One significant eschatological myth, introduced by Gioacchino da Fiore's theology of history, was the " myth of an imminent third age that will renew and complete history " in a " reign of the Holy Spirit "; this " Gioacchinian myth " influenced a number of messianic movements that arose in the late Middle Ages.

In Futurism, parallels may be drawn with historical events, but most eschatological prophecies are chiefly referring to events which have not been fulfilled, but will take place at the end of the age and the end of the world.

The more politically active sections within this eschatological view often strongly support the Christian Zionism movement and the associated political, military and economic support for Israel which comes from certain groups within American politics and parts of the Christian right.

This is the approach which most applies to eschatological studies.

The central theological themes are " the question of theodicy, God's justness in the face of the triumph of the heathens over the pious, the course of world history in terms of the teaching of the four kingdoms, the function of the law, the eschatological judgment, the appearance on Earth of the heavenly Jerusalem, the Messianic Period, at the end of which the Messiah will die, the end of this world and the coming of the next, and the Last Judgment.

Preterism is a Christian eschatological view that interprets prophecies of the Bible, especially Daniel and Revelation, as events which have already happened in the first century A. D. Preterism holds that Ancient Israel finds its continuation or fulfillment in the Christian church at the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

Moses Stuart noted that Alcasar's preterist interpretation was of considerable benefit to the Roman Catholic Church during its arguments with Protestants, and preterism has been described in modern eschatological commentary as a Catholic defense against the Protestant Historicist view which identified the Roman Catholic Church as a persecuting apostasy.

Sub-variants of preterism include one form of partial preterism which places fulfillment of some eschatological passages in the first three centuries of the current era, culminating in the fall of Rome.

They have made many eschatological forecasts, some of which have led people ( including followers ) to incorrect assumptions.

Over the next few decades this understanding developed into the doctrine of the investigative judgment: an eschatological process commencing in 1844 in which Christians will be judged to verify their eligibility for salvation and God's justice will be confirmed before the universe.

The more important of the fragment collections are the Nirangistan fragments ( 18 of which constitute the Ehrbadistan ); the Pursishniha " questions ," also known as " Fragments Tahmuras "; the Aogemadaeca " we accept ," a treatise on death ; and the Hadokht Nask " volume of the scriptures " with two fragments of eschatological significance.

" The Antichrist's deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgement.

; 1827: John Nelson Darby's Plymouth Brethren is founded to propagate the Christian eschatological movement of dispensationalism, which teaches that God looks upon Jews as the chosen people ( rejecting supersessionism ), and that the nation of Israel will be born again and brought to realize they crucified their Messiah at his second coming

Belial is also mentioned in the Fragments of a Zadokite Work ( which is also known as The Damascus Document ( CD )), which states that during the eschatological age, " Belial shall be let loose against Israel, as God spoke through Isaiah the prophet.

Focusing on key passages in the books of Daniel, Ezekiel and Revelation, Lindsey originally suggested the possibility that these climactic events might play out in the 1980s, which he interpreted as one generation from the foundation of modern Israel in 1948, a pivotal event in most evangelical ( especially conservative evangelical ) schools of eschatological thought.

Augustine ’ s later amillennial view laid the eschatological foundation for the Middle Ages which practically abandoned premillennialism.

The Book of Revelation, or in the original Greek, puts forth an early Christian eschatological view which has been interpreted in many ways.

Christian schools of doctrine which consider other teachings to counterbalance these doctrines, or which interpret them in terms of distinct eschatological theories, are less conducive to Christian Zionism.

As Bede's account makes clear, the Irish and early Anglo-Saxon monasticism experienced by Chad was peripatetic, stressed ascetic practices and had a strong focus on Biblical exegesis, which generated a profound eschatological consciousness.

As this original eschatological fervor began to die down and as Christianity became an increasingly Gentile movement this original eschatological orientation of the Christian Passover celebration began to be lost and with the development of the practice of baptizing catechumens during the twelve readings in order for them to share the Eucharist for the first time with the Christian community at the conclusion of the Paschal Vigil, the baptismal themes came to dominate the celebrations of the Paschal Vigil, as they do again in those churches which have begun again to baptize its adult converts during the Easter Vigil.

The primary limitation consists in the fact that, obviously, human beings are not God ; the second consists in the fact that human beings are — equally obviously — sinful, which requires the human “ embrace ” to be an eschatological category.

Volf ’ s main contribution to eschatology, partly triggered by making “ embrace ” an eschatological category, is his re-thinking of the “ Last Judgment .” In “ The Final Reconciliation ” Volf argued that the Last Judgment ought to be understood as the final reconciliation in which judgment is not eliminated but seen as an indispensable element of reconciliation, a portal into the world of love.

The Islamic story of Qiyamat is an example of eschatological mythology: it describes the Day of Judgment, when God will reward the good and punish the evil.

There is also debate over how eschatological the third petition is.

By extension, this may have later led to the idea of "' the son of man '," an eschatological Messianic figure, within Judaism.

It shares similar eschatological views with Christianity and Islam, and recognizes life after death, Satan ( as Angra Mainyu ), Heaven, and Hell.

Chad's eschatological consciousness and its effect on others is brought to life in a reminiscence attributed to Trumbert, who was one of his students at Lastingham.

Cycle 3 treats the reality of our life at the end of time when Christ comes back again and history reaches its fulfillment ( eschatological man ).

In general, scholars use the term " Restoration " to denote the literature that began and flourished under Charles II, whether that literature was the laudatory ode that gained a new life with restored aristocracy, the eschatological literature that showed an increasing despair among Puritans, or the literature of rapid communication and trade that followed in the wake of England's mercantile empire.

Elaine Treharne in Old and Middle English: An Anthology suggests: " Although the examples are diverse, and no apparent chronological or formal arrangement can be discerned, the texts suggest the compiler was someone in a monastic setting who wished to illustrate his personal interest in penitential and eschatological themes and to glorify the ascetic way of life.

Calling Marxism " a truly messianic Judaeo-Christian ideology ", Eliade writes that Marxism " takes up and carries on one of the great eschatological myths of the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean world, namely: the redemptive part to be played by the Just ( the ' elect ', the ' anointed ', the ' innocent ', the ' missioners ', in our own days the proletariat ), whose sufferings are invoked to change the ontological status of the world ".

The various inscriptions on the Dome walls and the artistic decorations imply on symbolic eschatological significance of the structure.

According to Eliade, Marxism " takes up and carries on one of the great eschatological myths of the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean world, namely: the redemptive part to be played by the Just ( the ' elect ', the ' anointed ', the ' innocent ', the ' missioners ', in our own days the proletariat ), whose sufferings are invoked to change the ontological status of the world.

This view is also partly supported by Cunningham and Grell ( 2000 ) who explained that " militant sermons by priests such as Simon Vigor served to raise the religious and eschatological temperature on the eve of the Massacre ".

Scofield's notes on the Book of Revelation are a major source for the various timetables, judgments, and plagues elaborated by popular religious writers such as Hal Lindsey, Edgar C. Whisenant, and Tim LaHaye ; and in part because of the success of the Scofield Reference Bible, twentieth-century American fundamentalists placed greater stress on eschatological speculation.

Its prophecy of a savage foe from the north is based on Jeremiah 1: 3-16, where Jeremiah is talking about the Babylonians ; Ezekiel turns this into an eschatological enemy who will come " in the latter years ," an apocalypse at the end of time.

His letter goes on to outline at length the general eschatological framework of Buddhist belief.

* 2012 phenomenon, a range of eschatological beliefs around cataclysmic or transformative events on 21 December 2012

For the Stone movement, this had less to do with eschatological theories and more about a countercultural commitment to live as if the kingdom of God were already established on earth.

In the New Testament, the word " Church " or " assembly "—( translations for ekklesia )— normally refers to believers on earth, and they conclude that the Creed's description " one " must be applicable to the Church on earth and must not be reserved for some eschatological reality.

John Calvin's exposition of that part of the Lord's Prayer all but adopts the minority postmillennial position but Calvin, and later Charles Spurgeon, were remarkably inconsistent on eschatological matters.

The Book of Parables uses the expression " Son of Man " for the eschatological protagonist, who is also called “ Righteous One ,” “ Chosen One ,” and “ Messiah ”, and narrates his pre-existence and his sitting on the throne of glory in the final judgment.

A number of groups take a political / eschatological approach to the kingdom of God emphasizing a physical reign of Jesus Christ on earth after the parousia.

His consciousness was strongly eschatological: focussed on the last things and their significance.

These texts used similar measurement language and expanded on the limited eschatological perspective in Ezekiel.

The Latter Rain brought a new focus on the spiritual elements of Christianity, including personal prophecy, typological interpretation of Scripture, the restoration of the five-fold ministry, and a different eschatological emphasis.