Is this the end of the world? Millions of people all over the world are asking themselves this question over and over. They are worried about the tsunami that hit Japan. They asked themselves that question when Hurricane Katrina wiped out New Orleans. They thought it could be the end when Chile experienced their massive earth quake. Now the Mayan prophecy (because their calendar ends on December 21, 2012) comes along and every one is wondering if this is it.
There have been numerous stories and articles written about two suns coming. I wrote “the prophecy” about the two suns in the Bible, and thousands of people have been typing “Two Suns Prophecy” in their web browsers and viewing that article because they think that the Mayans foretold of a “Two Suns” appearing at the end of time. I will not cover that topic in depth here, but at our site you can see where the Bible does tell about the second Sun that is coming.
But to answer your question, “Is this the end of the world?” to put it Biblically, Yes. We are at the end of the world as we know it.
1. The beginning (creation) was a mere six thousand years ago. God put the first two humans, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden and commanded to be fruitful and multiply.
2. About a thousand years later (five thousand years ago) God sent the World-wide flood. Every one in whose nostrils was the breath of life perished, except for the eight on the ark, Noah and family.
3. About a thousand years later (four thousand years ago) God made a covenant with Abraham. That covenant is still in effect. The Promised land belongs to Israel. And those that curse Israel will be cursed, and those that bless Israel will be blessed.
4. About two thousand years later (two thousand years ago) God sent His Only Begotten Son, the living, lovely Lord Jesus to this earth. He lived the perfect sinless life that was required by God so that when he went to the Cross, he could pay for our sins and be our acceptable sacrifice. After his painful death his bloody beaten body was placed in a borrowed tomb, for he would only need it for three days and three nights. Then, as prophesied, he arose from from the grave, triumphant over death, hell, and the grave.
5. And Now, two thousand years after Christ paid the atonement for our sins, this old earth stands at the six thousand year mark. So? What about it? Well, I will tell you. There are yet 7 years of Tribulation to come, the likes of which the world has never known. During this time period, men will cry out to the rocks to fall on them. It will be a “hell on earth” literally. Then will come the thousand year reign of Christ on the earth.
To sum it all up, we are right now sitting at the end of the world as we know it.