Do You Believe in an Apocalypse?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

[rebeccajo 14]

I'll tell you what I don't believe in.

And that's somebody telling me they can predict the end of days based upon the Book of Revelations.

[Y's_habibitk 2]

I'll go with what I DONT believe also...

I dont think christians will be zapped up to heaven

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Yes I believe its true, and yes I believe its sooner than people realize.

Book of Revelation - What Does the American Public Think?

What does the Book of Revelation mean to the average American? A TIME/CNN poll in 2002 found that 35% of Americans say they are paying more attention now to how the news might relate to the end of the world, and have talked about what the Bible has to say on the subject. Fully 59% say they believe the events in Revelation are going to come true. ("Apocalypse Now," Time Magazine, June 23, 2002)

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Yes I believe its true, and yes I believe its sooner than people realize.

Book of Revelation - What Does the American Public Think?

What does the Book of Revelation mean to the average American? A TIME/CNN poll in 2002 found that 35% of Americans say they are paying more attention now to how the news might relate to the end of the world, and have talked about what the Bible has to say on the subject. Fully 59% say they believe the events in Revelation are going to come true. ("Apocalypse Now," Time Magazine, June 23, 2002)

Different Christian faiths have different takes on the Book of Revelation. To me, it's not predicting the end of the world, but the end of Roman occupation of Israel. It was John the Apostle who wrote it and he was writing about the Roman Empire's fall.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Book of Revelation - What Does the World Think?

The Book of Revelation tells us, "When Christ returns, every eye shall see Him." Until CNN and the Internet, it was impossible to imagine the fulfillment of such an event. Walter Russell Mead, Council on Foreign Relations, predicts that our century will be remembered as the Age of Apocalypse. "The word apocalypse," he observes, "comes from a Greek word that literally means 'lifting of the veil.' In an apocalyptic age, people feel that the veil of normal, secular reality is lifting, and we can see behind the scenes, see where God and the devil, good and evil are fighting to control the future." To the extent that more people in the U.S. and around the world believe history is accelerating, that ancient prophecies are being fulfilled in real time, "it changes the way people feel about their circumstances, and the way they act. The grays are beginning to leak out of the way people view the world, and they're seeing things in more black-and-white terms." ("Apocalypse Now," Time Magazine, June 23, 2002)

The Book of Revelation speaks of the coming world leader known as the "Antichrist." Revelations of the Antichrist seem to be coming frequently. When U.N. Secretary-general Kofi Annan tells the World Economic Forum that globalization is the best hope to solve the world's problems, when the forum floats the idea of a "united nations of major religions," when privacy is sacrificed to security, the news headlines are listed on the prophecy websites as signs that the Antichrist is busy about his business.

Book of Revelation - What Do the Theologians Think?

The Book of Revelation declares, "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near." (Revelation 1:3) "BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen." (Revelation 1:7)

Time Magazine looked at apocalyptic theology, and declared that religious "scholars" tend to treat this area as a sociological tradition. "They see End Times interest rising and falling on waves of cataclysm and calm. Masses of people became convinced the end was nigh when Rome was sacked in 410, when the Black Death wiped out one-third of the population of 14th century Europe, when the tectonic shudders of the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 caused church bells to ring as far away as England, and certainly after 1945, when for the first time human beings harnessed the power to bring about their total destruction, not an act of God, but an act of mankind." ("Apocalypse Now," Time Magazine, June 23, 2002)

Book of Revelation - God's Word on the End Times

The Book of Revelation is not grounded in religious, social or mythological tradition. The Book of Revelation is God's Word to us, packed with prophecy that will be fulfilled in the End Times. Many declare that the End Times have already begun. A significant prophecy was fulfilled when the Jews reestablished their homeland in 1948. Thereafter, another tick on the End Times "prophecy clock" occurred when the Jews retook Jerusalem in 1967. Do we know when the end will come? No. However, we do know that the clock is ticking a little bit faster these days. "Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book." (Jesus Christ; Revelation 22:7)

[Y's_habibitk 2]

Yes I believe its true, and yes I believe its sooner than people realize.

Book of Revelation - What Does the American Public Think?

What does the Book of Revelation mean to the average American? A TIME/CNN poll in 2002 found that 35% of Americans say they are paying more attention now to how the news might relate to the end of the world, and have talked about what the Bible has to say on the subject. Fully 59% say they believe the events in Revelation are going to come true. ("Apocalypse Now," Time Magazine, June 23, 2002)

Is it me or did all of this media coverage and "specials" come out after "the rapture" books started selling millions of copies?

I remeber growing up and going to downtown HB, there were always some nut jobs handing out pamphlets and yelling on the corner with huge body signs "the end is coming!" That was like in the early 90's. Some people have been fanatical about this idea that "the end is near" for a LONG time. But it seems like the history and discovery channels (and the lot)started doing stories once those books came out.

??

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Not sure when the media verses the books you are talking about came into play, but any time the media gets a chance to make a poll- just like on VJ - then they do!

[Y's_habibitk 2]

Not sure when the media verses the books you are talking about came into play, but any time the media gets a chance to make a poll- just like on VJ - then they do!

You seriously have never heard about this book series? It seemed like everyone was talking about these books and then... all of the special series ect came out

the rapture the rapture the rapture ahhhhh make it stop!!! and now I brought it up again! whats wrong with me?!

ok i digress

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

book series? nada, but back in the 90s I do remember several different types of movies out...

[Y's_habibitk 2]

book series? nada, but back in the 90s I do remember several different types of movies out...

Like so many movies.. they were based on the books

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

I guess back in the 90s I was more interested in R.L. Stine

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Steve, did you make a mistake on the second poll (the question seems to imply "allow multichoice", which the poll actually doesn't)?

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

everyone needs to believe in something. i believe i'll have another beer.

[Jenn! 918]

Oh my.

I'm really shocked and saddened to see that the majority of Christians here who believe in the apocalypse think that the best statement to describe it would be that all Muslims go to hell.

(of course, I realize there weren't many answering the poll, but still...)

What a vicious circle!

Edited November 12, 2008 by Jenn!