THE EARTH (WORLD) NEVER ENDS (AS WORLD ENDERS CLAIM)(THE END OF THE AGE
OF GRACE ONLY)(DECIEVERS CLAIME THE END OF THE WORLD-NOT ME)
ECCLESIASTES 1:4
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.(AND EVER)(WORLD NEVER ENDS)(END OF THE AGE OF GRACE ONLY,NOT THE END OF THE WORLD)
PSALMS 104:5
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.(NO END OF THE WORLDERS NONESENSE HERE)
MATTHEW 5:5
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.(FOREVER,NOT HEAVEN)
PSALMS 37:29
29 The righteous shall inherit the land,(ON EARTH) and dwell therein for ever.
ISAIAH 45:17
17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation:(FOREVER) ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.(JERUSALEM ISRAEL ON EARTH FOREVER-NEVER ENDING)
EPHESIANS 3:21
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9729270/China-fears-end-of-the-world-is-nigh.html
ECCLESIASTES 1:4
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.(AND EVER)(WORLD NEVER ENDS)(END OF THE AGE OF GRACE ONLY,NOT THE END OF THE WORLD)
PSALMS 104:5
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.(NO END OF THE WORLDERS NONESENSE HERE)
MATTHEW 5:5
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.(FOREVER,NOT HEAVEN)
PSALMS 37:29
29 The righteous shall inherit the land,(ON EARTH) and dwell therein for ever.
ISAIAH 45:17
17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation:(FOREVER) ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.(JERUSALEM ISRAEL ON EARTH FOREVER-NEVER ENDING)
EPHESIANS 3:21
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
In a front-page editorial titled "The end is not nigh – at least for now"
in the Vatican's
daily newspaper, Father Jose Gabriel Funes said there was no danger of
an
impending Apocalypse."In the media and on the internet there is a
great deal of talk of the
end of the world, which the Mayans supposedly predicted for Dec 21. If
you
do a search on Google, you get 40 million results on the topic,"
Father
Funes, the director of the Vatican Observatory, wrote in L'Osservatore
Romano.It was "not even worth discussing the scientific basis of these
claims,"
the Jesuit priest from Argentina said in the article, which criticised
"pseudo-prophecies"
about the end of the world.He acknowledged that the Universe was
slowly expanding but that the
destruction of the Earth – if it ever happens – will not occur for
billions
of years.In any case, Christians subscribed to the "fundamental
conviction that
death is not the last word."Father Funes, who has a master's degree in
astronomy from the National
University of Cordoba in Argentina as well as degrees in philosophy
and
theology, was made director of the Vatican Observatory in 2006.In an
interview two years later, he said it was possible that intelligent
forms of life could exist on other planets in the solar system.He said
the notion did not necessarily contradict the teachings of the
Catholic Church, arguing that to dismiss such a possibility would be
to
underestimate God's creative powers.Aliens would still be God's
creatures, he said, in an article in L'Osservatore
Romano headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother."A 5,125-year
cycle known in the Mayan calendar as the Long Count comes to an
end on Dec 21, and has been widely interpreted by cultists, New Age
disciples and believers in the esoteric as heralding the end of the
universe.Panic
buying of candles and essentials has been reported in China and Russia,
while survival shelters are selling at a brisk rate in the
US.Believers have also gathered in areas across Europe, including the
French
village of Bugarach, where the mayor has been forced to ban UFO
watchers and
light aircraft from flat-topped mountain, Pic de Bugarach, seen by
some as
an “alien garage”.The US space agency NASA intervened in the debate
earlier this month, posting
a nearly hour-long YouTube video debunking the idea of an impending
Apocalypse."I think this tells us more about ourselves, particularly
in the Western
world, than it does about the ancient Maya," Geoffrey Braswell, an
associate professor of anthropology and leading Maya scholar at the
University of California, San Diego, told The Associated Press."The
idea that the world will end soon is a very strong belief in Western
cultures. ... The Maya, we don't really know if they believed the
world
would ever end."
December 21: Mayan apocalypse believer camps out at French doomsday mountain
Meet the 30-year-old plumber and Mayan apocalypse believer who has been camping below Mount Bugarach for a week, waiting for the end of the world.
Sparked by rumours on the internet, dedicated believers including Ludovic
Broquet hope that the peak might provide a refuge from the impending
apocalypse which dedicated followers of the Mayan calendar think will come
about just 4 days before Christmas.December 21 marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year "Long Count"
Mayan calendar.The 30-year old Mr Brouquet, a plumber and apocalypse believer travelled from
Bordeaux for the occasion. He has been camping in the mountains near the
peak of Bugarach for almost a week.Located at an altitude of 1,230 metres (4,040 feet), near the border between
France and Andorra, the Bugarach mountain is the highest peak in the
Corbieres mountains."I've been preparing this trip for about twelve months, I've known this
for two years, and I'm here to try to find out this kind of gateway, the
vortex that will maybe open up here for the day of the end of the world,"
said Mr Broquet.
One theory goes that the Pic de Bugarach is an "alien garage" and
that extraterrestrials are quietly waiting in a massive cavity beneath the
rock for the world to end, at which point they will leave, taking, it is
hoped, a lucky few humans with them.But those who plan to seek refuge under the mountain could be scuppered by
local gendarmes. French authorities have decided to block access to the peak
and any underground pathways between December 19-23, except for the
village's 200 residents.Regional prefect Eric Freysselinard said nearly 100 policemen and firemen will
prevent access to the peak. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9729270/China-fears-end-of-the-world-is-nigh.html
Mayan prophecy sparks dread, celebration worldwide
By | Associated Press – Tue, Dec 11, 2012
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The clock is ticking down to Dec. 21, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, and from China to California to Mexico, thousands are getting ready for what they think is going to be a fateful day.The Maya
didn't say much about what would happen next, after a 5,125-year cycle
known as the Long Count comes to an end. So into that void have rushed
occult writers, bloggers and New Age visionaries foreseeing all manner
of monumental change, from doomsday to a new age of enlightenment.
The 2009 disaster flick "2012"
helped spark doomsday rumors, with its visions of Los Angeles crashing
into the sea and mammoth tsunami waves swallowing the Himalayas.
Foreboding TV documentaries and alarmist websites followed, sparking
panic in corners of the globe thousands of miles from the Mayan homeland
of southern Mexico and Central America.As
the big day approaches, governments and scientists alike are
mobilizing to avoid actual tragedy. Even the U.S. space agency NASA
intervened earlier this month, posting a nearly hour-long YouTube video
debunking apocalyptic points, one by one.The Internet has helped feed
the
frenzy, spreading rumors that a mountain in the French Pyrenees is
hiding an alien spaceship that will be the sole escape from the
destruction. French authorities are blocking access to Bugarach peak
from Dec. 19-23 except for the village's 200 residents "who want to live
in peace," the local prefect said in a news release."I think this tells
us more about ourselves, particularly in the Western world, than it
does about the ancient Maya," said Geoffrey Braswell,
an associate professor of anthropology and leading Maya scholar at the
University of California, San Diego. "The idea that the world will end
soon is a very strong belief in Western cultures. ... The Maya, we don't
really know if they believed the world would ever end."As the clock
ticks down, scenarios have mounted about how the end will come.Some
believe a rogue planet called Nibiru will emerge from its hiding
place behind the sun and smash into the Earth. Others say a super black
hole at the center of the universe will suck in our planet and smash it
to pieces. At least two men in China are predicting a world-ending
flood. They're both building arks.Lu Zhenghai has spent his life
savings, some $160,000, building the
70-foot-by-50-foot vessel powered by three diesel engines, according to
state media."I am afraid that when the end of the world comes, the flood
will
submerge my house," the 44-year-old ex-army man was quoted as
saying.China's most innovative ark builder, however, may be Yang Zongfu,
a 32-year-old businessman in eastern China.His vessel, Atlantis, a
three-ton yellow steel ball 13 feet (four
meters) in diameter, is designed to survive a volcano, tsunami,
earthquake or nuclear meltdown, according to the state-run Liao Wang
magazine.Jose Manrique Esquivel,
a descendent of the Maya, said his community in Mexico's Yucatan
peninsula sees the date as a celebration of their survival despite
centuries of genocide and oppression. He blamed profiteers looking to
scam the gullible for stoking doomsday fears.
"For us, this Dec. 21 is the end of a great era and also the
beginning of a new era. We renew our beliefs. We renew a host of things
that surround us," Esquivel said.In fact, anthropologists aren't even
sure whether the end of the
Mayan calendar falls on Dec. 21, or whether it's already happened or is
still to come, Braswell said. The date is mentioned in only two known
cases, including an etching that says nine gods will descend from heaven
to Earth. The verb describing what the gods will do is illegible in the
etching."It probably was a ritual of some sort, and even if we had the
glyph
we wouldn't understand what it is," Braswell said. "What we know for
sure is there's no discussion of the end of the world on that date."The
mystery isn't only inspiring dread: Some are whipping out their
yoga tights and meditation cushions and joining a global
counter-movement promoting the date as the start of a new era of
hope.Thousands of New Age adherents are expected to fill ancient sites
across Mexico in the days leading up to Dec. 21, while their spiritual
brethren party in hotspots as diverse as Culver City, Calif., and Byron
Bay, Australia.One of the biggest movements is Birth 2012, which is
using the Mayan
date to launch what it hopes will be a global spiritual reset. Some 40
events around the world will mark the change."We've activated this
campaign for three days of love," said movement
co-founder Stephen Dinan. "Let's have generosity and kindness be the
operative fare, rather than people hunkering down in fear."In Mexico's
Mayan heartland, nobody is preparing for the end of the
world; instead, they're bracing for a tsunami of spiritual visitors of
the terrestrial variety.Hotels near the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza have
been sold out, with
many rooms booked a year in advance. Volunteers at the Kinich Ahau
center — dedicated to spreading the "authentic wisdom of the Maya" —
were busy chopping resinous wood to mix with incense for a sacred fire
ceremony to greet visitors from around the world. Mass tribal drumming,
circles of energy and ritual dancing were also planned.For Esquivel and
other modern-day Maya, Dec. 21 is a chance to raise
awareness about rescuing the planet, not prepare for its demise. People
all over the world need to focus on the very real damage people have
done to the Earth, he said, and sound the alarm about growing
catastrophes, such as climate change."We're putting in danger the
existence of our world," Esquivel said.
"It's our goal for this date to create consciousness about our Earth. We
want to say to everybody that the Maya live and we want to gather our
strength to save the Earth."___Associated Press writers Lori
Hinnant in Paris, Max Seddon in Moscow, Garance Burke in San Francisco,
Mark Stevenson in Mexico City and AP news researcher Flora Ji in Beijing
contributed to this report.
