end times

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1. 1

   The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be…

   The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.

   • And I can hear it loud and clear / The world is ending, and what do I care? / She's gone, end times are here
   • Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas, said in an interview that Mr. Van Impe’s premillennial view of the end times paved the way for his own ministry and that of other popular preachers like John Hagee and David Jeremiah.
2. 2

   The days leading to the coming of the Mahdi, the Messiah or Judgment Day.

   • Near-synonym: eschaton
   • Both Islam and Christianity have a strong eschatology (view of the end times) that comes from their worldview.
   • The coming of the Mahdi during the end—times […]
3. 3

   Corresponding periods in other religious traditions.

   • Near-synonym: eschaton
   • Hellenistic Judaism was familiar with the idea that deceit is characteristic of the end times (see T. Levi 10:2; 16:1).
   • 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.
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      Alternative letter-case form of end times.

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