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So, here we are in 1999. I'm afraid it's looking increasingly unlikely that 2001 will be like "2001", and 1999 won't be like "Space:1999" either. Science Fiction having got it wrong, I decided to seek out religious predictions for the next year...
Obviously the person to look out for -- and probably Time's Man of the Year 1999 -- will be the Antichrist. But who is the Antichrist? Well, you could try checking the handy list of Antichrists on the Rapture Ready web site.
One page about the prophecies of Nostradamus suggests that the mysterious "Mabus" Antichrist is none other than Saddam Hussein. (All you have to do is look at it in a mirror - "mabus" = "sudam".) Or maybe it's Prince Charles? Another popular notion is to suggest that the Pope is the Antichrist. A more prosaic explanation is that the Mark of the Beast is in fact observance of Sunday trading restrictions - a plot to make Protestants pay tribute to the Catholic Church! So that's why Massachusetts won't let me buy beer on Sundays... But my favorite suggestion, from the Countdown to Armageddon web site, is that the Antichrist will be the resurrection of Alexander the Great, gay king of the Grecian Empire.
Sometime during the year 1999, we can expect a ring of volcanoes to erupt, an earthquake in the Indian ocean, and a 200 foot high tidal wave to hit Australia and wipe out three major cities. That's according to Gordon-Michael Scallion, an "internationally known and respected modern day prophet". Then according to the Prophecies of the Red Rocks, the Earth's magnetic field will shift 32 degrees, and the US government will collapse.
But if you think that's exciting, wait until you hear what else is going to happen through the year...
The European Union begins monetary union under a new currency, the Euro, causing America's economy to collapse, according to Dr Jack Van Impe. Jack's my favorite TV preacher -- do watch his show if you ever get the chance. What I particularly like is the way it starts off completely normal and innocuous, and then gradually gets more and more bizarre and unhinged over the course of half an hour. He'll start off talking about what a nice guy Jesus was, and ten minutes later he's ranting about how the Dalai Lama is the right-hand-man of the Antichrist -- and grinning maniacally the whole time.
Anyway... watch out for Russia uniting with a confederacy of Arab Nations in preparation for an all-out attack on Israel. The attack will occur some time before March, according to the Countdown to Armageddon web site (again). The USA will support Israel, triggering World War III.
The big banks will refuse to give out cash, forcing all their customers to take the Mark of the Beast, according to Ken Raggio's Prophecy Newsletter.
On April 8th, according to a a prophecy page on GeoCities, the Antichrist will be assassinated after desecrating a Jewish synagogue. He'll be resurrected by Satan on April 11th, though.
The final lasting peace settlement in the Middle East will have been completed by now, as the Oslo peace agreement fulfils Biblical prophecy -- according to the Countdown to Armageddon web site.
On May 23rd, the Orthodox Pentecost, the pre-tribulation Rapture occurs, according to Marilyn Agee. Israel will then sign a seven-year peace treaty. (What, the Jews don't get Raptured?) The story will be carried on CNN, so don't worry about missing it.
August 11th-14th, a giant comet Wormwood collides with the earth, turning all water bitter and placing the earth in perpetual night. That's according to the Escape 666 web site from The First Internet Church of Philadelphia. They find the event predicted not just in the Bible -- where the comet is known as Wormwood -- but also in the Prophecies of Nostradamus and in ancient Sumerian mythology. The comet will be followed by mass flooding, famine, and another World War III -- this time as China launches a missile attack against the USA.
Check out the notice at the bottom of the web page:
THIS SITE IS MONITORED BY SATAN AND HIS DARK FORCES
Now that's not a guarantee you see every day.
Just before World War III, The Rapture occurs (again), according to the Countdown to Armageddon site. Christians ascend to heaven, and the rest of us are left behind to live in the empire of the Antichrist -- i.e. Europe.
On August 18th, the planets will align into a grand cross, causing blizzards and massive floods. Like nuclear war wasn't bad enough. (Actually, I checked the arrangement of the outer and inner planets of the solar system on that date, and I don't see them lining up into any kind of cross, grand or otherwise, so obviously there will need to be some sort of divine celestial rejigging.)
For the latest information, you can always check the Rapture Ready web site for the Rapture Index, a regularly updated stock market of the end times. But remember, expectations can go down as well as up -- just ask the authors of the What Saith The Scripture web site, who are still confidently predicting that the pre-tribulation Rapture will occur on May 31st 1998.
If that isn't enough for you, check out the predictions on The Doomsday List web page, maintained by Curt van den Heuvel. It looks as if we're in for a busy year.
Finally, here's my prediction for 1999: Marilyn Agee's "Why Pentecost 1998 seemed the most likely date for the Rapture" page will be complemented by a "Why Pentecost 1999 seemed like the second most likely date for the Rapture" page.
mathew
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