Who predicted the apocalypse?
, or violent end of the world, to occur during the lifetime of many of those present. Mark 13:2 first has Jesus predict the destruction of the Temple, “And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou those great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” According to Mark (13:24-26), Jesus went on later to tell the disciples that they would personally experience social turmoil and persecution, there would be earthquakes and “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken and then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.” He concluded by saying, “Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.” An oblique reference to the Book of Daniel implies that the predicted end of times would occur within about four years of the
