2012 Roundup

2012...

When I first stumbled across this date, the prophecies and significance that have been associated with 21/12/2012 (before the movie may I add), I was hugely drawn in by the vast number of different predictions on what would happen (if anything), and how the these foreseen events would occur... in approximately 21 months from now?

What does stand out to me is the amount, the different standpoints but yet similar views on this “End of Age”.

First off and probably the most hyped is the Mayan Calendar, which runs out on this exact date, (erm well by some people's calculations).

Popol Vuh is the Mayan Creation Myth, that the Earth, humanity, and life experience cycles of destruction and re-birth over long periods of time, every 26,000 years. This is called the Long Count. Throughout the Mayan culture and to this day the stars have had a huge part to play in their outlook on the cycles of earth, harvest, socio-structures and of course the measurement of these, and more importantly the measurement of time.

The Maya of today still equate The Olmec symbol, that represents an important ‘cleft-like’ feature of the Milky Way, with the Underworld Portal. This Great Cleft or “dark-rift” in the Milky Way, which looks like a black road running down its middle, is called the “Road to the Underworld”. At the end of this current cycle our planet will be in total alignment with this Cleft, signalling the end of the current B'ak'tun 13th cycle. The Mayan peoples however would not have assumed this to mean the end of the world but would have had great celebrations for the end of one cycle and the beginning of another.

However the cycle which we will be finishing on the winter solstice 21/12/2012 is the End of the Mayan B’ak’tun 13 calendar cycle, the last B’ak’tun of the Long Count. Not the end of the calendar as most believe, it just resets itself back to zero and starts the Great 26,000-year Cycle again. We are in the 4th now, according to the Maya.

Esoteric author John Major Jenkins asserted that the Mayan Calendar did actually fall in line with the winter solctas. This date was in line with an idea he terms the “Galactic Alignment”. The Galactic Alignment is the alignment of the December Solstice Sun with the Galactic Equator. This alignment occurs as a result of the Precession of the Equinoxes and this Galactic Alignment only happens once every 26,000 years. (Clever Mayans!)

On the winter solstice of 2012, the noonday Sun should exactly conjoin, ecliptically, with the crossing point of the Galactic Plane, also the exact centre of the Galaxy, which is call the 13th Star sign, Ophiuchus, or the sign of the Serpent!

The Milky Way Galaxy is the inspiration for the symbol of the Ouroboros.

Myth refers to a serpent of light residing in the heavens. The Milky Way is this serpent, and viewed at galactic central point near Sagittarius, this serpent eats its own tail. Some say this sign is clearly depicted on the church and also in the lost book.

Ophiuchus crosses the celestial equator just at the point where the center of the Galaxy meets the Celestial Equator and the Sun is aligned to the centre of the Galaxy and the Sign of Ophiuchus (Ophiuchus’ heart is known as the Black Hole of the Milky Way!).

Is this either a sign in the heavens of the truth and divinity of God and story of Saturn? Or is this where the Bible writers have taken inspiration? I guess the answer for that is left up to each person's individual beliefs.

During this Alignment many things can happen, apparently! We will have 72 hours of darkness (please refer to Bible for huge symbolic reference to the End Times).

Will the Sun and Earth go through a process of Magnetic Pole Reversal? This could spell serious problems for mankind. Electronic malfunctions, birds migrating losing all sense of direction (could bees dying out through confusion of vibration be due to this, or birds falling from the skies?), immune systems of living creatures weakening, increasing Earth crust activity, earthquakes, volcanoes, tectonic movements, floods, landslides. Large asteroids would be drawn to the Earth. Did this happen when the dinosaurs were wiped out??

This brings me nicely on to Planet X a.k.a Nibiru.

As I understand it, Nibiru is a planet whose orbit is now approaching the Earth’s. This planet is flying in from Saturn’s orbit and during 2012 will come very close to the Earth or Mars’ orbit, which could cause violent tidal force interactions, volcanoes, tidal waves; it could send us off-balance or even capture the Earth within its gravitation field and we would freeze when it leaves our solar system.

All of this would depends on the sphere of influence and if Nibiru is of such a mass and comes close enough to Earth to exert gravitational influence. However there are lots of factors which would have to be present before any apocalyptic event was caused by Planet X. It is suggested that the planet is not large enough to hold any substantial mass and we may be blocked by the Sun from any gravitation influence.

Now, I cannot finish without mentioning the Bible.

Many religious enthusiasts believe in the ‘End of Days’. Most believed that God’s wrath is let out upon the earth, unleashing plagues, earthquakes, hailstorms, fire, famine, meteor storms, lack of drinking water and more. This is called the Tribulation, and this is when the Anti-Christ will gain influence and power.

The Armageddon will soon follow this, which is a terrible war provoked by the Anti-Christ where most of the world’s population will die in a series of violent events as prophesied in Daniel 9, Matthew 24, and Revelations 4:19.

At this point with the world in tatters, nearly all human life is lost, apart from the armies of the Anti-Christ. This is when Jesus Christ returns to Earth and destroys those armies and all those who have been faithful to Him and accept him as their Saviour are welcomed into the New, Eternal Kingdom of God here on Earth, and the Anti-Christ, false prophet and Satan are thrown into the pit of fire for eternity.

Interestingly enough, the story continues to state that the devil must be released one more time after Christ’s 1000-year reign. At this time a final battle takes place with the devil losing and being vanquished into the lake of fire forever.

So there we are guys, a summary of all good things to look forward to, if any of it is to be believed. I myself do actually think that something is happening with our world — I would tend to be leading towards a Pole Reversal. But I have always believed in God. (Not in a religious way, more totally and in a personal spiritual way. I put my faith in righteousness, kindness and love and that there is a God who is utterly divine.) And I think that although we may see something happening which has a scientific name and is mathematically correct, why can that then not be attributed to God?

But whatever it is, if anything that will occur in the next 2 years, I do know that mankind cannot carry on at the rate that it currently is. Not a month passes without some natural disaster. The East is in complete meltdown, which means that we are too, via the domino effect. Our socio-structures are balanced on a knife edge and the planet is starting to kick off, big style! I do hope that this is not the case and I am just being a worrier (my plan is to start buying lots of beans!), but I guess that only time will tell. So I guess... let the Countdown commence!

N.B. Oh and for those of you who enjoy the informativeness of the American Government and their agencies please enjoy this factual, enlightening take on the issues above.

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