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We at RENEW.org suggest a common approach for difficult theological questions like the ones we encounter when thinking about the end times. You might call the approach “bullseye theology.” We look at all teachings in God’s Word through a framework which prioritizes essential, “bullseye” beliefs and moves outward from there.[1]

1. There are essential elements (beliefs and responses) in the Bible that are essential to your eternal destiny and hope. These are bullseye beliefs for the Christian. They are “first-bucket” issues; they are “written in blood.”
2. There are important elements in the Bible that are important for your faithfulness to God and to living as God intended, even as our salvation does not depend on getting them right. These are “second-bucket” issues; they are “written in ink.”
3. There are personal or disputable elements that God leaves to us as personal preferences or truths about which there is enough clear evidence for clarity. These are “third-bucket” issues; they are “written in pencil.”

“We look at all teachings in God’s Word through a framework which prioritizes essential, ‘bullseye’ beliefs and moves outward from there.”

There are five key end-time teachings that are part of the essentials of the Christian faith, and in this article, we will take a brief look at them. You can think of them as phases that provide an outline for the end of human history as we know it. Here are the five teachings:

1. We are waiting for Jesus Christ’s return (the “second coming”).
2. The return of Jesus brings about the final resurrection (the “resurrection of the dead”).
3. The resurrection of the dead leads to God’s definitive judgment (the “final judgment”).
4. The unsaved will go to eternal punishment (“hell”).
5. The saved will go to paradise with God (the “new heaven and new earth”).

As we will show throughout this eBook, these five teachings are clear in the New Testament, they are imbedded in the essential elements of Scripture, and they are reflected in the earliest Christian summaries of the faith, created just after the New Testament was written, often collectively referred to as “the rule of faith.”[2]

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