Two-thirds of a billion Muslims expect the Mahdi – the last Islamic imam they believe will come and rule the world – to arrive in their lifetimes. This expectation is most widespread in Afghanistan (83 percent), Iraq (72 percent), Tunisia (67 percent) and Malaysia (62 percent). Shi’as are more likely than Sunnis to expect the Mahdi to return in their lifetime, by an 88 percent to 55 percent margin.
Don't confuse this with the catching up of the Church to Heaven and the Lord's return in power 7 years later to rule for 1,000 years.
The point is that even Islam and secular sources like the Mayans, Nostradamus and the Oracle of Delphi point to the end of life as we know it.
