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Some commonly used words associated with Christian end-of-the-world prophecy believers, as interpreted primarily from the New Testament's Book of Revelation:
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The Antichrist
An evil figure who will plague the world and eventually be defeated by Christ in the battle of Armageddon.
The Apocalypse
From the Greek word meaning "revelation" or "the lifting of the veil"; used to describe evangelical Christian ideas of the world's cataclysmic end and the beginning of Christ's kingdom on earth.
Armageddon
The final battle between Christ and the Antichrist. Christ's victory over the forces of evil ushers in his 1000-yr. reign.
The End Times
The period during which the Apocalypse will take place; the end of this world as we know it.
The Final Judgment
When Christ, as ruler on earth, resurrects the dead and consigns the righteous to eternal life and the evil to eternal damnation.
The Millennium
Christ's 1000-yr. reign of peace and righteousness on earth.
The Rapture
The act of Christ's lifting up to heaven all living true believers.
Revelation
The last book of the New Testament and the primary source of evangelical-Christian belief about the end of the world.
The Tribulation
A period of seven years of disaster that will end with Christ's defeat of evil at Armageddon.
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