The Hebrew Bible contains " sagas, heroic epics, oral traditions, annals, biographies, narrative histories, novellae, belles lettres, proverbs and wisdom-sayings, poetry, prophecy, apocalyptic, and much more ... the whole finally woven into a composite, highly complex literary fabric sometime in the Hellenistic era.

:* Objective: Fulfill apocalyptic prophecy

Post-Exilic Hebrew books of prophecy such as the Book of Daniel and Book of Ezekiel are given new interpretations in this Christian tradition, while apocalyptic forecasts appear in the Judeo-Christian Sibylline Oracles and in the whole field of apocalyptic literature, which includes the Book of Revelation ascribed to John, the apocryphal Apocalypse of Peter, and the Second Book Of Esdras.

His apocalyptic prophecy created panic among almost all of the Isan people until the Bangkok government eventually crushed it.

Neither the prophets nor the apocalyptic authors are without conflict between their messages, however, and there are significant similarities between prophecy and apocalyptic writings.

The fully apocalyptic visions in Daniel 7-12, as well as those in the New Testament ’ s Revelation, can trace their roots to the pre-exilic latter biblical prophets ; the sixth century BCE prophets Ezekiel, Isaiah 40-55 and 56-66, Haggai 2, and Zechariah 1-8 show a transition phase between prophecy and apocalyptic literature.

Thus, whereas prophecy had to deal with governments of other nations, apocalyptic writings arose at a time when Israel had been subject for generations to the sway of one or other of the great world-powers.

In the transition from Jewish literature to that of early Christianity, there is a continuation of the tradition of apocalyptic prophecy.

Christianity saw itself as the spiritual representative of what was true in prophecy and apocalyptic.

The Jeremiads ( held usually every four years, starting from the 1960 Jeremiads held in Rome ) consist of a lamentations competition, and honor the best performers in various categories ( such as generic lamentation, ecological disaster, terminal apocalyptic prophecy ) by awarding gold, silver and bronze medals.

Set in the alternate timeline of the years 2007-2010 ( 2049 in the U. S. dub ), giant monsters and conquering aliens start to appear, as was foretold by an apocalyptic prophecy about an uncontrollable chaos over the Earth.

An example of failed prophecy with which Revelation itself had to adjust was that most of Jewish apocalyptic had assumed that the Temple would be desecrated by the gentiles, using as its prototype for this the earlier experiences of just such desecration by Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic document in the New Testament canon, though there are short apocalyptic passages in various places in the Gospels and the Epistles.

The Book of Revelation is interpreted according to apocalyptic conventions regarding numbers and colours ( 7

David Brady describes a " lull before the storm " in which, in the early 17th century, " reasonably restrained and systematic " Protestant exegesis of the Book of Revelation was seen with Brightman, Mede and Hugh Broughton ; after which " apocalyptic literature became too easily debased " as it became more populist, less scholarly.

The first centuries AD saw the creation of various apocalyptic works ; the best known ( due to its inclusion in the New Testament ) is the Book of Revelation ( from which the word apocalypse originated, meaning " revelation of secrets "), which is replete with prophecies of destruction.

The statements about the sun and moon turning dark sound quite apocalyptic, as it appears to be a quote from the Book of Isaiah.

Drawing on his Pentecostal beliefs, Ríos Montt invoked a modern apocalyptic vision comparing the four riders of the Book of Revelation to the four modern evils of hunger, misery, ignorance and subversion, as well as fighting corruption and what he described as the depredations of the rich.

This myth was taken up in later Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature and projected into the future, so that cosmic battle becomes the decisive act at the end of the world's history: thus the Book of Revelation ( end of the 1st century CE ) tells how, after the God's final victory over the sea-monsters, New Heavens and New Earth shall be inaugurated in a cosmos in which there will be " no more sea " ( Revelation 21: 1 ).

However, apparent quotations hidden in Netscape and Mozilla give this impression by revealing passages in the style of apocalyptic literature, such as the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

Some apocalyptic passages scattered throughout seem to adumbrate themes of John's Book of Revelation and other Apocalyptic literature.

Uriel also appears in the Second Book of Esdras ( found in the Apocrypha section of many bibles, and sometimes called Esdras IV in Catholic versions, which makes up part of the apocalyptic literature of Esdras ), in which the prophet Ezra asks God a series of questions, and Uriel is sent by God to instruct him.

Since the 19th century, many apocalyptic millennial Christian eschatologists, starting with John Nelson Darby, have feared a globalist conspiracy to impose a tyrannical New World Order as the fulfillment of prophecies about the " end time " in the Bible, specifically in the Book of Ezekiel, the Book of Daniel, the Olivet discourse found in the Synoptic Gospels, and the Book of Revelation.

Although the Priory of Sion, itself, has been exhaustively debunked by journalists and scholars as a hoax, some apocalyptic millenarian Christian eschatologists who believe The Protocols is authentic became convinced that the Priory of Sion was a fulfillment of prophecies found in the Book of Revelation and further proof of an anti-Christian conspiracy of epic proportions signaling the imminence of a New World Order.

The Book of Revelation mentions apocalyptic military amassment at Armageddon, a name derived from the Hebrew " Har Megiddo " meaning " Mount of Megiddo ".

Ezekiel's literary influence can be seen in the later apocalyptic writings of Daniel and Zechariah.

The last part of Jeremiah 49 is an apocalyptic oracle against Elam which states that Elam will be scattered to the four winds of the earth, but " will be, in the end of days, that I will return their captivity ," a prophesy self-dated to the first year of Zedekiah ( 597 BC ).

The film will not feature a post apocalyptic New York like the original did, rather the New York in the new film will have been built after the bomb.

Bart D. Ehrman argues that apocalyptic parts of the Bible, including the New Testament, see suffering as due to cosmic evil forces, that God for mysterious reasons has given power over the world, but which will soon be defeated and things will be set right.

It is known as the " Little Apocalypse " because it includes Jesus ' descriptions of the end times, the use of apocalyptic language, and Jesus ' warning to his followers that they will suffer tribulation and persecution before the ultimate triumph of the Kingdom of God.

The literary role of artificial life has evolved over time: early myths present animated objects as instruments of divine will, later stories treat their attempted creation as a blasphemy with inevitable consequences, and modern tales range from apocalyptic warnings against blind technological progress to explorations of the ethical questions raised by the possibility of sentient machines.

" This is clearly an apocalyptic prediction, and related to the Septuagint,, but Jesus does not express his views on the matter, other than saying " All men will hate you because of me " in verse 22.

When speaking of the end times, apocalyptic literature generally includes chronologies of events that will occur and frequently places them in the near future, which gives a sense of urgency to the prophet ’ s larger message.

The 2012 doomsday prediction is a present-day cultural meme proposing that cataclysmic and apocalyptic events will occur on December 21, 2012.

The study will now move to early Christian perspectives on the Temple and the apocalyptic response in Revelation.

For many Christians today, " messiah " refers to the personal and divine savior of all humankind, an apocalyptic notion of messiah, as one who will usher in the end of history by resurrecting the dead and by executing God's judgement over humankind.

The Owls claim to have proof that such a tear, an expanding cosmic bubble, will eventually reach our solar system and a new universe, its properties calculated anywhere from apocalyptic to inconsequential, will be created.

Ashmore will also star in an upcoming apocalyptic siege warfare film The Day with Dominic Monaghan and Michael Eklund as well as television drama series The Following, starring Kevin Bacon.

However, Tainter is not entirely apocalyptic: " When some new input to an economic system is brought on line, whether a technical innovation or an energy subsidy, it will often have the potential at least temporarily to raise marginal productivity " ( p. 124 ).

He believes himself to be able to converse telepathically with ' His Serendipity ', leader of the cult, and regards ordinary people with disgust, waiting for an apocalyptic moment — a comet's prophesied collision with earth — in which they will be destroyed.

* The Morrigi and Liir of the Sword of the Stars series ( Morrigi were introduced as a playable faction in Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows ; the Liir renegade elders known as Suul ' ka, loosely based on Lovecraft Mythos will be introduced as a faction in Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter, in which they are the title characters, the creators of the Zuul, who debuted in the first game's expansion, Born of Blood, as well as the slavemasters and inadvertent uplifters of the sapient cetaceans Liir, the Morrigi also count due to having fought an apocalyptic war in the backstory with the Suul ' ka as well as having one of their colonies as the first victim of the Suul ' ka progeny known as the Zuul

Growling Bear ( Gordon Tootoosis ), an elderly Lakota medicine man, has an apocalyptic vision that the buffalo his people rely upon will soon vanish from the prairie.

But the Dark grows ever more powerful-will brother and sister reach one another in time or will all be lost in a final, apocalyptic battle?