Planet X

Another Christian prognosticator, among others, is predicting the end of the world again. This time it’s going to be tomorrow, Saturday, September 23rd, when Planet X, also called Nibira, collides with earth. David Meade, a self-described “specialist in research and investigations,” claims that on the aforementioned date, a constellation will reveal itself in the skies over Jerusalem signaling the beginning of the end of the world as we know it. Others have claimed that instead of colliding with the earth, the unknown planet will create a total eclipse of the sun on that day which would be viewed by everyone. Meade claims that when Planet X passes by earth later this year, many world-wide catastrophes will occur and it truly will be the beginning of the end. Meade has written 13 books dealing primarily with apocalyptic predictions, all of them self-published.

NASA has debunked Nibira (Planet X) as fake news and a total hoax, declaring without reservation that there is no unknown planet in our galaxy heading towards earth.

This is not the first time nor will it be the last for us to be treated to these end of the world predictions. In fact, shortly after Jesus’ death, some of his disciples believed he would return again during their lifetime and predictions of his return have been made regularly ever since.

This obviously conflicts with what the Bible has to say about the end of the world because it is mentioned in Matthew 24:36-39 and 42-44, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2, and Mark 12:31-33. All of the passages refer to no one knowing, including the angels and Jesus, when the apocalypse will happen except God himself.

But the arrogance of man won’t allow him to take what he believes to be God’s word on the subject. Because we believe so desperately in our own intelligence and knowledge, we obviously think that in some cases, we’re smarter than God because we continue to make predictions about the end of the world that God has said we cannot know.

There are all kinds of other examples of this blasphemous attitude towards people’s own religions. Who of us have not heard a preacher during a sermon tell the congregation that he or she “thinks” this is what God or Jesus was saying or that God laid a special message on their hearts the night before for the congregation to hear. This is all designed to make them appear closer to God than the average person and to increase their status while they live on this planet.

By the way, the three incredible hurricanes we’ve just suffered along with the major earthquake in Mexico is not a sign of the end times either. Any time huge bodies of water warm, as the oceans are doing today, hurricanes are stronger because they get their energy from the warm waters of the oceans and the seas. It’s a meteorological event or events, not some foreboding sign from God that he’s about to end the world.

It’s a shame all of us can’t just spend every day trying to be the best we can be without worrying about things we have no control over anyhow. There doesn’t appear to be anything in our planetary system that could end our existence before the sun burns up which, according to Space.com, won’t happen for another 5 billion years so the best thing for all of us to do is to live life hopefully and optimistically instead of waiting for the other shoe to fall.