But far from being concerned about whether or not Russia will have achieved Utopia by 1980, the world is watching Moscow today primarily for clues as to whether or not there will be nuclear Armageddon in the immediate future.

Armageddon ( from Harmagedōn, Late Latin: ) is, according to the Bible, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location.

Thus, " Armageddon " would mean " Mountain of Assembly ," which Jordan says is " a reference to the assembly at Mount Sinai, and to its replacement, Mount Zion.

It also emphasizes the inevitability of resurrection, judgment, and the eternal division of the righteous and the wicked .. Islamic apocalyptic literature describing Armageddon is often known as fitnah (" a test ") or malāhim ( or ghaybah to the Shī ‘ a ).

" The third record by his biracial L. A. band is wild and funny and totally pioneering: folk rock turned into elegant Armageddon with the symphonic sweep and mariachi-brass drama of ' Alone Again Or ' and ' You Set the Scene.

In Islam, Isa is believed to hold the task of killing the false messiah ( al-Dajjal, a figure similar to the Antichrist in Christianity ), who will emerge shortly before him during Qiyamah ( Armageddon in Islamic belief ).

The main Ultima series consists of nine installments ( the seventh title is further divided into two parts ) grouped into three trilogies, or " Ages ": The Age of Darkness ( Ultima I-III ), The Age of Enlightenment ( Ultima IV-VI ), and The Age of Armageddon ( Ultima VII-IX ).

The compilation, The Armageddon Collection, is now out of print.

It is an extended port version of the game Worms 2: Armageddon which was released for the Xbox 360, and so it has returned to the original 2D format, unlike the last three PC games.

Compounding matters is that in the TOS episode " The Omega Glory ," Kirk states, " A star captain's most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even his entire crew, rather than violate the Prime Directive ," and yet he seemingly violates the Prime Directive as " the only way to save my ship " in " A Taste of Armageddon " and no explanation for the Federation Ambassador trying to mediate between Eminiar VII and Vendikar ( neither of which are Federation members ) regardless of their wishes on the matter is given.

He also stated that Armageddon is " not going to be fought at Megiddo " but will be the " battle of Jerusalem ," when " the forces of all nations come together and try to take Jerusalem away from the Jews.

In apocalyptic literature, Mount Megiddo, the hill overlooking the valley where the current kibbutz is located, is identified as the site of the final battle between the forces of good and evil at the end of time, known as Armageddon and mentioned in the New Testament in Revelation 16: 16.

Armageddon ( MUD ) is an online roleplaying game which draws significant influence from the Dune Chronicles.

This means that the world is on the verge of the last stage, where a final battle will take place at Armageddon, followed by Christ's return and 1, 000 year reign.

In the fictional history of the BBC science fiction programme Doctor Who, the genocidal Dalek race is heavily involved in invasion stories in the show, most recently the universal Armageddon story " Journey's End ".

In July 2012, it was announced that One Minute Silence is working on an EP titled Fragmented Armageddon due for release in Summer 2012.

The term was first used in this way in the early 1930s, though it is now used less frequently ; Jehovah's Witnesses now usually use the terms great crowd ( people who survive Armageddon ) and other sheep ( Armageddon survivors and others resurrected later ).

Watch Tower Society publications suggest that endurance in public preaching is the means by which Witnesses attain salvation, and that evangelizing frees them from blood-guilt regarding individuals who might die at Armageddon without having heard about God's kingdom.

" The album ends on an apocalyptic note with " Wars of Armageddon ," in which the sound of a crying baby can be taken as a direct reference to the speech at the beginning of the title track: " Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, for y'all have knocked her up.

" Armageddon Man " is the only track on the album in which Rollins and the instruments are together.

In 1998, two films were released in the United States on the subject of attempting to stop impact events: Touchstone Pictures ' Armageddon, about an asteroid ; and Paramount / DreamWorks ' Deep Impact, about a comet.

He has also appeared in over sixty films, including box office successes like Pulp Fiction ( 1994 ), 12 Monkeys ( 1995 ), The Fifth Element ( 1997 ), Armageddon ( 1998 ), The Sixth Sense ( 1999 ), Unbreakable ( 2000 ), Sin City ( 2005 ), Over the Hedge ( 2006 ) and Red ( 2010 ).

However, by the end of the 1990s, his career had fallen into another slump with critically panned films like The Jackal, Mercury Rising, and Breakfast of Champions, saved only by the success of the Michael Bay-directed Armageddon which was the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide.

Other themes included disaster films ( e. g., Armageddon and Deep Impact both from 1998 ), alien invasion ( e. g., Independence Day from 1996 ) and genetic experimentation ( e. g., Jurassic Park from 1993 and Gattaca from 1997 ).

The album, and cover were influenced by popular disaster movies around the time of the album's release in 1998, primarily Armageddon and Deep Impact.

Letting go of the more character-centred human dramas of the ' 70s, films like Dante's Peak ( 1997 ) and Armageddon ( 1998 ) focused more on destruction.

The revival continued in 1998 with the summer releases of the two comet / asteroid-impact films Deep Impact and Armageddon.

* The song playing during the first bar-fight sequence is " La Grange " by ZZ Top, the same song that plays during The Dirty Dozen ( 1967 )- style, and in intro of the characters in Armageddon ( 1998 ), an earlier film which starred Owen Wilson.

Abrams collaborated with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay on the 1998 film, Armageddon.

Subsequently, he appeared in the Bruce Willis blockbuster Armageddon ( 1998 ).

In 1998, Bay collaborated with Jerry Bruckheimer again, this time as a co-producer, as well as directing the action-adventure film Armageddon.

The Truth Commission stable was short lived ; it disbanded in 1998, but Buchanan and Sniper of the Truth Commission stayed together as the short-lived tag team, Armageddon.

Six pay-per-views have also taken place at the Mellon Arena: SummerSlam ( 1995 ), King of the Ring ( 1998 ), Unforgiven ( 2001 ), No Way Out ( 2005 ), Armageddon ( 2007 ), and the final pay-per-view ; WWE Bragging Rights in 2009.

* Armageddon ( 1998 )

* Many elements of the movie's plot were used in the 1998 films Armageddon and Deep Impact.

Web critic James Berardinelli wrote an affirmative review of the film on his site ReelViews, praising it as " something fresh and vibrant in an era when something as idiotic as Armageddon is the top-grossing movie of 1998 and films generally follow safe, comfortable patterns because that's what the studios ' research shows that audiences want ".

In 1998, Disney's Touchstone Pictures released the blockbuster Armageddon two months after Paramount / DreamWorks ' Deep Impact, as goes for Disney / Pixar's A Bug's Life which was released one month after DreamWorks ' Antz.

For example Halloween ( 1978 ), Ghostbusters ( 1984 ), Bram Stoker's Dracula ( 1992 ), Armageddon ( 1998 ), and The Rock ( 1996 ).

* Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux is a walkthrough attraction based on the 1998 Touchstone film, Armageddon.

* Armageddon ( 1998 ):

Severely damaged by meteor shower in Armageddon ( 1998 ) and severely damaged by an ocean wave ( from comet impact ) in Deep Impact.

* Chrysler Building ( New York City 1930 )-lair of the winged serpent Quetzalcoatl in Q ( 1982 ), prominently featured in The Caveman's Valentine, accidentally destroyed by U. S. military forces in Godzilla ( 1998 ); destroyed by a meteorite in Armageddon ( 1998 ); flown through by the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ( 2007 ).