Definition of "eschaton" [eschaton]

• Last thing; used in theology to refer to the climax of history, culminating in the Last Judgement. (noun)

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• "I find it interesting, if you don't mind a brief excursus, that the Greek word "eschaton" which means the end of the world, that is to say, the end of time also means the ends of the earth, which is to say the limits of space."
• "Wow, this will never happen again — indeed, I sense the eschaton is imminent from the fact that it’s happening now — so duty impels me to sayit:"
• "In Niebuhr’s version of politics, the central fact of human nature this side of the eschaton is sin, and it is the purpose of government not to eliminate sin, but to constrain or ameliorate its bad effects by passing laws and using armed force prudently."