Ultimate Things: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on the End Times

by Dennis Eugene Engleman

Publisher:

Ancient Faith

, 1995

Overview

Every generation has had Christians who profess that the end is near. Some Christian groups believe Scripture indicates the end is near. In Ultimate Things, Dennis Engleman provides a thoroughly Orthodox Christian perspective on the end times. This text refuses to sensationalize these times or rewrite traditional Christian teachings to fit with the spirit of our age.

Key Features

• Presents an Orthodox perspective on the end times
• Examines biblical texts and the teaching of the Holy Fathers
• Offers clear and concise discussion

Contents

• The Last Christians
• Why Do You Stand Gazing?
• The Great World Empires
• The Preparation of Israel
• Satan in Bondage
• The Beginning of the Last Days
• The Meaning of the Russian Miracle
• The Spirit of the End Times
• The Nature of the Beast
• Why the Devil Hates a Crowd
• The Seven-Year Reign of Antichrist
• The First Half Week: World Deception
• The Rapture: Emancipation or Entrapment?
• The Second Half Week: World Enslavement
• The Catacomb Church
• Armageddon
• The Second Coming
• The Last Judgment
• The Eleventh Hour

Top Highlights

“the corrupt state of men’s souls and of society will itself be a divine warning:” (Page 29)

“Rome has in fact lasted until the end times. To see this, however, one must understand how the Roman Empire was transformed over the course of history. In the fourth century Emperor Constantine the Great moved his capital to Byzantium, naming it the second ‘Rome.’ When Constantinople fell to the Turks in the fifteenth century, Orthodox Christian Moscow became the third ‘Rome.’ But even more important than these geographical changes was the transformation of the ‘Roman Empire’ from a merely political/administrative entity into a spiritual monarchy.” (Pages 39–40)

“The ten toes suggest the ten nations (called ‘ten horns’ in Daniel 7:7) of the final phase of the Roman Empire from which Antichrist is to make his appearance. This phase, as we will see, is our modern times.” (Page 33)

“As a prelude to the end times, Saint John called this entire period between Christ’s First and Second Comings the ‘last hour’: ‘Little children, it is the last hour’ (1 John 2:18).” (Page 22)

“Signs are not given so the idle or curious can predict dates and speculate on personalities, but so believers can prepare to do battle against evil.” (Page 28)

Product Details

• Title: Ultimate Things: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on the End Times
• Author: Dennis Eugene Engleman
• Publisher: Ancient Faith
• Print Publication Date: 1995
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 296
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church › Doctrines; End of the world; Eschatology
• ISBN: 096227139
• Resource ID: LLS:LTMTTHNGSNRTHDX
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:16:24Z

About Dennis Eugene Engleman

Dennis E. Engleman is an author, photographer, and engineer. He writes regularly on Orthodox subjects and has published numerous articles in various magazines. His other works include The Saint Nicholas Secret.