We enter this Easter season at a time when the world is weighted down by the burden of war. Between the news of military operations dominating the headlines, the disruption of global trade, and the rising costs we all feel at the grocery store and the gas pump, many people are asking whether we are witnessing the end of days. Some voices—even religious ones—are using the language of the Apocalypse to justify the thunderous sound of bombs, claiming that this violence is a necessary roadmap for the return of Christ.