End of the world what the bible says. What is written in the bible about the end times, the second coming of Christ and the end of the world. The Bible further relates the experiences of Abraham
Will the world end or not? The Bible clearly speaks of change. The living and the non-living are changing around. Volcanoes in the flames of fire erect seemingly unshakable mountains. But after tens or hundreds of thousands of years, the stone is exuded by winds and rains, the mountains are gradually destroyed into sand or flooded by the seas and find themselves at the depth of sea waters.
Is this the end of the world? The Bible says no, life is born around. The grass turns green, butterflies flutter, various forest animals run here and there ... But after a while we see that the meadows have withered, the butterflies that have fallen dead have decayed in the grass, some of the living creatures have become food for others or are decaying in the ground ....
Around there is a constant change in the cycle of destruction and creation, birth and death. Therefore, a natural question for a person: what will happen next? And what is the end of the world according to the Bible? What does the main Christian book say about this? Will this order of things continue indefinitely, or is such a pattern also destined to end someday? And people ask such a question not so much on the scale of the entire universe, but rather regarding our Planet and human Civilization.
Many options for the end of the existence of human civilization were invented by people on the basis of reasoning, conclusions, conjectures and conjectures. Is it fashionable to draw a conclusion on the basis of this when the end of the world will come? The Bible makes it clear that some of them are quite plausible, some are quite fantastic.
But there are descriptions that are of particular interest. Since they were brought to us by the Ancient Prophets in books passed "from hand to hand" from time immemorial. There are such descriptions in the Bible, a book of descriptions of the life of Jesus Christ, who, according to Christian faith, is one of the Three Hypostases of the Creator of the whole world, visible and invisible around us.
It is there that the end of the world is described in the Bible. In some other beliefs, Christ is presented as a great prophet. Nevertheless, the interest in his earthly life, which is described in the Bible, is undeniable and quite instructive and useful. And it would be very beneficial for everyone, regardless of faith or lack thereof, to get acquainted with this ancient book.
What can you learn about the end of the world from the Bible from the sayings of the Prophets “about the end of the Ages” or “the End of the World”?
The end of the world according to the Bible: ancient sayings of the patriarchs of the Christian faith about the end of the world
It is difficult to argue with the idea that what has its end has its beginning. This is logical and true. Great discussion, lively interest and controversy constantly arise around the "End of the World". But if there is an end of the world, the Bible also describes what was the "Beginning of the World"? Let's try to consider the existing opinions about this from the point of view of the books of the Old and New Testaments and the existing opinions about the creation of the World, and then we will figure out what the end of the world will be according to the Bible.
One of the thoughts, what is the reason for the creation of the World around us, the universe, planets, Earth, is the need to place a person in this world, in a “leather shirt or leather robe”.
According to legend, a person was born without the need for death (without the need for the soul to leave the body, since there was no body), living forever. In addition to people, only incorporeal Angels were created before, with the First and most powerful Angel after God - the Light-bearer, Lucifer.
Also, according to legend, a desire arose for the Light-bearer to be equal to God, to have his own way, and thus he opposed himself to God, became not one with God. And the Carrier Light was able to captivate with this idea a part of the Heavenly Angels behind it. And thus he was “brought out” by the Creator from the Bright Heavenly Host, became “below his spirit”, became a “Fallen Angel”, along with other angels who followed him. Although according to some other ideas, the Light that carries is called "fallen", because it will be defeated in confrontation with the Creator. And in a sense, it can be assumed that the phrase "End of the World" according to the Bible can mean "The End of the Light-bearer - Lucifer."
Creating people, the Creator himself gave free will to people, placing them without death in the Garden of Eden. And they did not know either good or evil (for comparison, like a river or wind does not know, for example, neither good nor evil). It was the Fallen Angel who said to the first created Adam and Eve: "Eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden and you will know what God knows."
It was the knowledge of Good and Evil that the Fallen Angel laid in the souls of people, thereby “opening the way” for acts of righteousness and unrighteousness, evil and good, light and dark, that is, what is called “sin”.
And in order to “protect” the souls of people from another will than their own, people were “imprisoned” in “leather robes” - bodies. The “incorporeal” world was separated from the “material” world by the presence of a body in humans. Thus, the phenomenon of death is imposed - the subsequent exit of the soul from the "leather robe" - the body, at the end life path of this world. (A century is a hundred years, a person is a mind or head, a person is a creature that lives a hundred years). Accordingly, what deeds you do of your own free will during life - the soul rejoices or grieves after death, seeing without embellishment after leaving life the true picture of the life events and deeds of a person taking place with it.
Accordingly, the home for human bodies is the World around us, with stars and Planets.
So, the beginning and cause of the Creation of the world are approximately clear. What is the end of the world? What will be the end of the world? The Bible answers this question as well.
There are enough references to the coming events of the end of this World in the New Testament and the revelations of John the Theologian, the revelations of other true prophets. What does the New Testament say? For example, the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 24.
In order to explain in a more understandable language to the reader about the end of the world according to the Bible, let us briefly formulate the main thoughts of this Chapter. More closely to the text and their understanding of it, everyone can get acquainted by opening the 24th Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew.
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When Jesus left the Temple, his disciples gathered around him. Wanting to show him the majestic monumental Building of the Temple (both the building of the material work of human hands, and in the form of a powerful symbol of the Faith of the Old Testament), they pointed him to the Temple.
Jesus replied that it would all be destroyed.
Later, when Jesus was on the Mount of Olives, his disciples again gathered around him and asked the question: when will the end of the ages be? What are the signs of the coming of Jesus and the signs of the end of the age event?
Christ answered them that there would be many who would call themselves "I am the Christ" and many people would be deceived (deceived).
Much will be heard about various wars and rumors of war. All this will indeed take place, but this is not yet the end of the ages. Peoples and countries will fight each other, there will be famine, people will die, earthquakes will happen in some places.
All these events are the beginning of diseases, both bodily and human souls. Persecution will begin among all peoples against those who believe in Christ, mutual hatred and betrayal among all, many false prophets will appear. Everywhere there will be lawlessness, respectful and loving attitude towards each other, people will not. But in all corners of the world and among all nations the gospel will be preached.
These signs will be a sign of the end of the world.
The prophet Daniel has a prophecy that in those days there will be an abominable desolation in the holy place. (Perhaps, meaning the city of Jerusalem, Holy for many cultures and peoples, will be in careless, sloppy and neglectful desolation).
When these signs are fulfilled, then it will be necessary to leave. Whoever is on the roof at that moment does not need to return to the house, for some reason, whoever is in the fields - do not return back for their clothes (meaning do not burden yourself with worries about saving material property during this difficult time).
Great trials and sorrows await these days for mothers who are carrying or nursing children.
If the time to run away falls in the winter or on the last day of the week, this will further increase the disaster, which has not happened before and will not happen after that.
But these days of severe disasters will be shortened for the elect, otherwise nothing living would be saved.
Then if they say - that Christ is in the desert, in secret dwellings, in other places - this is false. And there will be many false prophets and false christs, showing various miraculous deeds, and thereby seeking to tempt people behind them.
And the actual coming of Christ will be understood without words, just like a gigantic lightning is visible from all sides of the world.
After the completion of these difficult mournful days, the light of the Sun, the Moon will be dim, and celestial cataclysms will occur (most likely, this means not only atmospheric changes or changes in the planets, but also changes among the invisible host of heaven, without bodily).
Then the sign of the appearance of Christ in heaven will be revealed and all people on earth will experience both sadness and joy at the same time (cry) and Christ will be seen by everyone in power and great glory.
And angels will be sent to gather, that would be chosen from all sides of the world and heaven.
And these events will take place when the generation (descendants) of the disciples who listen to Christ will not yet finish their days. And sooner the heavens and the earth will end their existence than the veracity of these words will end their existence.
And no one knows the days and hours of the accomplishment of this end of the ages, not even the Angels, but only the Creator knows.
(perhaps, this means that the appointed day and hour of the end of the ages is not so simple. Perhaps the end of the ages will come when people plunge themselves into the "abyss" of wars, lawlessness, atrocities, distrust, deceit, greed, hypocrisy and other wrong deeds. And thus, "themselves" will appoint "the end of centuries", "the end of people", the end of the existence of souls inside the shell - the body. And the end of the existing order of the world existence until that moment).
And this coming of Christ at the time of the end of the age will be sudden, just as the flood came suddenly at the time of Noah and his Ark. Just as on the eve of the Flood, people ate, drank, laughed, had fun, got married and got married and did not think about the upcoming terrible events, so it will be on the eve of the end of the age, the coming of Christ.
At that time, half of the men and women will be taken away, and the other half will remain (meaning the souls of half of the living will be taken from the bodies).
And it is necessary to be ready for these terrible events as if they would happen soon, since they will happen at a time in which no one even thinks.
(meaning to be prepared spiritually, and to be prepared by your actions in relation to others).
The end of the world: The Bible offers a large number of sayings of the prophets about this event
The descriptions of the last days of human existence in the Ancient Works, called "The Revelations of John the Theologian", are interesting. Although some express the opinion that some of these revelations are later "inserts" of codes, generalizations and quotations from more ancient Teachings about God. Nevertheless, the interest in the described End of Ages is still undeniable. What events are described in the revelations? Are they a description of the end of the world according to the Bible?
This happened at the end of the events of the Resurrection of Christ and his subsequent Ascension into the heavenly world. At that time, John was in solitude on a mountain named Tabor. And there was a manifestation of the pure Godhead to John. And the power of the manifestation was such that John could not stand and fell to the ground. John prayed for seven days and asked what would be revealed to him when the events of the appearance of the coming of Jesus Christ would take place, and what would happen at the same time? (events of the end of the century).
Visions were revealed to him.
In the beginning it was given to him to see a light much brighter than the Sun. (It means that the light he saw was not from the Sun, the light of Heaven. As a sign that everything that happens to him is not from this world) and he felt fragrant fragrances. It was given to John to see a great book, the thickness of which is comparable to seven mountains stacked on top of each other, and the mind cannot comprehend the length of the book. The book has seven seals. John asked what was revealed to him, what is in this book?
And he was told that it contained all the events and actions that are in heaven, earth, hell, and human actions, righteous and sinful. (meaning that all deeds and events, past and future, are visible, noted and remembered - in this vein, the image of “a book of records of events and deeds, long in the life of the human race and the whole world” is used)
John asked: When will the end of the world be accomplished and what features this time?
This was his answer. When these times come, there will be plenty of bread and wine, such an abundance that neither before nor after this will there be such. From one ear of grain they will receive half a cup of flour, and from a bunch of grapes - wine in the volume of half a jug. But a year will pass and there will not be on the whole earth either half a cup of flour or half a jug of wine (here it is figuratively said that before the beginning of the time of the end of the ages, there will first be a great abundance of products, and then the greatest shortage of products).
And there will be at that time the appearance of the Antichrist (the incarnation of the first of the created Angels, who went against the creator and speaks against Christ) and the Antichrist will create deceitful and false miracles. (a description of the appearance of the Antichrist is also given, but it must be treated allegorically. For example: the mention of the appearance of “a mouth as wide as a cubit” means many false and beautiful words, "sharp hair on the head like an arrow" - a "sharp" mind that creates deeds of "damage" and not "creation" and so on).
And at that time it will be hot, windless, cloudless and little moisture.
John asked: how long will the Antichrist be on earth?
The answer to him was that three years, but they “fly by” like a few months. Enoch and Elijah will be sent, who will expose and show the deceit and deceitful nature of the Antichrist, for which they will be killed.
John asked: what will happen after this?
The answer was, then all people from all over the earth will disappear, and everything that was natural for people will also disappear (all the vain care and vain actions that were considered natural during a person’s life).
Angels and Archangels Michael and Gabriel will be sent to "sound the trumpet", which will reach all corners of the world and all the dead will be resurrected.
John asked: how will all the dead be resurrected from the beginning (Adam) until the days that are now?
The answer to him was that all people would be resurrected in "human nature thirty years" - that is, in a state that is natural for a person thirty years from birth. And although some people died in old age, some as babies, some in youth - all will have one look (not divided into men and women, a single look), age (appearance is the same - thirty years old), there will be no difference in either hair color or in skin color, no differences in faces. How similar and similar bees are to each other. All people will be resurrected without bodies (incorporeal), like the Angels of God.
John asked: will there be recognition between relatives, acquaintances, friends, parents? And will there be thoughts about something earthly and material?
The answer was that those who led a righteous life would have the power to recognize, those who led a sinful life would not have the power to recognize. And there will be no thoughts about any earthly things. (you can offer such an allegory: does a person strive to remember and does he remember at what hour, minute and second he took bread from a cup on the table at kindergarten? Or the numbers of banknotes with which he paid in the stationery department for a ballpoint pen for work? Everything material after the resurrection will seem unimportant, and there will be no thoughts about it).
John asked: what will be done next?
The answer to him was that everything worthy, holy and honored would then be raised by angels under the clouds, people would also be raised. And they will be held accountable for their deeds. And the evil spirits “stick” to the Antichrist and will also be raised under the clouds (everyone will pass from the material world to the non-material world). And then Angels will be sent throughout the earth, and the earth will be burned to a depth of eight and a half thousand cubits (about four kilometers deep).
The mountains will be burned, and the rocks will turn to dust, and the trees, reptiles, all living creatures and all living things will be burned. There will be nothing on the earth that could move, and without movement the earth will turn out to be (immovable). (perhaps it means that not only the movement of all living creatures will disappear, but also the movement of the earth around its axis will stop and it will be one side to the Sun). And there will be no mountains, no hills, no rocks on the surface, but there will be a smooth, even, scorched and weathered surface, white color(from the surface of the earth burned to ashes and all living things).
What picture of the last times of the World can be described from all these events and from the descriptions of other prophets? The end of the world is described by the Bible as the approach of time, which is characterized by great abundance on the one hand, but in the next year the abundance will disappear. In addition to wars, there will also be confrontation, both between peoples and between people with each other. All the negative dark sides of human life and essence "splash out".
The great craving for money is one of the signs of the approach of those times. Excessive carelessness will "absorb" the bright feelings and thoughts of a person, making him "insensitive" from a large number direct and indirect concerns only about your body. There will be no “unanimity” both in peoples, states and countries. Likewise, there will be no strength among the Church, beliefs will be lost. The rulers of countries, cities, settlements will not have power. Against the background of political and spiritual cataclysms, natural disasters will also occur, in the form of earthquakes. All these disasters will lead to a terrible planetary famine, in all corners of the planet and countries without exception.
When the end of the world comes, the Bible accurately describes that in this difficult time people will be marked with a “seal” (in the prophecies called the “seal of the Antichrist”), without which a person will not be able to receive bread, but only those who have such a seal can. People will die on the roads, and gold bars will be cheaper than dung. At that time, one ruler will rule over the whole world, outwardly meek and carrying inside himself and everyone around him evil, hypocrisy and personifying the Antichrist.
The end of the path of the entire human race and all life on earth, i.e. the end of the world according to the Bible is characterized first by the Great Planetary drought, without moisture and without the movement of the atmosphere, possibly without the movement of the planet Earth itself around its axis. This will be followed by literally complete incineration of the entire Planet four kilometers deep.
Do you believe in it? Everyone must himself come along his own path to the end of his days and the days of the World. The end of the world The Bible retells through the mouths of people who lived before us many hundreds of years ago. In the same way, we can complain, fear, worry, and our descendants look for true revelations about the future in our fears.
Christianity, like other religions of the world, predicts the inevitability of the end of the world. Christianity says that the end of the world, according to the Bible, is inevitable, since the Earth, which was created by higher powers, is not able to exist indefinitely.
Signs of the end of the world not uncommon in biblical writings. Those who have studied or are studying the Bible in chronological order have come across allegories that people will have to experience the reign of the Antichrist, after which the second coming of Christ should be expected. The Biblical Apocalypse grants immortal life to all mortals, at the beginning of which everyone will face a terrible judgment and answer for their sins. But before that, there will be a battle between good and evil, which will end with the defeat of darkness, in physical incarnation. The victory of higher, light forces over evil will mark the end of time. It is this development of events that is presented in the bible, however, there is also a development. The end of the world is far from the end of life.
Signs of the end of the world in the main world religions.
Before the end of the world according to the Bible takes place, a number of significant events will take place on Earth. The first of them is the restoration of the Temple of Christ in Jerusalem. It is noteworthy that in our days this sign of the end of the world, according to the Bible, is close to being realized. Restoration works of the temple are at the design stage. The description of the end of the world in the Bible does not contain any specific date, however, the proximity of the biblical omens of the apocalypse and the date 12/21/2012 speaks for itself. But in fact, the fact that the biblical prophets did not name a specific date gives all kinds of preachers, false prophets and priests of new religions the opportunity to foretell the end of the world almost every single day. Predictions from the Bible, supposedly from the Bible, pour out of their mouths all the time.
However, as already mentioned, the Bible contains several dozen factors that testify to the approach of the apocalypse. Many prophets who lived at the beginning of our era were inclined to one point of view, that the appearance of Jesus Christ and his crucifixion became the beginning of the countdown to the inevitable end of time. So after the birth of Christ, and especially after his death, many prophecies of the Old Testament began to come true. After all description of the apocalypse in the bible says that it is the Son of God who will shed light on the mystery last day human race, in which he lives to this day.
According to the Bible, the end of the world tells us that the date of the Day of Judgment is known only to God. However, the judgment is already underway and it will last until the deeds of every mortal are judged. It is obvious that before the end of the world in Christianity, or rather before the Last Judgment, the dead will have to be resurrected, which means that the apocalypse will be preceded by the resurrection of the dead.
In many places in the Bible it is pointed out that the end of time does not yet mean the death of human civilization. It can be assumed that the signs of the end of the world and biblical predictions indicate that a new era will come in which people will begin to live differently. Is it possible to accurately answer the question of what awaits mankind after the end of the world according to the Bible? Yes and no. This question is partly answered by the Revelation from John the Theologian in the final part of the holy book, where it is said that heaven and earth are changing, the world will be cleansed of evil, God will descend to earth and will live among people.
Predictions of the end of the world in world religions.
Apocalypse - "Revelation" - today is the most famous ancient prophecy about the end of the world. The Apocalypse says that after the sound of the seven trumpets of angels, disasters will begin in the world: a third of the marine life, a third of the plant world will die, and water bodies will be poisoned. The main sign of the end of the world will be a fiery mountain that has fallen from heaven, a hail of fire and stone. Probably, the Earth will face hitherto unknown cataclysms. Indeed, in addition to the fiery rain, people expect damage to the third part of the sun and an eclipse of the stars. Some experts who express their point of view on the signs of the end of the world described in the bible see these events as ecological disasters, namely the pollution of the atmosphere and the inability of the sun's rays to break through the layers of smog, ash and smoke. Also doomsday predictions According to the Bible, they speak of an invasion of locusts that will come out of the abyss. Under this event, it is customary to understand the uprising of demonic forces, under the auspices of the Antichrist and the control of Appolion - the “destroyer”. Contained in the biblical predictions of the end of the world and mention of the great war, in which a third of the people will perish. The description of military operations is in many ways similar to modern military operations. But it may also happen that the writings of the Apocalypse are talking about a war of ideological, spiritual struggle.
In many religions of the world there is a close interweaving of teachings about the end of time. The script is almost the same, except for some details. So, if you are familiar with the Bible firsthand, you will be able to find several points of contact between the versions of the apocalypse set forth in the Bible and what is said in Muslim beliefs.
Islam, like Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism or Judaism, does not deny, but rather points to the fact of the inevitable coming of the end of the world. However, the end of the world in Islam is not the death of the Earth or humanity, it is an apocalypse on a universal scale. In Islam, the end of time implies a global transformation of the universe, but the Muslim teachings do not indicate the date of the completion of these transformations. Yes, in Christianity and Buddhism, the terms, dates, of the apocalypse were also not announced, however, in the beliefs of Christians and Buddhists there are signs of the end of the world, indicating the approach of the inevitable.
This is not to say that Islamic beliefs are completely devoid of clues and directions. Signs of the end of the world in Islam there are many of them (12 events preceding the end of the world).
But all of them are so ambiguous and difficult to interpret that the end of the world in Islam is seen as a very mysterious event.
The first sign is the coming to Earth of the Prophet Muhammad.
The second sign is the beginning of a bloody and prolonged war between the two Islamic states.
The third sign is that a slave will give birth to a mistress. What was said above is ambiguous predictions of the end of the world. One can only assume that we are talking about the "cult of the child." Those. the head of the family, in some way, will be the child, whom the parents will poke in every possible way. However, most likely, these words mean much larger events.
The fourth sign is the fall. Believers will stop reading the Koran, honoring their customs and traditions. Drunkenness, debauchery, theft and other dirty things will take over the minds of people.
The fifth sign is an event that has already happened a long time ago. Greedy and uneducated people will come to power.
The sixth sign is an increase in the female population. Truly a hard-to-interpret sign of the end of the world in Islam.
The seventh sign is the coming of false prophets. In Christianity, there is also talk of false prophets who mislead people.
The eighth sign is a wave of powerful earthquakes around the world. As a result, the passage of time is accelerated.
The ninth sign - people do not have time to cope with everyday affairs. What used to take a day now takes a week.
The tenth sign is an increased number of deaths.
The eleventh sign is the disunity of society on material grounds. The well-being of some grows to heaven, others live in poverty.
The twelfth sign is the formation of an Islamic state that casts down to hell all those who do not profess Islam.
Doomsday in Islam saw it that way. At the beginning of the Islamic version of Judgment Day, all life on the planet will die from the first sounds of the archangel Israfil. A terrible storm will begin, which will wipe out the people, the civilization they have created, from the face of the planet. The second sound of the archangel's trumpet is about the resurrection of the dead. A terrible judgment and punishment for evil deeds will begin. In the end, honest people await new life.
The course of events described in Buddhism is very close to the scenario of the Christian and Buddhist apocalypse. To date, this religion is honored for the most part in India, but not only. As in the case of Christianity, the apocalypse is the death of humanity, the Earth and life in general at the hands of higher powers. What the higher powers created, the higher powers will destroy. in Buddhism, as well as the scenario of the end of the world, are similar to those in other religions. In particular, Buddhism talks about the trials that humanity will have to face, about periods of hardship, about the so-called kalpas. Predictions about the end of the world in Buddhism speak of three kalpas.
The first kalpa is the period of creation. People develop their civilization, live in harmony with the outside world.
The second kalpa is the golden age of humanity. Civilization reaches its peak.
The third kalpa is the collapse of human civilization, predicting the end of time. In fact, this is the period of the disintegration of the world into layers. The lower worlds will disappear like a crumpled piece of paper. In the end, the worlds will be reborn, but there will be no life on them. The period of disintegration will not affect only the upper worlds, the worlds of Brahma.
There are also signs of the end of the world in Buddhism, one way or another connected with other religions. First of all, it is the earth on fire. Seven suns will rise in the sky, which will incinerate all life on Earth, evaporate water and turn mountains into sand. The fire will be replaced by winds, and after the winds there will be downpours, which will revive life in a new guise. Buddhist teachings say that the reason for the development of the apocalypse is the mistakes of people.
And another one important feature, Buddhism, like Christianity or Islam, does not put forward a specific or even approximate date for the end of time. Only the indications described above and the legend of a thousand Buddhas, after death, of which the apocalypse will begin. If we take this feature into account, then today we live in the era of the fourth Buddha, and the end of the world does not threaten us in the next hundreds and even thousands of years.
It is also worth saying that in Buddhist teachings, ideas about the end of the world are divided into small and large doomsdays. Small apocalypse - the death of all dissidents. The big end of the world means the destruction of all, without exception, material bodies.
AdvertisingModern humanity constantly lives in tense expectation of the Apocalypse. Every year there are more and more new dates of the end of the world. Psychics from all over the world regularly throw in a new version of the date of this tragic event.
No religion speaks of the beginning of the end of the world, it is about new life gained. Based on this, it is customary to accept the end of the world as the end of earthly existence. The Bible says about the end of the world, that it is this event that will be judged when pure souls go to a new life, and sinners go to hell.
Ancient Sayings of the Patriarchs
Everything that has an end has a beginning. It's hard to argue with this. This is logical and true and causes a lot of discussion, especially near the end of the world.
In the Old and New Testaments there is information about the harbingers of the end of the world. According to the traditions of the Holy Scriptures, man was born without the need for death. It is believed that before there was no bodily shell, which means that the soul does not need to go out. Angels were the first to be created. They did not have a body shell. The very first Light Bearer angel was very strong. He wanted to be equal to God, to have his own way. He opposed himself to God. And then the Lord brought the Light of the Bearer out of his environment and he became a fallen angel, like all those who followed him. There are opinions that according to the Bible, the end of the world is associated precisely with the end of the Light Bearer.
According to biblical writing, the fallen angel told Adam and Eve to eat the fruit in the Garden of Eden in order to discover the knowledge of what God knows. And then people learned what good and evil are. They themselves began to decide what deeds they would do.
In order to protect souls from the will of others, God enclosed them in bodies. Throughout life, people did only those deeds that they wanted to do: good or bad. After death, their souls go either to heaven or hell - it depends on how the earthly life was lived. This was the beginning of life on earth. This is told in the scriptures.
The Bible also speaks of the end of the world. This event is described in the New Testament and in the Gospel of Matthew in chapter 24.
Gospel of Matthew and John the Theologian about the end of the world
According to the Bible, the signs of the end of the world will begin with war. In the revelation of John, the first sign is symbolized by a rider on a red horse who takes peace from the earth. This is also mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, in which Jesus tells his disciples about how nation will rise against nation, and kingdom will go against kingdom.
The next harbinger of the end of the world will be a black horse, bringing hunger and pestilence to the earth. In the Gospel of Matthew, this sign immediately follows the wars. After epidemics that will take place throughout the earth, some people will die. All who remain will be weakened in spirit. They will "be tempted and betray each other." At this point, faith in Christianity will be lost, false prophets will appear.
In the revelation of John, after famine and death, an angel comes into the world and crowns the day of wrath. It is marked by a great earthquake, a blood moon, a solar eclipse. After that comes silence, which will not last long, because after it the true apocalypse will begin.
Signs of the end of the world, according to the Bible from John the Theologian, are distinguished in several stages. First, grass and trees will start to burn. Then volcanic eruptions occur, and then a “big star” enters the ocean and begins to poison the water. These events are followed by a series of eclipses. Then locusts come out of the bowels of the earth and begin to torment the unfaithful people for five days. At the end of all the torments, the Kingdom of the Lord will open before the people left on earth.
According to the Bible, the signs of the end of the world do not give an understanding of the exact date of the beginning of this event, but only describe it in a blurry form.
Doomsday Riders
The Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the symbols described in Revelation. According to the Holy Scriptures, horsemen are the stages of history that people, the church, must go through in its development. This is a prophecy about the seven seals that hold the book together. It is believed that after the removal of the seventh, the last seal, the end of the world will come. At this moment, all conflicts between good and evil will be settled, Jesus will return to the people, the hour of the terrible judgment will come.
In books, riders are described on different horses. It is believed that a rider with a bow on a white horse is a symbol of purity and victory over paganism. With the advent of the white horseman, the first seal will be broken. In the first century, the church forced people to accept Christianity, and it is this time that is considered the period of opposition to lies and deceit.
The red horse will appear at the time when the second seal is broken. Christians under the yoke of death remained faithful to Christ and his teaching, which passed through the centuries and remained unchanged. The main task of Satan was to do everything possible to change the Christian doctrine. He tried to do it with the hands of the Roman Empire, and then other methods followed.
The red horse symbolizes disputes between God's children. Its color is compared with blood, so this period is attributed to the time when Christians were being hunted.
As you know, in the old days, the church tried to convert everyone to their faith, regardless of their original faith and nation. As a result, the Lessons of Scripture lost their purity, and the prophecy of the red horse came true: people began to kill each other.
The third seal is removed by a black horse. The third horseman of the apocalypse has the measure in his hand. The black horse is a symbol of decline. During this period, the enemies achieved their goal, faith in the Savior, worship of God sunk into obscurity.
At the opening of the fourth seal, a pale horse appeared. John in his writing speaks of the appearance of the fourth horseman, whose name is Death. Hell followed him: he was given the power to kill all life on earth. It is believed that the pale horse is a symbol of the decline of the church. The teachings of Jesus were distorted, and those who did not want to follow the new, changed doctrines were executed. This was the period of the Inquisition. Church received political power, having assumed God's authority: she could declare infallible or speak about the sinfulness of a person.
The Four Horsemen is a period of development of the church, a change in faith in the teachings of Christ. Many people could not stand the persecution and were killed.
end of the world bible
What does the Bible say about the end of the world and when will this event occur? There is no exact date in Scripture, as well as the very statement that the “end of the world” will occur. In the Bible, this is called "the coming of the Lord Jesus." It is believed that the end of the existence of our world will occur when the Savior comes to Earth again to destroy all evil.
Thus, the end of the world will happen, but what will happen before the end of the world according to the Bible? According to the Holy Scriptures, the second coming of Christ is considered the end of the world. This day is called Judgment Day. This event is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, in the epistle to the Thessalonians, in the book of Revelation and other books.
Once upon a time, more than two thousand years ago, Christ was born on Earth. He came into the world to save us. Because of his love for people, the Savior died, because he accepted all their sins so that they could be forgiven.
In those ancient times, Jesus came to Earth as a savior, so that through faith in him, in his teachings, people could be forgiven for their sins. The second time Christ will come in great glory and power to bring Judgment upon all people. He will condemn those who rejected him, and deliver from the torment of those who sincerely believed in him.
Nobody knows the exact date of this event. It is not in the Bible, so any predictions regarding this are considered fiction. However, there are a number of signs by which we can learn about this day.
One of the key moments in the Bible is the coming of the Antichrist. At this time there will be a rebellion against God. It is during the reign of the servant of Satan that the second coming of Christ will take place. He will destroy the Antichrist and condemn all who follow him. Those who truly believed in Jesus will have the opportunity to live forever in the Kingdom of Heaven. No matter when exactly this event occurs, everyone will stand before God. After death, God's judgment awaits every soul.
In Orthodoxy, the Bible does not tell much about the end of the world. All available information in different scriptures are similar in meaning. The books contain the Day of Judgment, the harbingers of the end of the world, the Antichrist and the second coming of Christ. In order not to be condemned on the day of the Last Judgment, it is necessary to repent of your sins, sincerely believe in the Son of the Lord.
Signs of the end of the world
How is the end of the world described in the Bible? Christ told his disciples about this event. They asked him when the end of the ages would come and what events would precede this. To which the Savior replied that in those distant times there would be many wars, rumors about wars. Peoples and countries will fight each other, famine will come, people will start dying, there will be earthquakes.
All these events are considered signs of the end of the world according to the Bible. The scripture also says that persecution, vile desolation will begin, lawlessness will be everywhere, people will stop loving each other. Against the background of these events, the gospel will be preached in all corners of the world. On the day of the Last Judgment, you do not need to return for material values, try to hide. False prophets will appear who will show various miracles and seek to seduce people. The true Christ will come like lightning. His manifestation will be seen from all directions of the world. These days, the light of the sun and moon will dim, natural disasters will begin. It is then that a sign will be revealed: people will experience both joy and sadness at the same time. Angels will gather the elect from all over the world. Only the Creator knows the date of this event. She is not known to anyone - neither to the Angels, nor to people.
Here are a few quotes about the end of the world of the Bible: “... and this coming will be sudden, as the flood suddenly occurred in the time of Noah ...”, “... on the eve of the global flood, people ate, married, drank, had fun, not thinking about the terrible event ...”, “... on the eve of the Day of Judgment, it will happen the same way as during the flood: people will have fun, enjoy life ... ".
During the second coming, some of the women and men will be taken to another world. And this will happen when no one dared to think. Every person must be prepared spiritually for the end of the world.
When will Judgment Day come?
So when will the world end according to the Bible, in what year? There is no answer to this question, although many prophets supposedly give a variety of dates. People, believing in them, begin to prepare for the most terrible events. Although the Bible states that there is not a single word about the date of the terrible event, except that it will happen unexpectedly.
Other prophecies
All known prophets speak of the appearance of the Antichrist into the world and of the second coming of Christ. On the Day of Judgment, good will triumph over evil. It is believed that for all the prophets about the approach of the end of the world, according to the Bible and other scriptures, they speak different, but having similar features, signs.
Amos
It is believed that Amos spoke with the voice of the Lord when he told the prophecies of the end of the world. About this day he says that "...I will pass among you...". Amos is addressing those who hope that the Day of Judgment will be the historical end of all life. He says that judgment will be carried out on all people, regardless of their morality.
Hosea
Hosea has doomsday prophecies. He, like Amos, speaks of a terrible day that will happen at the end of time. Hosea claims that the end of the world will be a sign of the victory of good over the forces of evil. Even death itself will be conquered.
Zechariah
The prophet Zechariah considers the end of the world as captivity and the possibility of returning from it. In his book, he talks about the day when people will turn to God and he will become their salvation.
Malachi
Five hundred years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Malachi foretold his coming. He spoke about the message of Elijah, which will announce the coming of the end times. This prophecy was fulfilled in the ministry of John the Baptist, whom the Angel of the Lord calls "a prophet in the spirit of Elijah."
Gospel
With the coming of Jesus, the prophecies of the Old Testament begin to be fulfilled. According to him, Christ told his disciples that there would be a judgment on the whole world, which all the prophets awaited with trepidation. Everything that was said to the disciples on the Mount of Olives was called the apocalypse of the weathermen. Since this information was recorded in the Gospel of Matthew and Luke.
The Gospel of John complements several events that precede the Day of Judgment. He says that the judgment has already begun and it will continue until the last day. According to the Gospel of John, the end of the world is associated with the resurrection of the dead. People of all nations will be judged by how they act towards other people. The main criterion is the good done to people. It determines the eternal destiny of people.
Acts
In the Gospel of Luke, in the book of the Acts of the Apostles, information is given about the question posed to Christ by his disciples. They asked at the moment of his Ascension whether the end of the world was happening now, to which the Savior replied that the prophecies about the end of the world were not being fulfilled at that moment. It is not given to his disciples to know when and how exactly the apocalypse will take place.
Message
The disciples of Christ in their writings often speak of the end of the world. In all books, Judgment Day for believers will be both the end and the beginning.
The apostles speak of the end of the world as the coming of Christ in glory, the Day of the Lord. In the apostolic church, this name is used to call the first day of the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord. The coming of the Savior will entail the resurrection of the dead, the beginning of a new life.
In the epistles of the apostle they say that after the Resurrection of Christ all the dates will be fulfilled and darkness will come. This time will be long, and to shorten it, you need to believe in God.
The Apostle Paul added signs of the approaching end of the world. He says that in the last times God's enemy will appear in the world, who will try to lead people. Paul also believed that the last people to turn to God would be those who were chosen by Christ, who would show that the number of believers had become complete.
Peter confirms Paul's words by speaking of the end of the world as a universal catastrophe. He believes that God gives people the opportunity to believe, to convert to the faith.
What will happen after?
And what will happen after the end of the world according to the Bible and what will the world be like? Revelation says that after the apocalypse there will be nothing of what we are accustomed to. After the confrontation between good and evil, new earth and a new sky. There are prophets who said that before the sky was purple and the leaves on the trees were not green, but after the flood the world changed. Maybe the day of judgment will be another change in which the sky will turn red, for example, and the leaves on the trees will turn blue.
All people who have found the true faith will begin to live in the Kingdom of the Lord, and all those who renounce the true faith will experience severe suffering and torment. These people are doomed to suffer until the end of their days in darkness, in a world where there is no sun, no moon, no light.
Predictions in other religions
Information about the end of the world is in the scriptures of other religions. In Buddhist records there is information about significant changes in the Earth. This is what will precede the beginning of the apocalypse. This religion says that the Higher forces that created the Earth will also destroy it. According to predictions, humanity will face trials three times that will become a real threat to the survival of people as a species. These periods are called kalpas. Each of them has its own characteristics.
The first kalpa is characterized by creation, during which a person tries to understand the world around him and learn the laws of its development.
The second kalpa is the flowering of humanity. During this period, great discoveries will be made, amazing things will happen.
The third kalpa is decay. The lower worlds will begin to disintegrate, the world will collapse, and then unfold again, but without all life. During the period of disintegration, only the Gods and the higher worlds will be able to withstand.
Before the end of the world, according to Buddhist prediction, the earth will burn with fire. It will arise due to the appearance of seven suns in the sky, which will cause the destruction of all life: the waters will be dried up, the continents will be burned. After the departure of the seven suns, strong winds will begin that will destroy all the creations of people. Then the rains will begin, turning the planet into a large body of water. A new life will be born in the waters, it will be the beginning of a new civilization.
Gospel reading of the third prep week to Great Lent tells us about the end of the world in which we currently live, and about the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's think together: will there ever be an end of the world, or rather, the end of our planet?
Modern science gives an affirmative answer to this question. But for the first time, the concept of the inevitability of the end of the world was born not in the offices of scientists, but in ancient religions, whose priests often combined religious service with the service of science. From the depths of time, voices are heard warning humanity about the possible tragic end of our planet. One way or another, but the problem of the end of the world, which came to us as a religious idea, has become in our time a scientific concept that has not yet been refuted by anyone.
It is difficult to say what the natural causes of the end of the world will be and what its natural form will be. Will it be a catastrophe associated with a terrible atomic war, when the excessive use of the latest achievements in rocket and nuclear technology will lead to some kind of cosmic perturbations. Will it be a catastrophe caused by the collision of our Earth with some cosmic body or another planet. Will it finally be the gradual destruction of life forms familiar to us for one reason or another, for example, due to the cooling of the Earth as a result of atmospheric changes. This is unknown. It is impossible to foresee all the options for the end of the world, but the fact that the end is inevitable is obvious.
However, this is the rational or scientific aspect of the problem, which deals mainly with its physical side. Religion, in particular Christianity, asks this question in a slightly different way. And she has every right to do so, because this problem itself came, we repeat, from religion and to a large extent preceded scientific substantiation.
The problem of eschatology, that is, the doctrine of the future destinies of the world and mankind, occupies a significant place in the doctrine of the Orthodox Church. Plans for the future were drawn by God until the end of time. And if science today speaks of the inevitability of the end of our planet, then Christianity, in particular the Orthodox Church, confirming this, at the same time testifies not only to the physical end of the world, but also to the two comings of the Lord, the resurrection of the dead and the beginning of the Kingdom of glory and eternal life.
The Church testifies to us not about the meaningless end of the physical world, but about its great end, which is the beginning of a new being. And if science, in which there is no place for God, speaks of the end of the world as the end of events in the sense of absolute destruction, then the Church tells us about it quite differently. According to the teachings of the Church, the end of the world will not consist in destruction and annihilation (although visible physical phenomena can occur in the form of destruction), but in its complete change and renewal.
What are the signs of the approaching end of the world, the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Last Judgment?
There are several of these signs. One of them, as the gospel testifies, is that the gospel itself will be spread and preached throughout the world ( Matthew 24:14). Not a single place on the globe, inhabited by people, will not bypass the gospel message. The entire human race must hear the word of God, taste that heavenly spiritual bread that the Savior gave to the world. And it is up to a person to accept or not to accept this gospel, for a person remains absolutely free, and the Lord does not allow violence against him.
The second sign is that the forces of evil will be extremely active in the world, lawlessness will multiply, love will cool in people ( Matthew 24:12). All the negative aspects of human nature will become extremely aggravated and begin to actively manifest, faith will disappear ( Luke 18:8). Christianity will become a subject of hatred for many.
The next sign is that terrible wars will take place on the eve of the end of the world ( Matthew 24:6), in which humanity may not survive at all. Terrible earthquakes will take place all over the earth, there will be famine, epidemics will appear ( Matthew 24:7).
One more characteristic feature should be pointed out. It will consist in the fact that the spiritual level of the majority of people will decrease extremely. They will become attached to the earthly and refuse any spiritual development ( Matthew 24:37-39; Gen.6:1-8).
And then, says the Gospel of Christ, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and people will see Christ walking on the clouds of heaven in great power and glory. According to the Fathers of the Church, the sign of the Second Coming will be the sign of the cross. People who at that time will still live on earth will instantly change ( 1 Corinthians 15:51-52), the whole world will change ( 2 Peter 3:13), and at the same time there will be a general resurrection of the dead, moreover, they will rise in a transformed form and will be special, such that, according to the word ap. Paul, we can't even imagine now. The bodies of the righteous will be spiritual, incorruptible and immortal. They will be free from all the infirmities that our bodies are prone to. They will not have earthly bodily needs and to some extent will become like spirits ( Matthew 22:30). In the same transformed form, the bodies of sinners will rise. But, having acquired incorruption, sinners will simultaneously carry within themselves their terrible spiritual state.
It is difficult to imagine what is said. All of this is beyond our normal understanding. But one thing is clear - with the Second Coming, the last and Last Judgment will come on earth, which will restore the justice that has been violated by mankind and restore the whole world. It will be a general judgment - a judgment on all, without exception, people. It will be a solemn and open judgment, strict and terrible, carried out in accordance with all the righteousness of God, the last and final judgment, directed to eternity. This will be the judgment of eternal justice, which people have forgotten and despised for thousands of years. There is no other way to restore this trampled justice and there cannot be.
Joyful and eternal life awaits the righteous after judgment ( Matthew 13:43), and eternal torment is prepared for the evil ones ( Matthew 25:41-42). But it is not necessary to understand this primitively. Thus St. John Chrysostom sees the torment of sinners in the fact that they will be deprived of the glory of the Kingdom of God. Deprivation of the blessings of the Kingdom of God is God-forsakenness, which is stronger than the torments of hell. Spiritual regret for the lost will be the worst. And we know well from our own experience how much more severe are the spiritual and spiritual wounds of physical illnesses, and how destructively they act on our body.
Will the torment of sinners ever end? There are different personal opinions on this. But, according to the Gospel and Christian doctrine, they are called eternal ( Matthew 25:46), as a natural result of what a person has done spiritually during his earthly life.
With the end of this world and its transformation into a new one better world the eternal kingdom of God will open - the kingdom of glory. Then the Kingdom of grace, by which we call the existence of the Church on earth, will end. The earthly church will enter this Kingdom of glory and merge with it forever.
Therefore, let the Just and Merciful Judge not deprive us of this Kingdom of eternal glory and infinite bliss. Amen.
His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir
If you are even a little familiar with the Holy Scriptures and other religious books, then you are aware that the Christian religion portends the end of the world. Biblical Scripture clearly speaks of God's creation of the world and its impermanence.
With a careful study of the biblical chapters, it becomes clear that our planet must survive the short-term reign of the Antichrist, after which the second coming of the Savior must occur.
There will be a battle between good and evil, which will end with the victory of the light forces over the dark ones, and it is this accomplishment that will mark the end of the world. Eternal heavenly life will be prepared for mankind, each person will be subject to the Last Judgment and answer for their own sins.
Biblical predictions indicate that before the Day of Judgment, the reconstruction of the Second Temple of Christ, built on Jerusalem land, should be completed. By the way, the construction of the temple is already at the design stage. Apparently, in December of this year, the end of the world will still take place.
But it is worth saying that not a single scripture mentions the exact date of the second coming. Believers explain it in their own way. They say that for Christianity, the spiritual salvation of man has always been in the first place, therefore the whole point is not in the Day of Judgment itself, but in the possibility of repentance and repentance that every mortal can find.
The Bible does not say about the exact date of the end of the world, and on the basis of this, preachers, clergymen and all others interpret the scripture in their favor. The Old Testament and other sacred writings that were written before our era say that only the birth of the son of God marks the beginning of the countdown, after which humanity will see ten omens that herald the beginning of the Apocalypse.
Gradually, the prophecies come into force. Let's try to recall the Gospel of John, which says that exact time the end of the world is known only to God, and judgment has already come.
It will continue until everyone, whether living or dead, is given the divine verdict.
The Apocalypse will be preceded by the resurrection of the dead, who one by one will be responsible for their own actions. For some, the terrible Judgment will open the doors to the kingdom of paradise, while for others it will condemn them to eternal death.
Biblical predictions say that the end of the world does not mean the end of direct meaning this word. It should not be thought that the whole universe will perish. The Bible indicates the beginning of a new era for mankind, people will do good deeds and live according to divine laws. Such an explanation of the apocalypse can be given by the Gospel of Matthew.
What will the world be like after the end of the world?
This question is answered by the Bible itself, its last chapters devoted to the Apocalypse. Read the Revelation of John the Theologian, which makes it clear that the earth and heaven will become new, God will descend to earth to be among mortals.
Unfortunately, biblical prophecies are silent about the catastrophe preceding the new era, so they are very difficult to link with other predictions that describe the collapse of the destruction of the Earth in every detail and indicate the exact time - 12/21/12.
Biblical End of the World
It is worth saying that not a single world religion speaks of the beginning of the end, it is about gaining a new life ... "the other world", so the Biblical end of the world should be understood as the end of the earthly world.
The Bible considers the Apocalypse one of the most terrible events: the Hour of Judgment will come, the righteous will ascend to heaven, and the sinners will go to hellish halls. Every person will experience guilt even for the most insignificant sin, and there is not a single person in the world who has not sinned at least once.
Jesus' Parable of the Beginning of the End: Matthew 13:24-30
“He offered them another parable, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; while the people were asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and left; when the grass sprang up and the fruit appeared, then the tares also appeared. And when the servants of the householder came, they said to him: Master! Have you not sown good seed in your field? where are the tares on it? He said to them, The enemy of man has done this.
And the servants said to him: Do you want us to go and choose them? But he said, No, lest when you pick up the tares you pull up the wheat with them, let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers, Gather first the tares and bind them in sheaves to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Christ Explaining the Parable: Matthew 13:36-43
“Then Jesus, dismissing the people, went into the house. And coming to Him, His disciples said: Explain to us the parable of the tares in the field.
He answered and said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
Therefore, just as the tares are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of this age: the Son of Man will send His angels, and they will gather from His Kingdom all stumbling blocks and those who do iniquity, and cast them into a fiery furnace; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth; then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Another parable of Jesus about the beginning of the end: Matthew 13:47-50
“The Kingdom of Heaven is also like a net that was thrown into the sea and captured fish of every kind, which, when it was full, they dragged it ashore and sat down, collected the good in vessels, and threw the bad out. So it will be at the end of the age: angels will come out and separate the evil from among the righteous, and cast them into the fiery furnace: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Alas, according to the biblical books, the end of the world does not have an exact time, and we can only use the basic information and signs of the apocalypse.
Let's see what these signs are:
- an idle existence will turn out to be sweeter than a spiritual one, and many people will give up the church;
- the world will be ruled by anger and chaos;
- priests will be persecuted and churches destroyed;
- believers will be persecuted;
- False prophets will start appearing all over the world.
Now let's take a look at what we have at the moment: false prophets are appearing everywhere who call themselves the sons of God, the people are laughing at Christianity, and the worst thing is that they hate themselves and stir up wars.
It is quite possible that death is already close, and 2012 is the beginning of the end of the world according to the Bible, Judgment Day.
Now we offer to look at the prophecies of John the Evangelist and understand whether he predicted the beginning of the end in 2012.
The New Testament says that the blessed one received visions. He saw the earth enveloped in flames. Perhaps the flame is a symbol of a nuclear explosion, incinerating vast territories in an instant. We can see for ourselves to what extent the situation in the world is tense, especially in the countries of the East. We cannot say with 100% certainty that next year there will be no World War III.
The Lord God knows everything in advance, and as it turned out later, many miracles were astronomical phenomena. Can we say that the end of the world will happen in December, just when we expect to see the alignment of the planets? If everything turns out in this way, then today we need to prepare for the Last Judgment.
The end of the world according to biblical legends is also described by the words of St. Paul: not all people will die, but everything will change. What did Paul mean: a quantum leap, a transition to another world, a change in consciousness?
Now humanity is on the eve of the discovery of a new dimension, when it appears in which it will be able to reach hitherto unseen spiritual heights. The evolutionary leap is like the end of the world.
The end of the world that existed before the evolutionary leap is implied. So far, millions of inhabitants of our planet remain unprepared for such events and changes in the world. And apparently, now is the time to prepare yourself for new life conditions associated with a change in consciousness.
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You can hear about the coming of the end of the world in the coming years from modern predictors and scientists, but world religions do not tell exactly when this will happen, but only note that at that time the planet Earth will undergo significant changes.
Many world religions include a number of teachings that the end of the world is inevitable. As for the script, it is similar everywhere, but there are nuances in the details.
