And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:1-15
The Dismay after the incredible horror of the catastrophic disaster is making it impossible for the terrorised population to escape. Book of the Dead chapter 17
Soon shall we cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers. Koran 3:151
All that is on Earth will perish. Koran 55:26
When the sun is folded up and the stars lose their light and when the mountains are made to vanish ... And when the seas boil over and the souls are sorted out, when the Heaven is unveiled, and when the blazing fire is kindled to fierce heat then shall each soul know what he has put forward. Koran 81:1-4
The last hour will not come unless there is much bloodshed. Hadith Sahih Muslim 41:6903
There will at the very end be a great climactic battle between the forces of good and evil. It will be like streams of blood. So many of people will die there. There is no doubt a majority of the Earth’s inhabitants will lose their lives. Texe Marrs
Through the ages he has been given many names. The lawless one. The beast. The arch-deceiver. But most people know him as the anti-Christ. He is at the heart of an apocalyptic vision of starvation and slaughter that many Christians accept as true. Decoding the Past, History 2005-2008
Above all he represents a paradox. The Anti-Christ is the embodiment of evil. But believers look for his coming with a frisson of anticipation Fact or fiction his role in the Christian religion is clear: he is Satan’s human emissary on Earth. ibid.
The transitional period is called the Tribulation by adherents of Biblical prophecy. It’s part of a system of Biblical interpretation called Dispensationalism, which is favoured by some evangelicals and fundamentalists. According to their theory there will be a seven-year period that culminates in unspeakable suffering and dominated by Christ’s antithesis – the Anti-Christ. ibid.
It can be argued that Zoroaster articulated an end-of-time scenario that’s similar to what later appeared in the Bible as the final duel between good and evil. The supernatural end-of-time battle is the central core of the drama of the Anti-Christ. Some scholars think Zoroastrianism influenced Judaism and therefore Christianity. ibid.
The Book of Revelation speaks to us across the centuries. It is a fascinating but obscure text teeming with fantastical images of sea monsters and seven-headed beasts. ibid.
As is the case with the Book of Daniel, the word Anti-Christ does not occur in Revelation. In fact the word only appears five times in the collected works of the Bible ... As in the book of Daniel, some of the strongest imagery in Revelation describes a beast. ibid.
It can only be understood in its historical context. It is generally accepted that Revelation, the last book of the Christian Bible, was written in the 1st Century A.D. ibid.
In A.D. 68 he [Nero] stabbed himself in the neck and died ... he had gleefully embraced the Anti-Christ role: nailing Christians to crosses, feeding them to lions, and burning them on poles at night to illuminate his garden parties ... In addition to implicating Nero personally, experts maintain that many passages in Revelation are primarily about Rome. It is clearly possible to read Revelation as an indictment of Roman power or alternatively as prophetic evidence of a coming Anti-Christ. But is there a third way to interpret the text? ibid.
The term Anti-Christ has been used throughout history to demonise all manner of people. From popes to presidents to pop stars. It has been a rallying cry and a death knell triggering passion and unbridled ferocity. And yet Anti-Christ, perhaps the most highly charged word in the Christian lexicon, is buried deep in the Bible where it appears only in minor passages and on just a handful of occasions. ibid.
During the Crusades the name Anti-Christ was used to stir up hatred against both Muslims and Jews. ibid.
The Muslim ruler Saladin’s recapture of Jerusalem in 1187 gave rise to arguments that he was the Anti-Christ. Interestingly Muslims also have an Anti-Christ figure called the Dajjal. ibid.
The Anti-Christ has been the arch-villain of Christian iconography for the last two millennia. Believers in prophecy have never ceased awaiting this figure who is Christ’s evil opponent and Satan’s human representative on Earth during the end-times. They dread his arrival but also ironically welcome it. Decoding the Past: The Antichrist: Zero Hour
But there is a single and pervasive dominant image of the Anti-Christ today. That of a slick man supposedly of peace but with an agenda from hell. Some Christians say this image can be found in the Bible. They’ve been turning it into publishing gold dust for decades. ibid.
Whether believers in the existence of the Anti-Christ think he is already here or waiting quietly in the wings, they all consider him the embodiment of evil. ibid.
He has been studied with particular vigour in the United States. ibid.
Interestingly, this big brother aspect of the Anti-Christ is also present in Islamic tradition. ibid.
When will Jesus return to defeat the Anti-Christ and usher in the Millennium? ibid.
The crucial piece of this puzzle is the identity of the Antichrist, the tyrannical figure who both leads and inspires the new world order ... for many years, rapture theologians identified the Soviet Union as the Antichrist. But after September 11, they became quite certain that the Antichrist was closely connected with the Arab world and the Muslim religion. This means, quite simply, that for rapture theologians, Islam stands at the heart of the tyrannical ‘new world order’. Precisely here we discover why the idea of a ‘new world order’ has such potential to move global politics in profoundly negative directions, for rapture theologians typically welcome war with the Islamic world. As Bill Moyers wrote of the rapture theologians, ‘A war with Islam in the Middle East is not something to be feared but welcomed – an essential conflagration on the road to redemption.’ Further, rapture theologians co-opt the United States as a tool in their cosmic vision – a tool God will use to smite the Antichrist and the enemies of righteousness. This is why Tim LaHaye, co-author of the best-selling series of end-times books, could lend such strong support to the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. By virtue of that war, LaHaye believed, Iraq would become ‘a focal point of end-times events’. Even more disturbing is the fact that rapture theologians blissfully open the door to nuclear holocaust. Rapture theologians have always held that God will destroy his enemies at the end of time in the Great Battle of Armageddon. But since World War II, they have increasingly identified Armageddon with nuclear weaponry, thereby lending biblical inevitability to the prospects of nuclear annihilation. As one prophecy writer put it, ‘The holocaust of atomic war would fulfil the prophecies.’ Richard T Hughes, Revelation, Revolutions, and the Tyrannical New World Order
I think the cataclysm is coming straight at us; I think there’s nothing we can do about it ... We are in very serious trouble. Jay Weidner, author Filmmaker: Timewave 2012
December 21st 2012: fire pours down from the sky; oceans heap up and swallow the land; continents rip themselves apart; Mother Nature will turn executioner. This is when and how the world will end. If you believe in prophecies. 2012 Apocalypse
Our civilisation will be destroyed in 2012. Nothing can stop it. A very high sunspot in expected in 2012 ... This is total Armageddon. Patrick Geryl, author The World Cataclysm in 2012 & The Orion Prophecy & How to Survive 2012
Time is running out. Our world is about to end. That’s the apocalyptic prediction from those who believe our impending doom was foreseen centuries ago by mysterious Mayan prophets whose doomsday calendar is about to run out. 2012: The Final Prophecy
The mineral evidence suggested abrupt magnetic shifts and massive changes in sea level and climate all at the same time ... Pole shift wasn’t some apocalyptic theory but a real event. ibid.
One of the world’s most powerful civilisations: at its peak in the tenth century Mayan empire spanned most of southern Mexico, as well as Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. ibid.
Mythology lives on in stone and a few rare texts. ibid.
The Mayans believed Time was divided into five cycles/ ibid.
Time is running out … The Apocalypse is now … Midnight on the 21st December 2012. The Mayan Apocalypse 2012, More4 2012
Survival shelters are big business. ibid.
From the outset a willing blindness of the facts has fuelled speculation about the Maya. ibid.
The importance of Time – a defining feature of the Mayan civilisation. ibid.
Maya scribes writing on tree-bark paper created great libraries of books, sacred texts and codices. But this literary heritage was finally destroyed by the Spanish conquistadors. ibid.
It’s almost as if we’re hard-wired to contemplate our own destruction. ibid.