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Revelation 13: Could an Asteroid or Comet Hit Earth? - A New Age / Bible Prophecy Discussion

In 1998 there were two excellent movies on the subject of comets or asteroids striking the earth, "Deep Impact " and " Armageddon". In "Deep Impact", a comet is headed for the earth, and a spaceship is built to intercept it and blow it up, before an E. L. E. ( Extinction Level Event ) can occur, in other words, doomsday on earth from the huge blast of this impact. So, could a comet hit the earth? Or an asteroid or giant meteor strike planet earth? How realistic is this idea, is it possible or likely that a comet or asteroid could hit the earth in our lifetime, causing global destruction? The scientific answer is that it is possible that an asteroid or comet could belt earth, this explosive impact with our world causing global destruction, a nuclear worldwide firestorm, and later cutting off the sunlight similar to a nuclear winter, but the odds are so small that it is not worth worrying about. But there could be another factor, that I will discuss next: prophecies, in particular in Revelation and Nostradamus, that seem to describe an asteroid or comet hitting the earth, exploding against earth with tremendous destruction, resulting in worldwide floods and fire. And there have been close calls where earth was nearly hit by small asteroids, in recent years, where these asteroids could have struck earth with global effects.
On May 19,1996, a small Asteroid (between 100 and 300 meters wide) passed 280,000 miles from earth, which is a bit farther out than the moon. If it had hit the earth, it could have destroyed an entire state of the U.S., with an explosion larger than that of any hydogen bomb ever tested. And this asteroid was discovered only four days before it passed by earth. In January 2002, an asteroid about 1000 feet wide passed by earth missing it by less than 400,000 miles. In March 2002, asteroid 2002 EM7 came within 300,000 miles of earth, a bit farther out than the moon, and it was about 200 feet wide. This one really gave the astronomers a scare because it was detected 4 days after it passed by earth, because it had come from the sun's direction, and therefore was coming from a direction where they cannot be seen because of the sun's brightness. And in July 2002, it was announced that asteroid 2002 NT7, detected on July 9 in New Mexico, could strike earth on Feb. 1, 2019. Although once there is more data on its orbit, it could turn out that it will not hit earth. This asteroid has an orbital period around the sun of 837 days and 1.2 miles wide, giving it enough kinetic energy to be a doomsday asteroid. This asteroid is large enough do wipe out most of mankind. And a very dangerous asteroid about a half-mile wide (2002 NY40) passes by earth at 330,000 miles out on August 18, 2002. So it passes by earth at a bit farther out than the distance to the moon. If it did strike earth it would not be an ELE Extinction Level Event (ELE), but the impact and explosion could cause a major decrease in the human population and giant tidal waves that would swamp the coasts of the earth's continents.
And there are probably a lot of similar small asteroids that will pass close to earth, but they are unknown now and will likely only be noticed as they get close to earth. It could be that our solar system is now entering a region of space that is full of a lot of comets and meteors, so an earth collision soon could be more likely. What is needed is a major international effort to determine the orbits of small asteroids that could come close to earth, by using a network of telescopes around the earth. The more telescopes you use, and the larger they are, the faster this would be accomplished-- identifying and determining the orbits of these asteroids. The other thing that is needed is to develop a space intercept system, to intercept and deflect asteroids or comets headed for the earth, so they cannot impact and explode on earth. Unfortunately, there is no major effort to detect the asteroids, or to develop the interceptor system. However, NASA has developed the Deep Impact spacecraft, which arrived at and hit Comet Tempel 1 on July 4 2005; and when it hit it blasted a crater in it with explosive power equal to 4.5 tons of TNT. Deep Impact is a scientific mission to study comets, but it also developed and demonstrated some of the technology to blast off course a comet or asteroid headed for earth. But what should be done, is to fund NASA to develop a larger spacecraft on a faster schedule, to intercept and deflect a comet or asteroid headed for earth with a nuclear H-bomb blast. A spacecraft that moves really fast is need, to get there as soon as possible, to blast it off course before it gets near earth. The Deep Impact Mission was funded at about $300 million. So it seems that for a few billion $ NASA could develop an asteroid defense spacecraft with a nuclear weapon. You want to have several of the interceptor spacecraft, not just one, since the survival of earth is at stake. So I encourage everyone to contact their elected representatives on building an asteroid defense for earth; NASA could develop this spacecraft if they were funded to do it. What is also needed is a worldwide network of telescopes searching for and catalogueing the NEO (Near Earth Objects) asteroids and comets. Larger telescopes are needed than are presently used, and you need to have telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere as well as the Northern Hemisphere. NASA would also be the best organization to run this program. We need to detect, track, and predict the orbits of these NEO objects before they get near earth. A major worldwide effort is needed, with larger telescopes around the world, to find these large and small comets and asteroids. The present effort needs more funding, needs larger telescopes, and is mainly in the Northern Hemisphere.

Above: Deep Impact poster (Source: NASA)

Above: Deep Impact Flyby spacecraft (Source: NASA)

Above: Flyby spacecraft releasing the impactor to hit the comet (Source: NASA)

Above: Comet Tempel 1 orbit and Deep Impact(Source: NASA)

So the earth is now a "sitting duck" for an asteroid headed for earth, it probably would not be noticed until a few days before it hit earth.

Concerning prophecies, two types of prophecies seem to indicate that a major collision with earth is possible within the next 20 years. The prophecies of Nostradamus (the French prophet who lived several hundred years ago), in Cenury 1, Number 69, describes a mile-wide mountain hitting earth, destroying entire countries. Note this is the size of asteroid 2002 NT7, due to pass near earth in 2019.

Century 1, Number 69.

"A mile-wide mountain (asteroid) strikes earth
after there is peace, war, famine, and floods,
the asteroid strike causes widespread flooding of nations,
some of which are ancient."

And in the Bible's Book of Revelation (Revelation consists of prophecies of the future, it was written about 1900 years ago by John), in chapter 8, a mountain on fire is thrown into the sea, and a blazing star strikes the earth, poisoning the water on earth, and the sun is darkened. This is actually a vivid description of what would happen to the earth-- acid rain from the dust cloud would poison the rivers and oceans, and the dust cloud would cut off sunlight. Considering that the Book of Revelation was written 1900 years ago, it is remarkable how Revelation 8 describes an asteroid hitting earth and the resulting devastation.

Revelation 8:6-13, King James version:

"8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!"

Also, consider this passage from the Old Testament Book of Daniel:
"2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure."

This prophecy of Daniel, of the interpretation by Daniel of this dream of Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, is a prophecy that is important to interpreting Revelation 13, that I discuss on the pages on Russia and the Elements, regarding the prophecy of the empire of the Antichrist being made of iron (Fascism) and clay (Communism). These empires in the future (from Daniel's time) were the gold head being Babylon, silver arms being the Empire of the Persians and Medes that conquered Babylon, thighs of brass being the Greek Empire of Alexander the Great, legs of iron being the Roman Empire which eventually became two Christian Empires in the West and East, and the ten toes are believed to be the future ten nation confederacy of the Antichrist, which I think is Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States led by President Putin, likely Antichrist. But note here 2:34: "Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces." Could this stone be an asteroid or meteor, that will strike Russia and destroy the Kingdom of the Antichrist? Or is this stone symbolically Putin the Antichrist? Could this mean that a large asteroid or comet will strike Russia or another Commonwealth of Independent States country in the next few years? Or possibly in 2007? Also, note that in Revelation 8:11 the name of the star hitting earth is Wormwood, and Chernobyl (the Ukraine site of the disastrous nuclear accident) - Chernobyl means Wormwood.

Also, there seems to be a pattern that where asteroid collisions in the past have occurred, a "dark side" influence on human history emanates from these craters. For example, the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs millions of years ago is believed to have hit in the Yucatan of Mexico. The Mayan culture existed in that area, a brilliant culture but with a "dark side" influence, practicing human sacrifice. In Saudi Arabia, possibly only about a hundred years ago a meteor hit with an atomic bomb size blast, forming the Wabar Craters, and note that Osama bin Laden is from Saudi Arabia, Osama being an unholy angel or demon as I explain on this page on September 11. Possibly in 2300 B.C. a large meteor hit in Iraq, and we see the evil influence there today with Saddam Hussein, another demon. And in 1908 a meteor hit in Siberia in Russia, causing a large blast; the "dark side" influence then showed up in Russia with the rise of Communism, and the Antichrist may have risen to power in Russia as I explain on this page. Note that there was another major meteor strike in Siberia in Russia in 1947, the Sikhote-Alin meteor. In 1937, a 900 meter wide asteroid passed near the earth, and within a couple of years World War 2 began. I think the dark side or Satanic connection of comets or asteroids relates to Satan being represented as a star that falls from heaven in Revelation 9:1, which sounds like a comet or meteor hitting earth:

"9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit."

Therefore, if collisions with earth are not truly random, but are related to a satanic influence, then that could be a problem for us. Its even possible that a collision with earth could occur soon (within a few years), that is a hologram related to the rise to power of the antichrist. It is my opinion that there is another asteroid or comet headed for earth, that could hit earth by 2007 or before. Revelation 8 may be saying that more asteroids are passing by earth now and one may hit soon, and that is why there have been so many near-miss asteroids passing by earth in 2002. If this is the case then earth could be hit soon by a killer doomsday asteroid.
The recent interest in the Titanic ship disaster, with the success of the movie, may also relate to this subject. The Titanic sunk because it hit an iceberg, a large block of ice. Even though it was believed to be unsinkable. In a similar way, since a comet is a large piece of ice and rock, the earth could be destroyed by collision with ice, a comet. The interest in the titanic today may be a holographic event related to the imminent danger of a comet or asteroid hitting the earth. Like the Titanic, the earth is not listening to the warnings of the danger of chunks of ice. We received our warning with the July 1994 comet collision with Jupiter, it is not just coincidence that a comet collided with Jupiter then, it actually was a warning for earth of the destructive power of a piece of a comet; but little has been done to build a defensive system to defend the earth from comets and asteroids. The technology is available now to develop a system to defend earth from a comet that could cause an E.L.E. extinction level event. This could be a test for mankind - if we would listen to the warnings of Revelation 8 of an asteroid striking earth, then an asteroid tracking program and an asteroid defense could be deployed to stop an ELE asteroid from striking earth. I am very concerned that an ELE asteroid is headed for earth now, and that there will not be years of warning, there may only be days of warning between its discovery and when it collides with earth, causing an earth-destroying explosion.

I am also disappointed that the news media, television, newspapers, and magazines, do not take these recent asteroid near misses as a topic worth covering in depth, with stories about the dangers involved and the solutions. We hear endlessly on TV about other things that don't matter much, but when an asteroid near miss occurs it barely makes the news, if at all. I would think it would be an interesting news story. The news media could help wake up the world to this danger, but I guess the idea of asteroid collision is still considered to be a "crank" idea by the news media, even though it is considered to be scientific fact now that the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid. Many of the news people ridiculed NASA's successful Deep Impact hit on a comet in July 2005 as a waste of money.

It the 1980s and early 90s there was strong scientific evidence discovered and discussed in the scientific community, that an asteroid had hit the Yucatan area of Mexico 65 million years ago, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. The Alvarez team of scientists, from the University of California at Berkely, identified the crater of the asteroid in the Yucatan, and estimated the asteroid size as 5-10 miles wide. The Alvarez team tracked Iridium dust in the rock deposits from that time, as evidence of an asteroid impact then, since Iridium is rare on earth but common in meteors and asteroids. Since then many more asteroid impact craters have been found on earth. These include the Woodleigh crater in Australia, which could be the asteroid that hit 250 million years ago during the Permian-Triassic era, causing an ELE. These mass extinctions occurred very quickly because the temperature of the atmosphere was raised hundreds of degrees by the energy of the blast, so the dinosaurs were roasted. Any animal life above ground was roasted within a day. Those living underground or in the oceans had to later contend with rocks raining from the sky, acid rain as acidic as battery acid. Then over the next years the sunlight was cut off by the dust in the atmosphere, and the earth went into an ice age, so those plants and animals that survived the fiery holocaust then froze to death in an ice age.

Those of you who read this, please write and email your political leaders to act on this and build an asteroid defense for earth before it is too late! So that 50 years from now, our descendants will not be living in caves on a destroyed earth, cursing our generation for not stopping the doomsday asteroid, when we had the technology to do so! A slight change in course, and the August 18, 2002 asteroid 2002 NY40 could have hit earth! The Deep Impact spacecraft successfully hit Comet Temple 1, blasting a hole in the comet, on July 4 2005. Unfortunately on the news some news people were saying that it was a waste of money; they should wake up to the fact that if a comet or an asteroid was headed for earth there is now no defense against it, and earth impact would mean Doomsday for mankind. But now NASA has shown the world that they can build a comet destroyer to defend earth. WHAT WE NEED NOW IS DEEP IMPACT II, A COMET AND ASTEROID DEFENSE; WITH TELESCOPES AROUND THE WORLD HUNTING FOR ASTEROIDS AND COMETS, AND MANY DEEP IMPACT SPACECRAFT TO DESTROY THEM WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF THEY HEAD FOR EARTH. THE EARTH MAY NOW BE IN DANGER BECAUSE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM MAY BE NOW APPROACHING A SWARM OF COMETS. BUT THIS EARTH DEFENSE PROJECT IS NOT FUNDED. NASA HAS SHOWN US THEY CAN BUILD AN ASTEROID/COMET DEFENSE; LET'S HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE FUNDED FOR IT SOON!

A list of past ELE events, plus collisions with earth of comets, pieces of comets, asteroids, large meteors, planetoids and small planetary bodies:

250 million years ago. A comet or asteroid smashing into earth caused the Permian-Triassic ELE then, the worst ELE ever with 95% of all species of life on earth destroyed. The Woodleigh crater in Australia, more than 70 miles across, could be where it hit, although this is subject to debate. Or this could be the crater of the End of the Triassic ELE 200 million years ago.

200 million years ago. End of the Triassic ELE may have been due to an asteroid or comet impact, but the impact site is unknown.

65 million years ago. Chicxulub crater, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. An asteroid or comet 5 to 10 miles wide smashed into the earth causing the Cretaceous-Tertiary ELE and the extinction of the dinosaurs.

2300 B.C. (+- 1000 years). A large meteor hit in Southern Iraq, and this may have ended several civilizations existing in the Middle East then.

June 30, 1908. Tunguska region of Siberia, Russia. A multi-megaton explosion resulted from a large meteor or a piece of an asteroid or comet exploding in the atmosphere. Trees were leveled for miles around.

Feb. 12, 1947. In Sikhote-Alin, in Siberia, Russia, near Japan. A large meteor broke up as it hit the atmosphere, spreading pieces of nickel-iron meteorite fragments over a wide area. A meteor fragment from it, and a meteor fragment from the Wolf Creek impact site in Australia, at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.:

Sept. 24, 2002. A meteor fall in Siberia, Russia, near Bodaybo and the and the Vitim River, that supposedly started a forest fire.

March 26, 2003. A meteor fall near Chicago, Illinois.

Sept. 27, 2003. A meteor landed in India, injuring two people and damaging several homes, in the province of Orissa, India. It was seen as a very bright fireball in the sky, with a very loud noise.

Jan. 2, 2004. A meteor strike in northern Iran, near the town of Babol.

Jan. 4, 2004. In northern Spain fireballs from a meteor or meteors were seen, and apparently some pieces reached earth; it must have been the breakup of a meteor.

March 18, 2004. A small 100 foot wide asteroid (2004 FH) passed very close to earth over the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean, missing earth by about 26000 miles. This is about as close as they come without hitting. It would have made a big explosion if it hit, but no great disaster, unless it hit over a city.

April 1, 2004. A very bright meteor was seen in the town of Winton in Australia, causing a very bright light.

Sept. 29, 2004, Asteroid Toutatis passes by earth, a good distance away; but since it is a 3 mile wide planet killer, a reminder of earth's vulnerability.

Dec. 19, 2004. A meteor fall and explosion was reported in Jakarta Indonesia, just 7 days before the Magnitude 9 earthquake and tidal wave off Indonesia on Dec. 26, 2004, see this page.

Jan. 25, 2005. A meteor weighing ten pounds hit in Cambodia, South East Asia, in what used to be Khmer Rouge Communist territory, and it started fires in rice fields there. The local population saw it as a sign of peace in the world.

Dec. 4, 2005. A very bright meteor was seen in Perth, Australia that resulted in a loud sonic boom when it burnt up in the atmosphere. Relate this 12-4 meteor to Revelation 12:4: "And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth..."

See this page on King James version Bible code matrices on asteroids, which indicate a possible asteroid ocean impact in 2007, the asteroid splitting into 7 pieces causing 7 impacts.

Last update of this page: Dec. 5 2005.

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poppycok!

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A week ago.
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hehe...Gil said "poppycok" Razz

Was I supposed to read all that? Can't you just sum it up for all us lazy folk? Cool