Eschatological beliefs and teachings Flashcards
What is the meaning of resurrection?
Coming back to life from the dead
What is the meaning of life after death?
the hypothetical existence or survival of the soul after death.
What is the meaning of heaven?
Heaven means being in the eternal presence of God
What is the meaning of hell?
Hell means a place of indescribable, eternal torture for non believers
Apocalyptic ideas - What did the first Christians believe?
The first Christians believed that when Jesus ascended to heaven, he would return and establish a new world order to replace the sinful world they lived in.
Apocalyptic ideas - What do some Christians live in the expectation of?
The expectation of the Second Coming of Jesus (Parousia) and the end of the world happening at any moment
What are the views on the Second Coming of Christ?
Most Christians believe the teaching about the Second Coming shows that God has created a plan for the world that is yet to be completed
What are the common and divergent beliefs on hell? (3)
Some Christians believe hell is a place of eternal punishment, but they also believe God to be loving and forgiving
Some Christians believe hell is of annihilation, meaning complete destruction so people cease to exist
Other Christians believe hell is a way of expressing eternal existence without God’s presence and blessing
What are the common and divergent beliefs on heaven?
Christians believe that after death this is where there will spend the rest of eternity if they follow God
It is believed to be a place where suffering and evil no longer exist
What do many Christians believe will happen at the end of time?
Many Christians believe that at the end of time all of the dead will be raised to be judged by God
What are the common and divergent beliefs on purgatory?
What do Catholics believe?
Christians believe purgatory is where people who aren’t pure enough undergo purification to achieve the holiness necessary to enter heaven
Catholics believe that prayers can help people in purgatory to reach heaven.
What are the common and divergent beliefs on death?
Christians believe and have faith that the events in the world aren’t random and uncontrolled but are part of Gods plan, which in the end will have a good outcome
Many Christians put life after death at the back of their minds
Q - ‘a rainbow, resembling an emerald’ encircling the throne of God …
From this throne came ‘flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder’
Q - There will be no more death …
or mourning or crying or pain (Revelation 21:4)
Q - It is sown a natural body, …
it is raised a spiritual body (1 Corinthians 15:44)
