There has been much talk of late about the supposed
doomsday prediction of December 21, 2012 as reflected in the Mayan long
calendar. Most of the ancient Mayan codices were burned by Spanish monks in 1521
as works of the devil. A few survived including the so called Dresden Codex.
This 74 page codex written on tree bark and apparently from the famous Mayan
temple and observatory at Chichen Itza was sent by Cortes to Emperor
Charles V in 1519. Somehow it found its way to the Royal Library at the
Court of Saxony in Dresden where it was purchased from a private
collector by Johann Christian Goetze. While it was damaged by the fire bombing
of Dresden
during WWII, much has survived.
From this work, which was written between 1200 and
1250 AD, numerous
astronomical and calendar data points were found
including information on eclipses, the transit of the planet Venus as well as
information on the motion of the moon, stars and the sun. It has been determined
by research scholars that the Mayan long count calendar ends on 13.0.0.0.0 which
equates to our date of December 21, 2012 at 10AM GMT. On that day it has been
surmised the end will come.
According to my research, many have tried to tie this
upcoming apocalyptic winter solstice day with a solar shift, solar storms, and a
transit of Venus as well as with severe earthquakes. Is there any truth to these
allegations?
According to some astronomers, on this day our solar
system will intersect with the Galactic Equator which only happens every 26,000
years. Since the Mayan calendar began in 3114 BC, they had never experienced
anything like this before either. The Mayans called this event the Sacred
Tree. This alignment with the center of the galaxy also allows for maximum mass
and thus maximum gravity.
According to the National Earthquake Information
Service of the US Geological Survey, earthquakes have gradually increased from 1
severe quake between 1890 and 1899 to 765 from 2000-2004. Could this be due to
our solar systems movement towards this Galactic Equator?
NASA predicts that a terrific solar storm will hit
the earth in 2012 which will be 30-50 percent greater than anything before. I
believe that there has been global warming over the past decades but it is
related to sunspot activity on the sun not carbon dioxide emissions. The sun has
gotten hotter and that has affected the earth. A massive solar blast from the
sun in 2012 could burn up the earth as could a collision with an asteroid or a
comet.
There has even been talk of a polar shift which could
disrupt the functioning of the entire earth and could change the axis of
rotation. Such a shift has taken place in our geologic past and could happen
again. If it happened on December, 1, 2012, it would truly be a day to remember
This apocalyptic date of December 21, 2012 is also
supposedly found in Hopi myths, the I-Ching, Aztec writings, Egyptian
hieroglyphs, Roman Oracles, writing of Seneca Elders, the chief Shaman of
the Cherokee Tribe in NC, and even the writings of Nostradamus, The Russian
mathematician Sergey Smelyakov of Khartov University taking the constant Phi
(1.6180339), the so called Golden Mean or the Fibonacci sequence, and applying
it to solar activity and planetary orbits, found that everything seemed to
spiral in on itself on December 21, 2012 implying a time implosion or point of
bifurcation.
The planet Venus is set to make a transit across the
face of the sun on December 21, 2012 which happens very infrequently. It did
happen recently, however, on June 8, 2004 which means it will happen again in
eight years which is very unusual but predicted by the Mayans.
I cannot tell you for certain that the earth will be
consumed by fire in 2012 or that there will be a polar shift or severe
earthquakes, but I can tell you with certainty that one day in the not too
distant future it will be consumed by fire and experience a polar shift and
severe earthquakes. I can say that because the word of God says so and it did
beginning over 2700 years ago, long before the Mayans or the Aztecs or the Hopi
or the Seneca or the I-Ching or Nostradamus.
Once before because of its sin the earth was
destroyed by water in the Great Flood of Noah’s day but the Bible says that the
world will be destroyed again, this time by fire.
“The present heavens and earth, by His word, are
being reserved for fire, kept for the Day of Judgment and the destruction of
ungodly men” (2Peter 3:7).
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in
which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed
with intense heat and the earth and its works will be burned up” (2Peter 3:10).
“The sun scorched men with fire” (Revelation 16:8).
“A third of the earth was burned up and a third of
the trees were burned up and all the green grass was burned up. A great mountain
(asteroid?) burning with fire was thrown into the sea and a third of the sea
became blood and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life
died and a third of the ships were destroyed. And a great star (comet?) fell
from heaven burning like a torch and it fell on a third of the rivers and
springs of water”
(Revelation 8:7-11).
“The inhabitants of the earth are burned and few men
are left” (Isaiah 24:6).
“The hills melt and the earth is burned up” (Nahum
1:5).
Once again, many have associated December 21, 2012
with a shift in the poles as well as signs in the sky. What does the Bible tell
us about these events?
“The stars will fall from the sky” (Matthew 24:29).
If the earth shifts on its axis and we are thrown
around, the stars will appear to fall but it will actually be us that are
moving.
“The earth is broken asunder. The earth is split
through. The earth is shaken violently. Thee earth reels to and fro like a
drunkard and it totters like a shack “(Isaiah 24:19-20).
Once again a shift in the polar axis might tear the
earth apart.
“There will be great earthquakes. The sun became
black like sackcloth; the moon became like blood…The stars of the sky fell to
the earth... The sky split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up…every
mountain and island moved out of their place’ (Revelation 6:12-14).
More shaking of the earth.
“There will be great earthquakes and in various
places plagues and famines and there will be terrors and great signs from
heaven… There will be signs in the sun and the moon and stars and upon the earth
great dismay among nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the
waves. Men fainting from fear as the powers of heaven will be shaken” (Luke
21:9, 25-26).
Here we see the Bible tell us about signs in the
heavens spoken of in relation to December 21, 2012. But what do we do when we
see these things happening?
“When you see these things happening, recognize that
the kingdom
of God is near. Truly I
say to you that this generation will not pass away until all things take
place…But when these things begin to take place straighten up and lift up your
heads because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:31,32,28).
God assures us that, “Heaven and earth will pass away
but My words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35).
Some people ask why God takes so long to punish the
ungodly:
“The Lord is not slow about His promise as some count
slowness but is patient toward you not wishing for any to perish but for all to
come to repentance” (2Peter 3:9).
Remember this as the end fast approaches.