The Bible describes how the world will end—and scientists agree.
In one of the areas where science and religion meet, Revelations 8:8 describes something that resembles a large asteroid smashing into Earth and creating huge earthquakes and massive tidal waves, killing millions, according to CBN News.
Revelations 8:8 reads, "The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood."
Revelations also describes the sun being blotted out for three days.
NASA has said that it's only a matter of time before a large asteroid strikes Earth, causing millions of death if not the end of the world itself. The U.S. space agency spends millions of dollars to track numerous asteroids that fly near our planet. NASA scientists say the Earth actually gets hit by 100 tons of small meteorites every day. However, they say every million years or so, a space rock large enough to be considered a killer asteroid comes crashing in.
Biblical scholars and scientists are in agreement that a large asteroid strike could end life on Earth.
In the book, "The End of the Age," 700 Club Host and CBN founder Pat Robertson talks about the eventuality of the end of the world as described in the Bible.
"There isn't anything that will cause the seas to roil, that will, you know, cause the skies to darken, the moon and the sun not to give their light, the nations terrified on Earth of what's happening. There isn't anything that's going to do that," Robertson said.
"We're big enough to draw some of them in. And as somebody said, it's 'blind luck.' Well, it's the mercy of the Lord. But if that mercy ever got lifted, whew. That's what Jesus himself said!" he advised. "So, hey, just get ready. Get right. And stay right with the Lord."
On June 10 this year, a monster asteroid—up to 1.5-mile long mass of rock and metal—made a "close approach" to Earth, according to NASA as reported by The Daily Express.
Astronomers now fear that the giant asteroid called 1997 XF11 could return in just 12 years—in October 2028 to be exact—and create an extinction level event.
A more recent asteroid event took place on Sept. 7 when another mile-long killer asteroid named 2004 BO41 brushed past Earth at 7.3 million miles away, according to The Daily Star.
NASA also revealed that a 61-metre-long asteroid whizzed past Earth at a speed of 31,000 mph on Sept. 17.
Experts say even a meteor as small as that would have the impact equivalent to several nuclear bombs if it smashes into Earth.
In 1908, a similar sized space rock exploded above Siberia and flattened more than 80 million trees, sending a shockwave through Russia measuring five on the Richter scale.
More recently in 2013, an even smaller meteor, measuring 19 metres in length, blew apart above Chelyabinsk in Russia, obliterating buildings and injuring 1,000 people.
