There is a piece of land in the middle of Jerusalem that measures roughly thirty-seven acres. It is less than a third of a mile long. You could walk across it in about ten minutes. And yet there is arguably no piece of real estate on the surface of the earth that carries more religious, … Read more
Here is a number that tends to stop people cold when they hear it for the first time. In the Bible, references to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ outnumber references to his first coming by eight to one. Scholars who have counted them place the total at around 1,845 individual references spread across both … Read more
There is a hadith that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) repeated so often, in so many settings, that his companions began to take special note of it. He would warn them from the pulpit. He would remind them after the prayer. He even taught them specific words to recite for protection. The subject … Read more
What Is Christian Eschatology? If you want to understand why large portions of the Western world have been fascinated, frightened, and occasionally paralyzed by questions about the end of history, you need to understand Christian eschatology. It is, by almost any measure, the most widely discussed, most culturally influential, and most hotly debated end-times tradition … Read more
What Is Jewish Eschatology? If you have ever wondered what Jews believe about the end of the world, you are not alone. It is one of the most searched religious topics on the internet, and for good reason. Jewish eschatology, which is the study of what Judaism teaches about the end of days, is a … Read more
Introduction There is a question that has lived in the back of human minds since the very beginning of civilization. It does not go away no matter how busy life gets, no matter how much technology advances or how much the world changes. The question is simple: how does this all end? Every culture, every … Read more