How will the world end? Help for the confused....

There is no global shortage of doomsayers. We are being told that we are only decades, years, months, days away from catastrophe by global warming, ecological disaster, viral pandemics, major terrorist atrocities or a meteor strike. The scenario changes, but the end result is the same - the end of the world as we know it. So confident are these pundits that they are correct, it's a surprise that we haven't all stopped paying into our pensions years ago.

But Christians have a far more positive view of the future - one in which justice will be finally done, Jesus revealed for who he is, his persecuted people vindicated, and the re-creation of a glorious new world for those who have been saved by him.

But there remains considerable confusion among Christians about what will happen at the end of the world, and how it will come about. Not to mention the dreaded "when?" question!

We've been embarrassed by Christians claiming to know when Jesus will return. We've been bamboozled by other voices that weave complex scenarios from the Bible about how it will happen. No surprise then, that many Christians think of the end of the world, and those parts of the BIble that talk about it as "no go areas". How do we make sense of all this confusion.

We're delighted to be publishing Questions Christians Ask series. With trademark clarity and care, this little book seeks to help ordinary believers sort out fact from fiction in the end-times scenarios on offer. Author Jeramie Rinne focuses our minds on the big things about the second coming of Christ that all Christians agree on, and helpfully charts a path through the confusing landscape of different views Christians hold about the way the end will arrive.

How will the world end? is part of the Questions Christians Ask series, available to order HERE from your friendly neighbourhood Good Book website.

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