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| Asteroid Apophis’ collision with Earth in 2029 – Science or Bible prophecy? |
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Tim McHyde |
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Currently some scientists are very aware of the asteroid Apophis (sometimes spelled as Apofiz) 99942 will be possibly getting very close to earth in the year 2029. Projections show there should not be a collision with earth but it could come within 20,000 miles of its surface. At that distance it would be passing into what is known as the Clarks Belt and could possibly damage existing satellites used for communication, military, and entertainment purposes.
Luckily the odds are calculated at 1 in 45,000 chances there will be a collision in the year 2029. Though this is comforting news the future possibly holds something much more severe. Some people in the community of asteroid studies including some well known researchers feel that earths’ gravitational influence in this close encounter to Apophis will possibly cause it actually to collide with earth 7 years later in the year 2036.
How does this news fit into Biblical beliefs? Could the Apophis asteroid be what the book of Revelation in the New Testament refers to as Wormwood (called Planet-X by some)? Revelation describes Wormwood as a large ball of fire in which Apophis could actually look like if it was to enter into earth’s atmosphere on a collision course.
Looking at the evidence currently available it does not appear that Apophis (sometimes spelled Apofiz) asteroid fits into the timeline according to the Bible. Earth’s encounter with Wormwood is supposed to take place in the middle of the 70th week on a Sabbath year cycle. Considering that a Sabbath year cycle has seven years in it one can do the math based upon the first recorded Sabbath year and see that the year 2029 does not fit into the equation.
From what the Bible says, Wormwood will cause havoc long before 2029. It appears that the Great Tribulation, the Rapture, and the Second Advent and Millennium will all take place before this time. This opinion is open to debate by many Christians and other religious groups throughout the world.
CNN published an article December, 29, 2006 in the Science and Space area that gives a lot of information about Apophis. The media is bringing more "end of the world" possibilities to our attention with its large outreach through television, radio, and the Internet. It is now becoming an understood possibility to people in all walks of life that an asteroid like Apophis, could change life as we know it on earth or even destroy it. This much attention has been leading to studies and research on how mankind could actually change the orbital path of an asteroid in the event of a possible collision with earth.
Thanks to the Internet, people can share information about their questions and findings with one another so as to get public and governmental support in facing some facts about the future of mankind.
Scientists are very aware that a catastrophe such as an impact from the Apophis Asteroid of 2029 could take place on earth someday. Tim McHyde has studied the likelihood of that asteroid actually causing havoc on earth and determined that Bible prophecy does not point to that time or that event. Recently he published "Know The Future". |
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