The End-Times IV: Carnage of the Jaguar

According to the Aztec, there were four previous worlds or 'suns', each...identified with a particular deity and race of humans. The sun of earth, Nahui Ocelotl, is destroyed by jaguars, creatures closely identified with the earth and the underworld. pp. 34

-Aztec and Maya Myths, Karl Taube

Admit it, jaguar slaughter would make for an awesome apocalypse. And, is it not comforting to know that humanity has weathered this sky-rending storm before? Pre-Christianity?

Also, see this article about the Millerites and their collective wrongness, and this clip from The Simpsons.