Two years to go before The End...

Actually, 2 years and 12 hours from the time of this post. Apparently, 11:11pm Universal time is when the excitement will begin that day. For those in the Eastern time zone, that means 6:11pm (right around supper time).

But according to a recent article at LiveScience.com, the end now might not happen that day. Apparently, the conversion of the Mayan calender to our current calendar might have been wrong.

So what's the new date? Well that's a question left unanswered in that article.

And keep in mind, this only means "The End". Not the end of the world. It could mean the end of an epoch (we've been in the geological Holocene epoch for about 12,000 years or so now). Or maybe it means the end of a period of a time (we've been in the Quaternary period for about 2.6 million years).

Maybe we'll finally move into a new time where computers will completely take over the world (12-21-12 being around the start of that). Or maybe an alien encounter will happen then, changing everything we know. Or maybe something in our unused DNA (about 97% or so) will suddenly trigger that day and we'll all become psychic.

Lots of maybes there. Maybe it'll just be a day where everyone calls off from work and has giant parties to celebrate yet another end of the world prophecy that fails to happen. Or maybe there will be incredible end of the world sales at all retail stores and everyone will be out shopping for Christmas.

We'll know in two years and twelve hours...



Here's something else to think about regarding 12-21-12: Saint Malachy's Prophecy Of The Popes.

Saint Malachy was a Roman Archbishop in the 1100's who apparently performed a bunch of miracles and in the year 1139 prophesied on the final 112 Popes (starting with Pope #167 in 1143). The prophecies were first published in late 1500's when the original manuscript was found.

So far, his descriptions on each of the Popes have been pretty accurate (it's a stretch for some though).

The 112'th Pope in the prophecy is Peter The Roman. In the description for him, it pretty much describes "The End", even including those words.

Here's where things really get interesting. Our current Pope is #111 on the list and the description does match. So the next Pope (this Peter The Roman guy) is the last one on the list and the one with the description that sounds like the end of the world or something disastrous happens.

So if we get a new Pope before 12-21-12 and his name is Peter and he's from Rome, that could be bad. Or maybe it'll just be a really, really big coincidence.

I originally read about this in a fiction novel called The Doomsday Key by James Rollins. I highly recommend anything by him. He's an awesome author who tries to base many of his suspense novels on actual historical events (like this prophecy).

Just make sure you give yourself enough time to read it before 12-21-12 arrives. :)