Eschatology concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions, which teach that negative wo
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut print from the Apocalypse of Albrecht Dürer (1497–1498)
The Antichrist, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1521). Here the Antichrist is shown wearing the triple crown of the Roman papacy.
Icon of the Second Coming. Greek, c. 1700 A.D.
William Miller predicted the end of the world in 1843, known as the Great Disappointment.
The Second Coming is the Christian and Islamic belief that Jesus Christ will return to Earth after his ascension to Heaven. The idea is based on messianic prophecies and is part of most Christian esch
Eschatology
…the Messiah, the resurrection of the righteous, and the world to come. Christianity depicts the end time as a period of tribulation that precedes the second coming of Christ, who will face the rise of the Antichrist along with his power structure and false prophets, and usher in the Kingdom of God. The explicit…
The Second Coming of Christ stained glass window at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina, United States
The Last Judgment by Michelangelo (1541) in the Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Last Judgement by the Armenian manuscript illuminator Toros Roslin, 1262
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, where according to Islamic tradition Jesus will appear close to the Day of Judgment