Life sux, then you die.
What happens in between is up to you
As for this 'Bible code', I haven't read it, but which bible is it based on? If it isn't the original Hebrew version, don't trust it. So much is lost in the translation, I wouldn't trust any 'hidden evidence' someone has found...
As for the end of the world, according to Nostrodamus that was supposed to be 1981. I'm still waiting
Compared to the future prospects in the cold war, when we all expected to wiped out in a M.A.D. nuclear armaggedon, I think things are looking ok. As a child of the 80s, the thought of WW3 scared the cr@p out of me back then.
Fuel at $3 a litre? This was predicted by a visiting Iranian oil exec. I'm sure he'd love us to be paying that much. Allowing for inflation, how much was petrol during the 70s oil crisis?