end times
English
Noun
- (Christianity) The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.
- 1999, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Are We Living in the End Times?,[1] Tyndale House Publishers, ISBN 978-0-8423-3644-4.
- 2004, Bruce David Forbes and Jeanne Halgren Kilde, Rapture, Revelation, and the End Times: Exploring the Left Behind Series,[2] Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-4039-6525-7.
- 2005, James M. Efird, Left behind?: What the Bible Really Says about the End Times,[3] Smyth & Helwys Publishing, ISBN 978-1-57312-461-4.
- 2007, Hank Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible Really Says About the End Times and Why It Matters Today,[4] Thomas Nelson (publisher), ISBN 978-0-8499-0184-3.
- Corresponding periods in other religious traditions.
- 2002, Raymond F. Collins, I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press, ISBN 978-0-664-22247-5, page 113:
- Hellenistic Judaism was familiar with the idea that deceit is characteristic of the end times (see T. Levi 10:2; 16:1).
- 2002, Larry R. Helyer, Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students, InterVarsity Press, ISBN 978-0-8308-2678-0, page 22:
- The apocalyptic writings are at times quite fascinating, especially since they stand in some relationship to the apocalyptic visions of the end times found in both the OT and NT.
- 2004, William Wagner, How Islam Plans to Change the World, Kregel Publications, ISBN 978-0-8254-3965-0, page 210:
- Both Islam and Christianity have a strong eschatology (view of the end times) that comes from their worldview.
- 2002, Raymond F. Collins, I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press, ISBN 978-0-664-22247-5, page 113:
Usage notes
- Often capitalized (End Times) or hyphenated (end-times).
Translations
the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah
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