2012 doomsday prophecy and the book of revelation

These two topics seem to fit perfectly together. The Book of Revelation is the last book of the Christian Bible and it is an end time story and it has been researched and criticized to death by many scholars and prophecy experts. Some big names that have attempted to decode this religious text include D.H. Lawrence the famous writer, Sir Isaac Newton the scientist who brought us a theory of gravity, and others including Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, Georges Bernard Shaw and more.

More recently a tv evangelists have taken the theme of the Book of Revelation to the masses. One particular tv evangelist called Jack Van Impe has managed to mix 2012 doomsday prophecy and the book of Revelation together.

Yet another preacher has mentioned 2012 and the book of revelation but unlike JVI this person knew nothing of the prophetic movement which surrounds 2012. This other preacher was living in the 19th century and was delivering sermons to anyone who would listen. His name was William J. Reid and he was a Presbytarian minister.

What makes the William J. Reid 2012 doomsday prophecy and the book of revelation correlation interesting is it's timeliness.

His story involves the Papacy or the order of priests which have ruled the Vatican and the Catholic church for centuries. It is a story that comes full circle in the year 2012 but which began 1240 years earlier. 1240 is an important number as it is the number of days in 3 and a half years and 3 and a half years is half the 7 years period which is mentioned in the book of Matthew as being the tribulation or a period of great strife and calamity which ends with the return of heaven on earth. Many other prophecies that are non religious also hint that 2012 is a doorway to a swift paradigm change where a new consciousness arises in humans and where the forces of evil ( 666 ) is delivered from power.

Coincidence !!! Maybe.....

William J. Reid proposed or predicted in 1878 that the Papacy of Rome was going to face major changes or perhaps even be terminated in 2012 or thereabouts. In a book called "Lectures on the Revelation" which can be read fully online at Google Books, Reid explains his prediction ( he somehow points to a true beginning of the Papal order ). The book is a compilation of sermons starting with an explanation of how the seven churches mentioned in the first part of the Revelation come to play a role in the demise of the organization called the Papacy.

Today we are bombarded almost on a daily basis with reports about abuse and corruption inside the Vatican City and in the houses which they built and support as churches throughout the world. More risky people dare to stand and say that a certain pope will rise as the antichrist and by searching this topic one could come up with critics on just how this is possible.

William J. Reid on the other hand explains the 666 phenomenon in his own way. It is an explanation which proposes that John of Patmos, or Saint John who is believed to be the author of the Book of Revelation was a Greek. Reid claims that the BR was originally written in Greek. Others dispute both the authorship and the original language.

St Malachy and 2012
coming full circle
or just another attempt at
bringing on the end of the world

666 according to the Book of Revelation is the number of the beast and it is the number of a man. In recent times all types of conclusions have been made as to what and who six six six is. Reid goes on to hypothesize that 666 must be approached by looking at the Greek language. Here a topic called "gematria" or numerology enters the scope of this 2012 doomsday prophecy and the book of revelation topic. Numerology is a method of matching numbers to letters of an alphabet. When Reid looked into numerology to decipher 666 he came up with the word "Lateinos". From there he explains how the Latin Roman adopted Christianity beginning "en masse" with Emperor Constantine in 312 AD. From this point Christianity moves from being a movement of people who follow the words of a divine leader to being a Religion. These people move from being a threat to the status quo or social order of the Roman empire to being the run by a religion that dictates law and theology and that soon will reshape the paradigm of the time or the period zeitgeist.

According to Reid the Lateinos gematria phenomenon comes full circle in 2012.

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If it weren't for the fact that William J. Reid was writing these predictions and imparting the message as sermons in 1878 then his message which involves 2012 doomsday prophecy and the book of revelation would hold little significance. Otherwise it is a very interesting correlation in my opinion.

Another interesting prophecy of the faith of the Papacy is found in Malachy's Prophecy of the last 10 popes.

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Warning - I am no expert on religion therefore any comments and corrections are welcomed.



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