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Eschatology (from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 , Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy
-logy

-logy is a suffix in English language, found in words originally adapted from Ancient Greek words ending in -????a . The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French language -logie, which was in turn inherited from the Latin language -logia....
 meaning "the study of") is a part of theology
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
 and philosophy
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 concerned with what is believed to be the final events in the history of the world
History of the world

The history of the world is the recorded history memory of the experience, around the world, of Homo sapiens. Ancient human history begins with the invention, independently at several sites on Earth, of writing, which created the infrastructure for lasting, accurately transmitted memories and thus for the diffusion and growth of knowledg...
, or the ultimate destiny
Destiny

Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a Predeterminism future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe....
 of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world
End of the world

In general, the end of the world may refer to:*The ultimate fate of the universe*The Earth#Future *The end time *In the flat earth model, the "edge of the world"...
. While in mysticism
Mysticism

Mysticism is the pursuit of communion with, Unio Mystica with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, Spirituality, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight....
 the phrase refers metaphorically to the end of ordinary reality and reunion with the Divine, in many traditional religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
s it is taught as an actual future event prophesied
Prophecy

Prophecy, generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means. In religion, this is thought to be a divinely inspired revelation or interpretation....
 in sacred texts or folklore
Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, superstitions, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group ....
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Eschatology (from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 , Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy
-logy

-logy is a suffix in English language, found in words originally adapted from Ancient Greek words ending in -????a . The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French language -logie, which was in turn inherited from the Latin language -logia....
 meaning "the study of") is a part of theology
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
 and philosophy
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 concerned with what is believed to be the final events in the history of the world
History of the world

The history of the world is the recorded history memory of the experience, around the world, of Homo sapiens. Ancient human history begins with the invention, independently at several sites on Earth, of writing, which created the infrastructure for lasting, accurately transmitted memories and thus for the diffusion and growth of knowledg...
, or the ultimate destiny
Destiny

Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a Predeterminism future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe....
 of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world
End of the world

In general, the end of the world may refer to:*The ultimate fate of the universe*The Earth#Future *The end time *In the flat earth model, the "edge of the world"...
. While in mysticism
Mysticism

Mysticism is the pursuit of communion with, Unio Mystica with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, Spirituality, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight....
 the phrase refers metaphorically to the end of ordinary reality and reunion with the Divine, in many traditional religion
Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
s it is taught as an actual future event prophesied
Prophecy

Prophecy, generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means. In religion, this is thought to be a divinely inspired revelation or interpretation....
 in sacred texts or folklore
Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, superstitions, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group ....
. More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as the Messiah
Messiah

Messiah literally means "anointed ".In Jewish messiah tradition and Jewish eschatology, messiah refers to a future monarch of United Monarchy from the Davidic line, who will rule the people of Israelite#The Twelve Tribes, and herald the Messianic Age of global peace....
 or Messianic Age
Messianic Age

Messianic Age is a theological term referring to a future time of peace and brotherhood on the earth, without crime, war and poverty. Many religions believe that there will be such an age; some refer to it as the "Kingdom of God"....
, the end time, and the end of days.

The Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 word (aeon
Aeon

The word aeon, also spelled eon or ?on, means "age", "forever" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the koine Greek word , from the archaic ....
), meaning "century" (connotation "age"), may be translated as "end of the age (or historical period)" instead of "end of the world". The time distinction also has theological significance; while the end of time in mystical traditions relates to escaping confinement in the "given" reality, some religions believe and fear it to be the literal destruction of the planet (or of all living things) – with the human race surviving in some new form, ending the current "age" of existence.

Most modern eschatology and apocalypticism, both religious and secular, involves the violent disruption or destruction of the world, whereas Christian and Jewish eschatologies view the end times as the consummation or perfection of God's creation of the world.

For example, according to ancient Hebrew belief, life takes a linear (and not cyclical) path; the world began with God and is constantly headed toward God’s final goal for creation.

Eschatology in Philosophy

Eschatology has also been a belief shared, sometimes theorized on, by philosophers. Saint Augustine stressed the allegorical method of interpretation. He was greatly influenced by Origen
Origen

Origen was an Early Christianity scholar, theology, and one of the most distinguished of the early Church father of the Christian Church. According to tradition, he is held to have been an Ancient Egypt who taught in Alexandria, reviving the Catechetical School of Alexandria where Clement of Alexandria had taught....
. He was followed by Ibn al-Nafis and Hegel with their philosophy of history
Philosophy of history

Philosophy of history is an area of philosophy concerning the eventual significance, if any, of human history. Furthermore, it speculates as to a possible teleology end to its development?that is, it asks if there is a design, purpose, directive principle, or finality in the processes of human history....
, and, some (such as the author Albert Camus
Albert Camus

Albert Camus was an Algerian-born France author, Philosophy, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize in 1957. He is often associated with existentialism, but Camus refused this label....
 in 'The Rebel') have argued, Karl Marx
Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx was a Germanphilosophy, political economy, historian, sociologist, humanism, political theorist and revolutionary credited as the founder of communism....
. Theodicy has gathered together most Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a time in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century, in which rationalism was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority....
 thinkers, among whom are Kant
KANT

KANT is a computer algebra system for mathematicians interested in algebraic number theory, performing sophisticated computations in algebraic number fields, in Global field function fields, and in local fields....
 and Rousseau.

More recently, many involved in futures studies and transhumanism
Transhumanism

Transhumanism is an international school of thought supporting the use of science and technology to improve human human brain and human anatomy characteristics and aptitude....
 have noted the accelerating rate of scientific progress and anticipate a technological singularity
Technological singularity

The technological singularity is a theoretical future point of unprecedented technological progress?typically associated with advancements in computer hardware or the ability of machines to improve themselves using artificial intelligence....
 in the 21st century that would profoundly and unpredictably change the course of human history. Artist/futurist Michael E. Arth
Michael E. Arth

Michael E. Arth is an United States artist, home/landscape/urban designer, Futures studies, and author....
, for example, speculates about the emergence of a hive-like distributed being that would be self-conscious, integrated into a future version of the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
, and also able to exhibit any individualized form, or speak any language. This collective intelligence, UNICE: Universal Network of Intelligent Conscious Entities, would connect everyone on the planet before it spreads outward into space.

Eschatology in various Religions

For the eschatological beliefs of various religions, see: End Times
End times

The End Time, End Times, or End of Days are the eschatology writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other non-Abrahamic religions....
.

Judaism and Christianity


Judaism
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 addresses the End times
End times

The End Time, End Times, or End of Days are the eschatology writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other non-Abrahamic religions....
 in the Book of Daniel
Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel is a book in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Originally written in Hebrew language and Aramaic language, it is set during the Babylonian Captivity, a period when Jews were deported and exiled to Babylon following the Siege of Jerusalem of 597 BC....
 and in the Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
, particularly Tractate Avodah Zarah
Avodah Zarah

Avodah Zarah is the name of a tractate in the Talmud, located in Nezikin, the fourth Order of the Talmud dealing with legal damages. The main topic of the tractate is laws pertaining to Jews living amongst Gentiles, including regulations about the interaction between Jews and "idolaters" , both for distancing Jews from the act of id...
. For Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
, in addition to the Old Testament Book of Daniel, see New Testament Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John, Apocalypse of John , and Revelation of Jesus Christ is the last Biblical canon of the New Testament in the Christian Bible....
.

Islamic eschatology

Islamic eschatology has been very distinctly and vividly documented in the sayings of its prophet, Muhammad, regarding "the signs of the Hour". Prophesies of Mohammed have been traditionally divided into major and minor signs. He spoke about several minor signs of the approach of the Hour; that is, the ending days of the life on earth. Describing the minor signs he said, "People would follow a way of life other than mine and give guidance other than mine”, “I fear for my people only the leaders who lead men astray”, “Before the Last Hour there will be great liars, so beware of them”, “When the most wicked member of a tribe becomes its ruler, and the most worthless member of a community becomes its leader, and a man is respected through fear of the evil he may do, and leadership is given to people who are unworthy of it, expect the Last Hour”

Regarding the major signs, we have a Companions narrating: Once we were sitting together and talking amongst ourselves when the Prophet appeared. He asked us what it was we were discussing. We said it was the Hour. He said: It will not be called until ten signs have appeared: "Smoke, Dajjal, the Animal (that will speak to the people), rising of the sun from the West, descending down of Isa (Jesus), appearance of Yajuj and Majuj, and three sinkings (or caving in of the earth): one in the East, another in the West and a third in the Arabian Peninsula.

Hindu eschatology

Contemporary Hindu eschatology is linked in the Vaishnavite tradition to the figure of Kalki, or the tenth and last avatar of Vishnu before the age draws to a close, and Shiva simultaneously dissolves and regenerates the universe.

Most Hindus acknowledge as part of their cosmology that we are living in the Kali Yuga literally "age of darkness", the last of four periods (Yuga) that make up the current age. Each period has seen a successive degeneration in the moral order and character of human beings, to the point that in the Kali Yuga where quarrel and hypocrisy are prevalent. Often, the invocation of Kaliyuga denotes a certain helplessness in the face of the horrors and suffering of the human condition and a nostalgia for a golden past or a future salvation.

However, Hindu conceptions of time, like those found in other non-Western traditions, is cyclical in that one age may end but another will always begin. As such, the cycle of birth, growth, decay, death, and renewal at the individual level finds its echo in the cosmic order of all things, yet affected by the vagaries of the comings and goings of divine interventions in the Vaishnavite belief.

Most Hindus believe that Shiva will destroy the world at the end of the kalpa. Some Shaivites hold the view that he is incessantly destroying and creating the world.

See also

  • Amillennialism
    Amillennialism

    Amillennialism is a view in Christian Christian eschatology named for its rejection of the theory that Jesus will have a thousand-year long, physical reign on the earth....
  • Ancient Aztec eschatology
    Ancient Aztec eschatology

    The term Five Suns in the context of creation myths, describes the doctrine of the Aztec and other Nahua peoples, supported amply by ancient texts and calendars, in which the present world was preceded by four other cycles of creation and destruction....
  • Antichrist
    Antichrist

    The Antichrist is one who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of New Testament view on Jesus' life while resembling him in a deceptive manner....
  • Apocalypse
    Apocalypse

    Apocalypse is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. Today the term is often used to refer to the Doomsday event, which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means "revelation at the end of the ?on, or age"....
  • Apocalypticism
    Apocalypticism

    Apocalypticism is a worldview based on the idea that civilization, as we know it, will soon come to a tumultuous end with some sort of global event, usually war....
  • Armageddon
    Armageddon

    Armageddon , is the site of the final battle between God and Satan , also known as the Devil. Satan will operate through the person known as the "The Beast " or the Antichrist, written about in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament....
  • Bible prophecy
    Bible prophecy

    Bible prophecy, or "biblical prophecy" is the belief in Prophet in the Bible. Believers engage in exegesis and hermeneutics of scriptures which they believe contain descriptions of global politics, natural disasters, the future of the nation of Israel, the coming of a Messiah and a Messianic Kingdom, and the eschatology....
  • Christian apologetics
    Christian apologetics

    Christian apologetics is a field of Christian theology that aims to present a reason basis for the Christianity, defend the faith against objections, and expose the perceived flaws of other world views....
  • Dispensationalism
    Dispensationalism

    Dispensationalism is a Protestant evangelical theology and biblical hermeneutics framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible. Rooted in the writings of John Nelson Darby, the term derives from the concept of a "dispensation" or administration referring to a series of chronologically successive dispensations that emphasize certa...
  • Death and Eternal Life
    John Hick

    Professor John Harwood Hick is a Philosophy of religion and Theology. In philosophical theology, he has made contributions in the areas of theodicy, eschatology, and Christology, and in the philosophy of religion he has contributed to the areas of epistemology of religion and religious pluralism....
    , by John Hick
  • The End Is Nigh
    The End Is Nigh

    The End Is Nigh is an annual United Kingdom fanzine edited by Michael Molcher. It was launched at the Bristol Comic Expo in 2005 and, since becoming an annual publication, each subsequent issue is also launched there....
    , a magazine looking at the end of the world
  • End time
  • End of the world
    End of the world

    In general, the end of the world may refer to:*The ultimate fate of the universe*The Earth#Future *The end time *In the flat earth model, the "edge of the world"...
  • Eschatology (religious movement)
  • Eschaton
    Eschaton

    The term Eschaton means the end of everything, the final destiny of the world, as studied in the subject of eschatology.Eschaton may also refer to:...
  • Götterdämmerung
    Götterdämmerung

    is the last of the four operas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen , by Richard Wagner. It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the Ring....
  • Hindu eschatology
    Hindu eschatology

    Contemporary Hindu eschatology is linked in the Vaishnavite tradition to the figure of Kalki, or the tenth and last avatar of Vishnu before the age draws to a close, and Shiva simultaneously dissolves and regenerates the universe....
  • Historicism
    Historicism

    Historicism refers to philosophy theories that include one or both of two claims:# that there is an organic succession of developments, a notion also known as historism , and/or;...
  • Immanentize the eschaton
    Immanentize the eschaton

    To immanentize the eschaton means trying to make the eschaton in the Immanence world. More recently, it has been used by conservatism as pejorative against what they perceive as utopian schemes, such as socialism, communism, etc....
  • Islamic eschatology
    Islamic eschatology

    Islamic eschatology is concerned with the Islamic view of the Last Judgment "Last Judgement". Eschatology relates to one of the six articles of faith of Islam....
  • Judgment day
  • Millennialism
    Millennialism

    This article covers all forms of Christian and non-Christian Millennialism. You may be looking for the specific articles on Christian Premillennialism, Amillennialism or Postmillenialism....
  • Millenarianism
    Millenarianism

    Millenarianism is the belief by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming major transformation of society after which all things will be changed in a positive direction....
  • Messianism
    Messianism

    Messianism is the belief in a messiah, a savior or redeemer. Many religions have a messiah concept, including the Zoroastrian Saoshyant, the Jewish Messiah, the Christian Christ, the Buddhist Maitreya and the Hindu Kalki....
     and Messiah
    Messiah

    Messiah literally means "anointed ".In Jewish messiah tradition and Jewish eschatology, messiah refers to a future monarch of United Monarchy from the Davidic line, who will rule the people of Israelite#The Twelve Tribes, and herald the Messianic Age of global peace....
  • New Jerusalem
    New Jerusalem

    In The Bible, the New Jerusalem , is a literal city that is a completely new dwelling for the Saints. Others may believe that it is a physical reconstruction, spiritual restoration, or divine recreation of the city of Jerusalem....
  • The Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse
    The Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse

    The Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual for the End of the World, written by Jason Boyett and published by Relevant Books, is a humorous look at the apocalypse, the end times, the Second Coming of Christ and any and all types of eschatology....
    , by Jason Boyett
  • Postmillennialism
    Postmillennialism

    In Christian end-times theology, , postmillennialism is an interpretation of chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation which sees Christ's second coming as occurring after the "millennialism", a Golden Age or era of Christian prosperity and dominance....
  • Premillennialism
    Premillennialism

    Premillennialism in Christian Christian eschatology is the belief that Christ will literally reign on the earth for 1,000 years, , at his second coming....
  • Preterism
    Preterism

    Preterism is a variant of Christian eschatology which holds that some or all of the Bible prophecy concerning the Last Days or End Times refer to events which already happened in the first century after Christ's birth....
  • Prophecy of Seventy Weeks
    Prophecy of Seventy Weeks

    The Prophecy of Seventy Septets appears in the angel Gabriel's reply to Daniel, beginning with verse 22 and ending with verse 27 in the ninth chapter of the Book of Daniel, a work included in both the Jewish Tanakh and the Christian Bible....
  • Ragnarök
    Ragnarök

    In Norse mythology, Ragnar?k is a series of major events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures , the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water....
  • Realized eschatology
    Realized eschatology

    Realized eschatology is a Christian eschatology theory popularized by C. H. Dodd that holds that the eschatological passages in the New Testament do not refer to the future, but instead refer to the ministry of Jesus and his lasting legacy....
  • Second Coming
    Second Coming

    In Christian theology, the Second Coming is the anticipated return of Jesus from Heaven to earth, an event to fulfill aspects of Claimed Messianic prophecies of Jesus, such as the general resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment of the dead and the living and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God on Earth , including the Messianic...
  • Six Ages of the World
    Six Ages of the World

    The Six Ages of the World is a Christian historical periodization outline first written about by Augustine of Hippo circa 400 AD. It is based along Christian religious events, from the birth of Adam and Eve to the events of Revelation....
  • Universal Network of Intelligent Conscious Entities
  • Scientific views:
    • Futurology
      Futurology

      Futures Studies, Foresight, or Futurology is the science, art and Postulating, probable, and preferable future and the worldviews and myths that underlie them....
    • Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth
      Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth

      Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth are existential risks that could threaten humankind as a whole, have adverse consequences for the course of human civilization, or even cause the end of planet Earth....
    • Technological singularity
      Technological singularity

      The technological singularity is a theoretical future point of unprecedented technological progress?typically associated with advancements in computer hardware or the ability of machines to improve themselves using artificial intelligence....
    • Ultimate fate of the universe
      Ultimate fate of the universe

      The ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in physical cosmology. Many possible fates are predicted by rival scientific theories, including futures of both finite and infinite duration....


    External links



    Selected bibliography


    General (alphabetical by author)


    • The Invisible War (1965) by Donald Grey Barnhouse; Zondervan Publishing House (Ministry Resources Library).
    • How to Recognize the Antichrist (1975) by Arthur E. Bloomfield; Bethany Fellowship
    • The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow (1983) by Constance Cumbey; Huntington House Inc.
    • Number in Scripture (1967) by Ethelbert W. Bullinger
      E. W. Bullinger

      Ethelbert William Bullinger Associate of King's College was an Anglican clergyman, Biblical scholar, and ultradispensationalism theologian....
      ; Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 67-26498; ISBN 0-8254-2204-3
    • A Planned Deception: The Staging of A New Age 'Messiah (1985) by Constance Cumbey
      Constance Cumbey

      Constance Cumbey is a lawyer and activist Christian author....
      ; Pointe Publishers, Inc.
    • Hidden Prophecies in the Psalms (1986) by J.R. Church; Prophecy Publications, Oklahoma City, OK 73153; ISBN 0-941241-00-9
    • Gorbachev: Has the Real Antichrist Come? (1988) by Robert W. Faid; Victory House Publishers.
    • The Man The False Prophet and The Harlot, subtitled The Name of the Antichrist Finally Revealed (1991) by Dr. Anthony M. Giliberti; Published by This Is The Generation Library of Congress Catalog Number 90-93451 ISBN 0-9628419-0-0.
    • Have A Nice Doomsday - Why Millions Of Americans Are Looking Forward To The End Of The World by Nicholas Guyatt. ISBN 9780091910877
    • Send This Message to My Church: Christ's Words to the Seven Churches of Revelation (1984) by Terence Kelshaw; Thomas Nelson Publishers.
    • The Truth About Armageddon (1982) by William Sanford Lasor; Harper & Row Publishers.
    • A Survey of Bible Prophecy (1951) by R. Ludwigson; (1973, 1975; The Zondervan Corporation).
    • Thy Kingdom Come: The Eschatology of the Kingdom (2009) by ; Xulon Press, ISBN 978-1-60791-229-3. 484 Pages.


    'Code'-type books


    • The Bible Code
      The Bible Code (book)

      The Bible Code is a best-selling controversial book by Michael Drosnin, first published in 1997. A sequel, The Bible Code II, was published in 2002 and also reached best-seller status....
       (1997) by Michael Drosnin
      Michael Drosnin

      Michael Drosnin is an American journalist and author, best known for his writings on the Bible code.Drosnin was born in New York City. He worked as a journalist for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal ....
      ; Published by Simon & Schuster, 1230 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. ISBN 0-684-81079-4.
    • Bible Code II: The Countdown (2002) by Michael Drosnin
      Michael Drosnin

      Michael Drosnin is an American journalist and author, best known for his writings on the Bible code.Drosnin was born in New York City. He worked as a journalist for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal ....
      ; One Honest Man, Inc. Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0R1, England.


    The Book of Daniel compared to the Book of Revelation


    • Daniel and Revelation subtitled A Study of Two Extraordinary Visions (1978) by James M. Efird; Judson Press, Valley Forge, PA 19481 ISBN 0-8170-0797-0
    • Daniel's Prophecy of the 70 Weeks (1940, 1969) by Alva J. McClain; Academie Books/Zondervan House.


    Dispensationalist school of thought (listed alphabetically by author)


    • A Cup of Trembling (1995) by Dave Hunt
      Dave Hunt

      Dave Hunt is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He has been in full-time ministry since 1973. The Berean Call ministry, which highlights Dave's materials, was started in 1990....
      ; Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon 97402; ISBN 1-56507-334-7.
    • Global Peace and the Rise of Antichrist (1990) by Dave Hunt
      Dave Hunt

      Dave Hunt is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He has been in full-time ministry since 1973. The Berean Call ministry, which highlights Dave's materials, was started in 1990....
      ; Harvest House Publishers Library of Congress Cataloging in Publishing Data; ISBN 0-89081-831-2.
    • How Close Are We? (1993) by Dave Hunt
      Dave Hunt

      Dave Hunt is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He has been in full-time ministry since 1973. The Berean Call ministry, which highlights Dave's materials, was started in 1990....
      ; Harvest House Publishers. (NOTE: The author has a new, updated book titled When will Jesus Come?.
    • Peace, Prosperity, and the Coming Holocaust (1983) by Dave Hunt
      Dave Hunt

      Dave Hunt is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He has been in full-time ministry since 1973. The Berean Call ministry, which highlights Dave's materials, was started in 1990....
      ; Harvest House Publishers.
    • Whatever Happened to Heaven
      Heaven

      Heaven may refer to the physical heavens, the atmosphere or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond. This is the traditional literal meaning of the term in English, however since at least AD 1000, it is typically also used to refer to an afterlife plane of existence in various religions and spirituality philosophy, often descri...
      ?       (1988) by Dave Hunt
      Dave Hunt

      Dave Hunt is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He has been in full-time ministry since 1973. The Berean Call ministry, which highlights Dave's materials, was started in 1990....
      ; Harvest House Publishers. ISBN 0-89081-698-0 (pbk.)
    • Not Wrath but Rapture! by H.A. Ironside
      Harry A. Ironside

      Henry Allen "Harry" Ironside was a Bible teacher, preacher, pastor, and author in the late 19th- and early 20th centuries....
      ; NO DATE; published by Loizeaux Brothers, Inc.
    • Armageddon
      Armageddon

      Armageddon , is the site of the final battle between God and Satan , also known as the Devil. Satan will operate through the person known as the "The Beast " or the Antichrist, written about in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament....
      , Oil and the Middle East Crisis       Revised (1974) by John F. Walvoord; Zondervan Publishing House, 1415 Lake Drive, S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506; ISBN 0-310-53921-8
    • Satan
      Satan

      Satan is a term that originates from the Abrahamic religions, being traditionally applied to an angel in Judeo-Christian belief, and to a Genie in Islamic belief....
       is Alive and Well on Planet Earth       (1972) by Hal Lindsey
      Hal Lindsey

      Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey is an American Evangelism and Christianity writer. He is a Christian Zionism and dispensationalism author. He currently resides in the Palm Springs, California area of Southern California....
       with C.C. Carlson; Zondervan House.
    • The Late, Great Planet Earth
      The Late, Great Planet Earth

      The Late, Great Planet Earth is the title of a best-selling 1970 book co-authored by Hal Lindsey and Carole C. Carlson, and first published by Zondervan....
       (1970) by Hal Lindsey
      Hal Lindsey

      Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey is an American Evangelism and Christianity writer. He is a Christian Zionism and dispensationalism author. He currently resides in the Palm Springs, California area of Southern California....
       with C.C. Carlson; Zondervan House.
    • The Liberation of Planet Earth (1974) by Hal Lindsey
      Hal Lindsey

      Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey is an American Evangelism and Christianity writer. He is a Christian Zionism and dispensationalism author. He currently resides in the Palm Springs, California area of Southern California....
      ; The Zondervan Corporation.
    • There's a New World Coming (1973) by Hal Lindsey
      Hal Lindsey

      Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey is an American Evangelism and Christianity writer. He is a Christian Zionism and dispensationalism author. He currently resides in the Palm Springs, California area of Southern California....
      ; Vision House.
    • The Rapture
      Rapture

      The Rapture is a prophesied event in Christian eschatology, in which Christians are instantaneously gathered together to participate in the Second Coming of Christ....
       (1983) by Hal Lindsey
      Hal Lindsey

      Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey is an American Evangelism and Christianity writer. He is a Christian Zionism and dispensationalism author. He currently resides in the Palm Springs, California area of Southern California....
      ; The Aorist Corporation Bantam Books.
    • The Terminal Generation (1976) by Hal Lindsey
      Hal Lindsey

      Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey is an American Evangelism and Christianity writer. He is a Christian Zionism and dispensationalism author. He currently resides in the Palm Springs, California area of Southern California....
       with C.C. Carlson; Fleming Revell.
    • The Revelation Record (1985) by Henry M. Morris
      Henry M. Morris

      Henry Madison Morris, Doctor of Philosophy was an United States Young Earth creationism and Christian apologetics. He was one of the founders of the Creation Research Society and the Institute for Creation Research....
      ; Tyndale House Inc. and Creation Life Publishers.
    • Things to Come (1958) by J. Dwight Pentecost
      J. Dwight Pentecost

      J. Dwight Pentecost is a Christian theologian best known for his book Things to Come.He currently is Distinguished Professor of Bible Exposition, Emeritus, at Dallas Theological Seminary, one of only two so honored....
      ; Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506.
    • The World's Collision (1956) by Charles E. Pont
      Charles E. Pont

      Charles Ernest Pont was a Swiss-American artist and Baptist minister. Although his ministerial career was not particularly noteworthy, he was a prolific artist in many media including watercolor painting, printmaking, oil painting, pen and ink, and drawing....
      ; W.A. Wilde, Boston.
    • Dispensationalism
      Dispensationalism

      Dispensationalism is a Protestant evangelical theology and biblical hermeneutics framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible. Rooted in the writings of John Nelson Darby, the term derives from the concept of a "dispensation" or administration referring to a series of chronologically successive dispensations that emphasize certa...
       Today       (1965) by Charles C. Ryrie
      Charles Caldwell Ryrie

      Charles Caldwell Ryrie is a Christian writer and theologian. He graduated from Haverford College , Dallas Theological Seminary and the University of Edinburgh ....
      ; The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
    • Israel
      Israel

      Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
       In Prophecy       (1962) by John F. Walvoord; Zondervan Publishing House.
    • The Church in Prophecy (1964) by John F. Walvoord; Zondervan Publishing House.
    • The Millennial Kingdom (1959) by John F. Walvoord; Dunham Publishing Co. Academie Books published by Zondervan Publishing House, 1415 Lake Drive. S.E., Grand Rapids Michigan 49506. (NOTE: See Millennium
      Millennium

      A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years . The term may implicitly refer to calendar millenniums; periods tied numerically to a particular calendar, specifically ones that begin at the starting point of the calendar in question or in later years which are whole number multiples of a thousand years after it....
       on Wikipedia).
    • The Nations in Prophecy (1967) by John F. Walvoord; Zondervan Publishing House. (NOTE: this book may have been combined with other similar titles by Walvoord into one new volume).
    • The Return of the Lord (1955) by John F. Walvoord; Zondervan Publishing House Library of Congress Cat. #77-106423.
    • The Rapture
      Rapture

      The Rapture is a prophesied event in Christian eschatology, in which Christians are instantaneously gathered together to participate in the Second Coming of Christ....
       Question       (1974) by John F. Walvoord (Revised & Enlarged); The Zondervan Corporation.


    Post-Tribulation school of thought


    • The Church and the Tribulation (subtitled: A Biblical Examination of Post-tribulationism) (1973) by Robert H. Gundry
      Robert H. Gundry

      Robert Horton Gundry is a Biblical scholar. He received his Ph.D. from Manchester University in 1961 and has taught for several decades at Westmont College in California....
      ; Zondervan Corporation.
    • The Tribulation People (1975) by Arthur Katterjohn with Mark Faculer; Publisher - Creation House.
    • Lord, When? (1976) by Arthur Katterjohn with Mark Faculer; Publisher - Creation House (Can be used independently or in conjunction with The Tribulation People by the same authors.
    • The Incredible Cover-Up (1975) by Dave MacPherson; by Logos Internation.
    • Christians Will Go Through the Tribulation (1978) by Jim McKeever; Alpha Omega Publishing Company.
    • Now You Can Understand the Book of Revelation (1980) by Jim McKeever; Omega Publications.
    • City of Revelation subtitled A Book of Forgotten Wisdom (1972) by John Michell; Ballantine Books (first printing: 11/73 Library of Congress Cat. No. 72-88116 SBN 345-23607-6-150. (NOTE: this book contains information on Gematria
      Gematria

      Gematria or gimatria is a system of assigning number to an alphabet. The word "gematria" is generally held to derive from Greek geometria, "geometry", which was used a translation of gema?riya....
      , a mathematical science).
    • The Secret Book of Revelation (subtitled: The Last Book of the Bible) ©1979; by Gilles
    • Quispel, Collins St. James Place, Comdon, 1979.
    • The Pre-Wrath Rapture of The Church (1990) by Marvin Rosenthal; Thomas Nelson, Inc. ISBN 0-8407-3160-4.


    Amillenial school of thought


    • 1994? (1992) by Harold Camping
      Harold Camping

      Harold Egbert Camping is an American radio and television broadcast host teaching an interpretation of Bible and Christianity doctrines. He is also the president of Family Stations, Inc., a California-based ministry with worldwide broadcast facilities, including more than 150 outlets in the United States, as well a Web site....
      ;; Published by Vantage Press, Inc., 516 West 34th Street, NY, NY 10001. ISBN 0-533-10368-1; Library of Congress Cat. Number is Unknown.
    • Christ Will Come Again: Hope for the Second Coming of Jesus by Stephen Travis. 2004 Toronto: Clements Publishing. ISBN 1-894667-33-6
    • In God's Time: The Bible and the Future by Craig C. Hill. 2002 Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN 0-802860-90-7
    • Shock Wave 2000! subtitled The Harold Camping
      Harold Camping

      Harold Egbert Camping is an American radio and television broadcast host teaching an interpretation of Bible and Christianity doctrines. He is also the president of Family Stations, Inc., a California-based ministry with worldwide broadcast facilities, including more than 150 outlets in the United States, as well a Web site....
       1994 Debacle      ; (1994) by Robert Sungenis, Scott Temple, and David Allen Lewis; New Leaf Press, Inc., P.O. Box 311, Green Forest AR 72638; ISBN 0-89221-269-1; Library of Congress: 94-67493.