05-04-2012, 11:30 AM
I've been hearing about the end of time for as long as I can remember. I used to get drug to a little church in the country by my parents twice a week and it was the favorite subject of the entire ministry there.
Evangelical Christians apply a lot of power to the 'mark of the beast' and to the nation of Israel with direct relation to the end of time- when Jesus comes to rescue and glorify them. Once I heard that the governments of the world would put a chip into every persons right hand that would be scanned like a credit card and ID all in one. (This is supposed to be the equivalent of taking the 'mark'.)
Then it was the hole in the ozone layer that would eventually burn us all alive. When global warming was a hot topic, my friends and family said, 'we knew it all along.' :There is no smiley for that expression:
I see the tabloids always pedal Nostradamus' predictions real or embellished. I think it is a given that people concern themselves with thoughts of the end-- much like they think of their own end. It isn't a new thing.
For thousands of years of recorded history, prophets of all religions have always sought to predict the end of the world. And why? Because seers were revered by all. They still are today- well at least by those that believe in such things. The masses will always look for signs of the times.
Evangelical Christians apply a lot of power to the 'mark of the beast' and to the nation of Israel with direct relation to the end of time- when Jesus comes to rescue and glorify them. Once I heard that the governments of the world would put a chip into every persons right hand that would be scanned like a credit card and ID all in one. (This is supposed to be the equivalent of taking the 'mark'.)
Then it was the hole in the ozone layer that would eventually burn us all alive. When global warming was a hot topic, my friends and family said, 'we knew it all along.' :There is no smiley for that expression:
I see the tabloids always pedal Nostradamus' predictions real or embellished. I think it is a given that people concern themselves with thoughts of the end-- much like they think of their own end. It isn't a new thing.
For thousands of years of recorded history, prophets of all religions have always sought to predict the end of the world. And why? Because seers were revered by all. They still are today- well at least by those that believe in such things. The masses will always look for signs of the times.