Abstract

The year 2000 was interpreted by theologians of different currents as "special", "final", as one that should determine the further fate of mankind. The points of view for the period that will follow after him, and accordingly the fate of civilization in the future, were quite pessimistic. They can be classified in the following sequence: civilization has reached the limit of its existence, it will gradually die; The global problems of the present are a sign of the "end of time". From here two perspectives: believers expect salvation, eternity, paradise, the kingdom of God on earth, and nonbelievers, respectively, eternal suffering, non-being. Therefore, the end of 2000, according to theologians, marks a prehistory, and the next millennium - a true story, the history of a new, God's civilization.