Science fiction shows how the bright side of hellfire and pestilence can be the end of modern idiocy. But what are your favourite visions of life after the apocalypse?
The Book of Revelation, full of “hail and fire mingled with blood”, great stars falling from heaven and “two hundred thousand thousand” horsemen, is a cornerstone of apocalypse narratives. The word itself comes to English via John’s opening, “ἀποκάλυψις ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ”. This transliterates as the “apocalypse” or – in translation – “the revelation” of Jesus Christ.
Along with the fire and brimstone, plagues and bottomless pits, stories about the end of times are also stories about new beginnings. After God has purged the world of sinners, the lucky few enter the kingdom of heaven.
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