Show notes: 

Brad and Trevor overview the doctrine of end times. What does the future hold for the believer? What are the essentials and non-essentials for Christians to believe? How do our beliefs about the future affect the present? 

Relevant Bible verses:

• Matthew 24-25
• Mark 13:19-20, 24-27
• Acts 1:9-11
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
• Revelation 20:1-3
• Verses with “Parousia” - Matthew 24:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:1, 8; James 5:7–8; 2 Peter 3:4, 12; 1 John 2:28
• “The Day” or “Day of the Lord” - Rom. 13:12; 1 Cor. 3:13; Heb. 10:25, Phil. 1:10; 2:16, 1 Thes. 5:2; 2 Thes. 2:2, 1 Cor. 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:14, Phil. 1:6, 1 Cor. 1:8, 2 Pet. 3:12

For further reading/listening/watching: 

• “Apocalyptic Literature” - a video from Bible Project.
• “How to Read Revelation” - a video from Bible Project.
• “A Night of Eschatology” - a video from Desiring God.
• “Look Up: Awaiting the Rapture and our Final Redemption” - a book by Jimmy Evans
• “Surprised by Hope” - a book by N.T. Wright.
• “Dispensationalism” - a book by Charles Ryrie
• “The Restoration of All Things” - a book by Sam Storms
• “The Last Days According to Jesus” - a video series on RightNow by R.C. Sproul