The few prophecies involving destruction at the end of the world etc are seen as a worst case scenario- there are various ways the Mashiach can come
1) the Jews observe tow sabaths in a row perfectly a s a nation, or as a whole we are at a very high spiritual level- this scenario is the best case and Mashiach comes with no prelude or destruction
2) Mashiach comes because it is time. The intermediate case. No massive wars though there is some suffering
3) The world becomes degraded and mashiach comes to save us- the worst case and there is the massive war between Gog and Magog and the destruction mentioned in a few prophecies.Does the Jewish faith refer to anything that resembles the christian book of revelations?
No.
the jewish torah (the jewish bible) is the same as the 5 books of moses in the old testiment of the christian bibleDoes the Jewish faith refer to anything that resembles the christian book of revelations?
No.
they're not that crazy.Does the Jewish faith refer to anything that resembles the christian book of revelations?
Parts of the book of Daniel record visions from God to Daniel that are matched by similar images, themes, concepts as those God revealed in visions to John which are recorded in Revelation.
well, we do have prophecies of the War of Gog and Magog, Armageddon and such, and what will happen to people in different areas of the world during it. Things like "the battle of Armageddon will last for 12 seconds, and people's skin will melt from their faces", etc. that were made by Sages hundreds of years ago who couldn't possibly have known about nuclear weapons back then.
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Joel spells out how a great shofar, a ram's horn will herald the coming time of destruction and darkness, and he then delineates some of the awful things that will happen on the great Day of Judgment. It is a prophecy singularly focused on fear.
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Probably parts of the book of Daniel are about as close as we come. But I've never heard a rabbi give a sermon on any part of Daniel and we don't really think about it all that much.
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