end times

• End Times, end-times

end times pl (plural only)

1. (Christianity) The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.
   • 2010, Mark Oliver Everett (lyrics and music), “End Times”, performed by Eels:

     And I can hear it loud and clear / The world is ending, and what do I care? / She's gone, end times are here

   • 2020 January 22, Elizabeth Dias, “Jack Van Impe, End Times Preacher on TV, Is Dead at 88”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas, said in an interview that Mr. Van Impe’s premillennial view of the end times paved the way for his own ministry and that of other popular preachers like John Hagee and David Jeremiah.

2. (Islam) The days leading to the coming of the Mahdi, the Messiah or Judgment Day.
   • 2004, William Wagner, How Islam Plans to Change the World, Kregel Publications, →ISBN, 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. (Christianity) Corresponding periods in other religious traditions.
   • 2002, Raymond F. Collins, I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, 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, 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.

• Apocalypse
• Armageddon
• Millennium
• Rapture
• Second Coming
• Tribulation

• Edmisten, end items, enmisted, midteens, sediment, set mined, setmined, tidesmen