Science and the gospel agree that the seven signs of the apocalypse are occurring as have been revealed in scripture.  Where they diverge is whether or not the disasters, plagues and catastrophes are occurring based on a master plan or through natural circumstances of life and physics.

Scientists try to understand earthquakes, plagues and natural disasters, and attempt to predict and explain them; however scientific explanations are not necessary.  If God decides one will occur, it will happen, and there will be a crescendo of disasters as Bible prophecy states.

Apocalypse means, “A veil lifted”, and God through His grace has provided us the signs that the end of the world is coming so we can be prepared to meet Him and to be patient until that time.  God has written on a scroll sealed with 7 seals all that is to take place.  With the breaking of each seal is a new disaster.

As God releases his fury in the end times through a massive global earthquake like nothing before, simultaneous around the world, mountains, islands and cities are going to be levelled.   A supernatural event this destructive would have to be an act of God.

God is trying to shake the human race awake to realize their need for Him else we will feel the wrath of God’s judgement.  The unprecedented size and destruction of events will destroy life on the planet.  It is a matter of when, not if.

There are currently super-volcanoes scattered across the globe that can emit 100 cubic kilometres or more of hot gasses and ash.  Scientists know of at least 8 in existence and are hard to find as they are not in the form of a mountain.  Several are in the USA, one is in Yellowstone.  Science and the scripture agree our prospects will be bleak and there is little we can do in preparation for the consequences.

Another link to the impending apocalypse is global warming.  The escalation of heat will scorch mankind causing 50% of the earth’s population to die.  Rise in sea level due to melting glaciers, intensified hurricanes, drought, strife, conflict, increased terrorism are all part of the chain reaction.

God has given angels power to impose His wrath on the earth and its people when the time is right.  The last days will be filled with wars, rumours of wars, plagues, disasters, earthquakes, water turning to blood so it is not life preserving, but life taking.  These are things that have already happened and continue to happen.

Occurrences of catastrophes that are currently taking place are revealed in scripture prophecies and described in the Book of Revelation.  God has disclosed to us what will transpire in order for the end of the world as we know it to take place.

The key to decoding the end times is found in the Book of Revelation as documented by God’s servant John, and was also prophesized in the Book of Daniel.  The mystery of God will be accomplished in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet.

According to Bible prophesy, once the angel’s trumpet has sounded, flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm takes place.  This allows us to identify the end times through the seven signs and know that God is in control of all things, and as written, survivors will be terrified and will give glory to the God of heaven.

Since Christ’s death and resurrection, there have been false prophets and imposters posing as Christ. The anti-Christ will come to persuade people to worship him instead of God our father and unless we arm ourselves with His gospel word, we can be led astray.

Global pandemics, Tsunamis, earthquakes like never seen before, food shortages, water turning to blood killing the sea creatures and making it undrinkable, wars and rumours of wars are all prophesized in the bible as being the roles for the four horsemen of the apocalypse.  We have already seen these things take place.  Global war will be the final battle between good and evil – Armageddon.

Scientists identify the arctic ice caps melting drastically.  We have seen masses of dead sea creatures on beaches and the water looking like blood due to Red Tide algae creates a potent toxin.

The darkening of the sun and the moon turning into blood are signs of the great tribulation in the last days.  This is nothing created by man, but God decides to turn the light out. The purpose for the warning signs that mark the beginning of the end times Biblical Apocalypse is to provide us with awareness of what is to take place and the opportunity to turn to God.

Survive 2012 iPhone Quiz Game

Trigger launched the Survive 2012 iPhone game for Sony’s release of the movie 2012. The free quiz game challenges players to test their survival skills by answering disaster-related trivia questions. Players must answer each question in this game correctly so as to reach higher ground in Tibet and escape the natural catastrophes bound to happen in 2012.

Get your trivia skills ready as you will be able to test your knowledge regarding land, air and sea disasters. There is also a “Lifeline” feature which allows iPhone users to call someone for help in their contact list. Another cool feature of this game is that it has a GPS locator to indicate where the player’s starting position is.

2012: Apocalypse

The 2012: Apocalypse iPhone app has 30 story level s – each challenging you to navigate through killer windstorms, massive earthquakes, deadly firestorms and a maze of obstacles along the way. You have to collect gems and items while controlling an aggravating storm to keep the city’s buildings safe from harm.

There is also an alternative game mode that comes with this iPhone app wherein you can rampage through cities for an all exploding adventure.

The Odyssey 2012

This iPhone game application is a prequel to Odyssey: The Trail of Tears. The game starts with the main protagonists (a young couple) camping out on the mountains of Sierra Nevada. They are about to have one heck of an adventure as they encounter the cataclysmic forces of nature as they scheduled their camping trip in perfect timing on the final day of 2012. You have to go through all the obstacles – ranging from all natural disasters predicted to happen in 2012 – in order to survive and live through the greatest test humankind will ever experience.

The emergence of these virtual game must-haves just goes to show that the 2012 End of the World hype just found its way to people’s most wanted gadget. If only the real thing was as easy to dodge around like a fun iPhone game.

This apocalyptic movie 2012 depicting the end of days from the Mayan Calendar, when the end of the world is predicted on the date December 21, 2012 is sure to thrill those who enjoy special effects and lots of visual stimulations.

Of the two main characters in the movie, one is Jackson Curtis played by John Cusack as a failed writer and over protective dad who just wants to save his family from imminent death and will do anything to do just that.

The other is Adrian Helmsley played by Chiwetel Ejiofor is a geologist who advises the white house, shows his love of humanity by trying to save as many people as he can.

In 2012, the President of the United States played by Danny Glover, shows a surprisingly human side for a politician when he refuses to leave his country and people and stays behind to warn everyone that the end is near so they can have time to say goodbye to their loved ones.

The 2012 movie is opened by Adrian and some of his scientist friends in India have discovered that the centre of the earth is heating up causing the earth’s crust to separate, forming fractures in the earth and multiple earthquakes.

There are many great special effects depicting major earthquakes, sink holes, volcanoes, fire bombs, floods, tsunamis, collapsing buildings, planes etc to hold the audience attention.  Seeing the people fall from the collapsing buildings gave one’s heart to stop remembering 9/11, making the disasters almost believable.

The whole 2012 movie moves around different characters in the world who have bought tickets to three massive futuristic ships built by the Chinese people.  All heads of states, politicians and anyone else who is rich enough to afford the 1 billion Euros per ticket, can and will be saved.  All others are screwed and doomed to die.

The two main characters have enough acting intelligence and voracity to hold your attention to the plot but without them I would have been bored.  The plot does not hold its own.  It does not portray any scientific data or religious beliefs or truths to justify the end of days and why the earth is doomed, and so quickly.  It just screams the end is coming so you better ……..run!

If you like special effects, this is the movie for you.  If you are expecting a plot you will unfortunately be disappointed.  I think this movie may make people think.  Think about their own mortality and the coming end of days.  Whether you believe it will happen on December 21, 2012 as the movie suggests, or sometime in our lifetime, our children`s lifetime or our grand children`s lifetime, the end of the world is sure to happen as nothing lasts forever.

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The number of prophesies that agree to the 2012 doomsday date is astounding.

Some of the sources predicting what will happen at the end of time are the Bible, the Sybil, the Mayans, Merlin, Yì Jīng, Mother Shipton and the most recent high tech WWW web-bot.  Only the Bible does not include an exact date, but the signs to watch for.  The balance of the psychics, referred to as oracles, concurs on an end date in 2012 AD.

Through the bible we are told no man has the power to know when the end day will be, but to watch for signs and be ready.  This has not deterred many who attempt to determine the exact date.  Many predictions have been accurate which gains credibility to the source.

The ancient Romans believed in an oracle named The Sybil.  They believed she was a priestess that would be possessed by the god Apollo who would tell her prophesies while she was in a trance.  She would then write them on leaves.

Some of her predictions included the 10^th generation would be turmoil and destruction, ending the world as we know it.  It is said that the Sybil predicted the coming of Christ in 20BC, climate changes and tsunamis.  Events that seem to fulfill her prophesy.

Since that time, it has been discovered that gas in Delphi Greece, may have inspired her trances, and that she chewed on psychotropic leaves which may have also created her altered state.  As well a fault line was found that emits ethylene gas, which creates hallucinations.  Ambiguity may have led to successful fulfillment of her prophesies.

The South American Mayans of the 6^th to 9^th century AD were obsessed with calendar keeping.  They accurately predicted solar eclipses thousands of years in the future, as well as specific events such as when the white man would arrive, their destruction and world transformation taking place.

The Mayans also noted the black hole in the centre of our galaxy, and the winter solstice alignment of the solar system in December 2012 predicting a cataclysmic event; a gravitational pole shift that will cause world wide disaster, planet catastrophe, destruction and extinction.

A European oracle, who predicted terrorist attacks, was called Merlin.  Legends of Merlin stem from England, dating from the 5^th century.  He was looked at as part demon.  It is believed that Merlin the Wild was a title, rather than a name, and there are a few men who can be attributed to the title.

Merlin predicted events such as the 1^st American colony on virgin soil, horrors of the Nazi holocaust, 21^st century cell phones, disasters in Great Britain such as  power stations melting down causing 20 000 to die.  As well, Merlin predicted The River Thames turning to blood, global warming and apocalypse.  Astrological planets run riot out of alignment, movement of earth’s rotation implying polar shift

Yì Jīng, or I Ching, is the Chinese book of changes which prophesies the end of the world in 2012.   It is approximately 5000 years old, originating around 200BC and is used for fortune telling.  Its vague statements provide something for everyone.  Ask a question and it can provide a relevant answer.

In the past decades the I Ching has become an oracle of doom via Terence McKenna.  In the 1970s, McKenna mapped the I Ching’s 64 hexagrams and found they correlate to the interconnectedness of the universe, corresponding to major shifts in humanity, and through his graphical interpretation, predicted an end time date in 2012.

Another oracle originates from England, called Mother Shipton, who was born in the late 1400’s.  She foretold the death of Henry 8^th, named Queen Victoria, predicted WW1 & WW2.  Although original texts are not found, people wrote books on her oral predictions of global progress followed by doomsday and attributed them to Mother Shipton.

The Hopi Indian tribe located in the USA during the late 1940s prepared for world destruction.  They believed the world had already gone through four transitions and was about to transition to the 5^th world.  This event would be a doomsday, with earth quakes, the sea rising, the sun turning hotter, melting glaciers that create rising water.  In the end of days the world will crisscross by webs.  Does this allude to the World Wide Web?

The Webbot project that began in the 1990’s was created to scan the World Wide Web for hints to predict stock futures.  It reports back ambiguous particulars, analysing and attempting to read the unconscious mood of the world through website spiders.

The Webbot combs the internet looking for key words of interest, and aggregates the reads.  The predictions became ominous.  In 2001 an analyst realised predictions of the terrorist’s attacks of 9-11.  There have been a series of accurate predictions such as tsunamis, anthrax attacks, and hurricane Katrina.  Now they say it is predicting serious events in 2012.

The most famous predictions of doomsday are in the Bible.  Apocalypse is prophesised in Revelations.  John the apostle documents the fight of good verses evil and foresees global warfare centred in the Middle East and the rise of the anti-Christ.

Although it is unanimous through these sources that destruction and desolation is imminent, there is one hope.  The most positive end time event is revealed in the Christian bible.  Through rapture, the saved, being those who believe in Christ as the Saviour, will be spared the fire and brimstone and brought to heaven prior to the destruction of this world as we know it.

Ancient oracles prophesies correlate to something dire occurring in today’s time.  The end time and coming apocalypse has always been predicted as imminent. Various predictions of the destruction phenomenon mesh with a global cataclysm in 2012.   Is it random noise or real prophesy?

Michel de Nostredame, or famously known as Nostradamus, is one of the most controversial persona in history due to his eerie prophecies that many claim to have actually come true – even centuries beyond his death. As a French Renaissance figure, he is accounted to his various contributions to medicine as an apothecary. He is best known for his book Les Propheties (The Prophecies) which garnered him a lot of followers that up until now connect major past and future events as accurately predicted by him.

He is credited to have predicted the reign of Napoleon and Hitler, and the subsequent terror they have caused in their time. He is also known to have accurately prophesied the Sept 11 attacks with the following words:

“In the year of the new century and nine months, from the sky will come a great King of Terror…The sky will burn at forty-five degrees. Fire approaches the great new city…In the city of York there will be a great collapse, two twin brothers torn apart by chaos. While the fortress falls the great leader will succumb, third big war will begin when the big city is burning.”

Nostradamus’ predictions led to one significant worldwide event after another. In a view point, the human race may not have truly prepared to avoid such catastrophes. Could we actually use his predictions to prepare ourselves not to be again devastated by another upcoming disaster? How about his predictions regarding the coming 2012 as the end of the world, as he is quoted:

“After there is great trouble among mankind, a greater one is prepared. The great mover of the universe will renew time, rain, blood, thirst, famine, steel weapons and disease. In the heavens, a fire seen.”

Should Nostradamus’ 2012 warning be taken into serious consideration so that we can prepare ourselves accordingly for such world shocking event? Some of us may do whatever it takes to prepare for the worst, while others will just let it pass. But there will always be this truth about everything – we will never know until it truly happens.

So what is it really with the year 2012? From the Mayan Calendar to the predictions of Nostradamus, and ancient prophecies to modern day speculations – all have created various conclusions regarding 2012 as a cataclysmic event that everyone should be warned about. Will the Mayan Calendar’s prediction of 2012 as the year that the earth’s cycle will end is actually the end of the world itself?

Besides the Mayan Calendar’s calculations of a catastrophic event that the natural world will undergo in 2012, Nostradamus has also predicted that the Antichrist shall come within such time. From Nostradamus’ book Les Propheties (The Prophecies), all of the events such as the Sept 11 attacks and natural disasters all lead to a possible climax that will shook the world over.

Although New Age followers have believed that 2012 should not be seen as the end, but as an opening of a new beginning – a start of a new era for the entire world. The human beings and the planet will go through perhaps the greatest transformation in nature and spirituality. Books, documentaries, movies, prophecies and signs as seen from the news have all debated that 2012 as a possible apocalypse, or perhaps a rebirth for the entire world.

Can you imagine yourself experiencing what famous movies such as 2012 and The End of Days has depicted? Would 2012 be inevitable or can it be avoided if we prepare beforehand? As the year 2012 looms near, it is best that we prepare whether the best or the worst happens.

The Mayan Civilization is acknowledged to be one of the most glorious cultures in world history. With their outstanding architectural marvels, exquisite relics and intricate stone carved writings the Mayans have left behind a tremendous treasure of human achievement that resound for centuries beyond their time.

One of the most controversial legacies that the Mayans have left behind is their system of tracking time – the Mayan Calendar. This system of a calendar is one of the best documented relics in history as it exemplifies the highly advanced knowledge of the ancient people. With its intricacy and accuracy of depicting time, it not only showed an integral part of an ancient culture and lifestyle but also important signs and predictions of the future.

The Mayan Calendar is perhaps the most wondrous of developed systems in the ancient world. It contains a complete description of cycles that historically correspond to significant events in the history of the planet. This 5,000 year old calendar has predicted so accurately the phases of the world which science has also discovered and proven to be true. There is a great deal of knowledge behind the logic of how the Mayans viewed time and the future.

The intrigue that the Mayan Calendar has stirred is its specific calculations that the current cycle of the world is due to end in December 2012.  Does this particular end of cycle mean the actual end of the world itself?

We may never know what would really happen and who to truly listen to as there are a great load of speculations being made as to what will happen in 2012. Whether the Mayan Calendar has indeed indicated the end of the world by the year 2012 or implied another, we will never know until time has actually passed by. We may never know until it happens or we can always heed what the signs of the times tell us.

Prophecies about 2012 as the year that the world will end have spread out in the past and present times. In ancient civilizations, the Mayans have predicted 2012 as the end of the earth’s current cycle, and such that the world will go through astounding change. Modern day movies and documentaries have been putting up front doomsday prophecies such as 2012 Apocalypse (2009) and Nostradamus 2012 (2008). All have depicted possible events that could happen which may be an uproar of different natural elements causing the destruction of so many lives – as 2012 may be the end of the world.

One of the theories that these various sources have stated is that there will be a shift in the magnetic poles of the earth by the near end of the year 2012– caused by the destruction of natural resources (mining). This can trigger a solar flare – which is likened to the earth experiencing a surge of billions of atomic bombs being thrown at once.

Another popular notion that brought hype to 2012 as the end of the world is the Web Bot Project – which is a series of automated bots that search for internet specific keywords, patterns and web chatter that give clues to upcoming worldwide major events. George Ure, one of the creators of the said project has claimed that the study has predicted the Sept 11 attacks in New York City and other natural disasters that have devastated millions of people. He has also concluded that the project has predicted the year 2012 as the ultimate world’s doomsday.

Could these end of the world theories – old or new – be something that we should take heed and prepare for? There is still a great need to shed more light regarding what the collective people should motion for – as the year 2012 looms near.

People all throughout the ages have extensively studies and expressed their views regarding the possible phenomena that will take place by the time the world ends. But all throughout the Internet and mass media is going through a hype right now regarding the purportedly 2012 as the year that the world will be doomed.

The 2012 Doomsday is referred by some sources as the Apocalypse – wherein there would come a revelation of the end of the world. The final judgment of the living and dead will take place as written in the Bible. The world will come to an end as we will be judged as to where we shall be on the next life. Some say that the war in Iraq is already a sign of the coming Armageddon – an epic battle associated with prophecies of the end of time. Science may refer to the 2012 Doomsday as the Big Crunch – wherein the expansion of the universe eventually reverses and recollapses, ending as a black hole subsequently.

Prophecies and the signs of the times tell us that 2012 as a possibility that the world will end. But will 2012 Doomsday be just another hoax and marketing tactic like the false alarms made in 2000 and 2006? As it is written in the Bible – we will never know when the end of the world and time would be. Only God know when and we are to wait up front for it. This puts us into a notion that we should make the most out of every moment, and never neglect the most precious ones in our lives.

Theories Revolving Doomsday

Various media sources have expressed different views regarding the apocalyptic 2012. Movies and documentaries based upon studies made have shown possibilities such as massive solar storms, shifting of magnetic poles, raging earthquakes, and deathly volcanic eruptions which are due to happen all at once on 2012. These phenomena have been supported by how the ancient Mayan civilization has predicted that 2012 is the end of the earth’s cycle. Environmentalists have pointed out that the end is near due to man’s destruction of nature. Scientists have studies regarding possible comet collisions and the alignment of a black hole in the universe due on 2012.

New Age Theories

New Agers support the evidence given by the Mayan Long Count Calendar regarding the end of the earth’s cycle as to a worldwide consciousness shift. The specific date of December 21, 2012 is a time wherein the earth and the sun will have a certain alignment in space which is predicted to cause a great change for the planet. Semir Osmanagic, in his book the World of Maya, proposes that “when the cosmic energy is allowed to flow throughout our tiny planet, we will be raised to higher level by vibrations.” So in this New Age theory, the year 2012 is not a catastrophic and deathly event for all of us, but a change into a new era for mankind.

Choose your pick, Doomsday or New Age? For whatever happens to the future of mankind and the world, it is up to time to tell us.