Guidance
Some time ago I saw an interview with a professor of maths who had been brought up in a Jewish household. When he was around 13 - the age of the bar mitzvah - he came to the conclusion the God didn't exist. To prove his point he went to the steps of the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, the fasting Day of Atonement, and ate a ham sandwich. He waited for the bolt of lightening that never came. Henceforth he decided that God didn't exist and became an atheist. Now this bloke was undoubtedly intelligent. An intellectual. But examine this reasoning (if we can call it that).
Suppose he was told by a doctor to avoid eating certain foods, say chips, because he suffered from high cholesterol. Would he prove the doctor wrong by sitting on the steps of the local hospital and eating a bowel of French fries, if he wasn't struck down with a heart attack?
It's often said that the problem with humans is that we came without a manual. Well there is a manual. It's in the Holy Scriptures. The guidance in the Bible is advice on how to live a life protected from depression and full of love and joy.
Whilst on the subject of the bible, after the September 11th events of 2001 there were rumours that Nostradamus had predicted the event. This went backwards and forwards, but The Book of Revelation depicts a bomb attack on New York, particularly the financial sector. It's in Revelation book 17:1 to book 19:5. Book 17 describes the Statue of Liberty, or a parody thereof:
17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Then book 18 describes a great calamity:
18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to naught.
And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many
as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18:18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
It emphasises the trade that came from this 'great city', and the merchants who buy and sell. When I read in the early 1980's I thought this described a bomb on New York, particularly the financial sector. When the September 11th events happened I thought this is the prophecy come true.
I'm amazed that no one else noticed this. Of course it's possible that it's describing another event on New York and what we saw on September 11th was just a precursor.
