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The Mayan Calendar Mayan Long count Calendar has a 5126 year cycle. Ends December 21, 2012 Not the end of the world The end of the cycle, which was a cause for celebration for Mayans “Misinterpretation of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is the basis for a New Age belief that a cataclysm will take place on December 21, December 21, 2012 is simply the first day of the 14th b'ak'tun.” Wikipedia

New Age Theory Based on Astronomical Alignment Journalist Lawrence Joseph forecasts widespread catastrophe in Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization's End…Part of the 2012 mystique stems from the stars. On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years. This means that "whatever energy typically streams to Earth from the center of the Milky Way will indeed be disrupted on 12/21/12 at 11:11 p.m. Universal Time," Joseph writes. Don’t forget 12/31/99 and 5/5/00

The Meaning of Mayan Calendar In 2012, Daniel Pinchbeck anticipates a "change in the nature of consciousness," assisted by indigenous insights and psychedelic drug use. Sandra Noble, executive director of the Mesoamerican research organization FAMSI, notes that "for the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle". She considers the portrayal of December 2012 as a doomsday or cosmic-shift event to be "a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in.” USA Today March 27, 2007 and Wikipedia

The Meaning of the Mayan Calendar Astronomers generally agree that "it would be impossible the Maya themselves would have known that," says Susan Milbrath, a Maya archaeoastronomer and a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History. What's more, she says, "we have no record or knowledge that they would think the world would come to an end at that point." University of Florida anthropologist Susan Gillespie says the 2012 phenomenon comes "from media and from other people making use of the Maya past to fulfill agendas that are really their own."

What Does the Bible Say? The earth will end Hebrews 1:10-12, Mark 13:31 What about Eccl. 1:8? Figurative in contrast with man’s brevity God judged the earth with water; He will with fire 2 Peter 3:1-7 We do not know when Mark 13:31-32 Watch and pray Mark 13:33-37 Prepare! 2 Peter 3:8-14, Luke 12:41-48 Applies to everyone always Luke 12:16-21 GET READY NOW!