End Times & Prophecy
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What Is the Judgment Seat of Christ?
The judgment seat of Christ is where every believer stands before Jesus to give an account of their life. It does not decide salvation, which is by grace; it weighs works.
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Who Are the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation?
The 144,000 are God's sealed servants. Faithful Christians disagree on whether they are literal Israelites or a symbolic number, but the text never limits salvation to them.
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What Are the Signs of the End Times?
Jesus named false messiahs, wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution, and the gospel reaching all nations, yet said no one knows the day or hour. The signs call for watchfulness.
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Who Is the Antichrist?
Anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ, says John, and many have already come. In the most common reading, Paul and Daniel also describe a final adversary Christ defeats.
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What is the new heaven and the new earth?
The new heaven and new earth are God’s promised renewed creation after judgment. Revelation 21 portrays God dwelling with his people, with death, mourning and pain gone.
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What is the battle of Armageddon?
Armageddon is the final conflict described in Rev 16:16 where the forces of evil gather against God, only to be defeated by the glorious return of Jesus Christ as Lord and Judge.
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What is the millennium (the 1,000-year reign)?
The millennium is the thousand-year period in Rev 20:1-6 in which Satan is bound and the saints reign with Christ — one of the most debated topics in Christian eschatology.
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Who is the great prostitute of Babylon?
The great prostitute of Babylon (Rev 17) symbolizes a worldly system of corrupt power that seduces nations with wealth and idolatry while persecuting God's people — not a literal woman.
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Who Are Gog and Magog?
Gog and Magog appear in Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 20 as enemies gathered against God’s people. These passages portray rebellion and God’s decisive victory over hostile powers.
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What is the great tribulation?
The great tribulation is a period of intense suffering unlike anything in human history, described in biblical prophecy as the climax of God's judgment immediately before the return of Christ.
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What is the mark of the beast (666)?
The mark of the beast (666), described in Revelation 13, is a sign of allegiance to the Antichrist in the end times, contrasting with the seal God places on the redeemed.
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What is the rapture of the church?
The rapture is the moment Christ gathers living and dead believers to meet him in the air, described in 1 Thessalonians 4. Christians debate its timing, not its reality.
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What is Israel's role in the end times?
The Bible presents Israel as central to God's plan, with prophecies of a future regathering and a large-scale turning to the Messiah, all fulfilled through Christ.
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What role does Iran play in the end times?
The Bible never names modern Iran, but ancient Persia appears in prophecy. Many link Iran to Ezekiel 38-39, though this reading is debated and uncertain.