end times en · NOUN
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.
And I can hear it loud and clear / The world is ending, and what do I care? / She's gone, end times are here
2010, Mark Oliver Everett, “End Times”, performed by Eels: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.
2020 January 22, Elizabeth Dias, “Jack Van Impe, End Times Preacher on TV, Is Dead at 88”, in The New York Times:About 40 percent of American adults believe that we are living in the “end times,” according to a 2022 poll. Where did that idea come from?
2026 April 26, Lauren Jackson, “The Apocalypse Goes Mainstream”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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(plural, plural-only) The days leading to the coming of the Mahdi, the Messiah or Judgment Day.
Both Islam and Christianity have a strong eschatology (view of the end times) that comes from their worldview.
2004, William Wagner, How Islam Plans to Change the World, Kregel Publications, →ISBN, page 210:Near-synonym: eschaton
The coming of the Mahdi during the end—times […]
2012, Henry Bayman, The Teachings of a Perfect Master, Page 169
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(plural, plural-only) Corresponding periods in other religious traditions.
Hellenistic Judaism was familiar with the idea that deceit is characteristic of the end times (see T. Levi 10:2; 16:1).
2002, Raymond F. Collins, I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 113:Near-synonym: eschaton
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.
2002, Larry R. Helyer, Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students, InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 22:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| the end times | Number=Plur | canonical | lexicographic |
| End Times | alternative | lexicographic | |
| end-times | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
second coming · tribulation · Apocalypse · revelator · Armageddon · millennium · end of history · Judgment Day · rapture · New Age · Revelation · new age · armageddon · end of the world · Second Coming · judgment day · Tribulation · revelation · Last Judgment · Rapture · Millennium · Final Judgment · apocalypse
Synonyms
eschaton · end of days · eschaton · eschaton
Translations (13)
srn kroboi (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · es consumación de los siglos (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · ba ахырызаман (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · ro sfârșitul lumii (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · nl eindtijd (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · sv yttersta tiden (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · fr consommation des siècles (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · he אחרית הימים (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · fi lopun aika (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · fr fin des temps (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · de Endzeit (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · pl ostateczne czasy (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah) · es fin de los tiempos (the days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah)