Bribery, corruption, disobedience, and what? Every man wants to write a book. How is that the a sign of The End? My thoughts are provoked. It's almost impossible to understand the Assyrians writing these words in that time period. People are talking now, today, about the change we see in the world. Kids these days. Murders, suicides and murder-suicides. We see corruption everywhere, not just in sensational types like Bernie Madoff. Politicians. Dictators. Terrorists. Pirates. Entire governments. Degenerates. Just regular liars. Oh yes, and men and women are writing books. Everyone has something to disagree with and something to say. Anyone can write a book.
I can only guess at the meaning of this Assyrian reference - especially since it was written on a clay tablet. What did the word "book" translate from, and what did it mean in 2800 B.C.? Maybe they were writing doomsday stories. Maybe people self-promoting to the point of being rediculous. The statement "every man" sounds like an exaggeration. Maybe it points to a general arrogance in the population. Whatever it was, it was awful because they obviously didn't think the human race would survive until 2009, predicting a new apocolypse for 2012.
I looked up Jesus' words spoken 2,800 years later when the disciples asked Him (a two part question) the signs of the end and signs of the Second Coming. A few key words in Jesus' reply were wars, famines, pestilences, offense, hatred, deception, deception, deception...false prophets and false miracles; there will be lots of sin and little love. I could pick up just one newspaper dated today and find an example of every single one of those things. Describing His return, Jesus never used the word "apocalypse," but He did say it would be an event like lightning -- instantaneous, brilliant and surprising. You could say that the end isn't near because people have been saying that for thousands of years, since the Assyrians. Or you could say--and I say--it must be closer than ever.
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