2012 Is Not The End Of The World ( What They Want You To Believe Or Is There Truth In The Statement?)

The End Of The World Is Not 2012...A statement that many would like to have you believe, but can it be proven either way? First of all let's look at why the statement has been posed to begin with. Hollywood released 2012 the movie in late 2009, basing it on the theory of the Mayan calendar that dates back to early 6th Century BC. This calendar which has been responsible for predicting various world events like earthquakes, floods and other substantial phenomena abruptly comes to an end on the 21st of December 2012. Why does it end there and what is the interpretation of this ending? One theory of why the Mayan calendar ends on the21st of December 2012 is that they simply had to end it somewhere. As simplistic as this sounds, I personally don't subscribe to this thought. The Mayans were genius when it came to all things Mathematical and Astronomy based. They managed to accurately predict earth changing events in our past and their predictions were held in high regard by notable people such as Nostradamus. Other theories are that the Mayans had "seen" a point in our future-their future, where the events were so catastrophic the earth would cease to exist. This theory can be backed by scientific research into the Earth aligning with the Milky Ways Equator for the first time in over 25,000 years. This is thought to provoke a violent shift in the Earths poles and subsequently the north pole would "flip" and become the south pole. Another school of thought is that it is the end of the world as we know it. And as such, the human race would embark on a new Spiritual Awakening that will see the racial divides, poverty, hunger and other human plights end and we as a race would be transformed into a new world of living. This seems reasonably plausible and to be honest, my choice of the two scenarios! However, how is this Spiritual Awakening going to come about when there are generations of hatred and poverty that cannot surely be erased on one single day? There is quite a large following that will have you believe just that, and then there are those that have interpreted it as Christs return. Whatever the scenario, I'm sure you'll agree that it is the far more attractive of the two options. When it comes to figuring out as to whether this is a sensationalized misinterpretation of an ancient calendar, or whether the Scientific backing of a shift in the Earths poles are substantial enough to tie it to the abrupt ending of the calendar is truly a debate that can only be solved by getting to the 21st of December itself. However, if you can gather enough information as I have been able to do and educate yourself on whether there actually is a risk to you and your family, then I sincerely implore you to do that also. I have found the most useful information on 2012 End Of World Prediciton This gives argument about Swine Flu and other pandemics being tied into the 2012 argument, along with Government cover ups and introduces "The 5th Age of Man" which is truly compelling. I wish you and your family information and enlightenment in the lead up to the 21st of December, 2012 Retrieved from "http://www.articlesbase.com/new-age-articles/2012-is-not-the-end-of-the-world-what-they-want-you-to-believe-or-is-there-truth-in-the-statement-1963049.html" (ArticlesBase SC #1963049) Liked this article? Click here to publish it on your website or blog, it's free and easy! Sarah Gladman - About the Author: The End Of The World is a concept that affects each of us, regardless of whether we believe that the world will simultaneously explode or whether it will signal a new spiritual awakening for each of us. What is known is that the Mayan civilisation were a most fastidious and mathematical of people and the accuracy with which they have predicted events in our past, is truly astounding. What is also most interesting is the interpretation of the calendar ending, in my opinion. To some it is a doomsday warning sparking the end of the world and the destruction of the human race. Others believe it will be the end of pain and suffering, and the human race will awaken to a new spiritual order. Others believe along a similar spiritual line that it signifies the second coming of Christ. Whatever the result on the 21st of December, the only way to truly know what will indeed transpire is to be there. I found some wonderful information and facts on 2012 End Of World Prediction that has helped me sleep alot better at night. So much of the information that we seek for answers on this subject is hidden away in mostly government files. To piece together cover ups and to make an informed decision on what I believe will happen in December 2012 was only possible after reading and educating myself on the matter. I wish for you and your family to have as much knowledge as possible on what you will do when December 2012 comes around. In peace, Sarah.

End of the World is Near! Analyzing the Bible Timeline

Apocalypse!  Holocaust!  Armageddon!  The use of these words in the title of a book or movie guarantees interest and sales of any product.  Everyone wants to know the future!  What is going to happen?  People sense today that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.  Books and movies focus on end-of-the-world scenarios with vivid catastrophic effects.  Precisely what the crisis will be varies based on personal beliefs and speculations.  Bible believers expect the second coming of the Messiah, Yahushua, at the end of the world.  The events leading up to the second coming have been endlessly questioned, debated and speculated about by countless millions. Speculation, however, is unnecessary.  Scripture itself indicates how old the Earth will be at the end of time.  Prophetic timelines provide details of events to take place as the Earth itself reaches the fullness of time allotted to it.  Knowing the age of the Earth thus provides insight into where we are in the stream of time and how close we are to the final events in Earth's history. There are two basic ways the age of the Earth is calculated: 1) scientifically and, 2) chronologically.  Scientists use carbon 14 dating to estimate their many  tens of thousands of years.   Christians, on the other hand, use the more accurate chronology of the sacred scriptures plus history recorded on papyrus, pottery, stones, etc.  The age of the Earth is mathematically easy to determine and very accurate if one believes the scriptures and uses the Bible record just as it reads. The larger and corresponding question is what happens at the end of time.  Establishing age can imply an end of that age.  The Bible itself has a lot of information regarding what happens as probationary time ends.  Too often, however, personal speculation has guessed at Earth's final events rather than using the prophetic time lines, types and anti-types, and the events established and provable by scripture.  Today, with computers and information available on the internet, it is possible to determine the age of the world according to the Bible account.  The Creator wants His people to know what is coming on the Earth.  He urged, "Take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand" (Mark 13:23, NKJV(1)).  He further warned, "But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only." (Matthew 24:36) However, believers are clearly instructed to "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming" (Matthew 25:13). If it were not possible to know when the second coming is near, than there would not be so many repeated warnings to watch and be ready.   The fact that Yahushua repeatedly urged His followers to watch and be ready, reveals that it is possible to know when the end of the world is near.  "See, I have told you beforehand . . . So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, at the very doors" (Matthew 24:25, 33).  Heaven wants people to know the signs of Yahushua's soon return!  It was for this very reason that Paul was inspired to write: "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.  Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (I Corinthians 10:11 & 12).  An "ensample" is a type: something which is a model or pattern of what is to come in the future.  Scripture is full of these types and Paul emphatically states that they were given for the admonition: the warning and instruction, of those who will be living at the end of time.  The Biblical books of Daniel and Revelation contain information regarding the end of the world and the pouring out of the Wrath of Yahuwah at the end of time. It is of vital importance that everyone study and understand the significance of the time in which we are living.  This year, 5997, (fall of 2009 to fall of 2010, Gregorian solar time), means that the amount of time measured off for the probation of Earth's people is almost over. All should number their days and learn what is coming, and when, in order to be prepared for the second coming of Yahushua. This article will establish from scripture how the age of the Earth can be accurately calculated from the Biblical record. The Great Week of Time The week as a unit of time measurement is introduced in the first chapter of Genesis.  The Earth was created in six days and on the seventh day the Creator rested.  This format of six days of work plus one of rest has been applied to the time allotted for sin to run its course since the first century A.D.(2).  Since the week is made of six work days, the time for Earth's probation is understood to be six thousand years. The Epistle of Barnabas, written circa A.D. 70-131 clearly states: Of the sabbath He speaketh in the beginning of the creation: And God made the works of His hands in six days, and He ended on the seventh day, and rested on it, and He hallowed it.  Give heed, children, what this meaneth: He ended in six days.  He meaneth this: that in six thousand years the Lord shall bring all things to an end; for the day with Him signifieth a thousand years; and this He himself beareth me witness, saying; Behold, the day of the Lord shall be as a thousand years.  Therefore, children, in six days, that is in six thousand years, everything shall come to an end.  And He rested on the seventh day. This He meaneth; when His Son shall come, and shall abolish the time of the Lawless One, and shall judge the ungodly, and shall change the sun and the moon and the stars, then shall He truly rest on the seventh day.(3) Scripture itself supports the interpretation of Creation week as a symbol of the great Week of Time as a total of 7000 years.  Adam was told: "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die" (Genesis 2:16,17).  Adam did not die the very day he ate forbidden fruit.  However, he did die within the first prophetic day of 1,000 years because he died when he was 930 years old.  (See Genesis 5:5.)    The apostle Peter clearly understood this principle when he stated: "Beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (2 Peter 3:8).  The Creator intended us to understand the symbol of one day equaling one thousand years. Prophetic time can also use one day to symbolize one year.  When the Israelites could not enter Canaan due to unbelief, their sentence of punishment was that they would spend a total of 40 years wandering in the wilderness: one year for each of the 40 days the 12 spies spent spying out the land of Canaan.  "According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years" (Numbers 14:34). Prophetic time was also linked to one year for every day within a week.  Moses was instructed that the Israelites were to let the Earth, the gardens and vineyards, rest for one year after being farmed for six years.  The seventh year was the "Sabbath" rest for the land.  During the sabbatical year, no planting or pruning could be done.  The people could harvest only that which grew naturally on its own.  After seven times of counting out the seven year cycles, the year of Jubilee was announced which was itself a second year of rest after the seventh and last sabbatical.  This was the year of Jubilee: 7 x 7 years = 49 years + 1 Jubilee year = the 50 year Jubilee cycle.   Like a wheel within a wheel, seven years and seven times seven years measured off the larger cycles of time containing fifty years each. In the count to Pentecost, the Hebrews were also told to count seven full or complete weeks, then add the 50th day to make the count "complete."  Seven weeks of seven days each, plus one day, is the count to Pentecost:  7 x 7 = 49 + 1 = 50. The equation of 6 work days + 1 Sabbath rest = 7 days, or one complete week, is what has been referred to by many over the last 2,000 years as the Great Week of Time.  Applying this same principle to millennia indicates that there will be six thousand years (six millennia) for the Earth to labor under a burden of sin, while the grand work for the salvation of souls goes on.  The seventh millennia, the sabbatical for the Earth to rest, is the one thousand years in heaven when the saints judge the wicked dead.  Scripture reveals that after the second coming of Yahushua, (Revelation 19:11-16), Satan is bound to this earth for 1,000 years.  (See Revelation 20:1-3.(4))  During this thousand years when the Earth rests, the saints are in heaven with their Redeemer, judging the wicked dead.  (Revelation 20:4.)  At the end of the 1000 year sabbatical, the wicked are raised to receive their punishment with Satan in the lake of fire until they are fully consumed and eternal death, not eternal torment, is their reward for treason against the government of heaven.  (Revelation 20:5-10, 12-14; Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6.)  The foundation for the Great Week of Time was laid in Genesis when, at the time of the flood, Yahuwah decreed: "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years" (Genesis 6:3).  This is much more than just the years Noah preached about a coming flood.  This reveals that the total amount of time the Spirit of Yahuwah would strive with men, seeking to win them to repentance, would be a total of 6,000 years.  Before the flood, life spans were almost 1,000 years.  After the flood, the average lifespan rapidly decreased until Moses could say, "The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away" (Psalm 90:1).  Neither before the flood nor after was the standard lifespan 120 years.  Rather, when applied to Jubilee cycles, Yahuwah's statement in Genesis reveals that there would be a total of 6,000 years for sin to run its course!                                              120 (Man's days)                                            x 50 (Jubilee cycle)                                           6,000 years of probationary time To find the end, the beginning must first be located.  The Bible tells us where to start. Calculating the Biblical Years From the writings of Enoch to the present, people have added up the years of Biblical time to understand how much longer it will be until the end of the time granted to mankind.  To find the end, the beginning must first be established.  Now, at the end of Earth's history, the Creator is revealing His divine time design.  It is both a warning and an encouragement to the last generation. Bible scholars and lovers of truth the world over have, for hundreds and hundreds of years, studied the prophecies, chronologies and large time spans given in scripture.  Current religious conditions, political corruption, national and personal economic hardship, social upheaval and environmental catastrophes are all warnings of coming change.  People everywhere are awakening to the fact that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.  People want to know when time and life as they know it will end.  It seems that everyone, both religious and secular, recognize that we are fast approaching the end of the world as we know it. This study will first use the Bible as it records the beginning of years, then add in the time of secular recorded history from 536 B.C. on to the present to calculate the age of the Earth. Opinions differ on whether Adam measured his age from Creation or the start of sin.  Some chronologists choose sin because time is not important when one expects to live forever.  Others choose Creation because the sun was to measure years and certainly Adam would have understood time and the cycle of years.  However, it really does not matter.  Either way makes no difference in the overall count. Genesis 5:3 states that Adam was 130 years old when Seth was born. This begins the first method of counting: adding the age of each generation at the time the first son was born.  The Bible gives a long list of "begats" that list the age of each patriarch at the birth of his first son.  This count, beginning with Adam, continues past the flood down to Jacob. This is the first time period, 1656 years, to which other distinct periods will be added until the year of transfer to time as recorded in secular sources in 536 B.C. is reached. There are two methods used to count the age of the Earth: Anno Mundi is a Latin term for counting from the beginning, numbering 1, 2, 3, and on forward in time from Adam. B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (anno domini, or, the year of our Lord) which counts backwards (B.C.) and forwards (A.D.) from the time of the Messiah. (Ussher's Chronology mistakenly placed His birth in A.D. 1.) Both methods yield the same count. (Scripture also gives ages for many people that will not be counted in this study because they are not in the lineage of the Messiah.) The following chart shows the patriarchs' ages: At birth of first born son Age at death Accumulated years from Adam in Anno Mundi time, counting forward from the beginning. It is most interesting to see the age relationships. Lamech, the father of Noah, could and probably did, talk to Adam. Abram most likely talked to Noah and Shem as they lived in the same general area before Abram journeyed away from his kinfolk in Ur of the Chaldees. There are seven distinct time periods that track the number of years from Adam down to 536 B.C. History from 536 B.C. on is firmly established in archeological and written records, so that particular year is used as the transition year between Biblically recorded time and secular time. The following chart shows these time periods using the B.C. method of counting backwards from the time of the Messiah. The first time period goes from Adam to the flood. The flood did not last a year, only forty days. Noah and his family did stay in the ark for a year, but that year is counted and calculated into the ages of Noah and his sons, and listed from the beginning of the flood, not after. The second time period starts at the beginning of the year of the flood and counts 391 years to the covenant made with Abram by the additional "begats." Controversy has existed over the age of Terah at the birth of his triplets.  The Bible says "And Terah lived seventy years and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran" (Genesis 11:26). Therefore, 70 years will be used.  Scholars have also debated which event in Abraham's life should begin the count of the 430 years of the covenant promise to bring his descendants, the Israelites, out of Egypt.  The Bible gives the answer. "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, . . . This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee;  Every man child among you shall be circumcised."   Genesis 17:1,10.  Abraham was age 99 when the covenant that began the 430 years started.  A covenant is always between two parties and must be ratified or accepted.  Circumcision was the method the Creator chose for Abraham to demonstrate his acceptance by his own blood.  This places the Exodus firmly at 1512 B.C.  From the Exodus until the reign of Solomon was another 476 years.  The reigns of the kings can be confusing because the Hebrew year began in the spring but did not change the year number count until the fall when the regnal year began.  (A "regnal" year is simply the date from which a king's reign is counted.)  This problem is solved by either rounding up or rounding down.  As long as the same method is always used the count will be the same. Solomon reigned for 40 years and then the kingdom was divided for another 390 years.  Judah went into captivity in 606 B.C. and was held for the 70 years that were determined upon the Hebrew people in the prophesy given to Daniel. When these seven time periods are added together, the total equals 3453 years.  Adding the 536 years of secular time that reaches from the end of the Babylonian 70-year captivity down to the year 1 B.C., equals 3989 total years.  This gives a beginning date for Adam's creation, or sin, of 3989 B.C.                         3453 (total of seven time periods given in Scripture)                                        + 536 (secular time from extra-biblical sources for release from captivity)                                                                           3989 B.C. The final step is to subtract the 3989 from the 6000 year total probationary time.  One year must also be added to accommodate for the change between B.C. and A.D. time counts.  This is only a mathematical correction. Dating goes directly from 1 B.C. to A.D. 1.  There should have been a year 0 between the years counted as 1. In conclusion, most people are familiar with the numbering system of James Ussher, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh, who wrote a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the Bible. His year numbering is used in the King James Version of the Bible for any dates found there.  Following is a chart showing just where this chronology differs from Ussher.  It will be observed that there is very little difference between the two. For further information and a detailed explanation on these time calculations, as well as time frame comparisons, please download "The 7000-Year Bible Chronology." This power point study describes how the time segments have been calculated and compares segments of time with each other.  While the power point study is quite lengthy, the research is extremely interesting and invaluable for understanding this important topic. The total time calculation of 6,000 years reaches from Adam at 3989 B.C. to the year 2012. Since the year count begins in the fall, the 6,000th year, 2012, does not end until the fall of 2013, at the time of the fall Feasts. The year itself must be lived through to reach the 6,000-year ending mark. The next millennium would not begin until the end of that last year in the fall of 2013. The time allotted for mankind would not end until all of the 6,000 years had been lived out. If additional time is granted the world for repentance and the acceptance of Yahuwah's invitation to accept the sacrifice of His Son, Yahushua's gift of eternal life, it would be short at best. Any additional time of grace is far from assured. After the fall of 2013, every additional day granted by Yahuwah should be regarded as living on borrowed time. The righteous and the wicked will still be living upon the Earth in their mortal state

End Of The World 2012 December ( Government Cover-Up Or Myth?)

Mayan Calendars predict the End of the World, in December, 2012 . The Mayan calendar is a system of calendars and almanacs used by the Mayan civilization, dating back to at least the 6th Century B.C The calendar is set to end on the 21st of December and many believe this is when the Earth will end. December 21, 2012 will be the most important date for all of Humanity. The ancient Mayans created the Long Count calandar to mark this date as the beginning of a new cycle for Mankind. Why are some people are calling 2012 "Doomsday" and the end of the world ...As we know it! Don't believe the Nay-Sayers... Learn the Real Truth about 2012. Learn the real truth about Goverment Coverups, Swine Flu Pandemics and known natural disasters that are headed our way...and how people with power are not telling you everything they know... Learn how you can help turn what many believe to be the darkest period in history into the most enlightened. The I-Ching Prophecies... Mayan calendars... Hopi Indians teachings... Aztec calendars... On what subjects are they in sync? Unearth the truth about "The Fifth Age Of Man" and whether 2012 is an ending... or a much needed new beginning for us all. One of the reasons some people believe that December 2012 will bring about the end of the world is because scientists say that we are moving across the middle of the Milky Way. What happens during this time is there is an alignment that's occurring because Earth does this little tilt and a little wobble over long periods of time. Scientists have published this openly that the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a very powerful source of magnetic energy. The term they use is "magnetic filiments" that radiate from the center of our Milky Way. On December 21st in the year 2012, we have a straight shot--a linear shot, unobstructed by any other planets or any other bodies in the solar system--where we have direct access to that field of energy. When we look into our past, and the greatest way to do this Scientifically is to examine the icy cores taken from our north and south poles, we can see the dates that are the fractals or the seed patterns for 2012, they tell us that in those dates the magnetic fields of the Earth becomes weaker. The Vatican has built two earth based telescopes (Vulcan and Vatt) and is currently about launch their own space based telescope so they can view Nibiru as it approaches. SETI, NASA and several other space organizations around the world have been monitoring Nibiru's travel via telescopes in Antarctica. Bible Scripture describes a war in the latter days in the middle east. One that we are involved in. Something will happen that will cause the flesh to melt off the bones and the eyes out of the sockets. The Catholic church is only supposed to have 1 more POPE before 2012. The Bible, in the Book of Revelation, tells of how the end of our time ends and the next begins. Money, Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Silver all will be worthless. The Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas all used the same calendar that ends in our Gregorian calendar year of December 21st, 2012. The fate of these civilizations is a mystery. Their calendars were turned inside out by the Roman Catholic Church and the Gregorian Calendar made to replace them. It is not a secret that the Earth has experienced some of the strangest and most severe weather occurrences on record, signalling that something is changing our weather patterns. Retrieved from "http://www.articlesbase.com/spirituality-articles/end-of-the-world-2012-december-government-coverup-or-myth-1962982.html" (ArticlesBase SC #1962982) Liked this article? Click here to publish it on your website or blog, it's free and easy! Sarah Gladman - About the Author: The End Of The World is a concept that affects each of us, regardless of whether we believe that the world will simultaneously explode or whether it will signal a new spiritual awakening for each of us. What is known is that the Mayan civilisation were a most fastidious and mathematical of people and the accuracy with which they have predicted events in our past, is truly astounding. What is also most interesting is the interpretation of the calendar ending, in my opinion. To some it is a doomsday warning sparking the end of the world and the destruction of the human race. Others believe it will be the end of pain and suffering, and the human race will awaken to a new spiritual order. Others believe along a similar spiritual line that it signifies the second coming of Christ. Whatever the result on the 21st of December, the only way to truly know what will indeed transpire is to be there. I found some wonderful information and facts on 2012 End Of World Prediction that has helped me sleep alot better at night. So much of the information that we seek for answers on this subject is hidden away in mostly government files. To piece together cover ups and to make an informed decision on what I believe will happen in December 2012 was only possible after reading and educating myself on the matter. I wish for you and your family to have as much knowledge as possible on what you will do when December 2012 comes around. In peace, Sarah.

2012 Cataclysm and Doom, Is History Repeating Itself?

About a year ago I published an article titled '2102, Nostradamus, Mayan Calendar, Oh My!' The article was a light-hearted look at the year 2012 and some of its inauspicious predictions. Quite surprisingly, that article has been picked up and published on hundreds of websites and blogs over the past 12 months and I continually receive email from readers and webmasters around the world urging me to write more about this rapidly approaching year (it has also been plagiarized to the point of absurdity). While the interest in my 2012 article is both encouraging and flattering, I think the success of the piece really suggests two simple realities:

1) As with all good doomsday scenarios, the year 2012 does possess enough legitimacy to elevate it beyond the realm of fanatical musings, which is giving it momentum and mystery, and
2) people have a fascination with narratives related to doom and catastrophe, and the internet has become the vehicle which has moved this fascination into a full-blown obsession. Let's look at each in turn.

Legitimacy:

Among other associations both absurd and reasonable, the year 2012 is increasingly associated with changes in the Sun and cycles of celestial bodies. Indeed, the Mayan calendar (from which 2012 musings owe their origins) is principally a measurement of celestial and natural cycles. The ancient Maya believed that all of life is essentially cyclical, and that time itself is cyclical. Think about it, the days (night and day), the seasons, the years, and so on, all have their roots in cyclical movements: the earth cycles around its axis creating the days, while the moon cycles around the earth creating the months, while both simultaneously cycle around the sun creating the years, and so on. The human body follows natural cycles as well: human gestation is cyclical and even life follows a cyclical formula: birth, growth, maturity, decay, death, and over again...ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Time and reality are essentially cycles within cycles, believed they Maya, and their calendar reflects this cyclical metaphysic.

However, we contemporary thinkers have been programmed to believe that time and reality flow linearly - yesterday before today, and today before tomorrow, etc. - and our orientation to life reflects this cognitive programming. While a linear orientation to time is useful and it certainly helps us to manage our busy lives, it is arguable that the Mayan's were closer to the truth: time is essentially cyclical...and it repeats itself. Ever heard the saying that a broken clock is still correct two times a day?

What does this have to do with the Sun and the year 2012? This will take some explanation...

The sun is our source of life, the alpha and the omega. Without the sun, life could not exist, period; so it is quite logical that primitive cultures created a mythology to worship this great source of life. Indeed, the sun is the source of untold miracles: it walks on water (reflection), turns water to wine (sunrise), cures the sick (fever), raises the dead (spring re-growth), travels with 12 companions (the 12 signs of the zodiac, and the source of your horoscope), and even holds a place of honor in our cognitive construct of the week (Sunday, the day of rest). In fact, most religious holidays are really milestones of sun worship. Christmas is in honor of the sun's rebirth after the December milestone of the winter solstice is reached; Easter and the Passover recognize the sun's 'passing over' the mid-point in its rise past the spring equinox and the beginning of the harvest season (a big deal in primitive times), and so on.

And like all celestial bodies, the sun - our source of life and the object of both adoration and fear - follows a pattern of cycles within cycles. The ancient Maya knew this, and we are just now learning it.

The sun is currently pulling out of a cycle of minimal activity and ramping up towards what many argue will be a solar event of biblical proportions. Without getting too technical, the sun follows a generally predictable pattern of solar activity represented by sunspots; these cycles are referred to as solar minimums and solar maximums and flux on an 11-year cycle (there is that number again...). A solar minimum is a time when there is little or no sunspot activity; conversely, a maximum is a time of tremendous sunspot activity. Interestingly, the next solar maximum is predicted to peak in the latter part of the year 2102, strangely corresponding to the Mayan long count calendar cycle ending date of 12/21/2012, a Great Year that the Mayan's believed would end in a cataclysm of fire. This maximum, argue many, will be one of the most spectacular on record.

What is particularly interesting, and somewhat disturbing, is that our sun is also pulling out of a period of prolonged inactivity - a minimum that has both scholars and thoughtful observers mystified. Could this be the calm before the storm? And if so, what will that storm look like and how will it impact life on earth? Does the strange confluence of all these cycles (and I have not mentioned several other cycles that end in the year 2012) suggest that the earth is on the cusp of a solar event of unimaginable proportions? It is well documented in the scientific literature that sunspot activity affects the earth in unpredictable ways... Are we in store for a season of unprecedented geophysical, geothermal and meteorological unpredictability? All ancient traditions, both oral and written, have stories of a great cataclysm by water (such as Noah's flood); are these traditions really semi-coded warnings to later generations to be on the lookout for the Sun's next coming? Should we be worried that the last Mayan Long Count Cycle ending was marked by a great flood and the 2012 cycle ending is supposed to mark change by fire?

Finally, is it mere coincidence that there is a bizarre increase in blockbuster movies about world-wide disaster related to solar events, (The Book of Eli, 2012, The Knowing, The Road, etc.)? Should we be worried?

2) Obsession with Doom:

It is arguable that the internet has become the pillar of manifest gloominess, and has kicked the amplitude of our strange fixation with doom by an order of magnitude. Indeed, this mania has become so profound in our interconnected world that we have been compelled to create a word to characterize the people who share this collective obsession: Doomers.

And let's face it, 'Dooming' is addictive. Like internet porn, its presence is everywhere and it is hard to avoid. Not surprisingly, 2012 is emerging as the doomsday narrative of choice, the pierce de resistance of End-of-World scenarios. This is not surprising really; the allure of 2012 is a combination of both its scale and diversity, as numerous traditions and mythologies point to this year as a significant milestone, as well as a growing collective notion that 'something is just not right'. 2012 is coming at a perfect time in the evolution of our species as almost everybody agrees that we are living through a time of great challenge and change. Previous predictions of doom were just that - predictions of doom based on beliefs or probabilistic models (such as nuclear annialation or Y2K). 2012, however, is not just about apocalypse or catastrophe, it's about the world purging itself. 2012 represents the ultimate come-uppins from Mother Nature, and, strangely enough, many people see this as a good thing, or at least a just-deserved. Like the mythology of the great flood as the wrath of a vengeful God purging the world of evil, many believe that we have yet again come full circle, or should I say cycle. Hence, the growing popularity of 2012 as a year of great change, purification and turmoil.

Beliefs in dates and doom are not new, of course, and they have been around for as long as people have roamed the earth. Seemingly, like sex, our love of extermination is hardwired into our very DNA. In my short lifetime alone (I'm in my 40's) I have had the pleasure of living quite comfortably through multiple predictions of catastrophe, from Y2K (what a letdown!), to nuclear holocaust...from 88 reasons Why in 88 (the widely-believed prediction of the rapture in 1988), to Hail-Bop and the much awaited return of our parent alien species; indeed, the list goes on and on. Not surprisingly, all of these predictions have one thing in common, and it's the obvious - they were all wrong. Laughably wrong. But that didn't keep people from believing in them, sometimes fanatically.

But today's obsession with apocalypse and 2012 is different. Why? Because today we have the means and the technology to proselytize our fears to a broad audience and in the process stir a global pot of emotional stew into a collective mania. Today, any idiot (or scholar for that matter) can post a well-made but completely made up U-Tube documentary on the arrival of Planet X (in 2012) and arouse the fears of millions. Prior to our interconnected world, dates of doom and devastation were confined to the groups that promoted them or to the creative tools employed to market them, but rarely were they as widespread as they are today, and with the exception of Y2K, they were never global. And that, I submit, is what makes the 2012 phenomenon so scary and why we should be taking it seriously.

But here is a fact that I want you to meditate upon: you are still here. Let me state that again, and I want you to read it slowly: I -- Am -- Still -- Here! The very fact that I am writing to you today about dates and doom should scream a very clear and compelling truth to all of you who are worried about 2012: the odds are in your favor!

One day there actually will be a global cataclysm, that's a statistical certainty. But to assume it will happen in your lifetime is pure ego, and the likelihood that it will occur in 2012 is less related to Mayan mythology, and more to a collective (and dim-witted) wishful thinking. So is history repeating itself? Yes I'm afraid it is...but not the history of catastrophe. Rather the history of human gullibility and predictability. We are 2012, and to the extent that we choose to believe it represents doomsday, will we be underequipped to handle the very real possibility that the world may be cycling through very real changes, changes that are survivable if we will just stop fussing over doom and start balancing reason with readiness.

Kevin Baum is co-founder of SurvivalOutpost.com, an Austin-based on-line business specializing in Emergency Preparedness Supplies, Survival Kits and Freeze Dried Food for individuals, families and businesses. The SurvivalOutpost philosophy is to balance reason with readiness, and to encourage knowledge, independence and self-sufficiency as tools to survive in an increasingly uncertain & unpredictable world.

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December 21, 2012 - The Real Fuss Behind the 2012 Prophecy

There has been a great deal of fascination behind the 2012 Apocalypse predictions in recent times as the year 2012 approaches. Even in the last year, Hollywood has cashed in on the increased publicity generated by the buzz around the 2012 phenomenon by releasing the 2012 movie. This is perhaps many people's depiction of what will happen come December 2012; however there is actually a great deal of mystery over the actual events that are supposedly going to occur.

The actual prediction about the 2012 prophecy is based on three reputable sources of information- Nostradamus, the Mayan Calendar and the Holy Bible. All three mention in some degree to a Doomsday, Day of Reckoning or Judgement day. The Mayan Calendar is actually the only source that directly makes the prediction that these events will occur in 2012. More specifically the Mayan long count Calendar predicts that in December 21, 2012, the end of the world will occur.

The Mayan society is well known for being one of the most advanced civilizations of the ancient world along with the Egyptians, Sumerians and Romans. They were well known to be highly advanced in a number of faculties such as Mathematics, Engineering and Architecture. The Mayan civilization had many short calendars that they would use for things such as harvesting and religious purposes. The Mayan Calendar split time into different time units similar to the presently used Lunar Calendar. 1 year was known as a Haab, while the shortest period of time was a fortnight, which was known as a Tzolkin. The Mayan long count calendar lasts for thousands of years and is set to end in December 21, 2012. When compared to the highly recognized Lunar Calendar, scientists believe that the Mayan Calendar is incredibly precise, with only a 30 second difference between the two calendars.

As the year 2012 approaches, no one really knows what will happen come December 21, 2012. However, it is completely plausible and possible that the ancient Mayan civilization predicted an end of age that could have devastating effects on mankind. Could it be possible that this is when the Apocalypse may happen? Or is it perhaps the beginning of a new age where the emergence of Christ or even the Antichrist may emerge? We will have to wait and see.

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What Will Happen in the Polar Shift 2012?

Have you heard any of the rumblings about the end of the world supposedly occurring in 2012? I had, and I wanted to know why there were so many people that were convinced that we needed to be doing something now to ensure the survival of the human race when that year rolled around.

The Mayan calendar has been the one reference point for many theorists. The Mayan people lived in North America back in the early 6th Century. They were very advanced when it came to astronomy and mathematics and had devised a calendar that is referred to as the Long Count Calendar. This calendar has been amazingly accurate in predicting times of war, famine and other major world events. The fact that this calendar ends abruptly on December 21 2012 has got a lot of people nervous.

One of the theories behind the calendar ending is that there will be a cataclysmic event that will end the world. Some believe that this will be due to the earth undergoing a polar flip. This polar shift 2012 phenomenon means that the north pole will switch or flip with the south pole. Therefore what is north will be south ad south will be north.

What this polar shift 2012 will do to the earth is unknown, but many are predicting it will dictate the end of humanity. Some theorists do believe that there is a way to survive if you are educated and informed on what the shift will entail and ways in which you can give yourself and others the best fighting chance of surviving this event. Some believe there are places on the globe that wont be affected so drastically by the tsunamis, earthquakes and major environment upset. Where exactly these locations are varies depending on the literature you subscribe to.

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2012 Power Point

Scholars of the 2012 phenomenon have at this stage accumulated such a vast wealth of information on the topic that I personally find it hard to believe that people still deny the prophecies regarding the change of the world as we know it on December 21st 2012, but I think of the main 2012 power point pieces of information is that the prophecy itself has been misunderstood.

The 2012 power point I want to share with you is that this prophecy is in no way talking about the end of the world in a fiery haze of death and destruction but is talking about a metaphorical end of an age and the beginning of something new. If you want astrological evidence of this simply take note that the year 2012 marks the beginning of the new age of Aquarius.

As I have told people many times before however this in no way means that we will not be subjected to significant earth changes over the next coming years and we have already to some degree seen quite a few across the whole spectrum in the form of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and more.

What we can gain from these observations however is that the main 2012 power point really comes down to us, if the world around us is progressing into a new age, then we to as both humans and spiritual beings must to enter into a new age of living, thinking and being. We must learn to love ourselves and embrace love in every way, and most of all rid ourselves of the blackness that has manifested in our society in every way shape and form.

This 2012 power point change that is already starting to take affect will change us both physically and mentally in years to come, but as the metaphor rightly says "someone can only show you a door, you must choose to walk through it" if we do not then we as a society will indeed fully irreversibly into the pits of darkness, and perpetually be controlled by the evil powers that be.

2012 is both a planetary phenomenon but also a personal phenomenon and it is such because at the core of the matter as the planets align in our solar system so to shall we because we are on one, and a part of that solar system, whilst we are not of the same physical size as these celestial bodies this in no way should detract from the spiritual significance of the purpose of what is taking place.

We must begin to look within ourselves, we must face our inner demons, we must regain the inner strength that we once had as a species in previous ages and wake up and realize the fact that we have become controlled by evil forces such as the Illuminati and others and most of all realize that those that would control us know full well of the changes that are approaching and are doing everything within their power to make sure they limit our own.

These forces that control us know of the main 2012 power point, they know that once we have ascended into light that we will no longer be able to be so easily controlled and manipulated by them, so in order for them to keep their iron grip on us they propagate our beautiful world with fear, war and distractions to keep us in such a state of energetic chaos that we don't have time to re awaken to our true selves and our infinite potential and consciousness.

The dark Illuminati are scared because what the 2012 power point will do is completely liberate us from our current state of being, they themselves cannot rise into the light because they are lower vibration forces and it is a known fact that lower vibration entities feed of negative and lower energy, so by putting fear and anger into or society they gain power from it that they then turn and use against us.

This is why it is so important that we learn to "Know Thyself" once again and that we learn to love ourselves for all the good things and all the bad things, so that we can gain inner peace and tranquility that will enable all of mankind to no longer be hypnotized by these demonic serpents and truly ascend into a new golden age.

This is what I believe the 2012 power point is, but whilst this spiritual level of understanding is important I still must stress to you my beloved fellow truth seeker we must do the best we can to fight tyranny on every single level, be it political or personal, but never fight anger with anger, always maintain a positive attitude, be passionate and pro active, but don't be angry and violent in your different ways of activism.

With so many different aspects to cover when talking about the main 2012 power point it is at times hard to come across reliable and readable information, in my recent research efforts into the 2012 phenomenon I have found 2012 Contact to be a valuable resource when I'm attempting to find a new direction to take, it's well worth a look, check it out right now!

Joining the dots together about all the different aspects of 2012 is fundamentally important to any scholar of the subject or activist and for me I found 2012 Contact to be a great resource for that, not to mention the survival guide was perfect for me when I was creating my own natural disaster preparation kit, which is going to be essential in the coming years, make sure you don't get caught out surprised.

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