OK, most ancient cultures believed their beginnings had gods/demons, magical things going on. ex-India thought a giant turtle was holding up the earth; vikings, egyptians, mayas, incas, all felt their gods had to be appeased or they could cause all kinds of catastrophes...hope you get the idea: Even the old testament is filled w/ things that haven't happened in millenia(Joshua and the sun; Moses holding up his arms for battle to win, when he dropped his arms they started losing, things like that)
Revelations as taught by Hagee and his ilk believe 3 headed monsters are gonna rise up out of the sea, etc etc...lots of magical, crazy things going to happen.
But in the modern age- there is no magic- rarely miracles (not counting the dark ages when people did believe in witches and stuff).
magic--no magic--magic------I think that most babylonian christians believe the history of the world is this way.
I just don't believe the end of the age (or world) is going to be draped in magic.
Revelations is metaphor and parables I think.
Sorry for this post, but just talked to a friend who listens to Hagee and she thinks the weirdest things will happen at the end!
just blowing off steam here...(since my friend won't listen to reason)