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Evaluate the eschatological teaching of Christianity
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Aishah Zaman Evaluate the eschatological teaching of Christianity Eschatology is a branch of theology or religious belief concerned with the ultimate destiny of the universe or of mankind. Many relate this with the return of Jesus Christ to overthrow the Antichrist; and the culmination of history with the destruction of this world. In more general terms, it refers to the moral significance of the belief that time and history are working towards an ultimate end. In Amos 1 and 2, "Day of the Lord" was seen as a day for judgement of evil, applying to everyone: Jews and non-Jews; it is therefore a universal judgement. It was implied in Amos that it was to be a day when the whole PHYSICAL world would be transformed. The entire physical order had to change for judgement to take place. It was unsure though what was to happen to human beings. Many do...
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