In a sense the understanding of the doctrine of Last Things, known as eschatology, is determined by the understanding of the doctrine of First Things, known as etiology. A person who views God’s initial visitation to this planet to accomplish creation as unscientific, irrational, and unacceptable will naturally reject as equally unscientific and irrational the Biblical teaching of Christ’s final Return to accomplish the restoration of this world. Promise of Glorious Future. The purpose of God’s creation