So the world didn't end, as you thought it would...

[tomboyy]

Originally Posted by Steve28

Sooo... no Bible cage match then? Dang.

Dang .. got my hopes up for a second

[jimmykeller]

If you're disappointed the world didn't end maybe you have issues to deal with. As for preparing for the end of the world, that just makes sense because at some point all of our journeys end here, we might as well be ready for it. Prepare for what you can.

As for signs the world is in trouble, the bible mentions wormwood and the dome of the rock becoming the third temple where your antichrist will sit and display himself as god, and revelations a.k.a. project blue beam, that's all been planned out by tptb so you either accept it and prepare or you don't, the choice is yours. Also the prophecy of the popes requires the death of benedict and his replacement peter the roman to be the final pope.

I've already made up my mind about what is and isn't possible (and probable), wormwood / tyche / nibiru / planet-x / hercolubus / nemesis / g 1.9 / sumerian 12th planet / the kolbrin destroyer / jesus / enki / khnum / viracocha etc. and the return thereof is definitely possible, but only the people in charge of project blue beam know for certain what we're about to face, in the mean time maybe stock up on seeds and whatever you can to prepare for catastrophic loss of technology and any other disaster you see fit to, even the type you won't walk away from.

[El'Choppahead]

it may not have ended as the media led us all to believe the so called myans said it would?,.. but let's admit,. New York hurricane?, debit ceiling?, fiscal cliff?,... not all rosy ether?

[stormbringerr]

Originally Posted by Oldvernie

Actually, the world did end.
We are now living in an alternate reality.
This place is filled with funny French sounding words and innuendo -
which I found out is not another word for suppository or colonoscopy.

i wondered what happened

[Icesplitter]

Do you think that when the many millions of minds that were banked as coals were suddenly doused with water after Dec. 21st, that there was not a shift in the world? The roots of uncertainty turned from a date to the world politics and earth changes. And it is growing.

[shotgunbill]

"...many millions of minds"? I strongly suspect you're wildly overstating the numbers of people who actually cared a whit about the 2012 fiction.

If 'many millions of minds' were embroiled in the foolish speculations about the end of the world via the Mayan calendar...and it all failed in spite of your best intentions,

Then why didn't those selfsame millions of minds direct themselves toward solving the world's (or even this country's) problems? Why did they re-elect a sitting president of dubious at best intentions and obvious incompetency?

And why has it all gone lazy, sleepy and indolent? It appears virtually impossible to arouse any discussion on the forum here, even remotely reminiscent of the glory days of the 2012 hoax...

[Icesplitter]

Maybe it is not meant to be known, the day of destruction. We just prepare, as best we can. God cares for those that takes care of themselves.

[shotgunbill]

Icesplitter;

One of your better posts, with a lavish of truth cradled in the arms of but few words. That's admirable.

Thing is, we get bogged down in a morass of semantics. The 'day of destruction' might mean the complete destruction of the entire planet and everything on and in it. Or it might mean the cessation of this present world order, altering powers and forces as they now sit, and creating a whole new order, with totally different viewpoints, ways of life and so forth.

That the world as a planet will end is spoken of in the New Testament ( Second Peter, Revelation, etc.). That that day will be totally unknown might not necessarily be the case. By way of example, an incoming planet destroying asteroid could be predicted to within minutes of impact.

The return of Jesus Christ on the other hand, which will usher in the beginnings of a whole new world order, fraught with destruction, death, disorder and chaos, cannot be predicted with certainty, since none but God knows that day.

Given all that and more, preparing for whatever eventuality might arise is only good common sense. For before that 'day of destruction' we are going to see plenty of days of trouble, with earthquakes, droughts, floods, any several of many things in the course of the coming years.

And yeah, God does indeed ask that if we expect Him to do His part, we should also do our part. It is the old fashioned 'God helps those who help themselves' maxim, plainly put, and it always serves us much better than our thinking we're so good and righteous, or so unbelieving and tough, that we, being special, deserving and entitled, will be spared trouble. It isn't so. For the rain falls on both the good, and the bad.

Again, good post, and thought provoking as well.

[Icesplitter]

Maybe it all was a hoax. The zombies, the sun, weather, anomalies. Spurred forth with a price tag attached. Sometimes it takes a shovel to move the dirt. Money is a great tool.

[c130pilot]

Well it means I have to go to work

[Faiora]

Originally Posted by shotgunbill

I'm not game, inasmuch as I don't believe you know the bible as well as any actual believer...for if you knew it, you too would be a believer. (Are you familiar with those who have eidetic memories? That little 'gift sometime curse' insures my knowledge is solid and at the foremost of my mind anytime I choose to access it).

It is not 'learned' that God calls the unbeliever, but, "The fool has said in his heart, there is no God".

And finally, I'm not in the business of casting pearls before swine, nor giving that which is holy unto the dogs.

For by your words you'll be justified, and by your words, you'll be condemned...

You win this one, for you'll have my prayers as your gain hereafter. Your witless braggadocio is all I'm left with.

I find this response really odd. You say someone who studies the bible thoroughly cannot possibly be a non-believer, but this simply isn't true. Plenty of people know the bible inside out, yet don't believe. If you're talking purely about knowledge of the book itself, then the statement is clearly false. Many have studied the book either in an effort to disprove, or in an effort to find their faith and their way.

You could as easily say that anyone studying physics in depth would not believe in God - but this is also not the case. Scientists are as varied in their faith as anyone.

From my understanding, which is limited in some regards, Jesus Christ was a real person and at least some of his stories are true. But, whether he was the son of God, or a madman... is still disputed by those who have studied his life.

[shotgunbill]

Ultimately, faith, whether in science, God, or the widescreen, or whatever else, is a personal thing, varying in intensity from one person to another, depending upon each his own knowledge, understanding and experience.

And just as ultimately, each of us will be called upon to pay for the faith we spend our lives living and generating, again, whether that faith be in science, God, whatever...

My faith, which I've spent nearly sixty years in nurturing, studying, living, experiencing, teaching and enjoying is put in a very few, simple words.

I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe He died on the cross as an expiation for our sins, and for the fulfilling of the Old Testament covenant or law. I believe also that He lives in me as my spirit (of life) having replaced the spirit of man (the breath of God) with which I was born, with Himself in person of the Holy Spirit.

I believe the (Christian, non-catholic) Bible to be the will of God, the opinion of God, the requirements of God, expressed in written form contained therein. That means it is my plumbline by which I measure all else. And I do not doubt it. That which does not prove straight and true when set alongside that plumbline, has nothing in me. Amos 7:7-8.

I believe it will be the standard by which I will be judged as well. Isaiah 28:17.

I experience this, I practice this, I walk in this, talk in this, think this, and live in this, to the exclusion of almost everything else.

In fact, just as the man blind from birth could say to the Jews who were seeking to nullify Jesus' healing of that blindness, and speaking of Jesus, "Whether he be a prophet or no, I know not. One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, NOW I SEE". John chapter nine.

I know from personal experience what darkness is, how to embrace it, how to live it; but in myself, I don't know how to overcome it, nor do I have the strength to overcome it...for like Jesus, I don't need anyone to testify to me of man. For I know what is in man.

And I know from that same personal experience, with the Spirit of God within me as my life, how to banish that same darkness with the light of truth.

As then you can attest, I'm but a simple man of a simple faith unaccepted and criticised by the majority today. And I will live it to the end my days, then very happily die in it.

It truly is 'heaven on earth' not to know fear...

[benchmade]

the world did end, the government just covered it up.

[Diocletian]

Originally Posted by shotgunbill

"...many millions of minds"? I strongly suspect you're wildly overstating the numbers of people who actually cared a whit about the 2012 fiction.

If 'many millions of minds' were embroiled in the foolish speculations about the end of the world via the Mayan calendar...and it all failed in spite of your best intentions,

Then why didn't those selfsame millions of minds direct themselves toward solving the world's (or even this country's) problems? Why did they re-elect a sitting president of dubious at best intentions and obvious incompetency?

And why has it all gone lazy, sleepy and indolent? It appears virtually impossible to arouse any discussion on the forum here, even remotely reminiscent of the glory days of the 2012 hoax...

Yeah.., gosh I miss "the good old days" when the world was getting ready to come to an end and death and destruction was just around the corner. Isn't there somebody out there who can revitalize this post, and get it going again? Please???

[steve3364]

Too many thngs going on to ignore, ie: gov't stockpiling of ammo, armored personnel carriers and drones; to ignore. Knowing the date is not likely.

[COM_AMG]

Originally Posted by benchmade

the world did end, the government just covered it up.

Originally Posted by steve3364

Too many thngs going on to ignore, ie: gov't stockpiling of ammo, armored personnel carriers and drones; to ignore. Knowing the date is not likely.

Curious Steve3364, what specifically is it you believe the government knows about and is prepping for? Honest question...

[Diocletian]

Originally Posted by COM_AMG

Curious Steve3364, what specifically is it you believe the government knows about and is prepping for? Honest question...

Maybe the civil unrest that will take place when they, (the GOV), confiscate a percentage of our retirement accounts or bank accounts, like what's going on in Cypress right now!