2012: It's true that...
The Mayan Calendar ends on Dec 21, 2012...but so does the calendar on my fridge.
It is true that:
The Orion (egyptian pyramids) Prophecy says that the earth’s magnetic field will reverse.
The Bible Code says that a comet or meteor "may" collide with the earth
Some say that anecdotal and ambiguous Nostradamus Code predicts that after a series of global natural disasters the Antichrist will appear. (the specific year 2012 isnt referenced).
There is a Hindu following indicating the appearance of an Avatar (God in human form) with God-like powers who will herald a new age. Again, the specific year 2012 isn't referenced.
Charles Manson will be eligible for a parole hearing.
But, what about it being the end of the world?
Actually, the best Meso-American scholars concur that the Mayan calendar simply ends. The teachings that the date will usher in some type of new transformative state is more New Age than Mayan. The Mayan empire (250-900 AD) comprised most of what is modern day in what is today southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and some of Honduras. They were, without doubt, very intelligent and demonstrating advanced written skills, and adeptness in construction/engineering, urban planning (including the Meso-American pyramids), mathematics and astronomy.
I think we've been through this before. Anyone remember 2000, the Y2K bug, etc?
There are 5 thoughts that i have on this
1. yes, it is quite remarkable that 2012 is a significant date in a vast array of paranormal circles.
2. Biblicaly, there is nothing significant about the year 2012. However...
3. According to Rev. 4-18, there will be some final cataclysmic type events heralding the return of Jesus to planet earth.
4. Jesus said that only the Father knows the exact time of his return (Mk 13:33). Check this out, in ancient jewish ceremonies there would often be a party in which the groom would propose publicly to his bride to be. IF she accepted then he would say something like, "i go now to prepare a place for you that where i am there you may be also." typically he'd go back and build on an additional room to his father's house, but the father would decide when the room was ready, e.g., "i think you need to make sure the roof doesnt leak, lets try some different furniture, etc." When the father felt the room was ready the groom would go and get his wife. And so, when the Heavenly Father says its time; its time. But only He knows the exact date. Obviously Jesus gave us some very pastoral advice in Mark 13 and Matthew 24, that just as when you see Christmas decorations going up at the mall you know that Christmas is coming. Likewise, Jesus is coming again
5. If the world was going to end in 2012 what would you do differently knowing this?
posted by Bobby at 12:36 PM
7 Comments:
good stuff B. so, why do you think though that some guys like nostradamus, edgar cayce, etc were right about at least a few things. know what i mean? Star
10:15 PM
a good reminder. But i also wonder about what Star said about it seems that even though they are no where near to being right all the time how do you explain that they, Nostradmus, Edgar Cayce, and others seem to be right some of the time??
4:07 PM
Thats what I was wondering too. How do you explain that the the non-Christian prophets seem to be pretty accurate on some, lets say even if it were only 10% of their predictions, how do you explain that?
5:56 AM
To answer your question what would I do if it were true?...
I would and should (just in case) stop worrying about offending people and start boldly sharing the gospel with my unsaved family and friends! We always think "maybe next time I see them."
Truth is, Jesus could return today - so what am I waiting for?
As for why some things have turned out right for some predictions? Remembering that there are thousands (actually more than that) predictions that did NOT happen - so only a tiny percentage actually happen - and even a broken clock is right twice a day, right?
8:14 AM
Another nice post BB.. Too bad we only see "Holiday" decorations these days. The end must be near. :-)
12:18 PM
With humanity coming up fast on 2012, publishers are helping readers gear up and count down to this mysterious — some even call it apocalyptic — date that ancient Mayan societies were anticipating thousands of years ago.
Since November, at least three new books on 2012 have arrived in mainstream bookstores. A fourth is due this fall. Each arrives in the wake of the 2006 success of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, which has been selling thousands of copies a month since its release in May and counts more than 40,000 in print. The books also build on popular interest in the Maya, fueled in part by Mel Gibson's December 2006 film about Mayan civilization, Apocalpyto.
Authors disagree about what humankind should expect on Dec. 21, 2012, when the Maya's "Long Count" calendar marks the end of a 5,126-year era.
Journalist Lawrence Joseph forecasts widespread catastrophe in Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization's End. Spiritual healer Andrew Smith predicts a restoration of a "true balance between Divine Feminine and Masculine" in The Revolution of 2012: Vol. 1, The Preparation. In 2012, Daniel Pinchbeck anticipates a "change in the nature of consciousness," assisted by indigenous insights and psychedelic drug use.
The buildup to 2012 echoes excitement and fear expressed on the eve of the new millennium, popularly known as Y2K, though on a smaller scale, says Lynn Garrett, senior religion editor at Publishers Weekly. She says publishers seem to be courting readers who believe humanity is creating its own ecological disasters and desperately needs ancient indigenous wisdom.
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"The convergence I see here is the apocalyptic expectations, if you will, along with the fact that the environment is in the front of many people's minds these days," Garrett says. "Part of the appeal of these earth religions is that notion that we need to reconnect with the Earth in order to save ourselves."
But scholars are bristling at attempts to link the ancient Maya with trends in contemporary spirituality. Maya civilization, known for advanced writing, mathematics and astronomy, flourished for centuries in Mesoamerica, especially between A.D. 300 and 900. Its Long Count calendar, which was discontinued under Spanish colonization, tracks more than 5,000 years, then resets at year zero.
"For the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle," says Sandra Noble, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies in Crystal River, Fla. To render Dec. 21, 2012, as a doomsday or moment of cosmic shifting, she says, is "a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in."
Part of the 2012 mystique stems from the stars. On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years. This means that "whatever energy typically streams to Earth from the center of the Milky Way will indeed be disrupted on 12/21/12 at 11:11 p.m. Universal Time," Joseph writes.
But scholars doubt the ancient Maya extrapolated great meaning from anticipating the alignment — if they were even aware of what the configuration would be.
Astronomers generally agree that "it would be impossible the Maya themselves would have known that," says Susan Milbrath, a Maya archaeoastronomer and a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History. What's more, she says, "we have no record or knowledge that they would think the world would come to an end at that point."
University of Florida anthropologist Susan Gillespie says the 2012 phenomenon comes "from media and from other people making use of the Maya past to fulfill agendas that are really their own.-USA Today article
-Keith. Bobby, thanks for bringing this up
12:40 PM
itz about time you started blogging again!!!! Bri
1:03 PM
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