By ChristianNewsNow Contributor
The internet is abuzz with end time theories related to Covid-19. Perhaps you’ve heard some of these claims.
That Bill Gates is the anti-Christ ushering in the One World Order.
That Dr. Anthony Fauci is a conspirator with Bill Gates and “Big Pharma.”
That COVID-19 is one of the great plagues prophesied in the Bible.
That a House resolution with the number 6666 is a sure sign of the end times.
That any vaccine that emerges during this pandemic is part of the conspiracy to lead people to bow down to the beast described in the book of Revelation.
Perhaps there is a sense of doomsday in many people today–regardless of whether they’re Christian or not. According to YouGov, an international research data and analytics group headquartered in London, “Nearly three in 10 (29%) US adults think it’s likely that there will be an apocalyptic disaster in their lifetime. And 17 percent of Americans say that they have an apocalypse survival plan for their family.”
Further, “in a YouGov survey conducted in late February, at a time when several dozen cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in the US, nearly one in five (19%) Americans said they believed a global pandemic was the most likely cause of the apocalypse.”
The Return of Christ Is Central to Christian Teachings
Christians are definitely prone to doomsday theories because a central teaching in the Bible is that Jesus Christ will someday return to Earth in a doomsday setting. Christians are encouraged to be ready for these events. Jesus Himself said, “Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matthew 24:44).
