A countdown to the end of history
How many sermons have you heard about Jesus' second coming and the end of history?
Not many?
None?
I'm not surprised. It's a subject people shy away from, partly because it seems so complex and partly because the subject has been a happy hunting ground for people who are cranky and obsessive. But it's a central aspect of the message of the Bible and of Christian belief and maybe it's time to take another look at it.
I wondered if I could arrange the relevant passages from the Bible in such a way as to give a relatively simple and believable outline. It took me a few months, but in the end I came up with something that made sense of it for me. Click on the link to download it as a PDF: