2012 - TRUE PROPHECIES -or-
FALSE PREDICTIONS? 
Part 3
Wow!  From the Mayan Calendar to business men "in the know" we are being hit from all sides with predictions ranging from economic catastrophe to the catastrophic end of planet earth and just about everything in between!

WHAT DID THE MAYANS REALLY SAY?

I am not going to reiterate all that the so-called prophecies predict in this article but rather let's look at what do the scholars and archeologists say that the Mayans were really expecting by their "calendar"!

First of all, from the Wikipedia article "2012 Phenomenon" we find that

• "Scholars from various disciplines have dismissed the idea of such cataclysmic events occurring in 2012!"
• "Professional Mayanist scholars state that predictions of impending doom ARE NOT FOUND IN ANY of the extant classic Mayan accounts!"
• Astronomers and other scientists HAVE REJECTED THE PROPOSED EVENTS AS PSEUDOSCIENCE . . .
  . . . stating that THEY ARE CONTRADICTED BY SIMPLE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS!

So then, this leaves us with the question:  Where did all these doomy predictions come from?

Ready for this?  Financial opportunities for New Age and other occult groups and authors who are capitalizing on the intuitive fears of destruction within the human race!

According to the same article referenced above ...

• "Many assertions about the year 2012 form part of a non-codified collection of New Age beliefs about ancient Mayan wisdom and spirituality!"
• "Archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni says that while the idea of 'balancing the cosmos' was prominent in ancient Mayan literature, THE 2012 PHENOMENON DOES NOT DRAW FROM THOSE TRADITIONS!
  "Instead, it is bound up with the American concepts such as the New Age movement, millenarianism and the belief in secret knowledge from distant times and places" !!!

As to all the concern over the Mayan calendar coming to an "end" or rather showing that the world we now live in coming to an end at the conclusion of the so-called 13th b'ak'tun - - again we refer to actual scholars who have studied the Maya . . .

• Mayan inscriptions occasionally mention predicted future events ... that would occur on dates far beyond the completion of the 13th b'ak'tun!
• One example is found in a section of text that projects forward to the date of October 21, 4772 AD!
• Another example gives a date of 41 octillion years in the future!!!

As to the fearful predictions of "galactic alignments"; the sun passing through the plane of the Milky Way; etc. it is important to understand that either these things have no basis in real, historic or scientific fact OR in some cases these things have already happened with no catastrophic results and so they were quietly put in the closet so to speak!

Time and space for this article does not allow me to quote every detail about all the sources of these false prophecies but let me just share these with you:

• The insights of the ancient Mayan Shamans is attributed to their use of psilocybin (psychedelic) mushrooms, psychoactive toads and other psychedelics!
• Some popular current day New Age authors who have become proponents of such things as the "galactic center", "timewave zero", etc., conceived their ideas in the early to mid-1970's while using psylocybin mushrooms and DMT.

• Other popular current day New Age authors promoting these "prophecies" received them through the use of entheogens (such as peyote cactus) and mediums!  

Read enough yet?  I hope so!  Considering that the Word of the One True God tells His children not to have anything at all to do with mediums (and other occultic practices/people), again I ask the question:  Why are the children of God being taken in by these false prophets and false prophecies?

I think the best answer is found in Hosea 14:6-7  "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."

If God's own children insist in persisting in regarding these false prophecies and promoting their spread by discussing them as valid, God continues through Hosea (4:8-13) with a dire warning of His own!

• They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
  And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
  For they shall eat, and not have enough:
  they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase:
  because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
  My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
  They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

What happens when God's people insist on following false prophets and false prophecies, following someone other than our Lord Jesus Christ?  The protective hand of God is lifted from off of our families and loved ones!  Could this be why so many in the church community are suffering such horrendous spiritual and moral setbacks in their families - not to mention their finances and overall well being?

Family of God!  Repent of regarding what is false and return to the One Truth and the One True Hope for us and all mankind - - THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!

Many Blessings!
Dr. Timothy

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!  Isaiah 5:20-21
Boy Who Opposed Gay Adoption Is Threatened And Punished By School

http://radio.foxnews.com

A 15-year-old Wisconsin boy who wrote an op-ed opposing gay adoptions was censored, threatened with suspension and called ignorant by the superintendent of the Shawano School District, according to an attorney representing the child.

Mathew Staver, the founder of the Liberty Counsel, sent a letter to Superintendent Todd Carlson demanding an apology for “Its unconstitutional and irrational censorship and humiliation” of Brandon Wegner.

Wegner, a student at Shawano High School, was asked to write an op-ed for the school newspaper about whether gays should be allowed to adopt. Wegner, who is a Christian, wrote in opposition. Another student wrote in favor of allowing gays to adopt.

Wegner used Bible passages to defend his argument, including Scripture that called homosexuality a sin.

After the op-ed was published, a gay couple whose child attend s the high school, complained.

The school immediately issued an apology – stating Wegner’s opinion was a “form of bullying and disrespect.”

“Offensive articles cultivating a negative environment of disrespect are not appropriate or condoned by the Shawano School District,” the statement read. “We sincerely apologize to anyone we may have offended and are taking steps to prevent items of this nature from happening in the future.”

But Staver said what the school system did next was absolutely outrageous. He said the 15-year-old was ordered to the superintendent’s office where he was subjected to hours of meetings and was accused of violating the school’s bullying policy.

“The superintendent called him ignorant and said he had the power to suspend him,” Staver said. “He’s using his position to bully this student. This is absolutely the epitome of intolerance.”

Staver said the boy’s parents were never notified.

At one point, Staver said the superintendent gave him a chance to say he regretted writing the column.

“When Mr. Wegner stated that he did not regret writing it, and that he stood behind his beliefs, Superintendent Carlson told him that he ‘had got to be one of the most ignorant kids to try to argue with him about this topic,’” Staver said.

At that point, Staver said the superintendent told the boy that “we have the power to suspend you if we want to.”

The superintendent allegedly told Wegner that he was personally offended by Wegner’s column.

FOX News & Commentary offered Carlson a chance to address the allegations. He refused to submit to questions, but did say he would send a statement. That statement never arrived.

Staver said Wegner was not trying to cause problems or pick a fight.

“He was asked to write an article in the newspaper overseen by a faculty adviser,” he said, suspecting the superintendent was specifically outraged over the Bible verses Wegner had used.

“The superintendent wants everyone to accept homosexuality as normative and homosexual adoption as something that should be standard practices,” Staver said. “In doing so, he’s belittling the views and the biblical views of many people across this country. He is playing a zero-sum game. He’s not interested in dialogue. He wants to cram his view down the throat of everyone else and will not tolerate an opposing viewpoint.”

Staver said an apology from the superintendent may not suffice – and they may consider taking legal action.