RCM Mentions 2012

“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse”

Although he did not refer to the Mayan calendar, LCG’s RC Meredith wrote the following that mentioned 2012 in the latest edition of the Living Church News:

We would be remiss in our responsibility to you and to God if we did not specifically warn you brethren about the soon-coming “fiery trials”! Yes, in the end, we win! Yes, it is true that most of those who really are “Philadelphians” will be taken to the promised Place of Safety and will thus escape the full fury of the Great Tribulation (Revelation 3:10). However, brethren, we have always recognized that some of us ministers—and many others—may be persecuted, imprisoned or die as martyrs before the Great Tribulation is fully underway…

Brethren, many of you may have seen the recent predictions by Gerald Celente, Chief Executive Officer of the Trends Research Institute—a man renowned for his accuracy in predicting future world and economic events, including the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union. Considering Celente’s past record of accuracy, his most recent forecasts may send a chill down your spine. Speaking to Fox News late last year, Celente warned that by 2012 America will become an undeveloped nation, that there will be a revolution marked by food riots, squatter rebellions, tax revolts and job marches, and that holidays will be more about obtaining food, not gifts. “We’re going to see the end of the retail Christmas…. we’re going to see a fundamental shift take place…. putting food on the table is going to be more important than putting gifts under the Christmas tree,’ said Celente, adding that the situation would be ‘worse than the great depression’” (“Revolution, food riots in America by 2012,” Commodity Online, December 1, 2008).

We are not setting dates, nor are we saying Celente’s forecasts are definitely correct. But this man’s predictions may well come to pass, in time! As Christians, we must examine our own hearts and be sure we are prepared to remain faithful even in a time of food riots, race riots, various rebellions and tax revolts and a period of unusual lawlessness which may come upon us before the final end of our nation. May God help each of us to love one another, forgive one another—and even forgive those who try to do us physical harm.We know all of the scriptures about this, but—during the next several years—we may have an opportunity to put these teachings into practice in a way we have never done before! (Meredith RC. Are YOU Prepared for the “Fiery” Trials? Living Church News, May-June 2009, pp. 1,2,21).

There are also others that warn that food shortages can hit America and other parts of the world in the next few years. And as Jesus and the Daniel warned their will be persecutions that will affect the most faithful just prior to the time of the Great Tribulation.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

End of Mayan Calendar 2012–Might 2012 Mean Something? There is a Mayan calendar prediction for change in 2012. 2012 changes were also centuries ago predicted by the Hopi Native Americans (the Hindus may have some predictions for the next decade as well). Do these Mayan/Hindu/Hopi prophecies have any value? Why might Satan have inspired this date? Does the Dresden codex show destruction of the earth by flood? Can the great tribulation start before 2012?
Persecutions by Church and State This article documents some that have occurred against those associated with the COGs and some prophesied to occur. Will those with the cross be the persecutors or the persecuted–this article has the shocking answer.
Anglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel Are the Americans, Canadians, British, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo-Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first?
Who is the King of the North? Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States?
Barack Obama, Prophecy, and the Destruction of the United States Some claim that Barack Obama is the prophesied “son of Kenya”, based up an early 20th century writing.
Prophecies of Barack Obama? Are there biblical and non-biblical prophecies about Barack Obama. Did Nostradamus predict Barack Obama dealing with the Antichrist? This is the longest and most detailed of the articles here related to prophecy and Barack Obama.
Does God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End? Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? When does the six thousand years of human rule end?
Can the Great Tribulation Begin in 2009, 2010, or 2011? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord?