Multimedia Collection
Apocalypse!
VHS
120 minutes
1999
BS2825.6 .R49 A65 1999
On the eve of the new millennium, thoughts of doom and destruction filter through our Western consciousness, provoking both anxiety and anticipation. But where do these ideas and their symbols power come from, and what do they really mean? Central to this concept is the last book of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation. It is a book filled with startling images of cosmic warfare between the forces of good and evil.
Written nearly two thousand years ago, many believe this ancient text foretells the end of the world. From the apocalyptic prophet Montanus, who convinced thousands that the New Jerusalem would literally descend to earth in the year 170 C.E., to modern day end-time prophets, it seems that in nearly every age the Book of Revelation has excited a belief that the end is imminent. But the end of what? Ultimately, every generation has had to re-set the doomsday clock as time keeps ticking. Why does the Book of Revelation lend itself to so many, often contradictory interpretations, and what does it reveal?
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