It is a curious condition of Church doctrine that eschatology is not more consistently preached with the return of Christ. It is a core concept that we who accept Jesus as the Christ and as our personal Lord and Savior will one day rise from the dead and live forever with Him. So, to some extent, it is understandable that the eschatological portion of Christ’s return has little exposure in Church life since the majority of the Christ’s disciples have died and their spirits reside in heaven. Even today, many will die before He calls the Church out of this world. For that majority, the events leading to the return of Christ are events observed from heaven. For the rest of the Church, the approach of the return of Christ will be a sever challenge to a believer’s willingness to follow Jesus. In fact very few Christians live their lives as if they believed this is the generation that will witness Christ’s return. It is a curious case of perspective.
Eschatology is more than the study of the actual event of Christ’s return. It is the study of the events that lead up to His return prior to and during the tribulation. No being is capable of carrying the assurances, for three millennia, that God will restore His kingdom on this earth with the return of His Messiah and that the life of this age has no comparison with the life of the one to come, along with the encouragement to persevere even unto death, no one except the Omniscient God . Eschatology is a message for the few, for a particular generation. For the generation that will witness the approach of the Tribulation and the return of Christ, the encouragement of the eschatological message to persevere through the dramatic changes and challenges that are prophesied to come and that the Apostles John and Paul believed were occurring in their time, should be given renewed attention by the saints.
Someday, perhaps soon, the Church will seek the scriptures for an understanding of what is happening in the world. I hope that revealing the continuity of the end-times message from Isaiah to Revelation at RevelationRosettaStone will give the Holy Spirit an opening to encourage that generation, the generation destined to witness the events of the return of Christ on earth.
May God bless you in your study of His word.