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End of the World is Near! Analyzing the Bible Timeline Apocalypse! Holocaust! Armageddon! The use of these words in the titl e of a book or movie guarantees interest and sales of any product. Everyone wants to kn ow the f uture! What is going to happen? People sense today that the worl d is on the verge of a stupendous crisis. Books and movies f ocus on end-of-the-world scenarios with vivid catastrophic effects. Precisely what the crisis will be varies based on personal beliefs an d speculations. Bible b elievers expect the second comi ng of the Messiah, Yahushua, at the end of the world . The events leading up to the second coming have been endlessly quest ioned, debated and speculated about by countless millions. Speculation, however, is unnecessary. Scripture its elf indicates how old the Earth will be at the end of time. Prophetic timelines provide details of events to take pl ace as the Earth itself reaches the fullness of time allotted to it. Knowing the age of the Earth thus provides insight into where we are in the strea m of time and how close we are to t he final events in Earth's history. There are two basic ways the age of the Earth is calculated: 1) scientifically and, 2) chronologically. Scientists use carbon 14 dating to estim ate their m any tens of thousands of years. Christians , on the other hand, use the more accurate chronology of the sacred s criptures plus history recorded on papyrus, pottery, s tones, etc. The age of the Earth is mathematically easy to determine and very accurate if one believes the scriptures and uses the Bible record just as it reads. The larger and corresponding question is what happens at the en d of time. Establishing age can imply an end of that age. The Bible i tself has a lot of inf ormation regarding what happens as probationary time en ds. Too often, h owever, personal speculation has guessed at Earth's fi nal events rather than using the prophetic time lines, types and anti-types, and the events established and provable by scripture. Today, with computers and information available on the internet, it is possible to determine the age of the world accordin g to the Bible account. The Creator wants Hi s people to know what is coming on the Earth. He urged, "Take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand" (Mark 13:23, NKJV 1 ).He further warned, "But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only." (Matthew 24:36) However, believers are clearly instructed to "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming" (Matthew 25:13). If it were not possible to know when the second coming is near, than there would not be so many repeated warnings to watch an d be ready . The f act that Yah ushua repeatedly urged His followers to watch and be ready, reveals that it is possible to know when the end of the world is

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