An impressive list in the last few years. It would be interesting to know how the level of earthquake in the past few years has compared historically in terms of both activity and death toll.
World's deadliest recent earthquakes - Short Version
Iran, 2003: More than 26,000 people killed in 6.6 earthquake near the city of Bam
Indonesia, 2004: Devastating 9.1 earthquake and ensuing
tsunami off the Sumatran province of Aceh kills more than 230,000
people in a dozen countries
Pakistani-administered Kashmir, 2005: 7.6 earthquake near Muzafferabad kills about 100,000 people
China, 2008: Nearly 90,000 killed in 7.9 earthquake in eastern Sichuan province
Haiti, 2010: More than 220,000 people killed in 7.0 magnitude earthquake
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely
populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, the worst quake in the Himalayan
nation in over 80 years.
The world's strongest earthquakes since 1900:
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May 22, 1960: A magnitude-9.5 earthquake in southern Chile and ensuing tsunami kill at least 1,716 people.
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March 28, 1964: A magnitude-9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, kills 131 people, including 128 from a tsunami.
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Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude-9.1 quake in Indonesia triggers an Indian Ocean tsunami, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
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March 11, 2011: A magnitude-9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more than 18,000 people.
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Nov. 4, 1952: A magnitude-9.0 quake in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East
causes damage but no reported deaths despite setting off 9.1-meter
(30-foot) waves in Hawaii.
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Feb. 27, 2010: A magnitude-8.8 quake shakes Chile, generating a tsunami and killing 524 people.
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Jan. 31, 1906: A magnitude-8.8 quake off the coast of Ecuador generates a tsunami that kills at least 500 people.
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Feb. 4, 1965: A magnitude-8.7 quake strikes Alaska's Rat Islands, causing an 11-meter (35-foot) -high tsunami.
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March 28, 2005: A magnitude-8.6 quake in northern Sumatra in Indonesia kills about 1,300 people.
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Aug. 15, 1950: A magnitude-8.6 earthquake in Tibet kills at least 780 people.
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April 11, 2012: A magnitude-8.6 quake off the west coast of northern
Sumatra in Indonesia triggers tsunami warnings in more than two dozen
nations.
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March 9, 1957: A magnitude-8.6 quake strikes the Andreanof Islands in Alaska triggers a 16-meter (52-foot) -high tsunami.
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Sept. 12, 2007: A magnitude-8.5 quake near Sumatra in Indonesia kills at least 25 people.
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Feb. 1, 1938: A magnitude-8.5 quake in Banda Sea, Indonesia, generates a small tsunami.
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Feb. 3, 1923: A magnitude-8.5 quake in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East triggers a tsunami.
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Nov. 11, 1922: A magnitude-8.5 quake along the Chile-Argentina border triggers a tsunami that causes damage along Chile's coast.
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Oct. 13, 1963: A magnitude-8.5 quake in the Kuril Islands triggers a tsunami.
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Major
historic monuments in the Nepalese capital have been destroyed in the
powerful earthquake, eyewitnesses and officials have said.
These
include a nine-storey tower, temples and some parts of what was once a
royal palace, all listed as Unesco world heritage sites.
Pictures posted on social media show some of the monuments have been reduced to rubble.
Eyewitnesses say several others now have cracks and could collapse.
Officials have said some temples and monuments at other world heritage sites near Kathmandu have also been damaged.
These sites are Nepal's major tourist attractions.
Nepal had lost several such monuments during a major earthquake in 1934.
There are also reports of damage to Kathmandu airport which could hamper relief operations.
With little known about the extent of the damage around the earthquake's epicentre, there are fears the death toll could rise.
Aftershocks continued to ripple through the region hours later.
The
quake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least eight
people, and another five in Tibet, officials and reports say.
"Running for life from my tent. Unhurt. Many many people up the mountain," tweeted mountaineer Alex Gavan.
The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times
4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.6 You
will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not
alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[d]31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Mars, Earth, and the Sun all aligned last night, a rare 'opposition of the planets' that only happens once every 778 days.
But what made this event so remarkable is that it occured precisely a week before everyone on earth will see the first of FOUR dark red 'blood moons', an extraordinary event some Christians believe represents the End of Days and the second coming of Christ.
The King James Bible predicts: "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes," [Joel 2:31].
And, according to NASA, a highly unusual 'Tetrad' - four successive total 'blood-red' lunar eclipses each followed by six full moons - will, indeed, start next Tuesday and finish on September 28 2015.
The incredible alignment has only happened a handful of times in the last two thousand years but, remarkably, on each of the last three occasions it has coincided with a globally significant religious event.
Pastor and author John Hagee, from San Antonio, Texas, has written a book on the phenomenon. He believes tonight marks the dawn of a 'hugely significant event' for the world.
He says: "This is not something that some religious think tank has put together.
"NASA has confirmed that the Tetrad has only happened three times in more than 500 years - and that it's going to happen now."
The King James Bible warns the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the 'moon into blood' [DEA]
The first Tetrad since the Middle Ages, in 1493, saw the expulsion of Jews by the Catholic Spanish Inquisition, which rocked western Europe.
The second coincided with the establishment of the State of Israel - after thousands of years of struggle - in 1949.
Strangely, the last one occurred in 1967 - far earlier than expected - precisely at the time of the Six-Day Arab–Israeli War.
A spokesman for NASA said: "This is the first eclipse of the year and is well placed for observers throughout the Western Hemisphere.
"It will occur at the lunar orbit's ascending node in Virgo.
"This is the first of four consecutive total lunar eclipses in 2014 and 2015 - a series known as a Tetrad."
NASA has confirmed four consecutive total lunar eclipses will occur in 2014 and 2015 [NASA]
He added: "The frequency of Tetrads is variable over time.
"Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli first pointed out that Tetrads were relatively plentiful during one 300-year interval, while none occurred at all during the next 300 years.
"The 565-year period of the Tetrad 'seasons' is tied to the slowly decreasing eccentricity of Earth's orbit.
"Consequently, the Tetrad period is gradually decreasing.
"In the distant future Tetrads will no longer be possible."
The last Tedrad occurred in 1967 during the Six-Day Arab–Israeli War [AFP]
Mr Hagee explains: "According to the Biblical prophecy, world history is about to change dramatically.
"To get four blood moons you need something absolutely extraordinary in astrological terms.
"Every time this has happened in the last 500 years, it has coincided with tragedy for the Jewish people followed by triumph. And once again, for Israel, the timing of this Tetrad is remarkable.
"The first of the four blood moons will come on April 15 this year, during Passover. The second will be on October 8, at the time of the Feast of the Tabernacles.
"On April 4 2015, during Passover, we will have another blood moon. Then finally, on September 28, during next year's Feast of the Tabernacles, the fourth blood and final moon will dawn."
He adds: "To have four and have them fall on these exact dates is something that has to be beyond coincidental.
"What is so remarkable about these blood moons is that they specifically fulfill prophecies set out in the Bible.
"Joel Chapter Two also says the 'Day of the Lord will be as when the sun refuses to shine'.
"The really significant fact is that between these four blood moons there will be a total solar eclipse.
"Even Jesus himself, in the Book of Luke, states there 'will be signs in the sun, moon and stars' and to 'lift up your heads for redemption draws nigh'.
"There's a sequence of prophetic events that the Bible says will happen. It does not, ever, give a timeline.
"It just says 'when you see these signs' - and four blood moons is a very significant one - 'the end of this age is coming."
While NASA has confirmed the astrological validity behind some of the claims, not everyone is convinced the Tetrad means anything at all, let alone the End of Days.
Professor Gary Shogren, a former pastor who studied the New Testament at Aberdeen University, said: "You’ll never go broke predicting the apocalypse.
"An eclipse on Passover night seems wildly improbable, but we should remember that lunar eclipses only happen on full moons and that Passover by definition always takes place on a full moon. Sukkoth (The Feast of Tabernacles) also by definition coincides with a full moon.
"I thought in 2011 we all said we weren’t going to fall for this again, when Harold Camping twice missed the date of the Second Coming?
It's official. White smoke and a new pope. The race now to determine how Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina fits into the St. Malachy pope prediction now begins. More questions than answers right now....
The prophecy can best be summarized as follows: St. Malachy was visiting Rome in 1139 when he went into a trance and
received a vision. Malachy wrote down this extraordinary vision in which
he claims to have foreseen all of the popes from the death of Innocent
II until the destruction of the church and the return of Christ. St. Malachy wrote briefly, in Latin, on each succeeding pope of the
future, and then gave the document to Pope Innocent II, who had it
placed in Vatican archives where it remained for several centuries. It
was rediscovered in 1590 and published. Here is the official wordage of the final prophecy:
In
the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter
the Roman, who will feed his flock among many tribulations; after which
the seven-hilled city (Rome, the seat of the Vatican) will be destroyed
and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. THE END.
Questions:
He's not from Rome, but Argentina
He also took the Francis Papal name, not sure how this connects
He's 76. Speaks spanish, italian, german.
First Jesuit pope.
Answers: Not a whole lot. Here's one hilarious attempt.
Argentina. From the Latin Argentum -- "silver".
Silver is a metal, dug out of rocky mines.
Malachy said that the last Pope would be Peter.
Peter comes from the Latin Petrus -- "rock"
Rock in a mineral.
The man from Argentina is the man from minerals/rocks.
An ongoing blog can be found here at the freerepublic regarding the discussion of what this all means........
VATICAN CITY
(AP) -- Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday,
becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside
Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating
himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life
of poverty.
Looking stunned, Francis shyly
waved to the crowd of tens of thousands of people who gathered in St.
Peter's Square for the announcement, marveling that the cardinals needed
to look to "the end of the earth" to find a bishop of Rome.
In
choosing a 76-year-old pope, the cardinals clearly decided that they
didn't need a vigorous, young pope who would reign for decades but
rather a seasoned, popular and humble pastor who would draw followers to
the faith. The cardinal electors overcame deep divisions to select the
266th pontiff in a remarkably fast, five-ballot conclave.
Francis
asked for prayers for himself, and for retired Pope Benedict XVI, whose
surprising resignation paved the way for the conclave that brought the
first Jesuit to the papacy. Francis also spoke by phone with Benedict
after his election and plans to see him in the coming days, the Vatican
said.
"Brothers and sisters, good evening,"
Francis said to wild cheers in his first public remarks as pontiff from
the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica.
"You know
that the work of the conclave is to give a bishop to Rome. It seems as
if my brother cardinals went to find him from the end of the earth, but
here we are. Thank you for the welcome," he said.
Across
the planet, Latin Americans burst into tears and jubilation at news
that the region, which counts 40 percent of the world's Catholics,
finally had a pope to call its own.
"It's a
huge gift for all of Latin America. We waited 20 centuries. It was worth
the wait," said Jose Antonio Cruz, a Franciscan friar at the St.
Francis of Assisi church in the colonial Old San Juan district in Puerto
Rico.
Bergoglio had reportedly finished
second in the 2005 conclave that produced Benedict - who last month
became the first pope to resign in 600 years. The speed with which he
was elected pope this time around indicates that - even though he is 76
and has slowed down - he still had the trust of cardinals to do the job.
After
announcing `'Habemus Papam" - `'We have a pope!" - a cardinal standing
on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday revealed the
identity of the new pontiff, using his Latin name, and announced he
would be called Francis.
The longtime
archbishop of Buenos Aires is the son of middle-class Italian immigrants
and is known as a humble man who denied himself the luxuries that
previous Buenos Aires cardinals enjoyed.
He
often rode the bus to work, cooked his own meals and regularly visited
the slums that ring Argentina's capital. He considers social outreach,
rather than doctrinal battles, to be the essential business of the
church.
Catholics are still buzzing over his
speech last year accusing fellow church officials of hypocrisy for
forgetting that Jesus Christ bathed lepers and ate with prostitutes.
Bergoglio has slowed a bit with age and is feeling the effects of having a lung removed due to infection when he was a teenager.
In
a lifetime of teaching and leading priests in Latin America, which has
the largest share of the world's Catholics, Bergoglio has also shown a
keen political sensibility as well as the kind of self-effacing humility
that fellow cardinals value highly, according to his official
biographer, Sergio Rubin.
He showed that
humility on Wednesday, saying that before he blessed the crowd he wanted
their prayers for him and then he bowed his head amid the silence from
the crowd.
"Good night, and have a good rest," he said before going back into the palace.
In
choosing to call himself Francis, the new pope was associating himself
with the much-loved Italian saint associated with peace, poverty and
simplicity. St. Francis was born to a wealthy family but later renounced
his wealth and founded the Franciscan order of friars; he wandered
about the countryside preaching to the people in very simple language.
He was so famed for his sanctity that he was canonized just two years after his death in 1226.
Francis
will celebrate his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on
Thursday, and will be installed officially as pope on Tuesday, according
to the Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi.
Lombardi,
also a Jesuit, said he was particularly stunned by the election given
that Jesuits typically shun positions of authority in the church,
instead offering their work in service to those in power.
But
Lombardi said that in accepting the election, Francis must have felt it
"a strong call to service," an antidote to all those who speculated
that the papacy was about a search for power.
Tens
of thousands of people who braved cold rain to watch the smokestack
atop the Sistine Chapel jumped in joy when white smoke poured out a few
minutes past 7 p.m., many shouting "Habemus Papam!" or "We have a pope!"
- as the bells of St. Peter's Basilica and churches across Rome pealed.
They cheered again when the doors to the loggia opened, and again when Bergoglio's name was announced.
"I can't explain how happy I am right now," said Ben Canete, a 32-year-old Filipino, jumping up and down in excitement.
Elected
on the fifth ballot, Francis was chosen in one of the fastest conclaves
in years, remarkable given there was no clear front-runner going into
the vote and that the church had been in turmoil following the upheaval
unleashed by Benedict's surprise resignation.
A winner must receive 77 votes, or two-thirds of the 115, to be named pope.
For
comparison's sake, Benedict was elected on the fourth ballot in 2005 -
but he was the clear front-runner going into the vote. Pope John Paul II
was elected on the eighth ballot in 1978 to become the first
non-Italian pope in 455 years.
Patrizia Rizzo
ran down the main boulevard to the piazza with her two children as soon
as she heard the news on the car radio. "I parked the car ... and dashed
to the square, she said. "It's so exciting, as Romans we had to come."
Bergoglio's
legacy as cardinal includes his efforts to repair the reputation of a
church that lost many followers by failing to openly challenge
Argentina's murderous 1976-83 dictatorship.
Many
Argentines remain angry over the church's acknowledged failure to
openly confront a regime that was kidnapping and killing thousands of
people as it sought to eliminate "subversive elements" in society. It's
one reason why more than two-thirds of Argentines describe themselves as
Catholic, but fewer than 10 percent regularly attend mass.
Under
Bergoglio's leadership, Argentina's bishops issued a collective apology
in October 2012 for the church's failures to protect its flock. But the
statement blamed the era's violence in roughly equal measure on both
the junta and its enemies.
"Bergoglio has been
very critical of human rights violations during the dictatorship, but
he has always also criticized the leftist guerrillas; he doesn't forget
that side," Rubin said.
Unlike the confusion
that reigned during the 2005 conclave, the smoke this time around has
been clear: black during the first two rounds of burned ballots, and
then a clear white on Wednesday night - thanks to special smoke flares
akin to those used in soccer matches or protests that were lit in the
chapel ovens.
The Vatican on Wednesday
divulged the secret recipe used: potassium perchlorate, anthracene,
which is a derivative of coal tar, and sulfur for the black smoke;
potassium chlorate, lactose and a pine resin for the white smoke.
The
chemicals are contained in five units of a cartridge that is placed
inside the stove of the Sistine Chapel. When activated, the five blocks
ignite one after another for about a minute apiece, creating the steady
stream of smoke that accompanies the natural smoke from the burned
ballot papers.
Despite the great plumes of
smoke that poured out of the chimney, neither the Sistine frescoes nor
the cardinals inside the chapel suffered any smoke damage, Lombardi
said.
From St. Malachy's Pope Predictions
111 popes prophetically predicted in succession.
What are the odds that one man predicted them all correctly in
succession? This man's vision was not serendipitous fantasy, but Spirit
inspired revelation. St. Malachy
was a Catholic Archbishop of the 12th century who wrote a startling
accurate list of every pope until the end of time. St. Malachy was a
bishop who lived in Ireland and on a trip in Rome in 1139 AD he was
struck by a vision of the future. In it the long list of illustrious
pontiffs who were to rule the Church until the end of time were
revealed. His writings of each pope were succinct, spelled out in latin,
and written in symbolic representation.
Many of these
prophecies are considered to be way too precise to be mere coincidence.
Look at these examples: (The prophecy's English translation in
parenthesis)
1. Religion Laid Waste (Religio Depopulata). BENEDICT XV. 1914-1922.
During
this Pope's reign we saw Communism move into Russia where religious
life was laid waste, and World War I with the death of millions of
Christians who were carnage in Flanders Field and elsewhere.
2. Pastor Et Nautam (Pastor & Sailor) John XXIII. 28 Oct.1958 – 3 June 1963.
Before becoming Pope in 1958 he was the patriarch of Venice--a marine city.
3.
De Laboris Solis (The Sun's Eclipse, the sun's labor) 1978 - 2 April
2005. Amazingly, Pope John Paul II was the only pope who was both
born the day of an eclipse of the sun, and entombed the day the sun was
eclipsed.
The final pope on the list. 111th: Gloria Olivae. (From the Glory of the Olives) This is the current pope, Benedict XVI
Then, after short latin prophetic sayings throughout his prophecies, he utters an ominous closing latin phrase.
In
the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter
the Roman, who will feed his flock among many tribulations; after which
the seven-hilled city (Rome, the seat of the Vatican) will be destroyed
and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. THE END.
Is
it mere coincidence that prophesies from multiple sources: the Bible,
Mayans, Nostradamus, and even St. Malachy are all coming together at the
same time?
LINKS:
A whole list of the incredible Prophecies about the last 10 popes can be found at this site.
Other good sites include: St Malachy's Prophecy of the Pope and the Last Pope.
"For
I know that the Lord is great and our Lord is above all gods. Whatever
the Lord pleases He does, in heaven and in earth. In the seas and in
all deep places He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the
earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His
treasuries." Psalm 135: 5-7.
This video presents a unique image, that appears to be an apparition of some sort---IF you think it is a real. It could be a fine video editing job.
Fourth Horseman (death) Egyptian riots. Full Original Video
A mysterious, pale green figure seen in televised news coverage of the Egyptian riots has prompted some viewers to ask, “Could this be the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse?”
The footage, provided by Euronews and subsequently seen on MSNBC, CNN and uploaded over a dozen times to the popular video sharing site YouTube, captures the fiery, violent protests in Cairo this past week … and something else.
Between the crowds of protesters and barricades, the video shows a flowing, pale green image that resembles an erect rider atop a horse in Medieval-like barding. The ethereal figure remains for a few moments before floating over protesters’ heads and off the screen.
The last of the biblical Book of Revelation’s Four Horseman of the Apocalyse, the “pale rider” is said to be the bringer of death and the forerunner of “hell” on earth.
Are all these events the natural order of things, or warnings of the end times described in the Bible? This DVD probes the answer …
The strange image can be seen beginning at the 1:19 mark of the following video:
RFID Chips continue to become the norm in many areas of society. With the most recent school shooting in Connecticut, how much longer before this technology goes mainstream? Biotechnology continues to warm up the police state government's notion of security at all costs.
RFID chips and GPS technology is becoming more and more
apart of our society, think iPhone and other smart phones which embed
these chips and allow users to find locations of interest near them at
the click of a button. Sure, they may be great to use in a 'free'
society, but what happens if that democracy goes away? Governments,
Americas and others especially communist China, are already implementing
massive tracking programs to monitor activity of identified 'suspect'
individuals that are viewed as a threat to the country.
AUSTIN, Texas -- To 15-year-old Andrea Hernandez, the
tracking microchip embedded in her student ID card is a "mark of the
beast," sacrilege to her Christian faith – not to mention how it
pinpoints her location, even in the school bathroom.
But to her budget-reeling San Antonio school district, those chips carry a potential $1.7 million in classroom funds.
Starting this fall, the fourth-largest school district in
Texas is experimenting with "locator" chips in student ID badges on two
of its campuses, allowing administrators to track the whereabouts of
4,200 students with GPS-like precision. Hernandez's refusal to
participate isn't a twist on teenage rebellion, but has launched a
debate over privacy and religion that has forged a rare like-mindedness
between typically opposing groups.
When Hernandez and her parents balked at the so-called SmartID, the
school agreed to remove the chip but still required her to wear the
badge. The family refused on religious grounds, stating in a lawsuit
that even wearing the badge was tantamount to "submission of a false
god" because the card still indicated her participation.
A state district judge had been expected to decide Wednesday whether
Northside Independent School District could transfer Hernandez to a
different campus. But the family's attorney said late Tuesday that the
hearing was cancelled after the school district asked that the case be
moved to federal court.
A new hearing hasn't been set.
"How often do you see an issue where the ACLU and Christian
fundamentalists come together? It's unusual," said Chris Steinbach, the
chief of staff for a Republican state lawmaker who has filed a bill to
outlaw the technology in Texas schools.
The concept isn't new, but hasn't exactly caught on nationwide. In
2005, the American Civil Liberties Union raised concerns about a similar
initiative at a California school. That same year, a suburban Houston
school district began putting the chips in its student IDs, and served
as the blueprint for Northside's pilot program that began this fall.
Ronald Stephens, executive director of the nonprofit National School
Safety Center, said he didn't believe the technology to be widespread
but predicted "it'll be the next wave" in schools. The chips use
radio-frequency identification (RFID) transmitters and only work on
campus.
The
Northside school district spent roughly $261,000 to equip students at
one high school and one middle school with SmartIDs, a decision made
with safety and efficiency in mind, said district spokesman Pascual
Gonzalez. Imagine quickly accounting for students in the event of a
lockdown, he said, or cafeteria lines moving faster as scanners
instantly identify who's picking up that lunch tray.
Yet the biggest motivation was financial. In Texas, school funding is
based on daily attendance. The more students seated in homeroom when
the first bell rings, the more state dollars the school receives. If a
student is lingering in the hallway or the library when roll is called,
the marked absence hurts the school's bottom line.
But with the locator chips – the district doesn't like to call them
"tracking" – a clerk in the main office can find out if a student is
elsewhere on campus, and if so, include them in the attendance count.
Every student found amounts to another $30 in funding, based on the
school's calculations. In that way, those moving red dots that represent
students on the clerk's computer screen are like finding change in the
couch cushions.
Gonzalez said the district has estimated another $1.7 million in
funding if the program delivers on expectations, somewhat lessening the
sting of losing $61.5 million after state lawmakers cut public school
funding in Texas by nearly $5 billion last year.
"Nobody is sitting at a bank of monitors looking for the whereabouts
of 3,000 students," Gonzalez said. "We don't have the personnel for it,
nor do we have the need to do that. But when I need to find (a student),
I can enter his random number and I can find him somewhere as a red dot
on that computer screen. `Oh, there he is, in Science Room 22' or
whatever. So we can locate students, but it's not about tracking them."
Hernandez's family isn't convinced. Nor is a Virginia-based civil
rights group, The Rutherford Institute, which took up Hernandez's cause
and filed the lawsuit against the district.
The organization declined to make the Hernandez family available for
an interview Tuesday, before the Wednesday court hearing had been
cancelled.
John Whitehead, the organization's founder, believes the religious
component of the lawsuit makes it stronger than if it only objected on
grounds of privacy. The lawsuit cites scriptures in the book of
Revelation, stating that "acceptance of a certain code ... from a
secular ruling authority" is a form of idolatry.
Wearing the badge, the family argues, takes it a step further.
"It starts with that religious concern," Whitehead said. "There is a
large mark of Evangelicals that believe in the `mark of the beast.'
Republican state Rep. Lois Kolkhorst has filed bills since 2005 to
ban the chips in Texas public schools. Steinbach, her chief of staff, is
hopeful the bill will now get more traction with the attention
surrounding Hernandez's case.
Yet despite the lawsuit, proposed legislation and concern from
outside groups, there are no signs of a groundswell of opposition in San
Antonio from parents whose children have the chips in their campus IDs.
Gonzalez said that of the 4,200 students, the Hernandez family is the only one who has asked out of the program.
Panic spreads and Doomsayers await the end of the world with each passing day. Could this be another 'Y2K' false panic or something more serious? It is anyone's best guess, but the fact that many prophecies such as Pope Malachy's Pope Prediction among other end of the world prophecies are all coming about at the same time cannot be overlooked as mere coincidence. These are fascinating days we live in.
The Mayan Indians were advanced in mathematics, writing, and
astronomy. They lived in Mexico and built a famous pyramid in the
Yucatan peninsula during the year 1050 BC. This pyramid had 365 steps
leading to the top of the pyramid which marked the solar year. However,
their most famous invention was their calender.
The long calender on the Mayan calender begins August 11, 3114 BC
and will be completed on December 21, 2012. This will mark the end of a
major 5126 year cycle on the long count calender.
The reason
many are interested in this is the fact that during the year 2012, the
sun will be aligned with the center of the milky way galaxy during the
winter solstice for the first time in 26,000 years! THIS MEANS: Whatever
energy typically stems to the earth from the center of the milky way
will be disrupted on 12/21/2012 at 11:11 PM.
Coincidence? Some believe that the sun spots could wreck havoc on the
earth during this time causing power outages, earthquakes, etc.
Recall the words of Jesus in Matthew 24: "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows."
There is coming a great time of trouble in which the world has never seen before or will see again. Whether this major time of trouble comes in our lifetimes makes no difference whether or not one should be prepared to face God in the life to come. We will die. That is sure.
Exciting days though are here now. The middle east is a lit firecracker, prophecy is coming true, and technology has lurched the world forward toward eventual war using nuclear weapons.
Fears that the end of the world is nigh have spread across the world with only
days until the end of the Mayan calendar, with doomsday-mongers predicting a
cataclysmic end to the history of Earth.
Cubans participate in a Mayan ritual at Bacuranao beach in eastern Havana.Photo: AFP/Getty
By
Nick Allen, Los Angeles, Malcolm Moore in Beijing and Tom Parfitt in Moscow
Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year "Long
Count" Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials has been
reported in China and Russia, along with an explosion in sales of survival
shelters in America. In France believers were preparing to converge on a
mountain where they believe aliens will rescue them.
The precise manner of Armageddon remains vague, ranging from a catastrophic
celestial collision between Earth and the mythical planet Nibiru, also known
as Planet X, a disastrous crash with a comet, or the annihilation of
civilisation by a giant solar storm.
In America Ron Hubbard, a manufacturer of hi-tech underground survival
shelters, has seen his business explode.
"We've gone from one a month to one a day," he said. "I don't
have an opinion on the Mayan calendar but, when astrophysicists come to me,
buy my shelters and tell me to be prepared for solar flares, radiation, EMPs
(electromagnetic pulses) ... I'm going underground on the 19th and coming
out on the 23rd. It's just in case anybody's right."
In the French Pyrenees the mayor of Bugarach, population 179, has attempted to
prevent pandemonium by banning UFO watchers and light aircraft from the flat
topped mount Pic de Bugarach.
According to New Age lore it as an "alien garage" where
extraterrestrials are waiting to abandon Earth, taking a lucky few humans
with them.
Russia
saw people in Omutninsk, in Kirov region, rushing to buy kerosene
and supplies after a newspaper article, supposedly written by a Tibetan
monk, confirmed the end of the world.
The city of Novokuznetsk faced a run on salt. In Barnaul, close to the Altai
Mountains, panic-buyers snapped up all the torches and Thermos flasks.
Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian prime minister, even addressed the situation.
"I don't believe in the end of the world," before adding somewhat
disconcertingly: "At least, not this year."
In China, which has no history of preoccupation with the end of the world, a
wave of paranoia about the apocalypse can be traced to the 2009 Hollywood
blockbuster "2012".
The film, starring John Cusack, was a smash hit in China, as viewers were
seduced by a plot that saw the Chinese military building arks to save
humanity.
The source of the panic was traced to a post on Sina Weibo, China's version of
Twitter, predicting that there will be three days of darkness when the
apocalypse arrives.
One grocery store owner said: "At first, we had no idea why. But then we
heard someone muttering about the continuous darkness."
Shanghai police said scam artists had been convincing pensioners to hand over
savings in a last act of charity.
Meanwhile in Mexico, where the ancient Mayan civilisation flourished, the end
time has been seen as an opportunity. The country has organised hundreds of
Maya-themed events, and tourism is expected to have doubled this year.
Nasa has been aggressively seeking to dispel doomsday fears. It says there is
no evidence Nibiru exists, and rumours it could be hiding behind the sun are
unfounded.
"It can't hide behind the sun forever, and we would've seen it years ago,"
a Nasa scientist said.
The space agency also rejected apocalyptic theories about unusual alignments
of the planets, or that the Earth's magnetic poles could suddenly "flip."
Conspiracy theorists contend that the space agency is involved in an elaborate
cover up to prevent panic.
But David Morrison, an astronomer at Nasa, said: "At least once a week I
get a message from a young person, as young as 11, who says they are ill
and/or contemplating suicide because of the coming doomsday. I think it's
evil for people to propagate rumours on the internet to frighten children."
Mayans themselves reject any notion that the world will end. Pedro Celestino
Yac Noj, a Mayan sage, burned seeds and fruits to mark the end of the old
calender at a ceremony in Cuba. He said: "The 21st is for giving thanks
and gratitude and the 22nd welcomes the new cycle, a new dawn."
The end of the world is nigh, or so apocalypse observers would have
you believe. The Mayan and Hopi Mesoamerican Long Count calendar may
have begun in 3114BC and continued unerringly ever since, but it comes
to an abrupt halt on 21 December 2012. Hence, the belief gaining ground
among those who fall for this kind of thing that the cosmos will cease
to exist in 12 days' time.
Although it may not yet have taken root in Britain's Acacia Avenues,
the idea of an approaching cataclysm is troubling folk from Moscow to
France, and the US to Brazil. The New York Times has reported that some
spooked Russians have been panic-buying matches, fuel and sugar to
prepare for the post-apocalypse. And they are not alone. A poll by Ipsos
recently found that one in seven people believe the world will end
during their lifetime (or, presumably, just after it). The same poll
suggests that one in 10 people have experienced fear and/or anxiety
about the eschatological implications of Friday week.
But
reassurance is at hand. Governments around the world are taking the
prophesied threat seriously enough to inform their citizens that they
are not taking it seriously at all. Here in the United States, for
example, an official government blog entry was posted on Monday,
reassuring Americans that "Scary rumors about the world ending in 2012
are just rumors".
Nasa itself has waged a campaign of facts to
combat the fear-mongering, releasing a 6.5-minute YouTube video, in
which David Morrison, astronomer and Nasa scientist, personally debunked
the Doomsday theories. Last month, the space agency published detailed
rebuttals of five separate apocalyptic scenarios on its website,
including a meteor strike, a solar flare and the so-called polar shift,
whereby the Earth's magnetic and rotational poles would reverse, with
devastating
consequences. While magnetic reversals do take place
approximately every 400,000 years, admits Nasa, "As far as we know, such
a magnetic reversal doesn't cause any harm to life on Earth. Scientists
believe a magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few
millennia."
A few days ago, the Australian Prime Minister, Julia
Gillard, tackled the Mayan predictions in a spoof television appearance
for the radio station Triple J. Acknowledging that "The end of the world
is coming", she grimly intoned, "It turns out the Mayan calendar was
true … Whether the final blow comes from flesh-eating zombies, demonic
hell beasts or from the total triumph of K-Pop, if you know one thing
about me, it's this: I will always fight for you to the very end." Some
Australian commentators wondered aloud whether such a light-hearted
intervention was becoming of the PM. In Russia, meanwhile, the Minister
of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov, issued a statement insisting
that the world would not end this month, a sentiment echoed by senior
clerics from the nation's Orthodox Church.
Experts in Mayan
culture – which flourished in what is now Central America between AD250
and 900 – have dismissed the doomsayers, claiming the 2012 phenomenon
misrepresents the Long Count calendar, and is unsupported by any
surviving Mayan texts. The internet, with its capacity for sustaining
conspiracy theories, is thought to be to blame.
One such theory is
the "Nibiru cataclysm", which posits that the Earth will collide with a
planet by that name. The notion originated in the 1990s, with an
American woman called Nancy Lieder, who claims she is a "contactee" with
an implant in her brain that allows her to communicate with aliens from
the Zeta Reticuli star system, 39 light years away. Ms Lieder, who has a
website and a Twitter account, says she was chosen to warn mankind of
the interplanetary danger that awaits us.
In South and Central
America, where the original prophecy was allegedly made, responses are
mixed. The mayor of the mountain town San Francisco de Paula, in the far
south of Brazil, has urged local residents to stock up on supplies in
preparation for the worst. But in Yucatan, Mexico, which still has a
large Mayan population, a cultural festival is planned for 21 December.
Any British people still concerned about the Long Count's conclusion
could perhaps seek refuge in Bugarach, a tiny French village in the
Pyrenean foothills, which the web has inexplicably agreed will be spared
the ravages of Armageddon – possibly due to a nearby mountain, which
resembles the alien landing site from Close Encounters of the Third
Kind.
Or they could do what most of us do when our calendars run out: buy a new one.
Arab-Israeli Muslim men protest in front of the U.S. embassy in
the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on Sept. 13, 2012 against a
film mocking Islam. (credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) More
TEL AVIV, Israel (CBSDC/AP) – Israeli Arabs protest
outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv Thursday following the attacks on
U.S. compounds in Libya, Egypt and Yemen.
The Times of Israel reports about 100 peaceful demonstrators marched
outside the embassy to protest the anti-Islam movie which mocks the
prophet Muhammad.
A radical group called the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement led the demonstration, according to the Times of Israel.
A top Israeli Arab Knesset official warned of “Armageddon” if the United Nations does not intervene.
“If the U.N. does not mobilize to stop this erosion, it will be Armageddon,” MK Talab el-Sana told the Israeli paper.
This is the latest round of protests on the heels of the attacks on U.S. compounds in Libya, Yemen and Egypt.
U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three American personnel
were killed at the Benghazi embassy, in which officials believe now may
be part of a terrorist attack.
In Sanaa, Yemen, and Cairo, Egypt, thousands stormed the embassies and burned the American flag.
President Obama made separate calls Tuesday evening to the presidents
of Libya and Egypt, urging them to work with the U.S. to ensure the
safety of diplomatic personnel. Obama and Libyan President Mohamed
Magariaf vowed to work together to identify the Benghazi attackers and
“bring them to justice,” the White House said in a press release.
Obama told Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi “he rejects efforts to
denigrate Islam, but underscored that there is never any justification
for violence against innocents and acts that endanger American personnel
and facilities,” the White House said.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the “Innocence of Muslims” movie disgusting and reprehensible.
The card, which will be worn on a lanyard around each student’s neck,
will transmit location information via microchip to electronic readers
throughout the campuses, NISD spokesman Pascual Gonzalez told
FoxNews.com. (Courtesy: NISD)
GPS RFID chips to 'protect' our kids
First it was the name tag;
Then, it was an ID
Further, it became an RFID tracking device
Then, it became a chip....and a fingerprint
It was all dandy and great, until a terrorist attack, panicked citizenry, and martial law descended upon the land....
Another indication where the future of technology is leading us. Also, a major turn toward the potential for this technology to be used in Orwellian fashion. What startles me the most about this article is the fact that so few, apparently, are speaking out against this measure as they purportedly agree with the overall intent of the program.
This program, requires an RFID chip--a chip that very well could fit the description of the mark of the beast, see Liquid Tatoo RFID)---implanted in every school ID along with massive surveillance to monitor the whereabouts of every school child at all times.
RFID chips and GPS technology is becoming more and more apart of our society, think iPhone and other smart phones which embed these chips and allow users to find locations of interest near them at the click of a button. Sure, they may be great to use in a 'free' society, but what happens if that democracy goes away? Governments, Americas and others especially communist China, are already implementing massive tracking programs to monitor activity of identified 'suspect' individuals that are viewed as a threat to the country.
Still no worries? Recall history, remember the Japanese internment camps of WWII? or How about Hitler and the Holocaust. Can you imagine a modern day Hitler with these technologies? Forget about going door to door looking for jews, just track them using their iphones, or their school id badges, or who knows whats next with perhaps chips in peoples hands or what else comes next.
The authority at the school district was interviewed and he says quote:
“This is non-threatening technology. This is not surveillance.”
Really? Has there ever been an advancement in technology that was not eventually used against the very people it was supposed to help or protect. Perhaps the atom bomb. Just look no further than the mass speculation on financial derivatives that destroyed the world's economy and precipitated the recent financial collapse. Would this have been possible without the NYSE stock exchange and the internet and computers? Perhaps, but it would not have happened nearly at the speed at which it did.
The ultimate reality is that the world is becoming more and more linked, connected, and the fine lines between of freedom and privacy are becoming harder to discern. The ability to control using these new technologies are becoming easier, and given the state of the world as it stands now, it is best to be cautious as these technologies could very quickly be used against those it benefits most at the present time.
A Texas school district's plan to track students with microchips
implanted in mandatory IDs has at least one parent charging it's an
invasion of his daughter's privacy.
Beginning in the middle of October, roughly 4,200 students at John
Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School in San Antonio will be
required to wear the ID cards that utilize radio frequency
identification. The card, which will be worn on a lanyard around each
student’s neck, will transmit location information via microchip to
electronic readers throughout the campuses, Northside Independent School
District spokesman Pascual Gonzalez told FoxNews.com.
“It is like GPS in the school,” Gonzalez said. “As administrators, we
are charged with the safety of students in our schools. So within the
four walls of Jay High School and Jones Middle School during the school
day, we will always know where those kids are.”
The one-year pilot program, which will cost the district $261,000, is
also expected to increase attendance, and could bring an additional $2
million to the district in state funding as a result, said Gonzalez,
adding that the program will be reevaluated next summer.
“This allows us to quickly identify if any of those students reported
absent are, in fact, in the school,” Gonzalez said in reference to
students who may be elsewhere in the building during roll call. “And if
they are, we find them, get them to class and report them present.”
“This is non-threatening technology. This is not surveillance.”
- NISD spokesman Pascual Gonzalez
Parents have been “supportive” of the new program, Gonzalez said,
with the exception of one parent, Steven Hernandez, and his daughter
Andrea, both of whom participated in a protest against the technology.
“He is the lone protester,” Gonzalez said. “For us, this technology
represents an efficient way to locate a student and to always know where
our students are in our care.”
Attempts to reach Andrea Hernandez on Wednesday were unsuccessful,
but the John Jay sophomore told KSN.com she thinks many students will
rebel against the new policy by stashing the ID cards in their lockers.
“It makes me uncomfortable,” she told the website. “It’s an invasion of my privacy.”
Hernandez believes the system isn’t necessary because the district
already employs digital cameras in all high schools and middle schools.
She’s also worried what might happen if the technology gets hacked or
misused.
"With a smart phone you can use the option to use your locator, but this I can't turn it off," Hernandez said.
Other parents, meanwhile, have indicated they support the new program.
"You never know when a disaster is going to happen and to know where
your child is at least you have that card to know where your kid's at
all times," Michelle Esquivel told FOX 29.
Another parent, Ernest Castro, said the safety of his child is the utmost importance.
"I'm always worried about my daughter being at school," he told FOX 29.
In a letter
to parents, John Jay High School administrators assured them that the
ID cards will store no personal information and that they’ll work only
on school grounds.
“Think how important this will be in the case of an emergency,” the
letter reads. “In addition, the ‘smart’ student ID card will be used in
the breakfast and lunch lines in the cafeteria and to check out books
from the library. Because all students will be required to wear their
‘smart’ ID, staff will be able to quickly identify Jay students inside
the school.”
Despite those assurances, a coalition of privacy and civil liberties
organizations and experts have called for a moratorium on the
technology, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Liz
McIntyre, author of "Spy Chips: How Major Corporations and Government
Plan to Track your Every Purchase and Watch Your Every Move."
"These tags are always on," McIntyre told FoxNews.com. "There's no off switch on these things."
McIntyre, who began studying the technology in 2002, said she's
primarily concerned with the electronic readers getting into the wrong
hands or for students to attempt to use them fraudulently, perhaps by
leaving them at school while being elsewhere.
"We're concerned that students could leave the tags in school and then leave," she said.
In a statement released last month, Dr. Katherine Albrecht, director
of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, warned
against an impending backlash against the technology, which is currently
in use only in two public school districts in Texas.
“Schools, of all places, should be teaching children how to
participate in a free democratic society, not conditioning them to be
tracked like cattle," Albrecht's statement read. "Districts planning to
use RFID should brace themselves for a parent backlash, protests and
lawsuits.”
Gonzalez rejected that criticism, saying the pilot program and the
“smart” ID cards have been used successfully in Houston’s Spring
Independent School District for at least the past five years.
“This is non-threatening technology,” he said. “This is not surveillance.”
14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide usfrom the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!17 For the great day of theirwrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
Revelation 6:14-17
'The Heavens receded like a scroll'--I find it difficult to interpret the passage any other way than by reading nuclear bomb. The only question is just how that bomb will be unleashed upon the earth in the earth's final hours. According to this article, a 2004 study estimated that an EMP (Electronic Magnetic Pulse) attack could wipe out 90% of America within 1.5 years due to the radiation from the blast.
One day the blast will happen, from whom and where, no one knows. The effects of this blast however fit right in line with Biblical prophecy of 2000+ years ago. This was never a possibility until the 20th century. As each century has become bloodier and bloodier, and war and bloodshed become more frequent, I find it difficult to believe that the 21st century will escape the powerful and deadly effect of this weapon.
Get your soul prepared to meet God, before you get to the point that you cry to the rocks and mountains to 'fall on us.'
Just think. A nuclear device carried aloft by an Iranian rocket
somewhere near the Gulf of Mexico and a blinding flash in the skies.
Within 12 to 18 months, experts predict, 90 percent of Americans would be dead.
That’s the catastrophic threat from the resulting electromagnetic
pulse signal, or EMP, that an upcoming conference will address.
The group says it is “dedicated to defending and advancing Western
Civilization against the kinetic and cultural onslaught of Shariah
Islam.”
Featured speakers are former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, CIA
Covert Operative and WND contributor Reza Kahlili, House Armed Services
Committee Chairman Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, “One Second After” author
William Forstchen, former Director of Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization Henry Cooper, former National Intelligence Council Chairman
Fritz Erdmarth and William Graham, President Reagan’s science adviser
and chairman of the EMP Commission.
Founded by Tom Trento, United West began in 2007 as the Florida
Security Council. Trento’s team created a national footprint through
speaking, writing, video presentations and investigative reporting. As
the organization took on more issues, including the encroachment of
Islamic law in the United States, it expanded to become The United West
as an umbrella to oversee a wide range of efforts.
It was Forstchen who described the impact of a nuclear bomb exploding
somewhere in the skies over the U.S. Electronics would simply be
disintegrated, he said.
Computers would cease functioning, and every system that relies on
those components – food and fuel deliveries, communications, production,
manufacturing, travel and everything associated – would halt.
Forstchen cited a 2004 study on the impact of such an assault on America.
“Testimony in that study said 90 percent, let me repeat that, 90
percent of all Americans would die within 12-18 months of an EMP
attack,” he said.
Kahlili warns that Iran already has been practicing with missile
launches from ships that simply put the payload straight up and high in
the sky.
“That is the signature … of training for an EMP launch.”
Kahlili confirmed it would take only 60 seconds for such a warhead to
be launched, and the result would “destabilize the infrastructure of
America within hours.”
2012: The year perhaps that brings in the beginning of the end? The most fascinating prophecy listed below I find is the St. Malachy prophecy, which has been proven right with every pope since the 12th century. Adding to prophecy list here is a couple new ones, underlined below. Apparently, beyond Catholic (Malachy) and Aztec (Mayan Calender), there are Chinese beliefs in the Book of Changes and Hindu beliefs within the Kali Yuga that also forecast strange occurrences late in 2012.
Countless cultures predict end-time scenario this year
An author investigating ancient prophecies is again sounding the
alarm about numerous predictions suggesting 2012 could be the beginning
of the “end of the age” spoken of in the Holy Bible.
He’s now continuing his effort to publicize the matter with speeches
across the nation, providing more possible clues into when apocalyptic
prophesies of the Bible might be fulfilled with the “Second Coming” of
Jesus to administer the kingdom of God on Earth.
In his latest book titled “Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope Is Here,”
Horn sheds light on ancient non-biblical prophecies from St. Malachy
concerning the Catholic Church, and provides evidence the next pope, the
one following Benedict XVI, is to be the final pontiff before the
return of Jesus.
“As the legend goes,” says Horn, “Malachy experienced what is today
considered a famous vision commonly called ‘The Prophecy of the Popes.’
The prophecy is a list of Latin verses predicting each of the Roman
Catholic popes from Pope Celestine II to the final pope, ‘Peter the
Roman,’ whose reign would end in the destruction of Rome.”
While the prophecy itself does not mention the year 2012, Horn says
the Vatican’s Jesuit mathematician and codebreaker Rene Thibaut wrote 61
years ago it would be fulfilled in 2012, and he adds current events at
the Vatican “certainly point to the soon fulfillment of this prophecy.”
When translated from Latin to English, the final segment of the
prophecy reads: “In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church,
there will sit Peter the Roman, who will nourish the sheep in many
tribulations; when they are finished, the City of Seven Hills will be
destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people.”
Horn also points to 19th century collection titled “Lectures on the
Revelation” by Rev. William J. Reid, pastor of First United Presbyterian
Church in Pittsburgh, Pa., which were given over a period of time
ending in March 1876.
An excerpt from one of the lectures published in 1878 attempts to
determine the official start of the papal system, combining both
temporal and spiritual authority, and states: “If it began in the year
752, and if it is to continue for one thousand two hundred and sixty
years, then it is to be destroyed in the year 2012.”
“Keep in mind this was published in 1878!” exclaimed Horn. “What is
it about this period of time we have entered? What is it about this
period of time inaugurated in 2012 that has caught the attention of so
many divergent traditions?”
The revelations about the final pope come in addition to Horn’s
exhaustive research into the Mayan and other calendars in his previous
book “Apollyon Rising 2012.”
He says he never actually had an interest in the Mayan calendar,
which comes to a cyclical end on Dec. 21, 2012. But then he became aware
of numerous unrelated calendars and prophecies spanning many centuries,
all predicting the end of the current human age at this year’s winter
solstice.
“I started finding that it wasn’t just the Maya,” Horn told WND,
noting prognostications from Jewish mystics, as well as the ancient
Chinese, Hindus, Cherokee Indians, and even artwork among famous
American symbols that all point to the same time frame.
Despite not having telescopes, the Mayan people of Central America
were extremely accurate observers of celestial movements, with the
zenith of their civilization occurring between A.D. 250 and 900.
Tom Horn’s “Petrus Romanus” and “Apollyon Rising 2012″ are both available in WND’s Superstore.
“The Maya understood this procession of the equinox, basically not to
end, but to roll over, to start over,” in December 2012, Horn
explained.
He says their prophets coupled that date “with prophecies of unrest
on Earth after which a new form of man appears on Earth, plus the return
of their dragon god, a flying serpent who has the power of air.”
“The Aztec saw the same thing, a flying serpent, Quetzalcoatl,” Horn said, adding, “their calendar ends in 2012.” He says the Kali Yuga calendar of the Hindus forecasts global changes around 2012, and China’s “Book of Changes,” also known as the “I-Ching,” predicts the end for the same year.
A timeline graph
created in 1973 based on China’s Book of Changes, or I-Ching, shows the
line plunging entirely off the graph precisely on Dec. 21, 2012.
“This finding is all the more astonishing given that McKenna’s
research was published in 1973 independent of any knowledge of the
ending date in the Mayan calendar,” Horn noted.
Meanwhile, the Zohar,
a collection of books in the mystical Jewish Kabbalah that first
debuted in Spain in the 13th century, talks about the coming of the
Messiah at the same general time the other calendars forecast the end.
It predicts in late 2012, “All the kings of the world will assemble
in the great city of Rome, and the Holy One will shower on them fire and
hail and meteoric stones until they are all destroyed, with the
exception of those who will not yet have arrived there. These will
commence anew to make other wars. From that time the Mashiach (Messiah)
will begin to declare himself, and round him there will be gathered many
nations and many hosts from the uttermost ends of the Earth.”
Horn says, “Given the rejection of Jesus by orthodox Jews as Messiah,
this coming could herald the coming of Antichrist in 2012.”
What’s perhaps most fascinating is Horn’s discussion of what could be
the mother of all conspiracy theories, dating back to the Bible’s Book
of Genesis, involving Noah’s great grandson Nimrod, who not only built
the famous Tower of Babel, but is the “mighty hunter” who scholars believe became worshipped as the sun god, with names such as Osiris in Egypt and Apollo in Greece.
Horn says from deepest antiquity, a plot involving pagan
sun-worshippers, America’s Founding Fathers, Masons and Freemasons has
apparently been in the works, culminating in the end time with the
return or resurrection of an evil, supernatural being. That character
may actually be pictured as the all-seeing eye on top of the uncapped
pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States, found on the back of a
$1 bill.
Does the image on the back of the $1 bill have anything to do with the Second Coming of Jesus?
Others have speculated the eye on top of the pyramid could be a
representation of Jesus Christ, since the Bible notes, “The stone the
builders rejected has become the capstone.” (Psalm 118:22 New International Version).
The date at the base of the pyramid is 1776, which is not only the
year the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also the beginning
of a new Mayan “katun,” a time period of 19.7 years. If each of the 13
levels of the pyramid on the Great Seal represents one of these time
periods, the top level would mark the year 2012.
The Latin phrase “Novus ordo seclorum” is part of the American seal,
and translates to “New order of the ages,” which some fear is what many
U.S. presidents, including George Herbert Walker Bush, allude to when
they use the phrase, “New World Order.”
Other strange connections to the United States include the Frieze of American History, a painted panorama at the U.S. Capitol.
Montezuma is shown
gesturing to the sacred fire with a serpent wrapped around it. According
to the Aztec calendar, the fire is predicted to burn out on Dec. 21,
2012.
It depicts Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico,
entering the Aztec temple in 1519. He’s welcomed by Emperor Montezuma
II, who thought Cortez was a god.
“Montezuma’s hand is pointing directly down at the sacred fire,
which, in point of fact, goes out … Dec. 21, 2012, the end of the
calendar,” Horn noted.
Also featured in the frieze is the Aztec calendar stone, and the sun
god Tonatiuh, to whom pagan priests had 80,000 people sacrificed in the
year of 1487 alone.
“Hiding in plain sight is the god who demands human sacrifice,” said Horn.
He says another high-profile piece that may hold end-time clues is the famous painting in the Rotunda of the Capitol, titled “The Apotheosis of George Washington.” The word “apotheosis” means to deify or elevate to divine status, and Washington is depicted being resurrected and becoming divine.
The U.S. Capitol
Rotunda features “The Apotheosis of George Washington,” with America’s
first president becoming glorified as a god, along with numerous pagan
gods.
Those who believe the United States was founded on
Christianity and visit the Capitol for the first time will be surprised
by the stark contrast to historic Christian artwork of the ascension of
Jesus Christ compared to the “heaven” George Washington rises into from
within the energized Capitol Dome/womb of Isis. It is not occupied by
angels, but with devils and pagan deities important to Masonic belief.
These include Hermes, Neptune, Venus (Isis), Ceres, Minerva, and Vulcan
(Satan), of course, the son of Jupiter and Juno to which human
sacrifices are made.
Horn says the symbolism in the painting associated with the deeply
rooted idea that chosen humans are selected by supernatural forces, and
their earthly kingdoms are formed and guided by these pagan gods.
When it comes to biblical references to the end, a central theme is
that Jesus Christ will be returning to Earth in what is often referred
to as the “Second Coming” to administer the kingdom of God. While
Scripture does not provide a specific date for “the day of the Lord” as
it’s often called, it does suggest everyone be ready at all times,
because His return would come suddenly, like “a thief in the night,” and Jesus Himself warned to “be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (Matthew 24:44 New King James Version)
The 24th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew
features Jesus answering his apostles’ questions about signs of His
coming and the end of the current age, and Jesus provides a laundry list
of events including wars and rumors of wars, false Christs, famines,
pestilences, earthquakes and great tribulation, with many believers
being slain.
Jesus noted, “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all
the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
(Matthew 24:14 King James Version)
He also said: “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the
prophet spoke about – the sacrilegious object that causes desecration
standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in
Judea must flee to the hills.” (Matthew 24:15-16 New Living Translation)
This reference to the “Holy Place” has many believing that a new
temple of God will have to be constructed in Jerusalem before Jesus’
return.
Some Christians, such as Noel Hornor of the Good News Magazine, think
the 2012 prognostications are the result of misplaced fears and
reliance on pagan systems rather than the Bible itself.
Hornor writes:
“Yes, Dec. 21, 2012, will come and go, Dec. 22 will arrive, and the
Earth will go on. And so will new theories regarding new exact dates for
the end of the world. The cry has been shouted by strident voices for
millennia, and you can be sure it will continue.”
As for Tom Horn, he says he never places any pagan prophecy ahead of
the Bible, but just wonders why so many different and unrelated
civilizations talk about the end of days in December 2012.
“I would not say that I’m yet convinced that 2012 will be anything
more than the next Y2K,” he said, referring to the misplaced hysteria
about the world coming to an end when 1999 turned into 2000.
“It’s very easy to take extraordinary circumstances to interpret in
Bible prophecy, and then it doesn’t develop. There were lots of reasons
to believe Hitler was the Antichrist. He wasn’t. He was an antichrist, but not the Antichrist.”
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