A Framework for the End of the World

Some Helpful Definitions

Apocalyptic Literature

literary genre that foretells supernaturally inspired cataclysmic events that will transpire at the end of the world.

A way of writing that talks about the end of the world

Lots of imagery

Colors, shapes, pictures, and numbers mean a lot.

Things might not be exactly as they seem

It’s not as though we have a video of it.

Double Fulfilment

Prophecy in the Bible is rarely just about one thing.

Sometimes, the Bible has two or more meanings to a prophecy

THE BIBLE CANNOT BE FOR US WHAT IT WASN’T FOR THE ORIGINAL AUDIENCE

Abomination of Desolation (14)

A bad thing that spoils other things.

Possibly a Roman emperor or general that sat at the temple while it was burned

Could also be a physical thing, although probably a metaphysical reality.

The end of the world is coming, be ready for it.

Jesus is very clear that the end is ocming.

We will all one day need to decide finally whether or not we will follow Jesus or not.

We don’t have time to wait on it, or to get all of our sinning in while were young. We don’t know when Jesus is coming back, and we don’t know what is going to happen with our lives. Follow Jesus!