Christian Eschatology

[John S]

Eschatology is the study of the future. I didn't know what it meant either until I joined a Christian website.
My purpose for writing this is NOT to try to convert you. I would NEVER insult you on your website. My ONLY intention is to get you to read this. If you do that, my hope is that you will remember some of this, if the time ever came.
The last book in the Bible, titled "The Book of Revelation" in Protestant Bibles and "The Apocalypse" in Catholic Bibles, is believed by most Christians to pertain to the future, taught by Protestants.
I was raised as a Catholic, and they never taught about the future. When I started reading this last book, I wasn't hindered by the stuff that Protestants learned. I came up with my own conclusions to what it all meant. This last book is filled with a lot of symbolism. I TRIED to get rid of this symbolism and put it into modern terms.
Simply put, Revelation is about the rise of a dictator, his religious accomplice, and what I believe to be the author's 1st Century attempt to describe WWIII.
This dictator is known in the Christian world as "the antichrist", "the beast", "666", and a few other names. He is supposed to have the ability to solve the world's problems. He will be able to make peace treaties where everyone else fails at - the Middle East, Ukraine, the Koreas, and everywhere else. He will bring about a moneyless economy on a worldwide basis. In today's technology, a computer chip will be placed under the skin. When a person runs their arm under a scanner, the amount will be deducted from a person's bank account. In 10, 20, 50 years, this technology might be different. People who refuse to utilize this technology, will become outcasts - terrorists.

If these events happen, believe it or not, atheists might have a better chance of noticing it than many Christians will. Many of them have been taught that when this antichrist arrives that they will be magically whisked away in what is known as the Pre-Trib(ulation) Rapture. You may have heard of this doctrine. Many Protestants believe it but it will not happen.

I could go on but this opening post is too long already.
If you have read this thread, then I have accomplished my goal. I'm not even going to ask you to believe anything that I have written. What I am hoping for is that IF these events happen that you will remember that you heard this somewhere and you will be suspicious of this "superman" who can get things done that no one else can.

Thank You for reading this.

BTW - If or when WWIII happens, it will be the near annihilation of the human race.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Eschatology is the study of the future. I didn't know what it meant either until I joined a Christian website.

Try a different website: Eschatology is NOT the study of the future. It is the 'study' of the end of the world.

Christian eschatology is no different from any other mythological maundering. It is meaningless. Utterly.

Boru

[JesusHChrist]

BTW - If or when WWIII happens, it will be the near annihilation of the human race.

From what the babble says, much of the annihilation will be at the hand of Jesus himself.

Lovey dovey hippy my ass!

[Jenny A]

Eschatology is the study of the future. I didn't know what it meant either until I joined a Christian website.
My purpose for writing this is NOT to try to convert you. I would NEVER insult you on your website. My ONLY intention is to get you to read this. If you do that, my hope is that you will remember some of this, if the time ever came.
The last book in the Bible, titled "The Book of Revelation" in Protestant Bibles and "The Apocalypse" in Catholic Bibles, is believed by most Christians to pertain to the future, taught by Protestants.
I was raised as a Catholic, and they never taught about the future. When I started reading this last book, I wasn't hindered by the stuff that Protestants learned. I came up with my own conclusions to what it all meant. This last book is filled with a lot of symbolism. I TRIED to get rid of this symbolism and put it into modern terms.
Simply put, Revelation is about the rise of a dictator, his religious accomplice, and what I believe to be the author's 1st Century attempt to describe WWIII.
This dictator is known in the Christian world as "the antichrist", "the beast", "666", and a few other names. He is supposed to have the ability to solve the world's problems. He will be able to make peace treaties where everyone else fails at - the Middle East, Ukraine, the Koreas, and everywhere else. He will bring about a moneyless economy on a worldwide basis. In today's technology, a computer chip will be placed under the skin. When a person runs their arm under a scanner, the amount will be deducted from a person's bank account. In 10, 20, 50 years, this technology might be different. People who refuse to utilize this technology, will become outcasts - terrorists.

If these events happen, believe it or not, atheists might have a better chance of noticing it than many Christians will. Many of them have been taught that when this antichrist arrives that they will be magically whisked away in what is known as the Pre-Trib(ulation) Rapture. You may have heard of this doctrine. Many Protestants believe it but it will not happen.

I could go on but this opening post is too long already.
If you have read this thread, then I have accomplished my goal. I'm not even going to ask you to believe anything that I have written. What I am hoping for is that IF these events happen that you will remember that you heard this somewhere and you will be suspicious of this "superman" who can get things done that no one else can.

Thank You for reading this.

BTW - If or when WWIII happens, it will be the near annihilation of the human race.

I'm sorry but the book of Revelations is just so much babble. It's amazing just how often Christians have thought the end is nigh. Eventually, it will be nigh. It's a prediction that must come true eventually.

However, your interpretation of the coming signs is about as useless as everyone else's. Having read about twenty theories over the years it's hard to keep them straight.

[Ravenshire]

Having read about twenty theories over the years it's hard to keep them straight.

Except that they're all exactly the same save the character and place names.

First it was social security cards. Later it was debit cards. Now it's RFID implants. "The Mark of the Beast" comes in so many different flavors...

Ugh.

[Jenny A]

Having read about twenty theories over the years it's hard to keep them straight.

Except that they're all exactly the same save the character and place names.

First it was social security cards. Later it was debit cards. Now it's RFID implants. "The Mark of the Beast" comes in so many different flavors...

Ugh.

You forgot all the ends predicted in the last 2000 years or so.

[John S]

I would like to thank everyone who read my opening post. That is all that I asked for.

[FatAndFaithless]

I would like to thank everyone who read my opening post. That is all that I asked for.

Don't wanna have a discussion?

[jesus_wept]

Having read about twenty theories over the years it's hard to keep them straight.

Except that they're all exactly the same save the character and place names.

First it was social security cards. Later it was debit cards. Now it's RFID implants. "The Mark of the Beast" comes in so many different flavors...

Ugh.

I remember when barcodes were the mark of the beast and we were all going to have them tattooed on us too.

[Cato]

People that believe this end times bullshit are even more mental than John of Patmos; collective gullible paranoid delusion.