COGwriter A reader sent me the following old news item suggests that Jesus will return in 2015 based upon the biblical calendar and data from NASA: Blood moon eclipses: 2nd Coming in 2015? Minister uses NASA forecasting to study signals of Jesus’ return Will Jesus Christ return to Earth in the year 2015? And can […]
Month: December 2012
Mayan fiscal cliff prediction?
COGwriter The ‘fiscal cliff’ remains in the news in the USA and some have tied it in with Mayan ‘end of the world’ predictions: 20 December 2012 The End Of The World As We Know It, Fiscally Speaking The Mayan calendar says it happens tomorrow — the end of the world, that is — and […]
Time names Barack Obama as its ‘Person of the Year’ for 2012
COGwriter Time magazine announced Barack Obama as its ‘2012 Person of the Year.’ Here is some of what it said about him: The Obama effect was not ephemeral anymore, no longer reducible to what had once been mocked as “that hopey-changey stuff.” It could be measured — in wars stopped and started; industries saved, restructured […]
BBC: Roman origin of Christmas
Sinter Klaas “Saint Nicholas” COGwriter The BBC had an interesting article on the Roman origins of Christmas: Did the Romans invent Christmas?… “Io Saturnalia!” Two thousand years ago this was the seasonal greeting which would have chimed out across most of Europe, not “Merry Christmas”. The Roman mid-winter festival of misrule has heavily influenced many […]
Solar flare threat is real, but the biblical ‘big one’ is not this week
COGwriter The risks of power outages caused by solar flares or emp type bombs has been in the news this month. Here is an item related to solar flares today: Forbes – Dec 19, 2012 Earlier this month, the Director of National Intelligence released the fifth installment in a multi-decade forecasting project aimed at preparing […]
Mayan calendar fears affecting schools, Russia, Argentina, France, and Ron Weinland
Maya Palenque Ruins COGwriter Concerns about the Mayan 12/21/12 calendar date are affecting many lands: The county’s public schools Tuesday said schools are receiving calls from parents attempting to confirm rumors that classes has been canceled on Friday due to the predicted end of the world. Stafford County schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim said just because […]
UCG priorities, finances, and cutbacks
COGwriter The United Church of God (UCG) sent out some reports. The first is from its Chairman Robin Webber: I believe all of us understand that we have faced multiple challenges since our beginning in 1995. The United Church of God came into existence in the throes of doctrinal upheaval regarding God’s precious revelation. We […]
COGWA’s Les McCullough had quadruple bypass surgery
Hut in South Africa — Modern building was location of Feast of Tabernacles in Durban, South Africa, 1985 COGwriter Ken Treybig sent out the following about Church of God, a Worldwide Association (COGWA)‘s Les McCullough: 12-18-12 From Ken Treybig: Good evening, I just heard from Kim Mabry about her dad’s surgery. Here’s the update I […]
UK’s Cameron refers to departure from the EU as ‘imaginable’
David Cameron COGwriter The departure of Britain from the EU, something we of the Philadelphia remnant of the Church of God have always taught, may be getting closer. This departure is now publicly being called ‘imaginable’ by its Prime Minister, though he claims he would like his nation to state in the European Union: 18 […]
Chinese church protesters point to the Mayan 12/21/12 date, and, despite name, they are not truly COG
COGwriter A group in China is protesting and making some claims about the Mayan 12/21/12 date and 1/1/13, and the Chinese government is not pleased: 18 December 2012 Chinese police have arrested more than 500 members of a doomsday cult for spreading rumours about the imminent end of the world, state media say. At least […]