2012: Has the Final Countdown Begun?


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“Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many        

cultures, so many religions, scientists and governments.”

                                               Movie Promotion for “2012″



The headline was seen all over the world. The first news item that flashed across the internet on July 6, 2008 was an article titled “Thousands Expect Apocalypse in 2012.” The article was excerpted from an ABC News investigation on the global rise in “doomsday cults.” The opening sentence of the article said it all: “Survival groups around the world are gearing up and counting down to a mysterious date that has been anticipated for thousands of years: December 21, 2012.”

Since that time, 2012 has been showing up everywhere. There are thousands of websites devoted to 2012. On several websites there’s an official 2012 countdown that will give you an up-to-the-second indicator of how long we have to wait for the end of the world. It looks like for many people the countdown has officially begun! Books on 2012 are flying off the shelves. Network news, cable channels and major internet outlets are all featuring programs and articles on the 2012 phenomenon. Here are just a few examples:

History Channel:  “Decoding the Past—Doomsday 2012: The End of Days”

History Channel:  “The Lost Book of Nostradamus and 2012”

AOL News:  “Thousands Expect Apocalypse in 2012”

 ABC News:  “Will the World End in 2012? Thousands Worldwide Prepare for the  Apocalypse, Expected in 2012”

 Fox & Friends:  “It’s the End of the World: Mayan Calendar Ends in 2012”

 Geraldo Rivera (Fox News):  “Fact or Fiction: Will the World End in 2012?”

 USA Today:  “Does Maya calendar predict 2012 apocalypse”

 Los Angeles Times: “Many gather to ponder  end of Maya days”

 New York Post: “2012: The End is Nigh!”

 U.S. News and World Report: “Apocalypse 2012: Are the Final Days Coming Soon? New Doomsdayers Adapt a Mayan Prediction”

 Newsweek: “2012: A Y2K for the New Age”

 I was shocked to find that in 2008, 16 percent of Americans answered “yes” when asked, “Do you expect any apocalyptic events to happen on December 21, 2012?” Another barometer of the swelling interest in 2012 is the “Ask an Astrobiologist” section of NASA’s Web site where senior scientist David Morrison answers questions from the public. According to CNN, more than half of the inquiries on the most popular list were related to 2012. People everywhere are asking questions about 2012. 

Recently, NPR ran an article titled “Mayan Calendar Spurs End-Of-The-World Debate” (7/29/09), and the Telegraph.co.uk headline on 9/3/09 was “2012: Will it be the end of the world as we know it.” On top of all of this is the $200 million movie “2012” from director Roland Emmerich set to release on November 13, 2009. You can watch the movie trailer on the 2012 movie website. It’s all-out, apocalyptic destruction.

So, what’s all the furor about? Could 12.21.12 be the end of the world? Many believe that it will be. Did the ancient Mayans know earth’s expiration date? Over the next few weeks, I want to address a few issues related to 2012 from my new book titled 2012, the Bible and the End of the World. The tagline for the movie “2012” is “Find out the truth . . . if you dare.” I invite you to join me in taking this dare as we try to shed some light on 2012 and the end of the world.

  1. #1 by 2012Chick on September 8th, 2009

    Hollywood is going to tell the truth? That will never happen. Mass media telling the whole story? As if. Look the Programmer tells everyone what to think, how to act and what they should wear this week. The once interesting and informative History Channel now makes as much sense as the John Stewart Show. There is some real 2012 info in this tangled mess somewhere. 2012 is nothing like Y2K. Something is going to happen, but is 12.21.12 the date the world ends or some other horrifying scenario will unfold as the prelude?

  2. #2 by Alvar Cabeza de Vaca on September 9th, 2009

    People are beginning to understand that something is going to happen, soon. It may not be 12/21/12. It may not be as cataclysmic as an asteroid impact, but by observing the state of world economic affairs, the change in climate (whether natural or man-made) and its impact on food supply — I could go on and on — we have to believe that we are indeed on the eve of some major changes. And we owe it to our families to begin thinking about preparedness, just as we do about life insurance and IRAs. The movie? Don’t all fairy tales have their roots in reality?

  3. #3 by Shauna on September 17th, 2009

    Something indeed is happening and there will be a price to pay. What is happening is that more people on this planet seem to be following a demonic, totally depraved civilization who made human sacrifices to their gods than the One True God of the Bible. Read below to find out what is one day coming upon the earth and what to do about it (btw-it is way more specific than the demons calendar):
    Pslam 18
    I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
    The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
    I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
    The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
    In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
    There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
    He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
    And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
    He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
    At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
    The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
    Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
    Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
    He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
    He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
    They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
    He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
    The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
    For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
    For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
    I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
    Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
    With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
    With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
    For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
    For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
    For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
    As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
    For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
    It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
    He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
    He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
    Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
    Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
    I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
    I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
    For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
    Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
    They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
    Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
    Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
    As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
    The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
    The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
    It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
    He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
    Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
    Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

    TODAY is the day of your salvation. Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart, know that you are a sinner in need of that salvation which comes from His shed blood on the cross where he died FOR YOUR SINS and rose again on the third day – call upon Him earnestly and you will be saved.

  4. #4 by Debra R. on June 16th, 2010

    Hey, How I get the book or movie? Let me know thanks

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