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The best place to begin to understand the end times is with accurate definitions.


As you study the end times, it is necessary to understand the meanings of certain terms and phrases. Many end-time concepts are interwoven, so clarity can only be achieved by using correct definitions. 

Below is an index of commonly used terms and phrases in the study of eschatology. Click on the word to open its definition.

A.
Abaddon
abomination of desolation 
Abraham’s Bosom
Abyss
Alexander the Great

amillennialism
angel of the Abyss
antichrist
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
apocalypse
apostasy
apostate

Armageddon
B.
Babylon
beast (of the Abyss)
beast (from the earth) 
beast (from the sea)
beast (scarlet)
birth pangs
blessed hope
book of life
bottomless pit
bowls, seven bowls

Bride
C.
​capital justice

caught up
creatures, four living creatures
D.
Daniel’s 70th week

Day of the Lord
decree

desolate, desolation
despicable man
devil
dispensationalism
Domitian
dragon, red dragon
E.
elders, 24 elders
elect
end of the age
end of the world
end times
eschatology

eternity
F.
false prophet

fury of Jesus
G.
Gabriel's extra 30 and 45 days
Gehennah
generation
Gog and Magog
golden lampstand
Great Tribulation
Great White Throne of Judgment
H.
Hades
harlot, harlot Babylon
harpazo

harvest, great harvest
heaven of heavens
heavens, heavenly realms
hell
historicism

horns, ten horns
I.
image of the beast
imminent
immorality
in the twinkling of an eye
J.
Jacob's distress, Jacob's trouble
judgment seat of Christ
K.
keep you from the hour of trial
kings from the east
king of the north and king of the south
L.
Lake of Fire
Lamb standing as if slain
last trumpet
lawlessness
Leviathan
lightning, thunder, earthquake
little book
little horn
locusts
M.
Magog
man of lawlessness
mark of the beast
marriage supper of the Lamb
Millennium
Mount of Olives
Mount Zion
N.
Nebuchadnezzar
Nero
Netherworld
New Earth
New Heaven
New Jerusalem
Nicolaitans
number of man
O.
offense
olive trees, two olive trees
one of the days of the son of man
one will be taken and the other left
overcomers
P.
Paradise
parousia
Passover
pre-wrath rescue
preterism
R.
rage of Satan
regeneration
resisters
restrainer, that which restrains


S.
Satan
​
seal of God
seals, seven seals
Second Coming of Christ
second heavens
seven churches
seven heads
seven horns and seven eyes
seven kings
seven​ Spirits before the​​ ​throne
seven thunders
seven weeks and sixty two weeks
seventy weeks, Daniels seventy weeks
seventy years ​
Sheol
sickle
signs in sun, moon and stars
six hundred and sixty six (666)
star from heaven
T.
Tabernacle of God
third heaven
those who live on the earth
time, times and half a time
tree of life
Tribulation
trumpets, seven trumpets, seventh trumpet
W.
wedding, wedding supper
week
white horse and rider
wine press
witnesses, two witnesses

woman, clothed with the sun
woman, riding the beast 
Wormwood

wrath of God
Numbers.
3-1/2 years
42 months
666
1,260 days
1,290 days 
1,335 days
2,300​ evenings​ and mornings

144,000

Picture
Littleisland lighthouse, Litloya, Norway
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