What Is Prophesied?
For those familiar with Scripture, the verdict of science on the 2012 hysteria is not news at all. There is, after all, an Almighty God in heaven who does declare the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10) and reveals prophetic knowledge of those things to come. And, unlike the periodic pronouncements of New Age gurus and prophet-wannabes through the years, His track record is perfect!
In the pages of Scripture, God makes it clear that there will, indeed, be collisions with bodies from space (Revelation 8:8–11), as well as cataclysmic, planet-altering earthquakes (Revelation 16:18–20). Yet that very same God also tells us of specific events that must precede these calamities: false and deceptive religious powers which must come into global authority (Revelation 13:11–14); a vast economic, military, political powerhouse that will dominate the entire world in league with the false world-wide religion (vv. 1–4); a period of two-and-a-half years of horrific persecution of true Christians and the descendants of Israel known in Scripture as the “Great Tribulation” (Matthew 24:21; Revelation 7:14); and a year-long period of God’s vengeance on a rebellious world (Isaiah 34:8) right before the return of Jesus Christ—and the true end of this age!
Might something dramatic happen to our planet in December 2012? Certainly. We are living in dramatic times! But if something occurs, will it signal the imminent end of the world? Science casts great doubts on the validity of 2012-obsessed doomsday purveyors. Rather, it is God who makes the matter abundantly clear: the end of this age is coming soon—but it will not be on December 21, 2012!
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