Just what we needed—another reason to stay up worrying at night!
It seems like every other day, someone has a new prediction about the end of the world. But this time, it’s not just any random doomsday claim—it comes from none other than the brilliant British physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton.
People have been trying to guess the future for centuries. From ancient prophecies to modern conspiracy theories, almost everyone has had their take on when the world will meet its end.
So far, every single prediction has been proven wrong. And for those of us who have been around long enough, we’ve already lived through multiple so-called “apocalypse” events that never actually happened.
Remember when people thought the world was going to end in the year 2000? Then came June 6, 2006. And of course, 2012 was supposed to be the final year for humanity, thanks to the Mayan calendar. Yet here we are, still standing.
But this time, the prediction is different—because it comes from Isaac Newton himself.
Newton made this claim way back in 1704, long before modern science, before trains, before the guillotine, and even before the piano was invented.
Newton anticipated for the end of the world to occur, at the earliest, this century.
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If you haven’t been paying attention yet, now might be the time to start, because Newton’s prediction places doomsday uncomfortably close.
In a letter that he probably never intended for the world to see, he wrote: “So then the time times & half a time are 42 months or 1260 days or three years & an half, recconing twelve months to a yeare & 30 days to a month as was done in the Calendar of the primitive year.”
“And the days of short lived Beasts being put for the years of lived kingdoms, the period of 1260 days, if dated from the complete conquest of the three kings A.C. 800, will end A.C. 2060. It may end later, but I see no reason for its ending sooner.”
Yes, you read that correctly—2060. That’s just 35 years away.
So how exactly did Newton come up with this theory?
Newton was deeply religious, and his prediction was based on interpretations of the Book of Daniel. This book, which is part of the Old Testament, contains references to apocalyptic events, which he believed held the key to understanding the end times.
Newton predicted the apocalypse for 2060 so mark your calendars
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Explaining Newton’s theory, Andrei Tapalaga, the curator of History of Yesterday, stated: “The ‘end of the world’ that Newton is referring to in this theory based on the Book of Daniel is that this will be when Jesus will come back and bring peace to this world by being the ruler for a whole millennium.”
“Jesus would burn all of those that have corrupted Christianity for their own personal gain and teach us all to live in harmony. Those that oppose him will face his wrath and those who embrace him will face his love.”
So, in Newton’s view, the “end of the world” wasn’t necessarily a complete and total destruction of humanity. Instead, it was more of a transition—an end to one era and the start of another.
Well, that’s a relief… sort of!