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In Mark 13:14-27 Jesus talks about the Antichrist, the tribulation, and even the rapture. It begins to answer the ageless question: What will the End look like?

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There are several famous doomsday movies that explore apocalyptic scenarios, often depicting the end of the world or catastrophic events. Here are some well-known doomsday movies:

• Climate change
• Mad Max series (1979-2015):** Set in a dystopian future where society has collapsed (oil shortage)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004):** Directed by Roland Emmerich, this film depicts the catastrophic effects of global climate change, including superstorms and a new ice age.
• Waterworld (1995):** In a future where Earth is mostly covered in water, this film follows a lone drifter with a mysterious map as he navigates a world where dry land is a precious commodity.
• Virus
• I Am Legend (2007):** Starring Will Smith, this film is based on the novel of the same name and portrays a world where a man-made virus has turned most of humanity into zombie-like creatures.
• Asteroid/Comet
• Armageddon (1998):** In this action-packed film directed by Michael Bay, a group of oil drillers is sent to space to prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth.
• Deep Impact (1998):** Another film released in the same year as Armageddon, Deep Impact explores the global efforts to prevent an extinction-level comet impact.
• Extra terrestrials
• War of the Worlds (2005):** Steven Spielberg's adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel portrays an Earth invaded by powerful and destructive extraterrestrial beings.

Related: https://www.pursuegod.org/what-is-eschatology/ 

Antichrist

Jesus warns about an “abomination of desolation” – an idea taken from the book of Daniel. This prophecy had been partially fulfilled during the Maccabean Revolt, but the final fulfillment would happen later. 

Mark 13:14-18 (NLT) “The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing where he should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. And pray that your flight will not be in winter.

• (Pillar New Testament Commentary) The "abomination that causes desolation" is a phrase taken from three cryptic references in Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 to a scandal that would defile and profane the Jerusalem temple. The same phrase is...