This prediction doesn't necessarily mean the Biblical end of ordinary humanity. Most of what most people see as the apocalypse has already happened, all those code names and numbers referring to The Roman Empire and The Holy Roman Empire, the dark ages, The Inquisition (600 years) the black death, etc.
Some western Canadian natives, over 300 years ago, predicted the dominance of the white man in North American would end around this same time. For the most scientific prediction, look at the detailed star charts of the Aztecs and Maya. Ancient Egyptians said the great pyramid would reveal it's message some time after the year 2000, I forget the date. However, lest I stray from accepted Christianity too far into the other works of our heavenly father's children, here's a question for you.
Remember Noah and his Ark, not The Ark Of The Covenant? What was the first creature he released when he thought the storm was subsiding? I'm always surprised who says dove or dove with an olive branch. He released a black bird. Why does every tribe from the Inuit to the tip of South America have a belief that a crow, blackbird, Quetzoacotl or raven brought down the sun, quieted the earth and calmed the waters, or as creation history?
The legal restoration of the state of Israel, the discoveries of other books of ancient times, from the Dead Sea Scrolls to The Book of Mormon all fulfill Biblical predictions as signs of a coming apocalypse.
Not territory, wealth, gold, jewels, harems, what man has fought over from time immemorial, but oil, the blood of the earth, the global addiction of the new millennium. The blood of man is now known in that black gold.
You live your life, you take your chances. Choose well.
May All Peace Be Upon You, when you do.