but it came back. Heh. But seriously, I was watching a show on History International last night called God Vs. Satan and it was basically an overview of how Satan or Ha-satan, literally The Adversary, went from being God's errand boy to his enemy in three different theological views - Jewish, Christian, and Muslim. It was rather interesting. Anyways, during the show they gave the etymology of the word Armageddon - Har-Megiddo or Mount Megiddo. It is a hill and adjacent battlefield outside of Jerusalem that is supposed to be the site of the final battle between good and evil.
This sparked in my head a question about another word - apocalypse. What does it actually mean? Where did it originate? It's an ancient Greek word, apokalypsis, that means 'lifting the veil' or 'revelation'. In Revelations, it meant roughly the 'revelation of God's will' and the usage synonymous with the 'end of days' scenarios is shortened from apokalupsis eschaton or 'revelation at the end of an age'. It is interesting to note that the word has evolved so greatly based solely on a religious conceptualization.
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