<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Apocalypticism is the religious belief that there will be an apocalypse, a term which originally referred to a revelation of God's will, but now usually refers to the belief that the end of the world is imminent, even within one's own lifetime . This belief is usually accompanied by the idea that civilization will soon come to a tumultuous end due to some sort of catastrophic global event . </P> <P> Apocalypticism is often conjoined with the belief that esoteric knowledge that will likely be revealed in a major confrontation between good and evil forces, destined to change the course of history . Apocalypses can be viewed as good, evil, ambiguous or neutral, depending on the particular religion or belief system promoting them . They can appear as a personal or group tendency, an outlook or a perceptual frame of reference, or merely as expressions in a speaker's rhetorical style . </P>

The view that god's imminent divine judgment and the end of the world is near is