End Times

The end of the earth as we know it is a fascinating subject. So many possibilities exist for this to happen and someone is going to advance each and every one of them. Right now we have two major end of the earth scenarios going; 2012 and the prospective coming of Jesus Christ. I doubt that either one of them is iminent if it happens at all. Only one thing is certain; the earth will die and we will die; everything dies including the universe itself. We have had several extinction events since the earth was formed. The Permian Extinction was the worst of the lot. Allegedly caused by the volcanoes known as the Deccan Traps, fully 95% of all living creatures of the time died. It took millions of years for the earth to restore itself. Most of us are familiar with the KT Extinction that killed the dinosaurs and made it possible for human beings to evolve. This one is thought to be caused by an asteroid that hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Today we seem to be more interested in omens. Nostradamus allegedly foretold 2012 along with the Mayans. The Book of Revelation in the Bible is the place where the Christians who believe in the End Times go for their authority. So far as I know there is no asteroid or volcano currently ready to step up and close the book on our civilization. Some people think that Zacharia Stitchin's planet called Niburu will do the job. If Niburu exists, no scientist I have read seems to have spotted it. It's easy to promote the idea of disaster because there are so many candidates for the job. If we keep yelling that the end is near, sooner or later we are going to be correct. Will Jesus come soon? If he does he will find that the people who are promoting his return are a very different lot than the ones he left behind 2000 years ago. Fundamentalist Christians will have replaced the Jews who followed him around during his time on the earth. To please them, he'll have to get rid of all of the liberals, gun control freaks, ACLU types, and Northern Democrats who are leading the United States down the road to ruin. If he does this, what will he have left behind. Some of his followers will be carrying snakes around to prove that they can't be bit and won't die of the poison because God will protect them. Others will be armed with machine guns, AK 47's, and other weapons to protect Jesus from the liberal, wishy-washy, not born again, soft on the death penalty Northern Clergy, who we all know are headed straight to Hell with the Atheists. A lot of folks will simply be glad that they joined the right church and didn't miss the bus when it came to their corner of the world. I have deliberately stayed away from the flying saucer people who believe that the aliens from outer space are our best hope. I believe that God has provided us with our own end times. It is called "death" and all of us will ultimately experience it no matter what our current age and health might be. What will happen to us when we die? Nobody knows for certain, but I believe that the ultimate fate of each of us is already determined. We are transformed into another dimension and there we go on as before. "AS ABOVE, SO BELOW." This great Hermetic concept is reassuring. Death does not exist. If we called it transformation, we would be much more accurate. Why would God go to the effort of creating a marvelous being such as yourself only to cast you aside because you did not meet some standard that He has allegedly created to judge us by? I just don't think that an omnipotent God would waste your life in that fashion. Book a cruise for the year 2013 and enjoy the remainder of your life. Go to Church, but do so because it helps you become a better and more responsible person. One who is here for the long haul and wants things to go well for the sake of all of us.