Episode 144: Endtimes-itis - A Study in Eschatology (the study of the last things/End Times)

Why do I think we can re-affirm that there is a strong case of
"Endtime-itis" today in the Body of Christ?

Just recently I found the following titles for podcasts/videos
being done by Christians:

•“Has the Tribulation Begun?”


•“The End has Begun”


•“Is the United States Mystery Babylon [in] THE BOOK OF
REVELATION?”


•“What is the system of the
Beast”?•“End of the World”


•“God of Magog and the Antichrist”


•“The Antichrist Agenda”


•“666 and the Last Generation of Humans”
In this podcast, I will look at the different
End-Time Views.

We will discuss the 3 main approaches to the fulfillment of
Biblical End Time prophecies - Preterism, Historicism, and
Futurism. What they are? How do they interpret the Book of
RevelationWho held/holds them?

Next, we'll look at the Timing and Nature of Christ's Return and
the Millennium - We will look at the 3 main views -
Amillennialism, Postmillennialism, and Premillennialism - What do
each of them teach? What are their strengths/weaknesses? Who held
to/holds these positions?

After that, I will break down the 2 main views of
Premillennialism - Historic and Dispensational. I will add a
third one that has been termed "Apostolic Premillennialism". What
doe they teach? Who held/holds them?

We look at well as the viewpoints on the Rapture - What exactly
is the so-called "Rapture" and when will it occur? Does
it happen BEFORE, DURING, or AFTER the Tribulation? This
gets us into the doctrine of the Great Tribulation. What have
people believed about it throughout Church History? 

We get into the main passage of Scripture that many of the End
Times beliefs come from - Matthew 24. 

We also get into the passages/verses that talk about the
Anti-Christ, the 1000-year Millennium, and the Great Tribulation
- that includes Daniel 7:25, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, 
Revelation 3:10, 7:17 and 20:1-3.

A main part of the message was looking at what happened in AD 70.
Were many/most of the End Times prophecies fulfilled at that
time? Or has AD 70 been ignored? Is it being over-emphasized and
viewed as too important?

Perhaps the most important part of this message is to see what
the Early Christians from the early 2nd Century and onwards
believed. What did they believe about AD 70? Did they believe in
a 1000-year literal Millennial Reign of Christ on the Earth? Did
they believe that the Anti-Christ came in the 1st Century or was
he still going to come in the future? Did they believe in a
pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church? 

We KNOW what they believed. Were they right? Who should we be
listening to? What is clear is that many Christians today do not
know what they believed and base their End Times views on what
their pastor/s have taught and/or what their 'traditions'
teach.

I've personally held to several of the viewpoints covered. I will
share my "eclectic" one - wherein I try to take the "best of" the
different viewpoints to inform my own today. Regardless of where
people end up landing, this historical journey will help you to
understand some of the most divisive topics in the Church today.
May this help any of us who happen to be battling
"Endtime-itis"!

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