The End Of The World - Why That Is A Good Thing


To be sure, end of the world is a frightening thought, and consequently, because of the unpleasant images associated with it, most people avoid thinking about it.

Hollywood movies portray the post-apocalyptic world peopled with survivors who have been reduced to animalistic savages. Evangelicals paint an even bleaker picture. They imagine all the Christians are to be beamed up to heaven, while the unbelievers are left behind to experience the horrors of the end of the world. Most people under the influence of churchianity have had implanted in their minds that the earth will be completely depopulated and destroyed.

But, happily, that is not what the Bible teaches.

The Bible presents the end of the world as a good thing, because the end of this world will be the beginning of a new world