This sort of apocalypse nonsense has been prevalent since christianity took form on our planet. There are apocalypses occurring every day around the world. It has nothing to do with religion or God. Good grief. For instance anyone who is in the midst of war, earthquake, genocide (being committed upon them), hurricanes, tornadoes, fires engulfing towns, floods, mudslides and all the other endless natural planetary occurances are certain that end of the world has come for them and for many it was the end of their world. Eventually we will all disappear and this will mark the end of the cycle of humanity on Earth. We are but a mote of dust in the perception of cosmic cycles. Our existence will not have been noticed nor recorded by the universe. Oh by the by, God neither judges nor punishes. These are dogmatic religious beliefs not in tune with the reality of God residing within every human.
Interesting tidbits: The 3rd dimension we reside in is the co-creation of cumulative human thought or mental constructs. We are all co-creators, ergo, we contibute to all the apocalypses. If we want to change this we must change the way we think, eat then begin to act from ego-based to neutral-based living so God can create through us into the world (3rd dimension). Human logic is strictly a mental process which goes awry every milli-second of every day. Intuition, the inner voice of God's wisdom, is incapable of misdirection. When we stop trying to dominate and control everything then God is released from within to use us as channels to cope with each situation. Judgment is the most effective mode of preventing God from working through us but it is much more complicated then that. Should you choose to live in a neutral state you would serve the entire universe in a positive manner and our world would alter for the better in a significant way.