What Is the Connection Between Eschatology And The Faith? The subject of Christ's return in AD 70 continues to be a major hurdle for believers, especially as it concerns eschatology and the faith. Many are not aware that the faith as system of salvation is achieved only through the consummation of the end times. In other words, it cannot be separated from the coming of the Lord. (Visit the audio page to listen to an audio version of eschatology and the faith.) To establish our premise that the faith is directly correlated with the parousia, we cite a familiar text from Old ...

Dispensationalism: Was the church an accident for Christ’s failure to establish the kingdom? The theology that teaches that Christ postponed the kingdom and yet await its establishment at the millennium is what’s known as Dispensationalism. It is a rather recent teaching (past 200 years) in the area of eschatology (study of last things) which includes the second coming and its related events. We believe that Dispensationalism errs by charging God with failure to keep his promise regarding the imminent (from a first century perspective) establishment of the kingdom. In that view, the church became a substitute, an interim entity to “pacify” the world until God fulfills his promises to “ethnic” ...