THE GRAND DECEPTION

There have been 46 failed end-of-the-world predictions that were to occur between
30 CE and 1920 CE but didn't. Life expectancy in the days when Jesus lived was
little over 30 years and many believed that Jesus Christ's second coming would occur
during the 1st century CE. It didn't happen. In 992 CE the Catholic Good Friday
coincided with the Feast of the Annunciation, which people believed would bring forth
the Antichrist, and the end-times events described in the book of Revelation. The
Antichrist did not appear. In 1033, the 1000th anniversary of the death and resurrection
of Jesus, many anticipated His second coming. It didn't happen. In 1284, Pope Innocent
III computed the end date by adding 666 years onto the date that Islam was founded.
Nothing happened. During the Black Plague of 1346 that spread across Europe, killing
one third of the population felt like the end of the world was imminent. We kept going.
In 1669 in Russia, 20,000 people burned themselves to death over a 20-year period to
protect themselves from the Antichrist. The generation continued to live.
The power and destruction brought upon the earth by the giant Nephilim and their
offspring is the cause of the flood. The source of destruction originated in heaven and
made its way to earth. Revelation 12:7-9: "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his
angels fought against the Dragon; and the Dragon fought and his angels and prevailed
not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great Dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he
was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."