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Anyone want a Christian’s perspective on 2012 and the ‘end of the world’?

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Question by trans- formed: Anyone want a Christian’s perspective on 2012 and the ‘end of the world’?
I hear a lot about it, and there are plenty of attention-mongers on the airwaves using the “subject” to get some publicity for themselves. And a lot of people ask about it here in Yahoo Answers R&S. But there is very little to it. I may be off a little on this, but my understanding from all I’ve heard is that the ancient Mayan’s, who had incredible knowledge about star-gazing and time-keeping, made a prolific calendar that stopped at the winter solstice of 2012 (December 21, I think). But they did not mention anything about that time or why their calendar ended on that time. Maybe they ran out of stone tablets, or the wife of the calendar-maker said ‘Enough already! Come to bed!’. But many attention-mongers are speculating all kinds of things. People are saying the world will end then, or humanity will be destroyed then. Others that the earth will experience a major disruption due to our constant re-positioning in the galaxy (which sounds very plausible to me). Others are playing it safer and saying it’ll be a time of new attitude, some supernatural, spiritual epiphany of humanity. Personally, I don’t think the date means anything at all. However, as a Christian, I am saddened to think of how people try and will try to make something out of it because of their motivation. Aside from wanting to foreknow an event before your neighbors, I think there is a strong motivation in every non-Christian to experience something supernatural and/or positive on a global scale. I suppose it’s natural, but could it be dangerous? We all have a need for what Christians have received – the New Life obtainable for the asking through the Lord Jesus Christ. But denying this life-fulfilling personal event, people are eager to witness any other type of supernatural event, and this sets them up for possible great deception. Some, like me, believe there is coming in the relatively near future a great deception of Satan preceding the short global rule of Antichrist (spoken mostly of in The Revelation in the Bible). Since the Rapture (vanishing) of the Saved is believed to be an event prior to that 7-year Great Tribulation period, non-Christians will be left behind and will have all sorts of explanations for what happened. I believe what MIGHT happen is that Satan is taking and will take advantage of the shocking situation. I believe he will pervert the facts. Possibly using a religious leader to promote the idea that God did take people off the planet, but that he took the “less-enlightened backward Christian-types”, and that they who were left are the more advanced ones. This would keep people from repenting in Jesus’ name, which is the whole reason for the Great Tribulation period to follow. Also, according to the Bible, the world does physically end 1,000 years following the end of that 7-year Tribulation, when God will remake the earth entirely. But the coming Tribulation (described in detail in the Bible’s The Revelation) is not and should not be referred to as ‘the end of the world’, although about 2/3 of humanity will die then. As always though, there is hope, fulfillment, joy, life, and love in the Lord Jesus Christ!

Does anyone have a brief belief related to this? (jokes are welcome too)
I guess most people don’t read question text well on here, because so many have tied my writing about 2012 with the Christian Rapture event as if I think the Rapture might occur then. But I am well aware that no one is to know that date. That was not something I was implying at all. Just that I believe non-Christians are hungry for any impressive event and so are latching onto this 2012 thing as something major, when there is NO reason to expect anything. That this 2012 hype going around supports my belief that non-Christians will also bite at any lie that sparkles when the Rapture doe occur (whenever it does occur). I also wanted to know if anyone had additional thoughts anout any of these things.

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Answer by Bob
No.

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