The Life In TheGreat618

"End of the World"
Prophecies
Past, Present and Future
Church "Fathers" and "Great
Men"
My intent is simply to display some
erroneous comments by the men
considered by many to be virtually
inspired. I do not mean to ridicule
them. Typically, the errors displayed
are those based upon
misinterpretations of eschatological
passages, although not exclusively.
Alphabetical List of Apocalyptic
Declarations Up to 1000
NOTE: "Millenarianism became the
general belief of the time." Dr. Bonar in
"Prophetic Land-Marks " writes:
"Millenarianism prevailed universally
during the first three
centuries." ( Giesseler, "Church
History," Vol. 1, p.166)
Barnabas (1st Cent.) - "The true
Sabbath is the one thousand
years.. .when Christ comes back to
reign."
Beatus (793) "only fourteen years left to
complete the sixth millennium (since
creation), and therefore presumably
only fourteen years also until
Antichrist’s coming" (Commentary on
the Apocalypse, 4) ; Beatus, abbot of
Liebana, predicted that the end of the
world would occur on Easter eve (April
6, Julian calendar) of 796. (Weber p.50)
Bernard of Thuringia (992) - Calculated
that the end would come in 992. (Randi
p.236)
John Calvin - "Scripture uniformly
enjoins us to look with expectation for
the advent of Christ." ("Institutes," 3:25)
Clement (96), Bishop of Rome - "Let us
every hour expect the Kingdom of
God.. .we know not the day." ; "Soon
and suddenly shall his will be
accomplished"
Cyprian (200-258), Bishop of Carthage -
"The kingdom of God, beloved
brethren, is beginning to be at hand" ;
"That wars continue to prevail, that
death and famine accumulate anxiety,
that health is shuttered by raging
diseases, that the human race is wasted
by the desolation of pestilence, know
that this was foretold; that evils should
be multiplied in the last times, and that
misfortunes should be varied; and that
the day of judgment is drawing
nigh" (Treatise 5, An Address to
Demetrianus)
Bishop Gregory of Tours (799) -
Calculated the End occurring between
799 and 806. (Weber p.48)
Hyppolytus - "predicted a year for the
consummation of the ages:
AD500" (Richard Abanes, End Time
visions?, p.165)
Ignatius , Bishop of Antioch - "Consider
the times and expect Him." ; "The last
times are upon us"
Justin Martyr (150) - "I and all others
who are orthodox Christians, on all
points, know there will be.. .a thousand
years in Jerusalem.. .as Isaiah and
Ezekiel declare."
Irenaeus (175), Bishop of Lyons,
companion of Polycarp, John's pupil,
commenting on Jesus’ promise to drink
again of the fruit of the vine in His
Father’s Kingdom - "That this.. .can
only be fulfilled upon our Lord’s
personal return on earth."
Julius Africanus (160-240) - Claimed
that the End would occur 6000 years
after the Creation. Assuming that there
were 5531 years between the Creation
and the Resurrection, he expected the
Second Coming to take place no later
than 500 AD. (Kyle p.37)
Lactantius (300) - "The righteous
dead.. .and reign with them on
earth.. .for a thousand years."
St. Martin of Tours (316-397) - "There
is no doubt that the Antichrist has
already been born. Firmly established
already in his early years, he will, after
reaching maturity, achieve supreme
power." (Abanes p.119)
Nicene Creed (325) - "We expect a new
heaven and earth.. .at the appearing of
the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ, and then, as Daniel says, the
saints of the Most High shall take the
kingdom."
Papias (116), Bishop of Hierapolis -
"There will be one thousand
years.. .when the reign of Christ
personally will be established on
earth."
Tertullian (200) - "We do indeed
confess that a Kingdom is promised on
earth." "the end of the world wild
come with the seventh persecution.
The Goths will conquer Rome and
redeem the Christians; but then Nero
will appear as the heathen Antichrist,
reconquer Rome, and rage against the
Christians three years and a half. He
will be conquered in turn by the Jewish
and real Antichrist from the East, who,
after the defeat of Nero and the
burning of Rome, will return to Judea,
perform false miracles, and be
worshipped by the Jews. At last Christ
appears, that is, God himself with the
lost Twelve Tribes as his army, which
had lived beyond Persia in happy
simplicity and virtue. Under astounding
phenomena of nature he will conquer
Antichrist and his host, convert all
nations, and take possession of the holy
city of Jerusalem."
There are many stories of apocalyptic
paranoia around the year 1000. For
example, legend has it that a "panic
terror" gripped Europe in the years and
months before this date. However,
scholars disagree on which stories are
geniune, whether millennial
expectations at this time were any
greater than usual, or whether ordinary
people were even aware of what year it
was. An excellent article on Y1K
apocalyptic expectations can be found
at the Center for Millennial Studies .
(Gould, Schwartz, Randi)
Sandro Botticelli (1504)
Wrote a caption in Greek on his
painting The Mystical Nativity:
"I Sandro painted this picture at the
end of the year 1500 in the troubles of
Italy in the half time after the time
according to the eleventh chapter of St.
John in the second woe of the
Apocalypse in the loosing of the devil
for three and a half years. Then he will
be chained in the 12th chapter and we
shall see him trodden down as in this
picture."
Clement of Alexandria (A.D .
150-215)
(That Christ was soon to return in the
second century)
"Far from us be that which is written,
"Wretched are they who are of a
double mind, and of a doubting heart;
who say, These things we have heard
even in the times of our fathers; but,
behold, we have grown old, and none
of them has happened unto us.. "(10) Ye
foolish ones! compare yourselves to a
tree: take [for instance] the vine. First
of all, it sheds its leaves, then it buds,
next it puts forth leaves, and then it
flowers; after that comes the sour
grape, and then follows the ripened
fruit. Ye perceive how in a little time
the fruit of a tree comes to maturity. Of
a truth, soon and suddenly shall His
will be accomplished, as the Scripture
also bears witness, saying, "Speedily
will He come, and will not tarry;"(11)
and, "The Lord shall suddenly come to
His temple, even the Holy One, for
whom ye look." ( The Epistles to the
Corinthians , ch. 23)
Irenaeus (136-202)
(That Christ was 50 years old)
"For how had He disciples, if He did
not teach? And how did He teach, if He
had not a Master’s age? For He came to
Baptism as one Who had not yet
fulfilled thirty years, but was beginning
to be about thirty years old; (for so
Luke, who hath signified His years, bath
set it down; Now Jesus, when He came
to Baptism, began to be about thirty
years old:) and He preached for one
year only after His Baptism: completing
His thirtieth year He suffered, while He
was still young, and not yet come to
riper age. But the age of 30 years is the
first of a young man’s mind, and that it
reaches even to the fortieth year,
everyone will allow: but after the
fortieth and fiftieth year, it begins to
verge towards elder age: which our
Lord was of when He taught, as the
Gospel and all the Elders witness, who
in Asia conferred with John the Lord’s
disciple, to the effect that John had
delivered these things unto them: for
he abode with them until the times of
Trajan. And some of them saw not only
John, but others also of the Apostles,
and had this same account from them,
and witness to the aforesaid relation.
Whom ought we rather to believe?
These, being such as they are, or
Ptolemy, who never beheld the
Apostles, nor ever in his dreams
attained to any vestige of an Apostle?
( Against Heresies , 2:22 :5)
(That Flesh and Blood DOES inherit
the kingdom of God)
BOOK 5, CHAP. IX.- -SHOWING HOW
THAT PASSAGE OF THE APOSTLE
WHICH THE HERETICS PERVERT,
SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD; VIZ.,
"FLESH AND BLOOD SHALL NOT
POSSESS THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 1.
Among the other [truths] proclaimed
by the apostle, there is also this one,
"That flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom of God."(7) This is [the
passage] which is adduced by all the
heretics in support of their folly, with
an attempt to annoy us, and to point
out that the handiwork of God is not
saved. They do not take this fact into
consideration, that there are three
things out of which, as I have shown,
the complete man is composedflesh,
soul, and spirit. One of these does
indeed preserve and fashion [the
man]-- this is the spirit; while as to
another it is united and formed-- that is
the flesh; then [comes] that which is
between these two--that is the soul,
which sometimes indeed, when it
follows the spirit, is raised up by it, but
sometimes it sympathizes with the
flesh, and falls into carnal lusts. Those
then, as many as they be, who have not
that which saves and forms [us] into
life [eternal], shall be, and shall be
called, [mere] flesh and blood; for
these are they who have not the Spirit
of God in themselves. Wherefore men
of this stamp are spoken of by the Lord
as "dead;" for, says He, "Let the dead
bury their dead,"(1) because they have
not the Spirit which quickens man.
4. If, however, we must speak strictly,
[we would say that] the flesh does not
inherit, but is inherited; as also the
Lord declares, "Blessed are the meek,
for they shall possess the earth by
inheritance;"(5) as if in the [future]
kingdom, the earth, from whence exists
the substance Of our flesh, is to be
possessed by inheritance. This is the
reason for His wishing the temple (i.e .,
the flesh) to be clean, that the Spirit of
God may take delight therein, as a
bridegroom with a bride. As, therefore,
the bride cannot [be said] to wed, but
to be wedded, when the bridegroom
comes and takes her, so also the flesh
cannot by itself possess the kingdom of
God by inheritance; but it can be taken
for an inheritance into the kingdom of
God. For a living person inherits the
goods of the deceased; and it is one
thing to inherit, another to be
inherited. The former rules, and
exercises power over, and orders the
things inherited at his will; but the
latter things are in a state of subjection,
are under order, and are ruled over by
him who has obtained the inheritance.
What, therefore, is it that lives? The
Spirit of God, doubtless. What, again,
are the possessions of the deceased?
The various parts of the man, surely,
which rot in the earth. But these are
inherited by the Spirit when they are
translated into the kingdom of heaven.
For this cause, too, did Christ die. that
the Gospel covenant being manifested
and known to the whole world, might
in the first place set free His slaves; and
then afterwards, as I have already
shown, might constitute them heirs of
His property, when the Spirit possesses
them by inheritance. For he who lives
inherits, but the flesh is inherited. In
order that we may not lose life by
losing that Spirit which possesses us,
the apostle, exhorting us to the
communion of the Spirit, has said,
according to reason, in those words
already quoted, "That flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God."
Just as if he were to say, "Do not err;
for unless the Word of God dwell with,
and the Spirit of the Father be in you,
and if ye shall live frivolously and
carelessly as if ye were this only, viz.,
mere flesh and blood, ye cannot inherit
the kingdom of God."( Against Heresies ,
5:9)
(That the world would end in the
sixth thousandth year)
3. For in as many days as this world
was made, in so many thousand years
shall it be concluded. And for this
reason the Scripture says: "Thus the
heaven and the earth were finished,
and all their adornment. And God
brought to a conclusion upon the sixth
day the works that He had made; and
God rested upon the seventh day from
all His works."(6) This is an account of
the things formerly created, as also it is
a prophecy of what is to come. For the
day of the Lord is as a thousand years;
(7) and in six days created things were
completed: it is evident, therefore, that
they will come to an end at the sixth
thousand year." ( Against Heresies ,
5:28 :3) [Note- This position failed three
years ago, as the year 1994 was the
2000th year since Christ's birth)
Martin Luther (16th Century)
"I hope the last day of judgment is not
far, I persuade myself verily it will not
be absent full three hundred years
longer; for God's word will decrease
and be darkened for want of true
shepherds and servants of God. The
voice will sound and heard erelong:
'Behold the Bridegroom cometh.' God
neither will nor can suffer this wicked
world much longer, He must strike in
with the dreadful day, and punish the
contemning of His word." ( Familiar
Discourses , pp. 7, 8. )
"Let us not think that the coming of
Christ is far off." ; Believed that the End
would occur no later than 1600.
(Weber p.66)
Maximilla
"After me there will be no prophecy,
but the End will come." (quoted in
Dowley, 36)
OTHERS:
Nostradamus (1503-1566) - "In the year
1999, and seven months, from the sky
will come the great King of
Terror" (Century 10,Quatrain 72)
Do Jesus and the New
Testament Writers Deserve
to be on a List of False
Prophets?
Jews for Judaism says YES:
"Jesus did not come back "quickly, " as
promised, to judge mankind. The time has long
past that one can claim Jesus will come back
"quickly. " Thus, what we have in Revelation
22: 20 is a false prophecy."
"The expectation of Paul and the other New
Testament authors was for the speedy arrival of
the second coming in their generation. The use
of "for yet a little while," "shortly," "the time is
near," and "I am coming quickly" point to the
utter failure of the predictions that Jesus was
coming a second time to do what he did not
accomplish the first time."
"There was to be fulfillment within the lifetimes
of certain individuals alive at the time Jesus
made the promise and following upon certain
cataclysmic events which were to be witnessed
by that generation. These events never occurred
and the time for their occurrence has long since
passed."
"The second epistle of Peter is a late attempt to
explain away the obvious fact that the second
coming did not arrive at its appointed time."
Jesus' own statement shows that the
culmination of the "tribulation period" was to
see the parousia, the second coming of Jesus
(Mark 13: 26; Matthew 24:3 , 30), which
certainly did not occur during the (Roman-
Jewish) war nor subsequently."
This information was compiled by a
Dispensationalist writer (if you know
which, please let me know) who was
only attempting to show prophecies in
the past which have failed, yet who
believes that there are a number of
prophecies yet to be fulfilled. My
intention for posting this is to begin a
work of compiling failed prophecies
from the myriad of Christians and
Christian groups who are convinced
that the end is still nigh. Though not
highly represented in this list, the
information compiled in Dwight
Wilson's book "Armageddon Now!"
leaves few Dispensational stones
(leading up to publication in 1977)
unlisted.
1914 was one of the more important
estimates of the start of the war of
Armageddon by the Jehovah's
Witnesses (Watchtower Bible and Tract
Society). They computed 1914 from
prophecy in the book of Daniel,
Chapter 4. The writings referred to
"seven times". The WTS interpreted
each "time" as equal to 360 days, giving
a total of 2520 days. This was further
interpreted as representing 2520 years,
measured from the starting date of 607
BCE. This gave 1914 as the target date.
1914, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975 and
1994 were other dates that the
Watchtower Society predicted. 1975
looked likely as it was computed as the
6000th anniversary of the creation of
Adam in the Garden of Eden in 4026
BCE. They interpreted Psalms 90:10 as
defining the length of a generation to
be 80 years. Since 1914 plus 80 equals
1994, they predicted Armageddon
would occur around that year. The
latest estimate was 6000 years after the
creation of Eve, for which no date can
be determined with any accuracy.
1953-AUG : David Davidson wrote a
book titled "The Great Pyramid, Its
Divine Message" . In it, he predicted that
the world would end in 1953-AUG.
1957-APR : The Watchtower magazine,
quoted (1) a pastor from California,
Mihran Ask, as saying in 1957-JAN that
"Sometime between April 16 and 23,
1957, Armageddon will sweep the world!
Millions of persons will perish in its
flames and the land will be scorched.'
1960 : Piazzi Smyth, a past astronomer
royal of Scotland, wrote a book circa
1860 titled "Our Inheritance in the Great
Pyramid." It was responsible for
spreading the belief in pyramidology
throughout the world. This is the belief
that secrets are hidden in the
dimensions of the great pyramids. He
concluded from his research that the
millennium would start before the end
of 1960.
1970's : The late Moses David (formerly
David Berg) was the founder of the
Christian religious group, The Children
of God. He predicted that a comet
would hit the earth, probably in the
mid 1970's and destroy all life in the
United States.
1984 to 1999 : In 1983, Bhagwan Shree
Rajneesh, Guru of the Rajneesh
movement predicted massive
destruction on earth, including natural
disasters and man-made catastrophes.
Floods larger than any since Noah,
extreme earthquakes, very destructive
volcano eruptions, nuclear wars etc.
will be experienced. Tokyo, New York,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bombay
will all disappear.
1986 : Moses David of The Children of
God faith group predicted that the
Battle of Armageddon would take place
in 1986. Russia would defeat Israel and
the United States. A worldwide
Communist dictatorship would be
established. In 1993, Christ would
return to earth.
Early 1990's : In 1992, David Koresh of
the Branch Davidian group in Waco
Texas changed the name of their
commune from Mt. Carmel to Ranch
Apocalypse, because of his belief that
the final all-encompassing battle of
Armageddon mentioned in the Bible
would start at the Branch Davidian
compound. They had calculated that
the end would occur in 1995. After a
51-day standoff, on 1993-APR -10, 76
members died as a result of a
deliberately set fire.
Sometime in 1996 : The book "The
Return of Jupiter: End of the world in the
light of the Bible" Dorrance Publishing,
Pittsburgh PA predicted a disaster
starting in the Pacific Ocean:
"A terrible earthquake is going to break
the oceanic earth crust under the Pacific
Ocean by the year 1996 AD
1996-OCT-23 : Since 1658, many
Christians have accepted the
calculations of James Ussher, an Irish
archbishop, who estimated that the
first day of creation occurred on 4004-
OCT-23 BCE. This would make the time
interval between the creation of the
world and a common estimate of the
birth of Christ to be precisely 4000
years. Some people believe that Ussher
fudged the data to make it come out
neatly. He also estimated that the end
of the world would occur exactly 6000
years later, in the fall of 1996.
1997-MAR-8 : The Vortex of the Star of
David religious sect of Luskville, Quebec
was quoted (2) as predicting the end of
the world on Saturday, MAR-8. A
father, Jean Leon Marcoux, was
interviewed; he was worried because
his children will be visiting their
mother at the sect's commune on that
weekend. He approached the Quebec
police but was unable to get them to
take any action. A spokesperson for the
sect stated that they do not have a
doomsday scenario.
1997-APR-10 : Dan Millar, of Surrey, BC,
Canada and Bob Wadsworth of the
Biblical Astronomy newsletter are two
religious researchers. They are
following the age-old tradition of
looking for signs in the heavens for the
arrival of the Antichrist, return of
Christ, etc. Ancient prophecies told of
heavenly events and even a cross in the
sky in advance of momentous
developments. Millar and Wadsworth
have predicted the arrival of the
Antichrist on APR-10. Dan suggested
that we watch news from the Vatican
and from Jerusalem on that day,
because he expects some sort of coup
by the Antichrist. He is expected to
come to power in the Vatican as Pope
Peter II.
One heavenly indicator is the
intersection by two comets of the star
Algol in the constellation Perseus.
Comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp
intersected the star on the same date
(APR-11 ) on two adjacent years
(Hyakutake in 1996 and Hale-Bopp in
1997). Plotting the two comets'
trajectories over the period APR-1 to
APR-30 on the two years forms an
almost perfect cross. They intersect
between the eyes of the Medusa head
that Perseus is holding in his left hand.
"Algol" means "Demon Star" in Arabic.
The head is known as Rosh Satan (the
head of Satan) in Hebrew. There will be
one further heavenly sign: on the
evening of APR-10, there will be a lunar
occultation of the star Aldebaran in the
constellation Taurus.
1997-OCT-20 A Jewish group, called
the Temple Mount and Land of Israel
Faithful Movement were expected to
attempt to place the cornerstone of a
new temple on the Temple Mount in
Jerusalem. This is a small piece of real
estate that is the most sacred spot in
the world to Jews, and one of the most
sacred to Muslims. The Rapture Ready
home page has predicted that the
"Tribulation" would be triggered by
that event. Previous attempts had
failed either because of riots, or police
action. There was one report that they
were going to try to airlift the stone by
helicopter this time. On OCT-20, several
thousand police officers were deployed
throughout Jerusalem; they successfully
prevented access to the Temple Mount.
1997-NOV-27 : The Sacerdotal Knights of
National Security report that " A space
alien captured at a UFO landing site in
eastern Missouri cracked under
interrogation by the CIA and admitted
that an extraterrestrial army will attack
Earth on November 27 with the express
purpose of stripping our planet of every
natural resource they can find a use for
and making slaves of every man,
woman and child in the world! "
1997 : Superdave the Wonderchemist
(5) takes the magic number 1331 and
adds it to 666 the "Number of the
Beast" from the Book of Revelation to
get the year of the arrival of the
Antichrist and the end of the world.
Why is 1331 a magic number?
1331 is the same backwards as
forwards.
It displays the unlucky number 13
when read in either direction.
it is the fourth row in Pascal's Triangle:
1
1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1 etc.
1331 is 11 cubed.
1997-DEC-31 : The 1997-JUL- 29 issue of
the Weekly World News reported that
the biggest end of the world scare since
the Cuban missile crisis was circulating
through Washington. President Clinton
called a secret meeting with leading
Bible scholars for the week of JUL-27. A
confidential Pentagon memo sparked
the scare; it predicts a worldwide
cataclysm of unprecedented
proportions. Earthquake activity is on a
rise and will peak at year-end ; the
earth's crust is shifting ominously.
Well, we have made it this far,
and none of the prophecies
have come true...yet
1997-1999 Russian scientist Vladimir
Sobolyovhas of the Rerikh Academy has
analyzed prophesies made by Russian
saints, by Nostradamus etc. (6) He
announced his conclusions in1997-SEP:
that the earth's axis will suddenly tilt
about 30 degrees sometime during the
next two years. This will submerge the
Scandinavian countries and Britain
under water, in what is termed the
Armageddon Flood . Siberia will be
spared. He expects that aliens will
intervene and lead the world into the
fourth dimension. Right now, these
aliens are on earth, but in hiding.
Sobolyovhas said: "If we completely
believed in them, we would get lazy. So
they are clever. They stay hidden in the
fourth dimension and only show
themselves from time to time.''
Sometime in late 1997 or early 1998:
The 1997-JUL- 29 issue of the Weekly
World News carried a statement by a
spokesperson of the International
Association of Psychics . 92% of their
120,000 members have had the same
"end time" vision. Spokesperson
Madame Vredeau predicts:
A rise in religious belief. Prophets and
saints will appear and lead the faithful
to safety
The oceans will shrink. Deserts
expand. Crops will fail; there will be
massive starvation
Widespread emotional and mental
collapse; increase in crime and
violence
Changing weather patterns; basic laws
of nature will be disrupted
Satanic demons will appear in broad
daylight. War, pestilence, a worldwide
plague
Mankind will disappear around the
year 2001 CE.
Sometime in 1998 : Centro is a very
active religious organization, largely
centered in the Philippines. They
predict that the world will come to an
end in 1998. They recommend that
their followers retreat to safe places.
Sometime in 1998 : The famous psychic
Edgar Cayce predicted that a secret,
underground chamber would be
discovered between the paws of the
Great Sphinx. Inside, there will be
documents revealing the history of
Atlantis. This revelation will trigger the
Second Coming of Christ. This
prediction is rather interesting, because
two independent studies have revealed
that there is in fact an underground
structure just where Cayce said it
would be!
1998-FEB- 26 : Edgar Casey predicted
that the earth would have a new pole
during the winter of 1997-1998. Since
the earth spins like a gyroscope, this
would take an enormous amount of
energy to achieve. That amount of
energy would cause a massive
disruption to the oceans and the
earth's crust. That could, in turn, cause
very serious, worldwide tidal waves,
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
1998-MAR-31: About 150 followers of a
Taiwanese Christian-Buddhist spiritual
sect have moved into Garland TX (a
suburb in northern Dallas) to await
God's arrival. On MAR-25 , God is
expected to broadcast a commercial on
Channel 18 in Garland. He will then be
reincarnated into a man on MAR-31 at
10:00 AM, local time. They expect to
draw a crowd of about one million who
want to be touched by God. Their
leader, Hoh-Ming Chen, selected
Garland because it sounds like "God
land". News reports from Taiwan
indicated that the group plans to
commit mass suicide if God does not
appear. These appear to be
unfounded.
1998-JUL-5 The Church of the Subgenius
predicts that on " X Day ", the end of the
world will occur. At that time, "the Men
from Planet X, or XISTS, will arrive on
Earth, close a deal with "Bob," rupture
the card-carrying Ordained SubGenii up
to the Escape Vessels of the Sex
Goddesses, and destroy the remaining
population of Earth, VERY VERY
SLOWLY." Bob is J.R. Dobbs, leader
and High Epopt of the Church of the
SubGenius , Living Avatar of Slack, the
Saint of Sales. He was responsible for
founding the Church on a shifting,
sandy beach of hypocrisy."
1998-OCT The House of Yahweh, Abilene
(™) predicts that an end-of- world
scenario will start during 1998-OCT. By
mid-2001 , they predict that 80% of the
world's population will have been
killed as a result of nuclear warfare.
1999-AUG- 11 etc. : The WWW site
CALENdeRsign® lists a number of
astronomical events that will happen as
the millennium closes. There has
always been an association between
such alignments and momentous
events in the mind of the public.
Starting in late 1999, the following will
be observed:
1999-AUG- 11: total solar eclipse; visible
from Europe
2000-JAN- 21: total lunar eclipse; visible
in Europe and US
2000-APR : Triple planetary conjunction
involving Mars, Jupiter & Saturn
2000-MAY: "Great Conjunction" of
Jupiter and Saturn. This also occurred
in 7 BCE and is thought by some to be
the star that some of the Gospels
mentioned as leading the three wise
men to Jesus.
Sometime in 1999 : Hon-Ming Chen has
founded God's Salvation Church in
Texas. The group believes that a
nuclear war will destroy parts of Earth
in 1999. They have identified a nine-
year old boy as the " Jesus of the East ", a
reincarnation of Jesus Christ. They
believe that if they can link him up with
the " Jesus of the West" then 100 million
lives will be spared. The second Jesus
is supposed to live in Vancouver BC,
look like Abraham Lincoln, and have
been born in late 1969. Their search
was unsuccessful.
1999-JAN : According to the 1997-
JUN-24 issue of Sun Magazine Pope
John XXIII predicted in 1962 that
visitors from outer space will arrive in
chariots of flaming steel and will share
their advanced knowledge with
humanity. Our life span will be
increased to 150 years or longer. Most
diseases will be wiped out.
1999-AUG- 6 : According to the latest
interpretation of Biblical prophecy by
the Branch Davidian sect, 5 months of
major torment will begin as the sixth
seal is fulfilled.
1999-AUG- 11 : According to the 1997-
MAY-27 issue of Sun Magazine , the
Anti- Christ is alive today and living in
the Middle East. On AUG-11, the time of
an eclipse of the sun, he will make
himself known to the world. "It will be
the ultimate war." Many will perish,
and their souls will travel to Heaven or
Hell, depending upon which side that
they supported during the conflict.
1999-DEC-19 : Sun Magazine listed a
prediction of "Bible expert" Dotson
Meade. He predicts that "something will
happen that brings about the war which
will end the world as we know it... There
will be a vicious cycle of storms and
earthquakes that lead to the final battle
the world has awaited." This date was
derived from information in the Dead
Sea Scrolls.
2000 : Michael Drosnin, author of "The
Bible Code," found a hidden message in
the Pentateuch (the first five books in
the Bible) that predicts that World War
III, involving a worldwide atomic [sic]
holocaust, will start in 2000 (or perhaps
2006 ).
2000-JAN-1 : According to the 1997-
JUN-24 issue of Sun Magazine Pope
John XXIII predicted in 1961 that
Doomsday will begin with the
detonation of an atomic bomb in a
major European city by a Libyan
terrorist group. This will trigger a
massive six-month war that will cause
the deaths of millions of people.
2000-JAN-1 : William Cooper, head of a
militia group in St. John's AZ, predicted
that on this date the secret chambers of
the Pyramid at Giza will be opened. Its
secrets will be revealed and Satan will
become a public figure. The American
militia will engage in a massive war at
this time. This, and the previous
prediction, are the only two that we
have been able to find which agree on
the same day. Of course, it is an
obvious date to select, because most
people believe that the next
millennium begins then. It doesn't; it
starts one year later on 2001-JAN- 1.
2000-JAN-11 : According to Weekly
World News of 1997-NOV- 18, the CIA
has caught a space alien who had
crash-landed on JUN-20 in a New
Mexico desert. He is from a species
that is considerably more developed,
both mentally and spiritually, than
mankind. He is only survivor of the
destruction of his world - a planet some
200 light years from Earth. He reports
that God is " furious with His creations
everywhere. " Apparently none of the
species that he created turned out at all
well. So, god is systematically working
his way across the galaxies, setting fires
to the planets and exploding them one
by one. Earth will be next!
2000-SEP-21 : Dan Millar, mentioned
above, estimates this date as that of the
Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Four
events happen on that day, a Thursday.
The sidereal day is reset. It is also the
Jewish New Year, using the Canaanite
calendar that was in use within ancient
Israel prior to the Babylonian Captivity.
It is the time of the Jewish "Feast of
Jubilees" according to a message given
by the Virgin Mary to Father Stefan
Gobbi. This feast occurs only once
every fifty years. This date is also the
Autumn Equinox.
2000-MAY-31 : The Great Conjunction of
Jupiter and Saturn in front of Taurus
and the coming back of the Star of
Bethlehem like 7.B. C. Some people
expect a supernatural event
comparable to the birth of Jesus.
2000-DEC-25 : According to the 1997-
JUN-24 issue of Sun Magazine Pope
John XXIII predicted in 1962 that Christ
would appear in the sky over New York
City. He will announce the creation of a
1000-year paradise, to be proceeded by
six months of great sorrow.
2001-JAN-31 : Sun Magazine reported in
its 1997-OCT -14 issue that Noah's Ark
has been discovered intact in
undamaged form on a slope near
Mount Ararat in Turkey. Inside were a
group of 6 copper-gold -silver scrolls,
each 12" square. Scroll 2 reveals that
the sun will superheat the earth,
melting both polar ice caps, and
creating a world-wide flood. Scroll 3
reveals that Doomsday is set for 2001-
JAN-31 . Good people who repent of
their sins will be saved; cruel tyrants
will be cast into the burning fires of
Hell.
2001 Jack Van Impe Ministries sponsors
the largest Evangelical Christian
program devoted to end-time
prophecy. In his home page, he
discusses his book "On the Edge of
Eternity" in which he predicts that the
year 2001 will "usher in international
chaos such as we've never seen in our
history." He predicts that in 2001, and
the years following, the world will
experience "drought, war, malaria, and
hunger afflicting entire populations
throughout the [African] continent... By
the year 2001, there will be global
chaos." Islam will become much larger
than Christianity. (That would take a
sudden growth spurt; Islam is currently
followed by 19% of the world's
population vs 33% for Christianity). A
one-world church will emerge; it will
be "controlled by demonic hosts."
Temple rituals (presumably including
animal sacrifice) will resume in Israel.
Circa 2001 : Charles Spiegel, a retired
psychology professor, preaches from a
small town near San Diego CA that the
ancient land of Atlantis will emerge
from the Caribbean circa 2001 CE.
Shortly thereafter, 1000 extra-
terrestrials from "Myton" in 33
spaceships will land there and bring
new knowledge to humanity.
Late 2004 : Arnie Stanton noted on
1997-SEP -16 that that evening was the
fourth Jewish festival since 1996-APR- 3
on which a lunar eclipse occurred. (7)
He quotes Luke 21:25 -26 which
mentions " signs in the sun, in the moon
and in the stars and on the earth distress
of nations" He believes that "these recent
lunar eclipses are the last known
astronomical signs that will preceed a 7
year (360 day/year) countdown to
Armageddon/Christ 's return to the
Earth." He expects that Christ's return
will occur within a few months of 2004-
SEP-29 when Asteroid Toutatis will
make a very close approach to the
Earth - perhaps even a collision!
2012 : Michael Drosnin, author of "The
Bible Code," found a hidden message in
the Pentateuch (the first five books in
the Bible) that predicts that a comet
will crash into the earth in 2012 and
annihilate all life.
2012-DEC-22 : The Mayan calendar has
many divisions of time: months of 20
days, years of 360 days, katun of 7200
days and a baktun of 144,000 days.
Their calendar started on 3114-AUG- 13
BCE with the birth of Venus. They
expected the world to last for exactly
13 baktun cycles. They anticipated the
end of the world near the Winter
Solstice of 2012. (3)
2016 An article in Weekly World News
describes a find by a Professor Lloyd
Cunningdale of Salt Lake City who was
excavating with his students at the site
of the famous Donner party disaster of
1847. The latter were a group of
settlers bound for California who
became trapped by snow in the Sierra
Nevada Mountains. Cunningdale and
students have found a time capsule left
by the settlers which contains many
predictions for the future. They predict
that nations will abandon traditional
methods of conflict and resort to the
use of biological warfare. In 2016, one
such disease will spread and kill all of
the humans on the planet. (4)
2047-SEP-14 : According to The Church
of !BLAIR!, the human race will
probably be terminated at 3:28 AM
(Soho, England time). The church
teaches, with tongue firmly in cheek,
that if the human race does not discard
their plastic conformity, then the Gods
will withdraw their protection. The
Gods don't want us to worship them;
they don't want sacrifices or even
offerings. They just want us to rid itself
of our excessive "Normalcy". At that
point, Astro-Lemurs (extra-terrestrials
similar in shape to lemurs, but with
rainbow colored bodies) will attack the
entire human race and beat them to
death with gigantic burritos. You have
been warned. ;-)

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