“One Hundred Years of Solitude” draws from inspiration from and alludes a lot to the Bible; through the two books’ similarities, one might see why Macondo’s destruction is tied to the Buendias and what is the position of Marquez’s book in his culture.
There are arguments on whether the “race” that is condemned at the end of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is the whole population of Macondo or only the line of Buendias; to resolve this, there must be no better way than looking at what the author originally uses, which is the Spanish version. In “Cien Anos de Soledad”, Marquez himself writes at the end of the story, “…porque las estirpes condenadas a cien años de soledad no tenían una segunda oportunidad sobre la tierra.” This corresponds with
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One more thing, even the prediction of the end of time is similar, John writes metaphorically of the Apocalypse in the book of Revelation, and little Aureliano deciphers the parchments. For better information, in the Apocalypse, there shall come the four horsemen, the world will end, and the Son of God will return to judge the people as a blessing to those who believe, repent, and prepare; however, “One Hundred Years of Solitude” only has the part where one judgement is made and the world of the condemned is doomed. As one can see, even though judgement is on the people inhabiting the world, the world is destroyed because humans are entirely dependent on their world; accordingly, judgement on the Buendias should also include Macondo because it is where the line is attached to this Earth. There may be an additional reason: for the line to be gone and immemorial on Earth forever, Macondo, its dwelling place should be gone with