Are the End Times Here? Explaining Each Event

Gavin Ortlund offers a big-picture guide to the end times, explaining what all Christians agree on, where faithful disagreements remain, and why future hope should fuel present faithfulness rather than fear. Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville. SUPPORT: Tax Deductible Support: https://truthunites.org/donate/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites FOLLOW: Website: https://truthunites.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truth.unites/ X: https://x.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ MY ACADEMIC WORK: https://truthunites.org/mypublications/ PODCAST: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truth-unites DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM Striving Side By Side: https://discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/Makes-Sense-World-That-Doesnt/dp/1540964094/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243/truthunitesbo-20 00:00 - Introduction 04:31 - Chapter 1: Four Dangers 04:36 - 1) Majoring on the Minors 07:13 - 2) Hype 09:15 - 3) Speculation 11:42 - 4) Historical Ignorance 15:21 - Chapter 2: Essential Doctrines 15:25 - 1) The Second Coming 15:35 - (1) The Second Coming Is Personal 16:49 - (2) The Second Coming Is Bodily 19:39 - (3) The Second Coming Will Be Sudden 20:43 - (4) The Second Coming Will Be Consummating 24:09 - 2) Final Resurrection 26:13 - 3) Final Judgement 29:22 - 4) The Final State 33:30 - Chapter 3: Disagreements 34:56 - 1) The Millennium 46:29 - 2) The Rapture 50:05 - 3) The Anti-Christ 53:45 - 4) The Great Tribulation 57:45 - Conclusion