People who study the Bible are not the only ones concerned about where our world is headed. For thousands of years people have been fascinated with predictions of the end of the world.
A biblical prophecy describing a superpower that will emerge and oppose Christ at His return was foretold by the prophet Daniel in the time of the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar.
The first three of the horsemen of the book of Revelation represent religious deception, war and famine, with the fourth, pale green horse signifying disease pandemics.