Posted on 08/09/2006 9:02:18 AM PDT by presidio9
Better cancel those holidays. We now have a date for Armageddon, and it's a week on Tuesday - August 22.
This information comes from no lesser source than the Wall Street Journal, where Bernard Lewis, President Bush's favourite historian, provides the details.
"In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity," the professor writes, "there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time - Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long-awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined.
"Mr Ahmadinejad [the Iranian president] and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the US about nuclear development by August 22. This was at first reported as 'by the end of August', but Mr Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise."
Lewis continues: "What is the significance of August 22? This year, August 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque', usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (cf, Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and, if necessary, of the world."
This sort of quasi-religious scaremongering always finds a receptive audience in the United States, especially among Christians of the jihadist
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Blessings,
I'll be in the shower.
Well - I wonder if the fact that 8/22 is my 49th birthday (yikes!) will have anything to do with it. :)
Crap, I scheduled my Lasiks for the 24th.
Yep, celiac sprue. The GF in my name stands for Gluten Free.
I didn't think I could do the crabs without beer, either, but, hey, I love crabs. I can have ginger ale or ginger beer. There's also some GF beer now and at least one is really pretty good (malted sorghum instead of barley). But they don't sell any of them in Virginia. Liquor is also OK because it's distilled.
But, you know, if it's all ending on Aug. 22 anyway, I guess it wouldn't hurt to have a few.
That's just great! We're going to miss my youngest son's birthday now. Of course, wasn't the end of the world supposed to be back on May 22, before that some date in 2005. I remember in 1988 when California was supposed to fall into the ocean, but didn't.
Ping for later reading.
WTH??? "Christians of the jihadist persuasion"????
Oh, of course. The Guardian's definition of Conservative Christians.
Hi, Allegra.
I can never say this enough. "Thank you"
I look forward to the day I read a post of yours saying, "I am back IN THE USA!!!"
> What does one wear to the Apocalypse?
Sackcloth and Ashes, I would venture would be the appropriate/traditional garb.
Can't it wait till after the upcoming NFL season?
Aug 22nd? Thats the first day of classes for me..
Hi! Good to hear from you.
I'm supposed to be coming home on leave in early September, but with Armageddon happening in a couple of weeks and all...
;-)
There's a time and place for everything, I agree.
August 22 doesn't work for me, Dave. Are you free the first week in November?
Pumping out the well where's he's supposed to be hiding for a millenium, now, might be a good start...
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