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Eschatology means
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: a branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of humankind
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: a belief concerning death, the end of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humankind; specifically : any of various Christian doctrines concerning the Second Coming, the resurrection of the dead, or the Last Judgment.
Some of the old hymns and blue grass songs had a great eschatological feel to them.
We owe a great deal to the Cohen brothers. They made this great old hymn a centerpiece of their remake of “True Grit”
“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” was written two men Anthony J. Showalter an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Dalton, Georgia, and Elisha A. Hoffman the pastor of Benton Harbor Presbyterian Church. Showalter was a church music teacher who received letters from two young men who had recently lost their wives. Showalter wanted to give them consolation from Scripture, and turned to Deuteronomy 33:27, which reads in the King James Version: ” The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you.” He got the refrain and Hoffman got the melody and the Cohen brothers brought it back to us.
What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms?
Thank you Pastor, for the reassuring message and the Hymn.