Intro to Eschatology

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"An Introduction to Eschatology"

This article was originally published in booklet form by Robert S. Durling, Sr., a long-time, successful teacher and student of Eschatology.

PREFACE

ESCHATOLOGY — look it up in your own dictionary — as taught today is the work of William W. Walter, and it is the author’s intention to give all due credit to him for the little handful of Truth set forth in this booklet.

However, since it is of the utmost importance that no one be misled about this greatest of all subjects, let it be stated here and now that Walter’s part in this vast work has been and always will be that of torchbearer. He did not originate the science. No one did. He did not discover it. History intimates that Jesus did, although it is known that he learned it little by little from others older than he. Walter did not rediscover it. Mary Baker Eddy did that after it had lain dormant for centuries, covered with the dust of misunderstanding.

What William Walter did do was to take it up when it was in danger of again being hidden under the debris of church organization, hold it up where all might see its light and carry it on to guide the steps of mankind to a better, bigger, more satisfying life.

The science is not finished. There will never, in fact, come a time when anyone can put the final period to the writing of it. For to know all of Eschatology is to know all of Life. And to know all of Life is to know all there is to know.

Enter into Eschatology with the spirit of the pioneer. Aim to find out, and having found out, to help the next fellow find out. In that way you will be doing something real for yourself, for your neighbor and for the world at large.

(Updated 10 May 03)