Word: apocalypticism
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Above all Reno needed to know how Koresh would react to being pushed and whether the others inside would follow him, even unto death. Koresh held over them all the power of the Apocalypse; he was the Lamb of Revelation, who alone could open the seven seals and foresee the...
Two possible futures, one optimistic, the other apocalyptic, loom for the survival of science in the now uncertain and uneasy former Soviet Union, members of a joint American-Russian workshop said at a weekend conference.
The principal reason for thinking Koresh really might surrender soon is that for the first time, he says, he has received the "message" he was awaiting from God concerning the seven seals. Phillip Arnold, one of the experts in apocalyptic theology whom Koresh wants to examine his manuscript, and Koresh...
The Revelation to John, the last book of the Bible, envisioned the end of the world as a succession of calamities announced by the sound of trumpets. Too bad for cult leader David Koresh, a man with apocalyptic yearnings, that the same book doesn't mention Andy Williams albums, marching...
NAFTA and its promise of economic benefits will go a long way in enabling the implementation of stricter scrutiny and more stringent environmental laws. The apocalyptic nightmare of a devastated landscape and the continent-wide lowering of environmental standards presented by the more radical environmentalist factions may make for good...