Predictions of the end of the word have always been prevalent throughout history and mythology,
however, discussion of the apocalypse has been quite common in the last few decades,
thanks to the widespread fears of Y2K, and the Mayan calendar ending in 2012.
Doomsday groups have gathered around the world, with some even prepping underground bunkers
for the day the world will end.
However, how exactly is the world supposed to end?
That’s what I want to know.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m going to be counting down our list of the Top 5
Scary End Of The World Prophecies That Might Come True.
Before we begin, be sure to stick around until the end of the video where I’ll be responding
to some of your comments.
Let’s jump in.
5 Aztec Worlds or the Five Suns The Five Suns in the context of creation myths,
describes the doctrine of the Aztec and other Nahua peoples in which the present world was
preceded by four other cycles of creation and destruction.
Essentially, we are living in the five world, with previous ones being destroyed and reborn.
Specifically, it is believed that the destroyer of the previous worlds were the Gods, Tezcatlipoca
and Quetzalcoatl.
In the first world, Tezcatlipoca turned himself into the sun in order to bring light, however,
he only managed to become half a sun.
The world continued this way for some time, but a rivalry began to grow between Quetzalcoatl
and the mighty sun, who Quetzalcoatl knocked from the sky with a stone club, resulting
in the world descending into darkness and anger.
In the next two worlds, the gods Tllaloc and Chalcchiuhtlicue were tricked by Tezcatlipoca
into destroying them using fire and floods.
Now, the Fifth, the one we are believed to be living in is said to one day be destroyed
by earthquakes, the sun will go black and Tzitzimitl will slayt all of humanity.
Fun times.
Can’t wait.
Sign me up.
4 Christian Armageddon Thanks to The Book of Revelations, we have
a very long and detailed description of the apocalypse and everything that comes along
with it, so allow me to explain it all to you.
The Book of Revelations, also known as Revelation to John, or the Apocalypse of John, this is
the final book of the New Testament, and therefore also the final book of the Christian Bible.
The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic document in the New Testament canon, with
the book spanning three literary genres: the epistolary, the apocalyptic, and the prophetic.
It kicks off with John, on the island of Patmos addressing a letter to the Seven Churches
of Asia.
He described a series of prophetic visions, including figures such as the Seven Headed
Dragons, The Serpent and the Beast, which in turn culminates in the second coming of
Jesus Christ.
The Book Revelations goes on to describe an array of disasters, such as wars, plagues
and famines, and with different signs letting people know the apocalypse is coming.
During which time the Antichrist will appear and gain control of the entire world.
Along with a false prophet, a religious ruler, he will establish a system that controls the
world, following this, two prophets will appear in Jerusalem, and these two will oppose the
Antichrist and the false prophet, which will result in the new system being overthrown
with events such as asteroids landing on earth, and water becoming blood.
It is after this that Christ will finally return, riding on a white horse to defeat
the evil and set up establish the Kingdom of God.
3 Hindu Prophecy In The Puranas, the Hindu sacred text, we
are told of The Four Yugas, which states that the world passes through ages, being destroyed
and re-created at the end of each one.
These ages encompass a beginning of complete purity to a descent into total decay.
The First Age was Satya Yuga which lasted 1,728 million years, the second was Treta
Yuga lasting 1.296 million years, the third Dvapara Yuga, lasting 864,000 years, and the
last of the four ages, and the one we currently reside in is Kali Yuga.
The Fourth Age is ruled over by the demon Kali, and the Kings in this age are godless,
wanting in tranquility, quick to anger, and dishonest.
It is said the Kings will inflict death on women, and children, and will rise and fall
to power quickly, with undisciplined barbarians receiving power.
People will commit sin in mind, speech and action.
Plague, famine, pestilence and natural calamities will gradually appear.
People will begin to distrust one another, falsehoods will win disputes and brothers
will become avaricious.
As the Fourth Ages progresses, the human life span decreases, staring thousands of years
in the Krutha Yuga to 100 years in the current Kali Yuga.
There will be false religions, and many people will profess false knowledge to earn their
livelihood.
Life will be short, and people living it will be miserable.
People will hide in valleys between mountains, and suffering from cold and exposure, people
will wear clothes of tree bark and leaves.
Ultimately, humankind will be destroyed, so it goes.
However, the prophecy goes on to state, I quote “At this time of evil, the final incarnation
of Vishnu known as Kalki will appear on a white horse.
He will amass an army of those few pious souls remaining.
These, together with all the incarnations of the Godhead which have appeared throughout
human history, will destroy all demons and sins in the world.”
So, there is good in the darkness, we just have to be patient.
2 Hopi Prophecy Now, for those who don’t know, The Hopi
maintain a complex religious and mythological tradition stretching back over centuries,
and is incredibly difficult to definitively state what all Hopis as a group believe.
However, what we do know is The Hopi in North America once believed that the world was cyclical
and had succumbed to catastrophes three times, due to people’s disregard for the planet
and its creator.
The Hopi believe in different Worlds, and that we are currently in the Fourth World.
The first time the world ended due to fire, the second time it was because of ice, and
the third time a flood ended everything.
More interesting still, in 1958, a Hopi spiritual leader known as White Feather, revealed the
Nine Signs of the end of our Fourth World.
The signs included, white-skinned people with thunder sticks would take their land, spinning
wheels with voices and long-horned, I quote, “buffalo-like creatures would appear, iron
snakes would spread, a huge spider web would come over the country, stone rivers creating
mirages would cover Hopi-land, the sea would turn black and all life in it would die, long-haired
people would go to Hopi-land to learn their traditions, and a blue star would fall from
the sky with a spirit messenger who would take off his mask during a sacred dance ending
all Hopi traditional practices.”
The prophecy goes that after all of these signs, the world would end in a series of
disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and famine, however, those who resided on Hopi-land
would be safe and would see the rebirth of the Fifth World.
1 Ragnarok In Norse Mythology, the Vikings believed that
life was cyclical, and that the world would eventually come to an end in a large battle,
foretold to lead to the death of a number of great figures including the Gods Odin,
Thor, and Loki.
The end of the world had been prophesied and when the God Baldur was killed by Loki, the
Gods knew the end of the world was unavoidable and so they began to prepare for the battle
to end all battles, which would be brought on by natural disasters and the submersion
of the world in water.
Now, during this time, Humans reacted differently to the Gods, and instead gave up their traditional
ways, and gave way to anarchy.
This led to three winters in a row without summer in between, in turn, plunging the world
into darkness, a period of time known as Fimbulwinter or the Great Winter.
Now, a lot goes down during this time, so let me condense it for you.
Loki and his son, the wolf Fenrir, has both been tied up in the nine realms, however,
they broke free and began to cause havoc across the world, which resulted in an army of ice
giants attacking Asgard, and killing its people.
The entire world was torn apart, and sank down into the ocean leaving perfect silence
and darkness behind.
However, the Vikings believed that the world would resurface a new and fertile, the surviving
and returning Gods would meet, and the world would be repopulated by two human survivors.
Ragnarok is perhaps one of the most important events in Norse mythology and has been the
subject of scholarly discourse and theory in the history of Germanic studies.
It is also central to the 2017 MCU film Thor: Ragnarok, wherein Asgard is destroyed by a
demon, resulting in the remaining Gods and its people fleeing and rebuilding their home
on New Asgard.
Well,there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list?
Were there any end of the world prophecies that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2.
Before I go though, I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last videos,
Top 5 Worst Horror Movie Endings - Part 2.
L2J1986 said “Nope, definitely disagree with Scream 2.”
-- Well, to each their own, but it’s my opinion and the right one.
Sam Singer said “Rocking the Blue Jays jersey, you legend!”
-- Damn straight!
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Love you and your videos!
In a previous video you mentioned that your tattoo is of the mountains in Banff.
What’s your favorite part about Banff?”
-- The Mountains.
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series.
Did you like it?”
-- Did I like it?!
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