Apocalypticism

thumb|The north portal of the 12th-century Urnes stave church has been interpreted as containing depictions of snakes and dragons that represent .

Armageddon ( ; ; ; from ) is the prophesied gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, according to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Armageddon is variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location, although the term has since become more often used in a generic sense to refer to any end-of-the-world scenario. In Islamic theology, Armageddon is also mentioned in Hadith as the Greatest War or Al-Malhama Al-Kubra.

site of an ancient city in northern Israel's Jezreel valley

eschatological beliefs surrounding 21 December 2012

thumb|Apocalypse depicted in Eastern Orthodox Church|Christian Orthodox traditional [[fresco scenes in Osogovo Monastery, North Macedonia]]

thumb|right|Apostles in the New Testament|The Apostles receiving the [[Paraclete in Acts. Montanus, the founder of Montanism, claimed to have also received the Paraclete.]]

conspiracy theory

rebellion against corruption of the Imperial Court rooted in Taoist religious principles

islamists' terrorist action, 1979

1993 struggle between the U.S government and armed inhabitants of a compound in Texas

Millenarianism or millenarism () is the belief held by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming fundamental transformation of society, after which "all things will be changed". Millenarianism exists in various cultures and religions worldwide, with various interpretations of what constitutes a transformation.

town in Syria

thumb|right|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut print from the Apocalypse of [[Albrecht Dürer (1497–1498), Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe]]

Prophecies made during an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1917

theory

mountain in the Corbières Massif in the French Midi

severe air pollution event over parts of New England on May 19, 1780

The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in Boundary County, Idaho, in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) came to arrest Randy Weaver under a bench warrant for his failure to appear on federal firearms charges after he was given the wrong court date. The charges stemmed from Weaver's sale of a sawed-off shotgun to an undercover federal informant, who had entrapped him to modify the firearm below the legal barrel length.

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predicted dates of the end of the world

future period of time on Earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace and brotherhood, without any evil

Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs regarding the end of the world

scenario in which human civilization experiences catastrophic events due to climate change

collection of prophecies

Salvific religious figure in Taoism

apocalyptic prophecy concerning the moon

discussion of scenarios for a collapse of civilization due to climate change

Catholic eschatological prophecy