The Book of Revelation mentioned about a star called Wormwood, which will fall from the sky bringing death to many people. What is this star? Is it a heavenly body passing through our solar system or is it due to collide with our own planet, thus creating natural calamities far greater than man could ever imagine? Maybe, it's a missile armed with nuclear device prophesied to poison our water source. Whatever it may be, we have to open our mind and explore the context of science and religion to know the true destiny of mankind.
Nibiru, The Great Scare
When first heard, this doomsday theory deals a lot of panic to ordinary people. Nibiru is considered the Twelfth Planet or Planet X by Zecharia Sitchin, author of books promoting ancient astronaut theory of the Sumerian culture. According to him, Nibiru was the homeland of alien beings called Anunnaki of the Sumerian mythology. This extraterrestrial race was referred by him as Nephilim, offspring of the “Sons of God” and “daughters of men” as mentioned in Genesis 6:1-4 of the Bible. They arrived here 450,000 years ago to mine gold and genetically engineered Homo sapiens to work as slaves. His works centered on the idea that Nibiru's orbit around the Sun is highly elliptical with its farthest point beyond the orbit of Pluto and it's nearest as far side of the asteroid belt bringing it closer to the Sun. It takes 3,600 years to enter our inner solar system. With its immense gravitational pull, it is believed that Nibiru could trigger orbital misalignment of other planets especially Earth, which will result to great tidal waves, mega earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other environmental calamities.
Doomsday Forecast
Internet websites predicted that Nibiru is on its way to destroy Earth in December 21, 2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar. Many videos and articles claim that governments are hiding the truth from the public so as not to create panic and civil disorder. Marshall Masters, publisher of the website yowusa.com even published a survival guide tailored for this cataclysmic event. Is Nibiru really the star mentioned in the Book of Revelation?
Nibiru, a Celestial Phenomenon
- According to the videos submitted on youtube.com, if Nibiru would come near to Earth, we could experience two suns shining starting on May 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-3RLx_4Y5Y
- On December 21, 2012 planetary alignment will take place affecting gravity and tides
- It is further said that on February 14, 2013, the Earth will move between Nibiru and the Sun, global pole shifting and planetary tilting will take place creating mega tsunamis and earthquakes
- July 1, 2014, Nibiru will no longer affect our world and will move farther away from our solar system
Finding Nibiru in the Bible
If we link Nibiru with the prophecies presented in the Bible, surely we will take into account the evidences about this celestial phenomenon in the pages of the Holy Scriptures:
- Nowhere in the Bible mentioned about two suns bringing disasters to mankind. According to Matthew 24:29, Joel 3:14-15 and Mark 13:24, it only talked about one sun that will be darkened, one moon that will not give its light, and numerous stars that will fall from the sky.
- According to Matthew 24:36, no one knows about that day or hour when the Apocalypse will commence, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Are the Mayan people exempted? Or it is just the doomsayers who are setting December 21, 2012 as the end of the world because it is the end of the baktun (a Mayan Calendar cycle)?
What the Science Says
According to the website Bad Astronomy, planetary alignments have little to do with earthquakes. Every time planetary alignment occurs, doomsayers are predicting that it will cause earthquakes, floods and other great calamities that will beset our planet Earth. Planetary alignments happened in 1982 and in May 2000 but did we experience the end of the world or even the calamities that they're always predicting along with it?
According to Dr. Sten Odenwald, “From Ask the Astronomer”, a sudden pole shift or drastic changes on the rotation axis of the Earth would cause great earthquakes of magnitude 7 and higher. No area on Earth will escape the 100-500 mile per hour wind it will create. Polar ice caps will melt that will suddenly change the temperature causing seal levels to rise by 30 feet. If it is caused by collision from an asteroid or other heavenly bodies, the result would be more catastrophic sending dust and debris from the atmosphere creating radioactive environment because of too much heat of such disastrous force. Our biosphere will be destroyed, and the only survivors would be bacteria.
