2012 is the New Y2K

The pastor of the church I attended in 1999 had a great idea. He gave a year-long series on the Book of Revelation. There was no better time in my lifetime that Revelation should have been preached than right before Y2K, at time when people where very apprehensive about the future.

The year 2012 presents another opportunity for such a series. The fringes of society (Coast to Coast AM, the History and Sci Fi Channels, etc.) are already talking about December 12, 2012 as the day the world will end. As it turns out, the Maya, who lived from roughly 250 -900 AD, were excellent calendar makers. And they ended their calendar on 12/12/21. Why then? No one really knows. Did they know something we don't? Maybe.

Either way, you can bet there will be movies in 2012 that will deal with the subject. Transformers director Michael Bay is reportedly eyeing Whitley Strieber's book, 2012: The War for Souls for a screen adaptation. Strieber was the author for the book that was the basis for the movie The Day After Tomorrow. Will the church be ready for such a discussion? I hope so.

As for me and my house, we won't be selling our possessions prior to the Big Day, but I can't think of a better time to talk about Revelations. The hype may not rival Y2K, but it sure would be interesting. Pastors - start your sermon preparation!