Eschatology or the Doctrine of Final Things (Things to Come)
Neither the individual Christian character, nor the Christian church as a whole, attains its destined perfection in this life (Romans 8:24). This perfection is reached in the world to come (I Corinthians 13:10). Eschatology is the study of the teachings of the Bible concerning the end times, and the period of time dealing with the return of Christ. Eschatological subjects include the Resurrection, the Rapture, the Tribulation, the Millennium, the Binding of Satan, the Three witnesses, the Final Judgment, Armageddon , and The New Heavens and the New Earth. Clarity and comprehension regarding the Rapture and its implications to believers and those charged with its teaching is needed. As stages in the future condition of men, there is to be an intermediate and an ultimate state, both for the righteous and for the wicked. If you believe these events are to come, then we as teachers are called to prepare saints for life, death, and life. You can't bypass the teac...