The End of Days: Essential Selections from Apocalyptic Texts

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Christian concepts of the end times involve complex beliefs that have developed over the centuries. They range from popular ideas about the rapture when believers will be swept up to meet Christ in the air, to suspicions about the Antichrist who will deceive and enslave the world, to teachings about the millennium when Christ himself will return victoriously to reign in peace for a thousand...

In any case, in addition to the canonical books with apocalyptic context such as Matthew 24–25; Mark 13; Luke 21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, Daniel, and Revelation, there are also Jewish and Christian Apocalypses not included in the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament, such as I Enoch, 4 Ezra, 2 and 3 Baruch, Apocalypse of Peter, Shepherd of Hermas, and the Ascension of Isaiah. Jesus also used apocalyptic texts and references in his explanation of the kingdom of God, and the apostle Paul in his preaching

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