Remember 2012? Do you remember how all ten years before this very year, the world appointed the “end of the world” for 2012 almost every month? But then the chimes struck, several disaster films were released and … nothing happened. The world is not over. Do you think the failed astrologers drew conclusions? No matter how it is.
Yet knowing how much is left for humanity is important for planning social life. Therefore, here are ten dates that will tell you when the Earth will end its existence. Or not.
Great Tribulation
2017
According to the Bible, the Great Tribulation will be the worst period in human history, followed by the end of the world. Christian apocalypse theorists believe the fall of 2017 will mark the beginning of this seven-year period of agonizing suffering.
It took quite a few people, complex biblical verses and calculations to get this date, but mostly the theory revolves around important dates regarding Jerusalem. In 1217, a rabbi named Judas Ben Samuel made a series of predictions regarding Jerusalem and the end of the world. First, he announced that the Turks would control the area for eight anniversaries. (A jubilee is a 50-year period that ends with the forgiveness of people, the forgiveness of debts, and God's grace.) According to the rabbi, 1217 was the beginning of the jubilee cycle, just like 1517, when the Turks invaded Jerusalem, 300 years after his prediction. In 1917, after eight anniversaries, the Turks were expelled from Jerusalem for Hanukkah.
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Ben Samuel then predicted that this city would become a no-man's land on the ninth anniversary, that is, just under British rule, when it was considered a corpus separatum (separate body) and international territory. The city was then divided between Israel and Jordan in 1948, and in 1967, at the end of the ninth anniversary, returned to Israeli control.
2017 marks 50 years since Israel regained full control of Jerusalem. This is the last year of the tenth anniversary. According to the rabbi, this is when the Jews will rule Israel and the end of the world will come.
Ninth prediction
2018
The Hopi are a Native American tribe living in Arizona. In 2010, 19,327 people lived on the 6.6 million square kilometer reservation - the Hopi tribe is one of the largest in the United States. And this culture has a long history.
Like many Indian tribes, the Hopi faced the brutality of the Spanish conquistadors, although they saw glorious victories in 1542 and 1680. Finally, in 1882, President Arthur presented them with a reservation, but they had been in contact with the American government years before. One of the most important meetings took place in 1958 between Minister David Young and Hopi Elder White Pen. During this meeting, White Feather gave Yang several ancient Hopi predictions.
The first two predictions were about white-skinned people and spinning wheels filled with voices that the Hopi said were embodied in the arrival of Europeans and the conquest of the Americans. The next was a "strange monster like a buffalo" crossing the land, signaling the warning of the scale of modern agriculture. The next three predictions were about iron snakes, giant spider webs and stone rivers: railways, telecommunication wires, and roads.
These six predictions came true before they were told to Young. And the last three are not.
The first prediction of the future made by White Feather was about the sea, which will turn black, giving death to everything in it. Many attributed this forecast to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The next prediction spoke of long-haired youth seeking to learn Native American customs, which could well be attributed to the hippie movement. And here is the ninth prediction:
“You will hear about a dwelling in heaven, above the Earth, which will fall with great destruction. It will appear as a blue star. Soon after, the ceremonies of my people will cease."
The easiest way would be to assume that the comet will crash to Earth, and while many believe that this is about this prophecy, others believe that the "blue star" could be something else. China's Tiangong-1 Space Laboratory lost contact with Earth in 2016. Now it revolves around the planet and will do so until it falls to Earth. Will she become the blue star from White Feather's prophecy? Or will it be some kind of experiment that will put an end to humanity? Let's wait until October 2018, when the laboratory will re-enter the atmosphere. If we survive, we'll wait for the comet.
Second coming
2020
Gene Dixon is considered one of the most important fortunetellers of the 20th century. In addition to working closely with US presidents Nixon and Reagan, Dixon has written columns and several books, including a horoscope for dogs.
In 1973, Dixon published her most famous book, Call of Glory, which her followers regard as prophetic. In it, the Catholic clairvoyant asserted that the beginning of the end would come in 2020, starting with a voice that would be heard throughout the world and would say, "It's over." This will signal the Second Coming of Christ, who will fight Satan until the end of the world in 2037.
Fortunately, like most other psychics, Dixon was wrong. But unlike most other psychics, the phenomenon of ignoring the wrong facts was named after her and is now known as the Jean Dixon effect. Dixon claimed that the information she received was always good, she simply misinterpreted it.
Second coming (one more time)
2021
If you do not trust psychics and prefer to receive information about the apocalypse directly from the Bible itself, then you should go to Kenton Beshore. Beshor, President of the World Bible Society, is convinced that Armageddon will happen "no later than" 2021. One of the main reasons for his prediction is the interpretation of the parable of the fig tree.
The parable sounded like this: the owner of the vineyard was angry that his fig tree had not produced figs for three years. Then he came to the gardener and said: Cut it down, since it does not bear fruit. The gardener begged: Sir, give me a year, and in a year we'll see. Most interpret it as if God is preparing to defeat the unbelievers, but Jesus gives them a second chance.
However, since the fig tree is often taken as a metaphor for Israel, Beshor and others believe that the parable means something completely different. In his book When, Beshor states that the parable means that Jesus will return one generation from the founding of Israel, and this will happen in 2028. Since Jesus will fight Satan to earn the respect of the good guys, this means sheer chaos and anarchy that will begin in 2021.
The asteroid bringing death to the world
2026
The International Messiah Foundation was founded in 2002 and acts as a kind of spiritual meat grinder. The Foundation seems to believe in all theistic religions, but mainly Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism.
The Messiah Foundation believes scientists are well aware of a giant asteroid heading towards our planet, which it will collide with in 2026. But while these unnamed scientists believe that by then we will have the technology to destroy it, the foundation disagrees. The asteroid will put an end to humanity.
The foundation claims that when this happens, the messiahs will arrive and save all those worth saving. Needless to say, Jesus is among the expected. For those who are not waiting for Jesus, Mahdi, Avatar of Kalki, His Exalted Eminence Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi, who founded the Messiah Foundation, will arrive. Remarkably, the latter is also expected, despite the fact that he has not died yet.
Newton's prediction
2060
When you remember Newton, his name is inevitably associated with science and thought, but, as it turned out, a person who fell on his head with an apple would not hurt to go down to Earth himself, at least a little. It's no secret that Newton was a firm believer in God, but few will remember that his faith in the Bible was as strong as his faith in science. He believed that the Bible contains allusions to the end of the world, you just need to read it carefully.
Newton's calculations were long and complicated, but in essence he believed that the end of the world would come after a long period of turmoil in the Catholic Church. Newton believed that 800 marked the beginning of this period of decay and pope supremacy. The Book of Revelation mentions "time, times and division of time", which Newton interpreted as a year, two years and six months, or 3.5 years in total. 42 months are also mentioned. 3.5 years and 42 months represent 1,260 days in the Old Hebrew calendar, and since days often represent years in the Bible, Newton concluded that the world would end in 2060.
However, Newton noted that he sees no reason for the end of the world to come before 2060. Ironically, he hoped that his prediction would help "put an end to the rash assumptions of the eccentrics who often predict the end of the world." Nothing came of it.
Islamic second coming
2129
Before the advent of comics and films, parallel universes existed only in a religious sense. Technically, Jews, Christians and Muslims all worshiped the same God. These religions, along with a few smaller ones, are known as the Abrahamic religions and console half of the world's believers. Therefore, if Christianity became a sequel to Judaism, Islam would be an offshoot, a spin-off, in which Jesus appears as a respected prophet rather than a messiah. As if Iron Man appeared in a new Spider-Man movie.
According to a number of Islamic hadiths, the apocalypse will not happen overnight, but gradually. It will begin with the world plunging into a war against Muslims, which, in principle, is already happening in part. In response, the awaited Madhi will unite all Muslims and prepare them for the return of the prophet, who many believe may be Jesus. Because the hadith says that the son of Mary will break the cross and kill the pig. Breaking the cross - this, of course, means the rupture of Christianity, which took a path that was not close to Jesus. Killing a pig means restoring the rules of Judaism that were abandoned in Christianity, like the prohibition on eating pork meat.
Said Nursi studied these hadiths and decided that he had determined the timetable for these events. According to his interpretations, the world will end in earthquakes, fire and the battle of the one-eyed monster, which will fight the messiah when Gog and Magog descend to Earth. Gog and Magog appear in the Torah, Quran and Bible, sometimes as humanoid beings, sometimes representing hostile nations. Whoever they were, Nursi believed that all of this would happen in 2129, so most of us will probably be able to observe it all from the hellish cauldron, of course.
Messiah's watch
2239
It is known that the Jews are waiting for the Messiah - this is one of the central beliefs of Judaism. Therefore, it is not surprising that many have tried to calculate the exact time of his arrival. Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna was an 18th century scientist who developed a clock (not physical, but as a timekeeping method) to keep track of time until the arrival of the Messiah. Psalm 90: 4 says that every 1000 years is just a day for us in the eyes of God, so Eliyahu applied this to the six days of creation. It turns out that on the seventh day, on Saturday, God will begin to rule over us forever. This time is also known as the Messianic Age.
Jewish days are arranged a little differently from Gregorian days, with new days beginning at sunset, not at sunrise. Therefore, the Messianic Age will begin in 6000, not 7000. The year 6000 will see the sunset on September 30, 2239. Thus, this is the last possible date of the Messiah's arrival before Saturday, although it may appear earlier to help us prepare for the new Kingdom of Heaven.
Unfortunately, although the eternal Sabbath will bring harmony and tranquility to the world, it will come only for those who are actively preparing for the coming of the Messiah. Even if you are a Jew, you will not see the Messiah if you do not facilitate his arrival.
Quran code
2280
Rashad Khalifa was an Egyptian biochemist and divine messenger of God, as he himself proclaimed. In the late 1960s, Khalifa began using computers to search for mathematical codes hidden in the Quran. By the mid-1970s, he found them. His research was devoted to the frequency of words, letters, verses, numbers, etc. It turned out that the number 19 reveals the secrets of the ancient text.
Some evidence for this is that the first verse of the Qur'an has 19 letters, just like the first verse of the last revelation. The number of chapters between the famous "missing message" and the additional message is 19, and these edits were made by scholars 19 years after the death of the prophet. If we expand the name of Rashad Khalifa (for example, A = 1, B = 2), the numbers somehow add up to 19, showing us the herald of the apocalypse. There is a lot of other evidence, but that's enough for you.
The Quran, like most of the holy books, invites us to look for several things that will notify us of the end of the world. Among them, the division of the Moon (believers believe that when people brought moon stones to Earth, it happened); opening the secret code (the aforementioned code 19); creation of "earthly creations" that will reveal to us the existence of our creator, that is, computers.
Using these codes and clues, Khalifa deduced that the world would end in 2280, so we still have a little time on Earth. When the end comes, there will be a beep and the Earth will be crushed, "truly crushed," like the heavens. Fortunately, a second Earth and Heaven will be created for believers.
The problem with math codes is that it's pretty easy to make them fit your prediction. Most of the evidence includes an indication of things like the total number of verses in the Qur'an - 6346 (334 times 19). Thus, the most compelling argument in favor of this prediction is a felony: the killing of Khalifa. Khalifa was killed by his former student in January 1990. Nineteen years later, the killer was extradited from Canada for trial and ultimately convicted. December 19, 2012.
Sermon on the Seven Suns
About 84517
Of the approximately 4,200 known religions that have existed throughout human history, Buddhism is considered the most widespread and respected doctrine among non-believers. But apart from the politics of peace and self-reflection, most people don't know anything about Buddhism. Just now it is a belief in reincarnation and jokes about the Dalai Lama, who asks to make him a pizza "with everything." How does the religion of serenity and rebirth see the end of the world?
To understand the Buddha's statements about the end of the world, one must first know that the Buddha who founded Buddhism on Earth was Siddhartha Gautama. Gautama Buddha lived from 563 to 483 BC. e. and claimed that his teachings would be forgotten 5,000 years after his death, or around 4517 AD. e. By this time, we will all live in a selfish and sinful way. Another Buddha - Maitreya - will descend and revive the religion in the next 80,000 years. That is how long people will live by that time.
After that, the sermon of the Seven Suns will rush forward. The first is about our Sun, which will see how all plant life "dries up, withers and ceases to exist." When the second sun rises, all animal life will die. The third, fourth, fifth suns will drain rivers, lakes and oceans, in order, and the sixth will herald an era of violent volcanic destruction.
Finally, the seventh sun will appear and blow up the Earth, burn it to the ground and to complete non-existence. You can easily say that the sun is used to measuring time, but the supporters of this religion literally perceive the prophecy as the appearance of new suns in our solar system or a supernova explosion. Fortunately, by the time all this takes place, we will already have time to gain nirvana, simply by achieving enlightenment. Obviously, if you have a Buddha and 80,000 years, it will not be difficult to do.
Ilya Khel
