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Noun

end times pl

1. (Christianity) The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.
   • 1999, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Are We Living in the End Times?, Tyndale House Publishers, ISBN 978-0-8423-3644-4.
   • 2004, Bruce David Forbes and Jeanne Halgren Kilde, Rapture, Revelation, and the End Times: Exploring the Left Behind Series, Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-4039-6525-7.
   • 2005, James M. Efird, Left behind?: What the Bible Really Says about the End Times, Smyth & Helwys Publishing, ISBN 978-1-57312-461-4.
   • 2007, Hank Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible Really Says About the End Times and Why It Matters Today, Thomas Nelson (publisher), ISBN 978-0-8499-0184-3.
2. (Islam) The days leading to the coming of the Mahdi
   • 2004, William Wagner, How Islam Plans to Change the World, Kregel Publications, ISBN 978-0-8254-3965-0, page 210:

     Both Islam and Christianity have a strong eschatology (view of the end times) that comes from their worldview.

   • 2012, Henry Bayman, The Teachings of a Perfect Master, Page 169

     The coming of the Mahdi during the end—times […]

3. Corresponding periods in other religious traditions.
   • 2002, Raymond F. Collins, I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press, ISBN 978-0-664-22247-5, page 113:

     Hellenistic Judaism was familiar with the idea that deceit is characteristic of the end times (see T. Levi 10:2; 16:1).

   • 2002, Larry R. Helyer, Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students, InterVarsity Press, ISBN 978-0-8308-2678-0, page 22:

     The apocalyptic writings are at times quite fascinating, especially since they stand in some relationship to the apocalyptic visions of the end times found in both the OT and NT.

Usage notes

• Often capitalized (End Times) or hyphenated (end-times).

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