Did you know that Christians writing almost 1,800 years ago calculated that the end of the great 6,000-year world cycle would arrive around 500 AD? Sextus Julius Africanus, writing around 220 AD, calculated that Christ appeared approximately 5,500 years after Creation. The early Christian idea was simple: 6 days of Creation = 6,000 years of human history Because: “With the Lord one day is as a thousand years.” — 2 Peter 3:8 So, if Christ appeared in year 5,500, only 500 years remained before the completion of the sixth millennium. 5,500 + 500 = 6,000 Meaning that the great transition, or the Apocalypse, was expected around 500 AD. Now look at what actually happened around that period: 476 AD — The Western Roman Empire collapses 536 AD — One of the most mysterious volcanic climate catastrophes in recorded history darkens the Sun 536–545 AD — Massive cooling and crop failures 541 AD — The Justinianic Plague begins More than 60% of Europe's population died, and the world entered the Dark Ages. Something strange happened during this period, and the added-years conspiracy starts to make sense when you learn that similar events happened again around 1300 AD.