World to come

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(Redirected from World to Come) Jump to: navigation, search The world to come, age to come, or heaven on Earth are eschatological phrases reflecting the elief that the !current "orld! or !current age! is fla"ed or cursed and "ill e replaced in the future y a etter "orld or age or paradise# The concept is related ut differs from the concepts of heaven, the afterlife, and the $ingdom of %od in that heaven is another place or state generally seen as a ove the "orld, the afterlife is generally an individual&s life after death, and the Kingdom of God could e in the present (such as Reali'ed eschatology) or the future (such as Futurism (Christianity))# (ll of these may also e characteri'ed as other"orlds or possi le "orlds#

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+ ,oroastrian eschatology - Je"ish eschatology . Christian eschatology / 0indu eschatology 1 2ee also 3 References

Zoroastrian eschatology[edit source | editbeta]

4n ,oroastrian eschatology, the "orld to come is the frashokereti, "here the saoshyant "ill ring a out a resurrection of the dead in the odies they had efore they died# This is follo"ed y a last 5udgment# The yazatas (iryaman and (tar "ill melt the metal in the hills and mountains, and the molten metal "ill then flo" across the earth like a river# (ll mankind 6 oth the living and the resurrected dead 6 "ill e re7uired to "ade through that river, ut for the righteous (ashavan) it "ill seem to e a river of "arm milk, "hile the "icked "ill e urned# The river "ill then flo" do"n to hell, "here it "ill annihilate (ngra 8ainyu and the last vestiges of "ickedness in the universe#

Jewish eschatology[edit source | editbeta]

The Olam Haba, or "orld to come, is an important part of Je"ish eschatology, although Judaism concentrates on the importance of Olam HaZeh (!this "orld!)# The afterlife is kno"n as Olam haBa, Gan Eden (the 0eavenly %arden of 9den) and Gehinom (:urgatory)#)+*)-*).* (ccording to

the Talmud, any non;Je" "ho lives according to the 2even <a"s of =oah is regarded as a Ger toshav (righteous gentile), and is assured of a place in the "orld to come, the final re"ard of the righteous#)/*)1*

Christian eschatology[edit source | editbeta]

Four Horsemen of the Apo alypse, an +>>? painting y @ictor @asnetsov# The <am of %od is visi le at the top# !ain arti le" #hristian es hatology Ander Christian eschatology, the phrase is found in the =icene Creed (current 9cumenical version): !We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the "orld to come#!)3* 4t is also found in the $ing James @ersion of the =e" Testament at 8atthe" +-:.-, 8ark +B:.B, <uke +>:.B, 0e re"s -:1, 0e re"s 3:1# Cther related eDpressions are !age to come! "hich is typically found in more recent translations, $ingdom of %od, 8essianic (ge, 8illennial (ge, The =e" 9arth and =e" Jerusalem, and dispensation of the fulness of times and possi ly also eternal life# (ccording to Christian theology, the current "orld is fla"ed y original sin# There have een a num er of unsuccessful predictions of the date of the Christian 9nd Times, despite Jesus& admonition at the end of the Clivet Eiscourse that only %od the Father kno"s (8ark +.:.-;.?)#

Hindu eschatology[edit source | editbeta]

$alki "ith his "hite horse !ain arti le" Hindu es hatology

Ander 0indu eschatology, the current age is the $ali Fuga, a period of decline# $alki (&Eestroyer of Filth&) "ill appear to purge all evil, eginning a golden age of 2atya Fuga# There have een a range of dates predicted, purportedly from different methods of calculation#)?* 2ri :otuluri @ira rahmendra 2"ami, for eDample, "rote /BB years ago in his $ivya !aha Kala Gnana% or &Eivine $no"ledge of the Time,& that $alki "ould arrive "hen the moon, sun, @enus and Jupiter entered the same sign# This is not a rare occurrence and last happened in early -B+-, passing "ithout event#)>* The time of arrival of $alki has not een consistently asserted y astrologers#)?*

See also[edit source | editbeta]

8aharishi 0eaven on 9arth Eevelopment Repu lic of 0eaven 2atya Fuga :ro lem of evil

Re erences[edit source | editbeta]

+# Jum! u! " Je"s are told to live their lives on earth to the full, as their odies "ill stay there ut their souls live on# Je"ish (fterlife Geliefs at 2impleToRemem er#com -# Jum! u! " (fterlife at Je"ish@irtual<i rary#org .# /# 1# 6. ?# ># Jum! u! " Clam 0a;Ga: The (fterlife at Je"F(H#org Jum! u! " 8ishneh Torah, 0ilkhot 8&lakhim >:+/ Jum! u! " 9ncyclopedia Talmudit (0e re" edition, 4srael, 1?/+I+J>+, entry Ben &oah, end of article)K note the variant reading of 8aimonides and the references in the footnote Jum! u! " !The =icene Creed!# Christian; i le#com# Retrieved -B+-;B+;B># L Jump up to: a b Chandra, 2uresh ((ug +1, -B+-)# En y lopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses# $indle 9dition# Jum! u! " 2antanu (charya# !0indu :rophecies: Translations from the $alki :urana!# W";iii#tripod#com# Retrieved -B+.;B+;-B#