Rapture, Revelation, and the End Times - Conscious Evolution TV

202robin-bobinGlossarythe end times. The name of the site frequently is generalized to refer tothis final battle itself.C.E. “Common Era.” Many people use these initials instead of A.D.(Anno Domini—Year of Our Lord) to refer to the years since the birthof Jesus Christ. C.E. is a more neutral designation, recognizing that thisdividing point in the calendar has become a common standard in thewestern world for Christian and non-Christian alike. B.C.E. indicatestime “Before the Common Era.”chiliasm From the Greek chilioi, meaning “thousand,” this is anotherword for millennialism and refers to the belief in a thousand-year reignof Jesus Christ at the end of time.chosen people A term used in the Hebrew scriptures to describe theIsraelites, who were taken under Yahweh’s particular care. SomeChristian theologians have argued that with Christ’s atonement forhuman sin, Christians supplanted Jews as God’s chosen people. Others,however, retain the view that Jews remain God’s chosen people.dispensationalism A term referring to the notion that God has organizedsacred and human history, from beginning to end, in a series oferas, or “dispensations.” A common modern dispensationalist schemealludes to seven dispensations: (1) the Age of Innocence, which beganwith Adam; (2) the Age of Conscience, which began with the expulsionfrom Eden; (3) the Age of Government, which began with the flood;(4) the Age of Promise, which began with Abraham; (5) the Age ofLaw, which began with Moses; (6) the Age of Grace, which began withJesus’ death and resurrection; and (7) the Millennium. God is viewedas dealing with humanity differently in each era. The term frequently isused to refer to premillennial dispensationalism.end times The culmination of God’s plan for human history, whichincludes the return of Jesus Christ to earth to judge the living and thedead. In premillennial dispensationalist thought, the period encompassingthe series of events believed to occur when Christ returns.eschatology From the Greek eschatos, meaning “last,” and logos,meaning “word,” eschatology is thinking or reasoning about the end—the study of last things. It includes various beliefs regarding individuals’futures (resurrection or punishment, heaven or hell, etc.) or the endof history (the second coming of Jesus Christ, climactic cosmic eventsat the end of time, a final judgment, a new age, etc.).robin-bobin