In the era of kali, the era of decadence, people's intelligence will be hijacked by atheism, and they will hardly ever offer sacrifice to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, who is the Supreme Spiritual Master of the universe. Although the great personalities who control the three worlds all bow down to the lotus-like feet (formula of respect) of the Supreme Lord, the petty and miserable human beings of this Iron Age will not.

Terrified and on the verge of death, a man collapses on his bed. Although his voice weakens and he is barely aware of what he is saying, if he pronounces the holy name of the Supreme Lord, Krishna, he can be freed from the reaction of his fruitful activity and attain the supreme destination, the kingdom of God. But people of the present age will still not worship the Supreme Lord.

Therefore, strive with all your might to fix Supreme Lord Krishna in your heart. Maintain this focus on the Lord, and at the time of death you will certainly reach the ultimate destination.

The Kali Age or the Apocalypse

The Christians give it the name of Apocalypse and the Krishna Consciousness Movement gives it the name of the Kali Age, the Iron Age, the dark age, the age of decadence. This era that began 5,000 years ago and lasts for 432,000 years is the most terrible time ever.

The Kali Age continues for 432,000 years, of which only 5,000 years have passed. So there are 427,000 years to come. Of these 427,000 years, the 10,000 years of the sankirtana or chanting of the Holy Names movement of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, inaugurated by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Avatar 500 years ago, provides fallen souls with the age of kali the opportunity to join the Krishna consciousness movement, and to sing this wonderful hymn “Haré Krishna”. They can thus be freed from the grip of material existence and return to their original home, to God. These 10,000 years will extend until the year 11516 after Jesus Christ, then the degeneration will accelerate.

Other prediction.

This is that of the advent of Kalki, an Avatar who must appear at the conjunction of two cycles, that is to say at the time when the age of kali, ours, and when a new age begins, the golden age or the age of virtue and of truth.

The four ages; the Satya or the Golden Age, the Treta or the Silver Age, the Dvapara or the Copper Age and the Kali or the Iron Age, indeed follow one another like the months of the calendar. The Kali Age, in which we live today, lasts 432,000 years, of which only 5,000 years have passed, since it began after the Battle of Kuruksetra, at the end of Maharaja Pariksit's reign. So there are still 427,000 years to go.