the End Times.
Yet another view is [[praeterism]], which is the view that the prophecies in Daniel and Revelation have already come to pass. The most common interpretation in praeterism is the Great Tribulation and other events prophesied for the End Times happened during the first or second century, usually in the context of the [[Roman]] government persecution of Christians.
The term "Rapture" is not found anywhere in the Bible, but is a common term used to refer to the prophecies in I Thessolonians 4:16-17.
==See also==
* [[Antichrist]]
* [[Dispensationalism]]
* [[Number of the Beast]]
* [[Prophecy]]
* [[Rapture]]