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the command in Genesis 1:28 instructing humanity to develop and rule the creation to display God's glory

God's legal and moral right to carry out his will

the study of the last things

view of the end times that asserts the visions of Revelation have not been fulfilled and will be fulfilled during the final crisis before Christ's second coming

this Greek word is used in places like Matthew 5:22 to identify a place of fiery punishment, torment and destruction

the study of God's universal acts of judgment and salvation in the last days

Christ's appointment of the eleven faithful apostles as his authoritative representatives and his charge to spread the kingdom of God throughout the whole world (Matthew 28:19-20)

in eschatology, the belief that the precursors to Christ's return were manifested in history by actual people and events

both moral purity and acceptability in God's presence

in eschatology, the belief that the precursors to Christ's return were manifested in history by abstract concepts and general principles

view of the end times that says the age to come has begun (been "inaugurated"), but hasn't yet come in all its fullness; the "already, not yet"

the study of how individual human beings experience the events of the last days (e.g. - life, death, intermediate state, etc.)

the theological term used to describe Jesus' act of veiling his divine glory during his first advent

the idea that regenerate human beings have the capacity to please God and merit his blessings

the idea that that unregenerate human beings have no capacity to please God or merit his blessings

belief that most prophecies in the book of Revelation were fulfilled in the first century after Christ's birth

theological term for "the first gospel" or the first promise of redemption found in Genesis 3:15

recreated or reborn; spiritually renewed

Jewish sect at the time of Christ that adhered to the written law and did not believe in the resurrection of the dead

Hebrew term (transliteration) used in the Old Testament to refer to the place of departed spirits, both the righteous and the wicked (e.g. - Psalm 9:17)

'olam habbah' in Hebrew, a phrase used by rabbis and leaders in Israel to describe the future age of righteousness, love, joy and peace that would follow the exile; time when all of God's purposes will be fulfilled; also known as “the last days,” “the kingdom of God,” and "the age of a new covenant"

the eschatological event when God will formally declare the guilt of all his enemies and the innocence of all who are in Christ

a time when demons will empower false prophets to perform misleading signs and wonders

the eschatological period of Christ's reign mentioned in Revelation 20:2-7

'olam hazeh' in Hebrew, a phrase used by rabbis and leaders in Israel to describe the present age of sin, suffering and death

not recreated or reborn; spiritually dead

in the Ancient Near East, a king or nation that must submit to a more powerful emperor or king (suzerain)