Eschatology

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Eschatology

• From Eschaton End
• The study of End Times

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2 Extremes in Eschatology
Eschatomania
Eschatophobia
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Four Major Systems of Eschatology

• Futurist
• Preterist
• Historical
• Idealist

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Major Questions and Issues in Eschatology

• Israel
• The Church
• The Kingdom of God

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The Kingdom of God and Eschatology

• Modernized Eschatology
• Demodernized eschatology
• Realized Eschatology
• Existentialized Eschatology
• Politicized eschatology
• Dispensational Eschatology

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My View of the Kingdom of God

• Here but not yet

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Apocalyptic Literature

• is the symbolic visionary prophetic literature,
  composed during oppressive conditions consisting
  of visions whose events are recorded exactly as
  they were seen by the author and explained
  through a divine interpreter, and whose
  theological content is primarily eschatological.