Questions tagged [eschatology]
Questions regarding the Last Days or End Times.
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What is the 'judgement' mentioned in Heb 9:27?
And just as it is destined for people to die once, and after this comes judgment Heb 9:27
Some say this is the stage prior to the 'lake of fire'.
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Revelation 10:11. Prophecy ABOUT many nations or TO many nations
Revelation 10:11 gets translated two different ways. The predominant translation is that John is commanded to prophecy about other nations, but a few translations have John commanded to prophecy to ...
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What does the image of burning up the chaff in Matthew 3:12 convey?
[Matthew 3:11-12] I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but after me is coming He who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to carry the sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy ...
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Contrary to premillenialism, does 2 Thessalonians 1:9-10 place Christ's Second Coming within the Day of Judgment? [migrated]
In 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10, Paul writes of the wicked (NKJV, emphasis mine):
These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He ...
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According to Matthew 25:31-46 when are the sheep separated from the goats
Jesus begins the parable of the sheep and the goats by saying it concerns His return in glory to set up His kingdom (Matthew 25:31)
All those on earth at that time will be brought before the Lord, and ...
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What are the unquenchable fire and worms that do not die in Mark 9:43-48? [duplicate]
[Mark 9:43-48] And if your hand should cause you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than having two hands to go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. 45 ...
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Why does the serpent continue to eat dust in Isaiah 65:25?
God promises a new heaven and earth and says he will never remember the former things
KJV Isaiah 65 : 17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor ...
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What is the punishment of eternal fire according to Matt. 18:8, Matt. 25:41, and Jude 7?
There are only three occurrences of the term "eternal fire" in the New Testament. These are Matthew 18:8, Matthew 25:41, and Jude 7.
Matthew 18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,...
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Acts 1:6 -8: Were disciples wrong to ask the question in v. 6, and is Jesus' answer a general reprehension of the question?
Is Jesus' answer (v. 7-8) irrelevant to the question of the disciples?
Text: Acts 1: 6 - 8 (ESV)
"So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at
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Jesus told his twelve they would not all taste death before they saw the Kingdom of God and Son of Man come with clouds of heaven. How could that be? [duplicate]
Jesus says this to his disciples in Mark 9:1 and in Mark 14 he tells the Jeruslem Temple authorities who were about to condemn him to death that they ("you," pl.) will see the Son of Man ...
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What does Revelation 14:11 mean by "they have no rest, day or night"?
Revelation 14:11 (ESV)
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its ...
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Does Revelation 20:10,14-15 teach eternal conscious torment (ECT) of the wicked?
Revelation 20:10 (YLT)
10 and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where [are] the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and ...
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"... and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" - what place is Jesus referring to in Matthew 24:51?
Matthew 24:44-51 (ESV):
44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his ...
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Is eternal fire quenchable (Jude 1:6-7) or unquenchable (Mark 9:47-49)?
Jude 1:6-7 (ESV)
6 And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of ...
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What exactly does it mean for a soul to be destroyed in gehenna? Matthew 10:28
Matthew 10:28
`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna. (YLT)
And do not be afraid of ...
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Can any conclusions be drawn about an "intermediate state" from John 11:25-26?
John 11:25-26 (YLT):
25 Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
26 and every one who is living and believing in me shall ...
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1 Timothy 1:20; How did this happen in the days of the apostles?
1 Timothy 1:20; DRB;
20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered up to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
It seems that Paul has the authority to deliver the Blasphemous, ...
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John 6:40; what is the meaning of "everlasting life", "I will raise him up at the Last day"?
John 6:40; KJV;
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
What is the ...
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Can Job 14:12 be interpreted as an eschatological statement about a future resurrection of the dead?
Job 14:12 (ESV):
so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.
Did Job imply that there would be an eschatological/apocalyptic ...
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Does Rev 20:12-13 allude to a third resurrection?
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. ...
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John 8:11; is Jesus condemnation to the Sinners at the Last day Biblical?
John 8:4-11; KJV;
4 they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 [a]Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her? 6 And this ...
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Would 2 Timothy 2:16-18 suggest that full preterism is a salvation issue?
In the Bible, some questions seem to allow for differing positions (see Romans 14). However, does 2 Timothy 2:16-18 suggest that whether the resurrection has already happened isn't one of them? Is it ...
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1 Timothy 4:10; is the Will of the Father to save all Human beings?
1 Timothy 2:3-5; DRB;
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and ...
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Colossians 1:18; "the firstborn from the dead" literal or symbolic?
Colossians 1:18 DRB;
18 And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy:
The Dead from whom the Christ was ...
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Does the sower and the planter receive different rewards in 1 Corinthians 3:6-8?
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 ESV
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
After asserting two ...
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Why is there no mention of “the church” in Revelation after the first three chapters?
In studying eschatology, I haven’t found a sufficient solution to the long absence of any mention of Christ’s church after the letters to the churches in the first three chapters. Specifically, during ...
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Which end is referred to in Matthew 24:14?
Christ has been referring to his coming as well as the calamities which were about to unfold.There seem to be a mixture of near future and eschatological events that are about to unfold in this ...
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Every eye will see him Rev 1:7
What does “every eye will see him” mean?
Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him"; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So ...
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Who are the nations and where do they come from in Revelation 20:7-8?
Revelation 20:7-8 NASB
7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, 8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and ...
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What evidence is consistent with the beast of Revelation 11:7 being distinct from the beasts from the land and sea in Revelation 13?
Revelation 11:7 introduces "a beast that comes up from the Abyss".
This beast could be synonymous with the beast from the land (by some equated with Behemoth) or the beast from the sea (by ...
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Why was the Devil/Satan not chained and kept in darkness like the other fallen angels mentioned in Jude 1:6 and 2 Peter 2:4?
We are told that after Satan/devil and his angels had been cast down onto the earth he went to fight against the woman and later her offspring. This seems to point to a being that was free to do as he ...
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What does the river of the water of life signify in Revelation 22:1?
Revelation 22:1 ESV
Then the angel[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Seeing that this book is full of imagery and ...
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How can we reconcile Matthew 7:14's "few" and Daniel 12:10's "many"?
Matthew 7:14 KJV
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 20:16 KJV
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: ...
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In Revelation 20:9 does the surrounding of the camp of God's people take place before or after the second resurrection?
Revelation 20:9 NIV
9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who ...
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Is the promise of Revelation 1:3 for Christians in all ages?
Revelation 1:1-3 (ESV):
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 ...
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Is Jesus implying that his second coming will be a literal, extraordinary worldwide event akin to Noah's flood? Matthew 24:36-44
Matthew 24:36-44 (ESV):
36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of ...
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What did Jesus mean by "the end of the age" in Matthew 28:20?
Matthew 28:19-20:
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have ...
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Was the Gospel preached to all nations prior to A.D. 70?
Matthew 24:9-14 (ESV):
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then many will fall away and betray one ...
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Does Hebrews 9:28 imply that only those who eagerly await the second coming of Christ will be saved?
Hebrews 9:23-28 (ESV):
23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For ...
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What signs and wonders are performed by whom? 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 (NIV):
9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 ...
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How near - the last days in Isaiah 2:2?
Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
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How to reconcile Matthew 24:36 and Revelation 22:12a?
Matthew 24:36
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Revelation 22:12a
Look, I am coming soon!
We know that Christ will return ...
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In Matthew 16:28, was Jesus promising that he would return in the time of his followers? [duplicate]
Well, sorry if my question is dumb, but I'd like to know if my question is true or it's more a question of interpretation. Anyway, if it's true how would this impact on the rest of New Testament?
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Is there any interpretative room for considering the prophetic predictions of 2 Peter 3:3-13 as already fulfilled?
2 Peter 3:3-13 (ESV):
3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? ...
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What did Martha most likely mean by "the last day" in John 11:24?
John 11:22-27 (ESV):
22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise ...
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Are Paul (1 Cor 15:52) and Jesus (Matt 24:29-31) describing the same event, and if so, when will/did this happen?
In Matthew 24:29-31, Jesus describes what is commonly known as the "The Coming of the Son of Man":
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon ...
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Romans 16:20 what is the meaning of 'under your feet'?
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The last letter to the Roman church with lots of greetings and encouragements. And a few warnings.
Immediate context is;
17 Now I urge you, ...
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Is there any interpretative room for considering the prophetic predictions of Matthew 24:29-31 as already fulfilled?
Matthew 24:29-31 (YLT):
29 `And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the ...
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When will all be accomplished? Matthew 5:18
Matthew 5:17-18 (NASB):
17 “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not ...
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Are the souls of Revelation 6:9-11 awake and, yet, still awaiting the resurrection?
Revelation 6:9-11 (NASB):
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they ...