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Eschatology – God’s Future Plans

By Kris Bjorgen, Ed.D.
and Lonnie Hoffer, M. Div.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Connect…

Over 30% of the Bible is written about future things. Great prophets of the Old and New Testament
predicted future events with exacting fulfillments, however many of the prophecies in the Bible have
not been fulfilled. In the Old Testament, the test given to prove the validity of a prophet was that he
was 100% correct 100% of the time.

Deuteronomy 18:22 “When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to
pass or come true, that is a word which the LORD has not spoken’

If these prophecies which have not been fulfilled do not come to pass, then the Bible is a hoax and it is
not the Word of God. As believers, we fully believe that the Bible is God’s holy written Word, and that
the proof that many prophecies have come true is evidence that the future ones will happen also.

In this short course we will study a few prophecies that have come true as well as look at many
prophecies that are yet to happen. Our confidence in future events will be derived from past evidence
and fulfillment.

Objectives…

1. The student should be able to give a detailed definition of Eschatology.

2. The student should be able to explain the ground rules in studying prophecy in the Bible.

The Lesson ...

What is Eschatology?

Eschatology is the study of what the Bible says is going to happen in the end times. Many treat
Eschatology as an area of theology to be avoided. Of course, Eschatology is not as crucial as Christology
(Who Jesus Is) or Soteriology (Doctrine of Salvation). No matter what your eschatological views are, the
future will unfold according to God’s plan, whether you got it right or not! That does not mean, though,

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