Eschatology facts for kids
Eschatology is the part of theology that is concerned with what are believed to be the last events in history. It also looks at the destiny of humanity as a whole. Believers may call it the "end of the world" or "end times".
Eschatologies vary in optimism or pessimism about the future. In some eschatologies, conditions are better for some and worse for others, e.g. "heaven and hell". They also vary as to time frames. Groups claiming imminent (soon to come) eschatology are often called doomsday cults.
Related pages
- Apocalypse
- Armageddon
- Day of judgment
- Doomsday cult
- Second Coming
- World War III
Images for kids
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut print from the Apocalypse of Albrecht Dürer (1497–1498), Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Scroll of Book of Isaiah
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The Antichrist, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1521). Here the Antichrist is shown wearing the triple crown of the Roman papacy.
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Former Watch Tower headquarters in Brooklyn. The society made a number of emphatic claims of impending last days and ensuing chaos between 1879–1924.
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Bahá'í House of Worship, Delhi, India
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Haile Selassie I is viewed as god incarnate in Rastafari.
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Bodhisattva Maitreya from the 2nd-century Gandharan art period
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1905 painting by Emil Doepler, depicting Odin fighting his old nemesis Fenrir
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1905 painting by Emil Doepler, depicting Ragnarök after Surtr has engulfed the world with fire
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See also
In Spanish: Escatología para niños
