That was the headline (translated) in the May 21, 2011 issue
of El Diario, when so-and-so predicted the world would end then. The story
highlighted others who have predicted the doomsday, going all the way back to
The Watchtower founder Charles Taze Russell, who predicted the world would end
in 1995. But what makes today different from all the others? Because an ancient
civilization had a calendar, that can’t even be 100% interpreted today, that
ended on December 21, 2012? Some believe it, some don’t. Those who do believe
it’ll happen today believe it because of the entire calamity in today’s world. Last
week’s Newtown, CT tragedy is enough for some people to believe. Those who are
in the middle kind of joke around about it, like this trending hashtag on
Twitter, #EndOfTheWorldConfession. Those who don’t believe are just going about
their days like normal. From wondering who you’ll be getting a holiday card
from at the office to do your own last minute shopping, it’s just a normal Friday
before that Christmas vacation students are looking forward to.
But for those who are worried about what can happen in the
next five minutes or so, here’s some confort:
Jesus in Matthew 24:36
“But of that
day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.”
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