But as long as we're on the subject of prophesy, try this one on for size:
"Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'"And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all...
For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.'...
and (they) cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, "What is like this great city?'
"They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, "Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.'
"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"
............Revelation 18
In the end, all this will count for nothing anyhow. But then, we are talking about the interim here, are we not?
Babylon means "confusion". The bad fig. The scribes of the earth. The media. The Church elders of many churches. It's ran by the Kenites (the Judah Jews are the good fig, those who lie and call themselves Jews (but are not originally) are the bad fig...I think that's why the "Jewish" population is so two-faced in American politics, one face is so liberal and won't support the Republicans who support Israel the most, and the other face is outraged by the terrorism against Israel and is relatively conservative...the "Jewish" population consists of two ethnicities).
"And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all... For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.'... and (they) cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, "What is like this great city?' "They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, "Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.' "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!" ............Revelation 18 In the end, all this will count for nothing anyhow. But then, we are talking about the interim here, are we not?
Well, if you look at the battle of Hamongog (which I believe takes place in Alaska and Canada), you'll see that there is a long time between that battle and the second advent, because there is time to bury the bodies in the valley of passengers, and use the enemy's gasoline, etc., and people will marvel as they travel through the valley where the enemy soldiers will be buried. So the end could begin at any time now and there could still be years before the one-world religious system, antiChrist, and therefore the second advent. Really the end began in 1948 when the good and bad fig were set in Palestine by the two oaks (America and Britain), but as bible prophesy says, there will be a quickening, individual prophesies will come to pass faster and faster.