What the Early Church Fathers Said About the End Times

Dec 9, 2025
46 mins

Episode Description

Join Kymberli Cook, Michael Svigel, and Paul Weaver as they unpack how the early church understood the End Times and why those views still shape Christian life today. 


Time codes

4:15  Why Early Fathers’ View on Eschatology Matters Today 

9:54  The Background of New Testament Eschatology 

14:12  The Other Early Christians on the End Times 

17:19  Guidelines Around Understanding the End Times  

25:34  Top Five Passages on the End Times 

37:52  Wild End Time Theories  

40:55  Resources for Understanding the End Times 


Resources

Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond  

Three Views on the Rapture 

Michael J. Svigel, The Fathers on the Future: A 2nd-Century Eschatology for the 21st-Century Church 

John Walvoord, Commentary on Daniel  

John Walvoord, Commentary on Revelation  

John Walvoord, Bundle of Walvoord’s Commentaries on Eschatology 

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