CHRISTADELPHIAN COUNTDOWN (Investigator 69, 1999 November) Within "the next
few
years" – counting from
1982 – NATO was to disintegrate, Western Europe was to become Russia's
ally, Egypt would collapse in civil war, Russia would invade Turkey,
and
Christ would return and defeat the Russians at Armageddon.
The full list, numbering 13 events, appeared on a large A3-sized card titled COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON given to this writer at the Woodville Christadelphian Hall in Adelaide on August 15, 1982.
The 13 events
(plus extra
details explained
on the opposite side) were revealed to Christadelphians – it is alleged
on the document – through "careful study of the Bible..."
Members of the Woodville Ecclesia informed the writer that Armageddon would occur one generation from the formation of modern Israel in 1948 and, they said, one generation is 40 years! Each person I spoke with was adamant that "the next few years" therefore meant 6 years counting from 1982. The writer was urged to fill in the date of his visit – 15/8/82 – and keep the document and tick each event as it occurred.
The writer
dutifully
followed the instruction
and inserted the date and kept the document to tick off the events.
The
Christadelphians
explained that acceptance
of Christadelphian beliefs was essential for salvation and for
surviving
Armageddon in 1988. The document says the same indirectly:
"...you are
advised to
investigate further
before its too late.
The card is
reproduced
so that readers
can count for themselves the number of events ticked off. The original
is available for inspection.
A careful count
reveals
zero ticks – that
despite the passing of the "few years" from 1982 to 1988 plus a further
11 years to 1999!
The 6th
event
listed – concerning
American and British Commonwealth troops in Arabia – may seem at first
sight to have occurred during the [1991] Gulf War. Nevertheless, it did
not merit a tick because the Christadelphian prediction was that such
troops
would fight the Russians invading Israel and not the Iraqis invading
Kuwait!
(B
S)
The
following reproduces the wording on the
front side of COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON
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