Apocalypse – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Apocalypse – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Anne Wentworth and Apocalyptic Prophecy in the 17th Century https://brewminate.com/anne-wentworth-and-apocalyptic-prophecy-in-the-17th-century/ Thu, 27 May 2021 18:13:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=155639 While millenarian prophecy dominated in the 1640s and 1650s, apocalyptic prophecy in general dwindled after the 1660s. Apocalyptic

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]]> Ten Notable Apocalypses That (Obviously) Didn’t Happen since Ancient Times https://brewminate.com/ten-notable-apocalypses-that-obviously-didnt-happen-since-ancient-times/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:29:14 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=122456 Apocalyptic predictions are nothing new—they have been around for millennia. The First Warnings From Assyria An Assyrian clay

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]]> Ancient Texts: Hope and Courage in Apocalyptic Literature https://brewminate.com/ancient-texts-hope-and-courage-in-apocalyptic-literature/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:28:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=122448 In ancient texts, apocalyptic messages cultivated endurance and encouragement through dire circumstances. Introduction With streets deserted, hospitals full

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]]> Apocalypse Now: Our Incessant Desire to Picture the End of the World from Medieval Times to Today https://brewminate.com/apocalypse-now-our-incessant-desire-to-picture-the-end-of-the-world-from-medieval-times-to-today/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:32:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=115181 Each generation, each epoch, has seen themselves apocalyptically, albeit with great differences as to what the actual end

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]]> How ‘The Late Great Planet Earth’ Made the Apocalypse a Popular Concern https://brewminate.com/how-the-late-great-planet-earth-made-the-apocalypse-a-popular-concern/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:44:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=87020 Hal Lindsey and C. C. Carlson’s The Late Great Planet Earth introduced millions of readers worldwide to end-times prophecy. This

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]]> Whose Apocalypse? A New Mercantile Meaning of the “The End” in the New World circa 1600 https://brewminate.com/whose-apocalypse-a-new-mercantile-meaning-of-the-the-end-in-the-new-world-circa-1600/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:33:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=81510 Some argued that Philip IV was destined to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem at the end of time.

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]]> Calypso’s Island: A Short History of the Apocalypse https://brewminate.com/calypsos-island-a-short-history-of-the-apocalypse/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:33:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=81495 The End of History is proclaimed anew by each new generation and each new culture. Mesopotamia, Circa 2000

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