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`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Introduction This paper is going to discuss the apocalypticism in New Testament. To explore this, paper will discuss the different meanings of apocalipticism and the Jewish apocalypticism as background of Christian apocalypticism. The paper will further explore the apocalyptic motifs of New Testament writings and its theology.  1. Meaning of Apocalypticism The term ‘apocalyptic’ is derived from the Greek word a,pokalu,ptein which means “to reveal” or “to unveil”. This term has three main uses: literary genre (apocalypse), a kind of eschatology (apocalyptic eschatology) and a historical religio-social movement (apocalypticism). [1] Firstly, Collins defines apocalypse as “a genre