Eschatology

Last things: resurrection, judgment, the kingdom.

Passages that substantially address this topic, in date order.

• Didache 10.5Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · A prayer for the church to be kept, perfected, and gathered into God's kingdom.
• Didache 10.6Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · A closing prayer for Christ's coming: “Maranatha.”
• Didache 16.1Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · Be ready, for the Lord's coming is unknown.
• Didache 16.2Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · Meet often; faith must endure to the end.
• Didache 16.3Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · In the last days false prophets will multiply and love will turn to hate.
• Didache 16.4Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · The world-deceiver will appear as a son of God, doing signs and wonders.
• Didache 16.5Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · Many will fall away in the final testing, but those who endure will be saved.
• Didache 16.6Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · The signs of the end: an opening in heaven, a trumpet, and the resurrection.
• Didache 16.7Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · The resurrection is of the saints, who come with the Lord.
• Didache 16.8Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · The world will see the Lord coming on the clouds.
• Didache 9.4Anonymous · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · A prayer that the church be gathered into one, like grain into bread.
• 1 Clement 23.3Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Doubters complain that God's promises have not come true.
• 1 Clement 23.4Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Like fruit on a vine, God's promises ripen in their time.
• 1 Clement 23.5Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · The Lord will come suddenly.
• 1 Clement 24.1Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Christ's resurrection is the firstfruit of ours.
• 1 Clement 24.2Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Nature shows resurrection.
• 1 Clement 24.3Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Day and night picture resurrection.
• 1 Clement 24.4Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Sowing pictures resurrection.
• 1 Clement 24.5Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Seeds decay and rise to bear fruit.
• 1 Clement 25.1Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · The sign of the phoenix.
• 1 Clement 25.2Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · The phoenix dies in a nest of spices.
• 1 Clement 25.3Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · A new phoenix carries its parent's bones to Egypt.
• 1 Clement 25.4Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · It lays them on the altar of the sun.
• 1 Clement 25.5Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · The priests confirm its five-hundred-year cycle.
• 1 Clement 26.1Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · If God shows resurrection through a bird, he will surely raise the faithful.
• 1 Clement 26.2Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · The Psalms speak of being raised.
• 1 Clement 26.3Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Job looked for the resurrection of the flesh.
• 1 Clement 27.1Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Hold fast to God, faithful in his promises.
• 1 Clement 28.1Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Fear God and flee evil, since he sees all.
• 1 Clement 34.3Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · The Lord comes with his reward.
• 1 Clement 34.8Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · God has prepared unimaginable things for those who wait for him.
• 1 Clement 35.3Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Only God knows what he has prepared.
• 1 Clement 35.4Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Strive to be among those who wait for God.
• 1 Clement 50.3Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Those perfected in love await Christ's kingdom.
• 1 Clement 50.4Clement of Rome · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · God promises to raise his people from their tombs.
• 2 Clement 11.7Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The righteous will receive promises beyond imagining.
• 2 Clement 12.1Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Wait for God's kingdom hour by hour, for the day is unknown.
• 2 Clement 12.2Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · A saying of the Lord: the kingdom comes when the two are one.
• 2 Clement 12.6Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Doing these things brings the Father's kingdom.
• 2 Clement 14.5Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The flesh joined to the Spirit will share in indescribable life.
• 2 Clement 16.3Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The day of judgment is coming like a furnace; every deed will be revealed.
• 2 Clement 17.4Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The Lord will come to gather all nations and redeem each by his works.
• 2 Clement 17.5Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Unbelievers will see Christ's glory and lament; their punishment has no end.
• 2 Clement 17.6Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The day of judgment will expose those who perverted Christ's commandments.
• 2 Clement 17.7Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The righteous will glorify God when they see the fate of those who denied Jesus.
• 2 Clement 19.3Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The obedient may suffer briefly but will reap the fruit of the resurrection.
• 2 Clement 19.4Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The godly who suffer now will live again and rejoice forever.
• 2 Clement 20.2Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · This life is training; the crown comes in the life to come.
• 2 Clement 5.4Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Jesus: do not fear those who kill the body, but God who judges.
• 2 Clement 5.5Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Life here is short; Christ's promise of rest and eternal life is great.
• 2 Clement 6.3Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · This age and the age to come are enemies.
• 2 Clement 6.5Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · We cannot befriend both ages; renounce this one.
• 2 Clement 6.7Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Doing Christ's will brings rest; disobedience, eternal punishment.
• 2 Clement 7.6Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Those who break the seal of baptism face unending punishment.
• 2 Clement 8.3Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · After death there is no more repentance.
• 2 Clement 9.1Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · The flesh will be judged and will rise.
• 2 Clement 9.4Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Called in the flesh, we will come to judgment in the flesh.
• 2 Clement 9.5Anonymous · ca. 100–150 · Christ became flesh; so we will be rewarded in the flesh.
• To the Ephesians 11.1Ignatius of Antioch · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · In the last times, respond to God's patience by fear of judgment or love of grace.
• To the Ephesians 11.2Ignatius of Antioch · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Ignatius wears his chains as spiritual pearls and hopes to share the Ephesians' lot.
• To the Ephesians 16.2Ignatius of Antioch · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Corrupting the faith by false teaching is even worse than bodily sin.
• To the Magnesians 5.1Ignatius of Antioch · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Life and death lie before everyone, and each goes to his own place.
• To the Magnesians 5.2Ignatius of Antioch · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Like coins, people bear the stamp of either the world or God; Christ's life is in those willing to share his death.
• To the Magnesians 9.2Ignatius of Antioch · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · The prophets awaited Christ as their teacher, and he raised them from the dead.
• To the Trallians 9.2Ignatius of Antioch · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Christ truly rose, and the Father will raise believers in the same way.
• To the Philippians 2.1Polycarp of Smyrna · ca. 110–135 · Serve God faithfully, believing in the God who raised Christ, who now reigns and will come to judge the living and the dead.
• To the Philippians 2.2Polycarp of Smyrna · ca. 110–135 · God will raise us as he raised Christ if we do his will, love what he loved, and refuse to repay evil for evil.
• To the Philippians 5.2Polycarp of Smyrna · ca. 110–135 · Deacons must be blameless servants of God, following the Lord who became the servant of all and who promises that the faithful will reign with him.
• To the Philippians 6.2Polycarp of Smyrna · ca. 110–135 · Those who ask forgiveness must forgive, since all will stand before Christ's judgment seat.
• To the Philippians 7.1Polycarp of Smyrna · ca. 110–135 · Polycarp condemns those who deny that Christ came in the flesh, who deny the witness of the cross, and who twist the Lord's words to deny resurrection and judgment.
• To the Philippians 9.2Polycarp of Smyrna · ca. 110–135 · The martyrs did not run in vain; they are now with the Lord, because they loved Christ rather than this world.
• Martyrdom of Polycarp 11.2Anonymous · ca. 156–160 · Threatened with fire, Polycarp contrasted it with the eternal fire of the coming judgment.
• Martyrdom of Polycarp 14.2Anonymous · ca. 156–160 · Polycarp thanked God for the honor of sharing Christ's suffering and prayed to be received as a sacrifice.
• Martyrdom of Polycarp 19.2Anonymous · ca. 156–160 · Polycarp now rejoices with the apostles and praises God and Christ.
• Martyrdom of Polycarp 2.3Anonymous · ca. 156–160 · Looking to eternal life and the good things God has prepared, the martyrs counted their tortures as nothing.