Global turmoil piques interest in apocalypse.

By ANN PEPPER, The Orange County Register

(excerpts)

“Polls from organizations such as CNN and Time found that while 36 percent of all Americans believe the Bible is God’s word and should be taken literally, even more—59 percent—say they believe that events predicted in the Book of Revelation will come to pass, and nearly one in five believes that he or she will live long enough to see the end of the world.” 

“Those studies also found that more than a third of Americans who support Israel do so because the Bible teaches that Jews must possess their own country in the Holy Land before Jesus can return.” 

“Now, especially in the United States, the quest to understand the Book of Revelation and what it means for the fate of the Earth is cresting again.” 

“But many do believe the Second Coming of Christ will occur in the Middle East after a titanic battle with the Antichrist, and that what is written in Revelation will come to pass—exactly as written.”