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https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-...d-in-2060/
EXCERPTS: In 1704, Isaac Newton sat down with pen and paper and tried to calculate the end of the world. He didn’t use a telescope or a laboratory. He used the Bible. Specifically, the prophetic numbers in the Book of Daniel.
More than three centuries later, a few of Newton’s scrawled lines — once tucked into his personal papers — have morphed into a viral myth: that the father of modern physics predicted the apocalypse would arrive in 2060. But the truth, like Newton himself, is far more complicated.
We know Newton as the man who discovered gravity, invented calculus, and laid the foundations of modern physics. What fewer people realize is that he also poured decades of his life into alchemy, biblical interpretation, and apocalyptic theology.
In fact, Newton left behind over five million words of religious writing, nearly twice the word count of his published scientific works on math and physics. Another million words of his known writings are on alchemy. He saw no contradiction in this. In his eyes, understanding the universe and understanding God were parts of the same truth-seeking endeavor.
Newton was a devout but fiercely independent Christian who held private religious views that differed significantly from mainstream Anglicanism and Protestantism. He read the Bible like a codebook, especially the prophetic books of Daniel and Revelation. He believed they contained a roadmap of history written in symbolic language. Properly decoded, they could reveal God’s timeline for humankind — and even the future.
His approach was methodical [...] But this wasn’t fire and brimstone. In Newton’s view, 2060 wouldn’t mark the destruction of Earth but the start of a divine transformation. Christ would return and establish “a flourishing and everlasting Kingdom” based on truth and peace. “The true Gospel,” he believed, would finally be preached “openly..." (MORE - details)
EXCERPTS: In 1704, Isaac Newton sat down with pen and paper and tried to calculate the end of the world. He didn’t use a telescope or a laboratory. He used the Bible. Specifically, the prophetic numbers in the Book of Daniel.
More than three centuries later, a few of Newton’s scrawled lines — once tucked into his personal papers — have morphed into a viral myth: that the father of modern physics predicted the apocalypse would arrive in 2060. But the truth, like Newton himself, is far more complicated.
We know Newton as the man who discovered gravity, invented calculus, and laid the foundations of modern physics. What fewer people realize is that he also poured decades of his life into alchemy, biblical interpretation, and apocalyptic theology.
In fact, Newton left behind over five million words of religious writing, nearly twice the word count of his published scientific works on math and physics. Another million words of his known writings are on alchemy. He saw no contradiction in this. In his eyes, understanding the universe and understanding God were parts of the same truth-seeking endeavor.
Newton was a devout but fiercely independent Christian who held private religious views that differed significantly from mainstream Anglicanism and Protestantism. He read the Bible like a codebook, especially the prophetic books of Daniel and Revelation. He believed they contained a roadmap of history written in symbolic language. Properly decoded, they could reveal God’s timeline for humankind — and even the future.
His approach was methodical [...] But this wasn’t fire and brimstone. In Newton’s view, 2060 wouldn’t mark the destruction of Earth but the start of a divine transformation. Christ would return and establish “a flourishing and everlasting Kingdom” based on truth and peace. “The true Gospel,” he believed, would finally be preached “openly..." (MORE - details)
