The world will not end peacefully with a reverse Adam and Eve

The Bible makes many consistent prophecies about the end of the world. It will not end peacefully with a reverse Adam and Eve, no matter how much I want it to. 

By "reverse Adam and Eve", I mean a gradual decline in population until only 1 man and 1 woman are left, both of which do not procreate. I used to wish for this type of ending of the human race because it seemed peaceful. But this wouldn't even be a peaceful ending anyway, because a constant long-term aging population results in all kinds of demographic problems - they're just different problems than a young population would have.

So, no matter how good it sounds to have the human race dwindle away until no-one is left, it a) is clear from the Bible this isn't the way the human race ends on Earth, and b) it wouldn't really be a peaceful way for the human race to go anyway because there would be a lot of social problems with such a top-heavy demographic composition.

How does the human race on Earth end then, anyway? From the Bible, it is clear that on the last day, there will still be many people on the planet - and that there are climate problems and other problems. Let's take a look:

When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and there came a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Revelation 6: 12-17 

It is clear even at the very end of days that there will still be people on Earth. They all try to hide in caves, but they exist and are still living on Earth, as shown in the passage from Revelation above.

Therefore, the world does not end with a reverse Adam and Eve, but instead by a really big event - a huge earthquake and the sky itself vanishes. 

It sounds like this could represent some event such as a massive asteroid strike, or something similar. Regardless of what avenue God uses for this to happen, there are still people living on Earth when it happens. The end of the human race is not a peaceful dwindling away of the population.

Make no mistake: the end of days is not a second chance. That will be a time when the choices we have made are cast in stone. Today, we have the teachings of the Bible available to us. We have the ability to pray. We are expected to use these abilities to make our decisions and our choices. It's not too late today. But when you die or at the end of days, it will be too late to make a choice - and either of those things could happen at any time.

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