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The Mayans were not alone in their prediction of the end of the world. Edgar Casey, Nostradamus and even the Bible, all point to something happening in the near future. 2000 years ago the Mayans gave the exact time, which converted to our calender, points to December 21, 2012 at 11:11am
One of the reasons that many scientist do not quickly dismiss this date, is their respect for the Mayans. The Mayan calender is actually more accurate than the one used at this moment throughout our present world. An additional example of their amazing accomplishments, was the calculation of the time involved in a Lunar cycle all the way out to the 5 th decimal.
As Astronomers look out into the heavens, they calculate that earth will, at that future moment, be at an extremely close conjunction of the Winter Solstice Sun, with the crossing point of the Galactic Equator (the equator of the Milky Way) and the Ecliptic (path of the Sun) an event that takes place about every26,000 years.
The interest in this topic, is so large that over a dozen books have been published, and if you Google the subject, you will find thousands of articles supporting this "doomsday" prediction. The point of this document, is that you have not seen anything yet. As we get closer to the predicted date, we should all expect something similar to the Y2K panic, but multiplied about a thousand times.
Fear is not always rational, but at least this one has some scientific facts at its base.One of the reasons that fear is going to be at a very high level, relates to other things going on. The earth appears to be warming, polar ice is melting, tensions seem to be rising between countries, and religions, and many people are in total fear about the future. Everyone of these events, makes a percentage of our population very receptive to the possibility of the world ending, especially when you realize the Mayans accurately predicted their own demise (literally down to the year) long before it happened.
As a Christian, I am not the least bit worried, but I do want to prepare each of us, for the opportunities that I believe are coming our way. As peoples fears multiply, many of them will become receptive to what Jesus has to offer. We and our churches must be prepared, and ready to deal with what could be the greatest opportunity of the last several hundred years.
I know that God does not "need" us to bring people to Christ, but he allows each of us opportunities to be used by him as a tool, I think that this will be one of the greatest of these moments, in our life time.
Tell me what you think, all advice and comments are appreciated.
Hi Jeff, Good article. Good topic. If you listen carefully you can almost hear the muffled scream of the Cosmic consciousness as this doomsday event approaches. Jesus said, "In this world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world."
Great article, but this specific topic will scare a lot of people. Particularly the ones that are not ready for Christ to come, and the ones that don't fully understand what that means yet. Hopefully, this will wake up the sleeping people and they find Christ before it's to late.
Thanks for reading this article. Get ready for an amazing time in history, and prepare yourself for lots of things to happen. As the time gets closer, plan on many people going crazy.
I always eye etra-biblical material on the "end of the world" with great caution although it is interesting it often is misleading. My rule of thumb is always consider the source. All that is supernatural is not divine, in other words it may have a spiritual source but what spirit are we speaking of.
You will notice that when people speak of the end of the world they always bring up the fear they feel about it. Note very carefully that at Christ's return Satan is removed, and Christ removes men from governing the world. He sits as King of Kings and Lord of Lords over the millenial kingdom (1000 years) and leads the world into what some have aptly called the "sabbath millenial." Thats just the most peaceful and wonderful 1000 years this old world will ever see before eternity begins. Thats nothing to fear!
What is fearful is that prior to Christ's return the world will see the antichrist and the false prophet ruling for seven years. The horrors and the warfare they finally lead people to is quite scary.
Remeber Christ's words "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." Mt. 16:25
We know that even at the loss of our lives we have lost nothing because Christ has promised we will be there in the millenial rule whether we die before, during or after the great tribulation.
Christ takes away fear as it says in 2 Timothy 1:7 but its up to us to learn how to appropriate that ability to rest so perfectly on him that fear can no longer rule, even the fear of death.
I am very grateful for your letter on this subject. If I am correct, and the fear grows as this date approaches, You will be a very busy person. I see this as an opportunity to bring the peace that you describe above. I love the fact that Christ takes away fear.
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