Pat Roberston: "Disasters could point to the 2nd coming"

Xevious

CAGiversary!
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46737


Sunday, October 9, 2005
[font=Verdana,][size=-1]WHEN THE EARTH MOVES[/size][/font]
[font=Palatino,][size=+2]Robertson: Disasters
point to 2nd Coming
[/size][/font]
[font=Palatino,][size=+1]Evangelist observes quakes, hurricanes 'starting to hit with amazing regularity'[/size][/font]

[size=-1]Posted: October 9, 2005
4:45 p.m. Eastern

[/size]


[size=-1]© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com [/size]




patrobertson.jpg

Pat Robertson

This weekend's catastrophic earthquake in South Asia in the wake of recent U.S. hurricanes and December's tsunami is catching the eye of televangelist Pat Robertson, who says we "might be" in the End Times described in the Bible.

"These things are starting to hit with amazing regularity," Robertson said on CNN's "Late Edition."



Robertson, a former GOP presidential candidate and host of the "700 Club" daily Christian TV show, noted, "If you read back in the Bible, the letter of the apostle Paul to the church of Thessalonia, he said that in the latter days before the end of the age that the Earth would be caught up in what he called the birth pangs of a new order. And for anybody who knows what it's like to have a wife going into labor, you know how these labor pains begin to hit. I don't have any special word that says this is that, but it could be suspiciously like that."

"What was called the blessed hope of the Bible is that one day Jesus Christ would come back again, start a whole new era, that this world order that we know would change into something that would be wonderful that we'd call the millennium," he continued. "And before that good time comes there will be some difficult days and there will be likened to what a woman goes through in labor just before she brings forth a child."

When asked if the world was approaching that moment, Robertson said, "It's possible. I don't have any special revelation to say it is but the Bible does indicate such a time will happen in the end of time. And could this be it? It might be."

Hurricane Katrina left more than 1,200 people dead in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S., while the rising death toll from this weekend's earthquake in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India is in the 30,000 range. Dec. 26, some 275,000 people lost their lives from a tsunami sparked by an undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean.

Some New Testament verses often cited by Christians regarding signs of the end of this present age before the return of Jesus to Earth include:

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." (Matthew 24:7-8)

"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;" (Luke 21:25).

Robertson isn't the only one raising the End Times issue, as author and WorldNetDaily columnist Hal Lindsey has weighed in on the issue.

"It seems clear that the prophetic times I have been expecting for decades have finally arrived. And even worse, it appears that the judgment of America has begun," Lindsey said on the Sept. 9 broadcast of the "International Intelligence Briefing" on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. "I warn continually that the last days lineup of world powers does not include anything resembling the United States of America. Instead, a revived Roman Empire in Europe is to rule the West, and then the world. "



As WND reported last month, Robertson suggested the assassination of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," he said, but later backed away from the suggestion of assassination after an uproar of criticism.

But he revisited his concerns about Chavez today, telling CNN, "The truth is, this man is setting up a Marxist-type dictatorship in Venezuela, he's trying to spread Marxism throughout South America, he's negotiating with the Iranians to get nuclear material and he also sent 1.2 million dollars in cash to Osama bin Laden right after 9-11."

"I apologized and I said I will be praying for him, but one day we will be staring nuclear weapons and it won't be [Hurricane] Katrina facing New Orleans, it's going to be a Venezuelan nuke," Robertson said.

When asked where he got the information about cash going from Chavez to bin Laden, Robertson said it was from "sources." "That's what I was told. And I know he sent a warm, congratulatory letter to Carlos the Jackal. He's a friend of Moammar Gadhafi. He's made common cause with these people who are considered terrorists."
 
Christians always interpret the armageddon of their prophets as a literal, hollywood- style destruction of the world.

I always think it's eerie if you consider the prophecies of early Christian prophets alongside the philosophy of Nietzchie:

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves? That which was the holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet possessed has bled to death under our knives. Who will wipe this blood off us? With what water could we purify ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we not ourselves become gods simply to be worthy of it?" - Nietzsche, The Gay Science

Or, for something with more pop culture sensibility take this quote from the BBC movie "The Second Coming":

"You.. are becoming Gods. There's a new master of creation, and it's you! Unraveled DNA, and at the same time you're cultivating bacteria strong enough to kill every living thing! Do you think you are ready for that much power? You lot? You lot? Cheeky bastards. You're running around science like kids with guns, creating a new world, while the world you've got is stinking... But hands up, hands up anyone who thinks you've got it right. Yeah, there's always one. I can see you. If you want the position of God then take the responsibility!"
 
yeah... the second coming...

nevermind all those other insanely spectacular shifts in the natural world (Missoula flood, Vesuvious, galveston 1900, san francisco 1906, Japan every fucking day)
 
Y'know, maybe Pat Robertson's onto something. Maybe he's right.

because god knows that NATURAL DISASTERS HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPENING ALL THE fuckING TIME before, right?

Not to mention that CONFLICT IS MORE EVERPRESENT ON THIS PLANET THAN ANYTHING ELSE OF NOTE, EXCEPT PERHAPS MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

So, in the end, Pat Robertson is onto something, in the event that things he seems to have claimed are rare occurrances actually were rare occurrances. He could be a sports analyst, what with that sort of "I'm going to explain to you what could happen if what did happen didn't happen" aire about him.
 
Don't forget he said bush was "fortunate" that disasters like katrina occured so close to roberts nomination, yeah THATS not a subversive evil thing to say mister god man, why is this creep still on air?
 
This is the type of talk which i do not like. First off, pat roberston is the same dude who said lets plot and take out people, which is against Jesus Christ rules and GOD rules. Second, everything that Christ talked about is pointing to the second coming, not just disasters.

I hate when people do that tho, when something bad goes down, they will say things like, oh this is the sign of the last days or something like armageddon is coming. I remember when 9/11 happen, people was like, " Armageddon hit or armageddon is coming ".

When people talk like that, its like a sign that they aint pay attention to world events. Fact is, armageddon is coming, but nobody knows , and when something bad happen, like a disaster or something, dont get all crazy talking about whats coming. Just be quiet and be watchful.
 
[quote name='U2K Tha Greate$t']This is the type of talk which i do not like. First off, pat roberston is the same dude who said lets plot and take out people, which is against Jesus Christ rules and GOD rules. Second, everything that Christ talked about is pointing to the second coming, not just disasters.

I hate when people do that tho, when something bad goes down, they will say things like, oh this is the sign of the last days or something like armageddon is coming. I remember when 9/11 happen, people was like, " Armageddon hit or armageddon is coming ".

When people talk like that, its like a sign that they aint pay attention to world events. Fact is, armageddon is coming, but nobody knows , and when something bad happen, like a disaster or something, dont get all crazy talking about whats coming. Just be quiet and be watchful.[/QUOTE]

If that had been written in english I bet it would've been ensightful.
 
[quote name='rabidmonkeys']If that had been written in english I bet it would've been ensightful.[/QUOTE]

Do you mean- Insightful?
 
[quote name='U2K Tha Greate$t']This is the type of talk which i do not like. First off, pat roberston is the same dude who said lets plot and take out people, which is against Jesus Christ rules and GOD rules. Second, everything that Christ talked about is pointing to the second coming, not just disasters.

I hate when people do that tho, when something bad goes down, they will say things like, oh this is the sign of the last days or something like armageddon is coming. I remember when 9/11 happen, people was like, " Armageddon hit or armageddon is coming ".

When people talk like that, its like a sign that they aint pay attention to world events. Fact is, armageddon is coming, but nobody knows , and when something bad happen, like a disaster or something, dont get all crazy talking about whats coming. Just be quiet and be watchful.[/QUOTE]
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
I must say I'm not really scared about the alleged armageddon.
 
[quote name='Xevious']One time, I ate a White Castle hamburger and there was armageddon in my pants.....[/QUOTE]
LOL. :rofl:
Put it in my signature :applause:
 
bread's done
Back
Top