Greg Gifford - Christian Theology II - Vocab Quiz 4

Eschatology

The study of "the last things," or future events (from the Greek eschatos, "last").

Imminent

A term referring to the fact that Christ could return and might return at any time, and that we are to be prepared for him to come at any day.

Parousia

The second coming of Christ (from the Greek parousia, "coming").

Preterism

Eschatological view that interprets some or all prophecies of the Bible as events which have already been fulfilled in history.

Second Coming of Christ

The sudden, personal, visible, bodily return of Christ from heaven to earth

Amillennialism

The view that there will be no literal thousand-year bodily reign of Christ on earth prior to the final judgment and the eternal state; on this view, scriptural references to the millennium in Revelation 20 actually describe the present church age.

Dispensational Premillennialism

Another term for "pretribulational premillennialism." The term "dispensational" is used because most proponents of this view wish to maintain a clear distinction between the church and Israel, with whom God deals under different arrangements, or "dispensations."

Postmillennialism

The view that Christ will return to the earth after the millennium. In this view, the millennium is an age of peace and righteousness on the earth, brought about by the progress of the gospel and the growth of the church

Rapture

The "taking up" or snatching up (from Latin rapio, "seize, snatch, carry away") of believers to be with Christ when he returns to the earth

Eternal Conscious Punishment

A description of the nature of punishment in hell, which will be unending and of which the unbeliever will be fully aware.

Great White Throne Judgment

Another term for the final judgment spoken of in Revelation 20:11-15

Hell

A place of eternal conscious punishment for the wicked

Universalism

The doctrine that all people will ultimately be saved

Heaven

The place where God most fully makes his presence to bless. It is in heaven where God most fully reveals his glory, and where angels, other heavenly creatures, and redeemed saints all worship him.

New Heavens and New Earth

A description of the entirely renewed creation in which believers will dwell after the final judgment