With the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moving its iconic Doomsday Clock up 2 minutes on 23.01.2015 (which means we are just three minutes closer to midnight in comparison to 17 minutes to midnight in 1991), and rapturewatch.net/timelines.htm predicting the end of the world as early as 2017, subject of “LAST DAYS” is getting heated up again.
Next time you have a Witness boasts about the uniqueness of Biblical prophecies—especially about “Last Days”, you can point the following photographic description of our times found in Srimad Bhagavatam, one of the ancient scriptures written even before the Bible:
1) Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali (age of unrigteousness).—12.2.1
2) In Kali Yuga (Last Days), wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man’s worth. And Law and Justice will be applied only on the basis of one’s power.—12.2.2
3) Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one’s expertise in sex, and a man will be known as a brahmana just by his wearing a thread (rather than his spiritual behavior).—12.2.3 & 4
4) Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal agreement.—12.2.5
5) Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. The principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation—12.2.6
6) As the earth will become crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of their social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power—12.2.7
7) People will suffer greatly by extreme climates, famine, drought and also by excessive taxes, conflicts, severe anxiety.—12.2.9 & 10
8) Sons and daughters will no longer protect their elderly parents—12.3.42
9) In Kali Yuga men will develop hatred for each other even for a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill even their own relatives—12.3.41
10) Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant’s dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles—12.3.38
11) Employees—employer relationship will be based on purely on monetary terms—one will abandon the other if there is no monetary benefit no matter how good the character of the victim is.—12.3.36
12) Cities will be dominated by thieves. Scriptures will be contaminated by speculative interpretations of atheists. Political leaders will virtually consume the citizens, and the so-called priests and intellectuals will be devotees of their bellies and genitals—12.3.32
