‘Viking Apocalypse’ predicted for February 22; Scientists concerned about risk of collider destroying Planet Earth.

Ragnarok Portrayal

A reader sent me information about the following Viking ‘end of the world’ prediction:

Are you ready for the Viking Apocalypse? Norse myth predicts world will end this Saturday

Norse mythology states the world will end this Saturday, February 22

Ragnarok is last battle between Viking gods, causing Earth to split open

After, the Earth will be restored and inhabited by the surviving gods

This time it’s the Viking apocalypse that is allegedly set to destroy Earth, with Norse mythology claiming the planet will split open and unleash the inhabitants of Hel on February 22.According to the Vikings, Ragnarok is a series of events including the final predicted battle that results in the death of a number of major gods, the occurrence of various natural disasters and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562584/The-Viking-Apocalypse-Norse-myth-predicts-world-end-Saturday.html#ixzz2tmEotTLe

End of the World Rescheduled for Feb 22nd!!!

The end is nigh once again. After 2011’s Rapture, 2012’s Epic Mayan Fail, the 2013 solar flare scare, Nostradamus, and several other prophecies that came before, we are once again looking at Armageddon in the face as it charges at us adorned in Viking armour with its yellow teeth bared while screeching Norse curse words. Yes, the next end of the world is a Viking apocalypse and it’s a lot more metal than any End of the World prophecies so far…What Next? End of the world has become something of an annual event. http://www.thedailystar.net/end-of-the-world-rescheduled-for-feb-22nd-11450

There is no possible way that the Apocalypse, meaning the Great Tribulation, can begin this weekend (though there could be earthquakes and other commotions, cf. Matthew 24:6-8). Nor can the Great Tribulation possibly begin this year–for some details, check out the YouTube video Can the Great Tribulation begin in 2014?

One of the reasons that I reported about this ‘Viking Apocalypse’ is that statement from The Daily Star about the ‘end of the world’ becoming an annual event (some said it would end last month, see Wormwood and Planet Nibiru). False predictions by various ones (see Harold Camping’s Teachings About the End of the World Do Not Agree with the Bible and End of Mayan Calendar 2012–Might 2012 Mean Something? ), including several who claim to be COG whom I personally correctly denounced when I learned of certain of their predictions (Ronald Weinland, David Pack, William Dankenbring, James Malm, Gerald Flurry), are desensitizing many in the world and even in the Church of God away from believing the reality of properly understood biblical prophecy.

This was expected and predicted by the Apostle Peter:

1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation — as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. (2 Peter 3:1-14)

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. (2 Peter 2:1-3)

Now while people truly in the Church of God believe that they believe Bible prophecy, most live their lives like it is something that has been so exaggerated in the past that they do not take the immediacy of it to heart. Yet, the Apostle Paul warned that Christians should not be like those in the world who will be surprised by end time events, but, “Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober” (1 Thessalonians 5:2-6). The Apostle Paul also wrote:

20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:20-21)

Yet, consciously or unconsciously, many act like they do despise prophecies.

The Apostle John wrote that Christians are to “test the spirits, whether they are of God” (1 John 4:1).

But many do not seem to understand what that means. Norman Edwards (former WCG/GCG), recently and correctly wrote (see also Shepherd’s Voice: COG needs more prophets):

Note: If there were no true prophets, there would be no need to “test the spirits”—because every prophet would be a “false prophet”. But because there are both true prophets and false prophets, we need to “test the spirits”.

Because of so many false prophets and false prophecies, many who claim to be Christian, COG or otherwise, feel that they cannot believe that God could possibly have any true prophets today. That is an error. Sadly, like many who believed that they were following God in the past (Acts 7:52), most people have rationalized that they themselves would clearly know whose God’s prophet(s) is(are) (cf. Matthew 23:29-30), yet they have established criteria for that which are not consistent with what the New Testament teaches (for details, please study How To Determine If Someone is a True Prophet of God). Jesus told the Pharisees that an adulterous generation sought signs, beyond biblical and prophetic accuracy (Matthew 12:38-40), and that happens today.

As far as the end of the world goes, years ago I warned that supercolliders could be a factor that would lead to the end of the world (see Large Hadron Collider may result in military applications), but not because of some accident prior to the start of the Great Tribulation (see Why Prophecy? Because the World Will Not End Next Week). Now, scientists are suggesting that it is possible that colliders could result in the end of Planet Earth:

New U.S. Science Commission Should Look At Experiment’s Risk Of Destroying The Earth

The Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider – called the “RHIC” – accelerates atomic nuclei to nearly the speed of light, then smashes them together. Scientists at the Long Island facility are working to create quark-gluon plasma, a substance believed to have pervaded the universe moments after the ‘Big Bang.’

Yet critics have called for serious attention to the possibility that the collider might generate a subatomic object called a “strangelet,” which could, if certain assumptions are correct, start a chain reaction converting everything into “strange matter.” The process would, according to Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, leave the planet “an inert hyperdense sphere about one hundred metres across.”…

Federal appeals court judge Richard Posner noted in his book ‘Catastrophe: Risk and Response’ that the scientists on the Brookhaven risk-assessment team were either planning to participate in RHIC experiments or had a deep interest in the RHIC’s data. Judge Posner pointed out that “career concerns can influence judgment in areas of scientific uncertainty, and scientists, like other people, can be overconfident.” http://www.ibtimes.com/new-us-science-commission-should-look-experiments-risk-destroying-earth-1554380

Although I do not believe it is possible that the Brookhaven heavy ion collider will accidentally destroy Planet Earth in the next few years, it is interesting to note that certain scientists see the destructive potential of some of the experiments that supercolliders may be involved in. Taking that a step further, does that not suggest that there could be military applications from some of the potentially destructive techologies developed by such colliders?

It should be noted that Europe, overall, is ahead of the USA in its development of supercollider technology. I suspect that technology directly or indirectly related to supercolliders and/or laser and other technologies that the Europeans will have access to, will be a factor in the rise of the military force of the coming European Beast power–and that is part of why the world will marvel when the European power succeeds (cf. Revelation 13:4).

Now, while the ‘Viking Apocalypse’ will not truly happen on February 22, 2014, please do not despise prophecies (1 Thessalonians 5:20). Properly understood prophecies are coming to pass and more will in the future. The end of the world is coming, but it will not be in 2014. 2017 is the earliest possible year and even that is likely too early at this stage. But destruction is coming–please believe what the Bible really teaches about that.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

Anglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel Are the Americans, Canadians, English, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo-Saxon (non-Dutch) Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? What will happen to Jerusalem and the Jews in Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo-Saxon nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first? Here is a link to the Spanish version of this article: Anglo-América & las Tribus Perdidas de Israel.Information on the ‘ten lost tribes’ is also in the YouTube sermon titled Where are the Ten Lost Tribes? Why does it matter? and Barack Obama and the State of the Apocalypse.
Will the Anglo-Saxon Nations be Divided and Have People Taken as Slaves? Will the lands of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand be divided? What about Jerusalem? What does Bible prophecy teach? Are there non-biblical prophecies that support this idea? Who will divide those lands? Who will end up with the lands and the people? Here is a link to a video titled Will the USA and other Anglo-nations be Divided and Their People Made Slaves? Here is a related item in the Spanish language ¿Serán divididas las naciones anglosajonas?
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? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2021 or 20xx? There is also a video titled The 6000 Year Plan: Is the end of humanity’s reign almost up?
When Will the Great Tribulation Begin? 2014, 2015, or 2016? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? Is this the time of the Gentiles? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord? Who are the 144,000? Here is a version of the article in the Spanish language: ¿Puede comenzar la Gran Tribulación en 2013 o 2014? ¿Es el Tiempo de los Gentiles? You can also see the English language video The Great Tribulation Will Not Begin Before 2017.
Blood Moons and Prophecy There are four ‘blood moons’ expected in 2014 and 2015. Do they signal the Day of the Lord or the return of Jesus Christ? A related YouTube video is also available: Blood Moons, Prophecy, 2014, and 2015.
Europa, the Beast, and Revelation Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about “the Beast”? Is an emerging European power “the daughter of Babylon”? What is ahead for Europe? Here is a link to a video titled: Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?
Why Not the Restored Church of God? This group, led by David Pack, claims to be the most faithful. The information in this article suggests otherwise. Here is a version in the Spanish language: ¿Por qué no la Iglesia de Dios Restaurada?
Teachings of Triumph Prophetic Ministries William Dankenbring’s ministry–incorrectly speculates on various dates and holds to some odd doctrines.
Concerns About Ronald Weinland’s Church of God-Preparing for the Kingdom of God Ronald Weinland falsely claimed to be one of the two witnesses God is raising up, that the Great Tribulation began on December 14, 2008, Jesus would return late September 2011, that Jesus would return on May 27, 2012, and later that Jesus would return on May 19, 2013. Why else does the Bible show that Ron Weinland is a false prophet? He has other views which show he may not be part of the Church of God?
Error-Ridden James Malm Not Doing an Elijah Work James Malm is an ‘independent’ who misunderstands and improperly maligns.
Teachings Unique to the Philadelphia Church of God Simply calling oneself ‘Philadelphia’ does not make one so (see Revelation 3:7-9), nor does Gerald Flurry calling himself “that prophet” make it so. This article provides many quotes from this group which tries to look faithful.
Why Be Concerned About False and Heretical Leaders? There have been many false leaders–here is some of why you should be concerned about them. Here is a related article in the Spanish language ¿Por qué estar preocupado acerca de falsos y heréticos líderes?.
Can those in the USA/UK see the Handwriting on the Wall? Is everything fine in the USA/UK or is it like the days of Noah? Can we learn from the handwriting that appeared on a wall thousands of years ago? Here is a link to a related YouTube video Can you see the ‘Handwriting on the Wall’?
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? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2021 or 20xx? There is also a video titled The 6000 Year Plan: Is the end of humanity’s reign almost up?
When Will the Great Tribulation Begin? 2014, 2015, or 2016? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? Is this the time of the Gentiles? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord? Who are the 144,000? Here is a version of the article in the Spanish language: ¿Puede comenzar la Gran Tribulación en 2013 o 2014? ¿Es el Tiempo de los Gentiles? You can also see the English language video The Great Tribulation Will Not Begin Before 2017.
How To Determine If Someone is a True Prophet of God There are many false prophets. How can Christians determine who is a true prophet? There is also a sermon-length video titled How to determine if someone is a true prophet of God. Here is a related link in Spanish/español: ¿Cómo determinar si alguien es un verdadero profeta de Dios?