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Apocalypse
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Culmination
Resurrection & Judgement
The Messiah
Book of Daniel
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Saoshyant
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2012 phenomenon
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Apocalypse depicted in Christian Orthodox traditional fresco scenes in Osogovo Monastery, Republic of Macedonia
St. John at Patmos: the receiving of an apocalyptic vision
An apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ?p???????? apocálypsis, from ?p? and ?a??pt? meaning 'un-covering'), translated literally from Greek, is a disclosure of knowledge, i.e., a lifting of the veil or revelation, although this sense did not enter English until the 14th century. In religious contexts it is usually a disclosure of something hidden. In the Revelation of John (Greek ?p???????? ???????, Apocalypsis Ioannou), the last book of the New Testament, the revelation which John receives is that of the ultimate victory of good over evil and the end of the present age, and that is the primary meaning of the term, one that dates to 1175. Today, it is commonly used in reference to any prophetic revelation or so-called End Time scenario, or to the end of the world in general.
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