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How does it end?
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The Bible does not leave history open-ended. Jesus will return, the dead will be raised, every person will stand before God in judgment, and God will make all things new. Those who belong to Christ will live with him forever in a renewed creation; those who reject him will be separated from God. Christians have disagreed about the timeline and many of the details, but the return of Jesus, the resurrection and the final judgment are held in common.
These answers cover death and what follows it, heaven and hell, the return of Jesus, and the questions people ask about the last days.
Answers to this question
- Are earthquakes and disasters signs of the end times?
- Do animals go to heaven? Do pets have souls according to the Bible?
- Does the Bible predict the end of the world (Doomsday Clock fears)?
- What does the Bible say about hell—eternal punishment, annihilation, or something else?
- What does the Bible say about suicide? What if a Christian dies by suicide?
- What does the Bible say about the end times and the return of Jesus?
- What happens when you die? What does the Bible say about the afterlife?
- What is heaven like according to the Bible?
- What is hell like according to the Bible?
- What is purgatory? Is purgatory in the Bible?
- What is the rapture? Is the rapture biblical?