
In April, the New York Times posed a question on the beginning crescendo of the global COVID-19 pandemic from a religious perspective — was the viral outbreak which was expected to infect millions and kill hundreds of thousands the beginning of the end of days for mankind?
Covered by commentary on biblical predictions of natural disasters, man locked in a final battle against man, and public health crisis, there was one spiritual view that emerged as the foundation of what an apocalypse truly entails for billions of believers and non-believers alike.