THE END of the WORLD as You Know It
what the bible really says about the end times (and why it’s good news)
MATTHEW L. HALSTED
The End of the World as You Know It:
What the Bible Really Says about the End Times (And Why It’s Good News)
Copyright 2023 Matthew L. Halsted
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2 How Should We Understand Revelation?
3 What Is the Mark of the Beast?
4 Will Christians Be Raptured?
5 Is There a Coming Time of Tribulation?
6 How Can We Know When Jesus Will Return?
7 What Can We Know about the Antichrist?
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About The End of the World as You Know It: What the Bible Really Says about the End Times (And Why It’s Good News)Thinking about the end times isn’t supposed to terrify you Christians rightly turn to the Bible to make sense of our times. But so often we get the wrong answers because we ask the wrong questions. In The End of the World as You Know It, Matthew L. Halsted challenges common end-times assumptions and points us back to Scripture. Each chapter reevaluates a popular question in light of the Bible’s own concerns: Will Christians be raptured? What is the mark of the beast? When we let Scripture direct our questions, we get better—and more hopeful—answers. |
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