# What the Early Church Fathers Said About the End Times

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Podcast: [The Table Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-table-podcast-389379)
Published: 2025-12-09T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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