Christian eschatology

Christian eschatology is the theological study of death, judgment, the afterlife, Christ’s return, resurrection, and creation’s final destiny.

Resurrection of the dead: The belief that the dead will be raised to embodied life by divine action. It connects personal death to the promised renewal of human life.
Premillennialism: The view that Christ returns before a future thousand-year reign. It places Christ’s return before the millennium, unlike the principal rival timelines.
Book of Daniel: A biblical book featuring visions of kingdoms, persecution, divine judgment, and resurrection. Its symbolic visions and resurrection passages became foundational for Jewish and Christian end-time interpretation.
Christian views of the afterlife: Christian beliefs about existence after death, including intermediate states and final destiny. These views address what happens between death and the final resurrection.
Last Judgment: The final divine judgment of humanity, often associated with Christ’s return. It gives eschatology its account of moral accountability and destiny.
Postmillennialism: The view that a period of Christian flourishing precedes Christ’s return. It expects the millennium before Christ’s return rather than after it.
Book of Revelation: A New Testament apocalypse depicting visions of judgment, conflict, Christ’s victory, and a renewed creation. It supplies the most extensive New Testament vision of the end.
Christian universalism: The belief that God will ultimately reconcile all people to salvation. It offers a contested alternative to everlasting punishment or permanent exclusion.
Second Coming: The anticipated return of Jesus Christ in glory at the end of history. It marks the decisive event around which many Christian end-time expectations gather.
Amillennialism: The view that Revelation’s thousand years symbolize Christ’s present reign rather than a future earthly era. It reads the millennium symbolically instead of as a distinct future epoch.

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