Everything has an end.We have today is only temporary.Earth,our home will not stay here forever.Ever wonder and think about apocalypse.You know apocalypse has a lot of different meanings but in common,it’s the end of the world.For me,apocalypse is an event that will cause extinction to all living things even human.A complete destruction of this planet that is the only one known that can sustain life as of now.
One of the most known type of apocalypse is the zombie apocalypse where it is said that this world will dominate by the zombies eating human flesh and whoever bite by a zombie will also turn to be one of them.It will change your appearance and your way of thinking that you’re like a savage carnivorous animal who are very desperate in human flesh.Its said that the virus are created by a crazy scientist.Well,its based on a movies and novels that greatly influenced me.But,I will only focus what the Bible and Science say about apocalypse.
The Prophecy of the Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of new testament and Christian Bible. It adheres the destruction of the earth,signs that it’s near and the second coming of Jesus Christ. The Christian Bible also offered a way in which people can be save from the apocalypse.The apocalypse is referred as the “Judgement Day” or the “Hour of Trial”.The revelation of Jesus Christ,which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place.He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,even to all that he saw.
“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,and blessed are those who hear,and who keep what is written in it,for the time is near” Revelation 1:3
The Lord God is coming with the clouds and every eye will see him,even those who pierced him,and all the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him.He’s the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end)
“Remember then,what you received and heard.Keep it,and repent.If you will not wake up,I will come like a thief,and you will not know at what hour I will come against you” Revelation 3:3
He will stand at the door and knock.If anyone hears his voice and opens the door,he will come into him and eat with him,and he with him.The one who conquers,he will grant him to sit with him on his throne,as he also conquered and sat down with his Father on his throne.
Seven Seals that the Lamb will Open
First Seal
A white horse!And its rider had a bow,and a crown was given to him,and he came out conquering and to conquer.
Second Seal
Another horse,a bright red.It’s rider was permitted to take peace from the earth,so that people should slay one another,and he was given a great sword.
Third Seal
A black horse!And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.
Fourth Seal
A pale horse!And its rider’s name was Death,and Hades followed him.And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth,to kill with sword and famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
Fifth Seal
The souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord,holy and true,how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”.Then they were given a white robe and told to rest a little longer ,until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete,who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
Sixth Seal
There was a great earthquake,and the sun became black as sackcloth,the full moon became like blood,and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up,and every mountain and island was removed from it’s place.Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful,and everyone , slave and free,hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,calling to the mountains and rocks “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne,and from the wrath of the Lamb,for the great day of their wrath has come,and who can stand?
Seventh Seal
Seven angels with seven trumpets given to them.
The first angel,blew his trumpet,and there followed hail and fire,mixed with blood,and these were thrown upon the earth.And a third of the earth was burned up,and a third of the trees were burned up,and all green grass was burned up.
The second angel blew his trumpet,and something like a great mountain ,burning with fire,was thrown into the sea,and a third of the sea became blood.A third of the living creatures in the sea died,and a third of the ships were destroyed.
The third angel blew his trumpet,and a great star fell from heaven,blazing like a torch,and it fell on the third of the rivers and on the springs of water.The name of the star is Wormwood.A third of the water became wormwood,and many people died from the water,because it had been made bitter.
The fourth angel blew his trumpet,and a third of the sun was struck,and a third of the moon,and a third of the stars,so that a third of their might be darkened,and a third of the day might be kept from shining,and likewise a third of the night.
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet,and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth,and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit,and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace,and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.Then from the smoke,came locusts on the earth,and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree,but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.They were allowed to torment for five months, but not to kill them,and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.And in those days people will seek death and will not find it.They will long to die but death will flee from them.
Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,saying to the sixth angel who had a trumpet,”Release the four angles who are bound at the great river Euphrates”.The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand;I heard their number.And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them:they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur,and the heads of the horses were like lion’s heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed,by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails,for their tails are like serpents with heads,and by means of them they wound.The rest of mankind. Who were not killed by these plagues,did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood,which cannot see or hear or walk,nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet,and there were loud voices in heaven saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,and he shall reign forever and ever.”And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,saying, “We give thanks to you,Lord God Almighty,who is and who was,for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.The nations raged , but your wrath came,and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name,both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth”.Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was see within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a heavy hail.
Seven Angels with Seven Plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished
So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea,and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.
The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.
The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues.They did not repent and give him glory.
The fifth angle poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and it’s kingdom was plunged into darkness.People gnawed their tongues in anguish and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores.They did not repent for their deeds.
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,and it’s water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as their had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
The Science Says About Apocalypse
According to my reference, Earth is about 4.5 billion years old approximately one third of the age of the universe.According to Nebula theory, it was formed at the same time as the other members of solar system by accretion from the solar nebula. As the nebula collapsed due to it’s gravity, it spun faster and flattened into a disk. Most of the materials were pulled toward the center, forming the sun. Other particles collided and stuck together, giving birth to considerately large bodies now known as the eight planet in the solar system.
When a medium-sized star like our burns off it’s nuclear fuel, it crumples and then inflates into a cooler and red giant.Consequently, much of this new outer envelope blows away and loses nearly its entire envelope. Imagine our Sun undergoing the red giant stage- it will likely swallow Mercury and Venus, and if we are fortunate enough not to be swallowed yet, possible effects would be the burning of some parts of the Earth and the boiling of Earth’s ocean, thus forming the once blue and green Earth into a cinder planet.This is the possible fate of Earth once our Sun begins to expand in our atmosphere about five billion years from now.
Where do you believe in Bible or in Science?
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents , ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying it’s power. Avoid such people.
References:
Christian Bible,Book of Revelation
Science Book
