Revelation

Apocalypse – The Four Horsemen

Everything that I’ve been talking about in this Apocalypse series leads to one thing: death on a massive scale. If you read the Chris Martenson article that I referenced yesterday, you would have seen this graph: There is a direct correlation between oil production and human population. Yes, I understand that it is a complex correlation and that there are many factors involved, but the correlation is undeniable. Growth in human population has exploded and the single greatest cause of that explosion is cheap energy. If you’ve been reading this series, you know that there are limits to the amount … Click here to read the rest…

Apocalypse

Two years ago, I stumbled across something that knocked me down and shook me up. In other words, it was a revelation. When ancient Greeks suffered such a revelation, they referred to it as ἀποκάλυψις, or apocálypsis (normally, with the involvement of some diety). Of course, we don’t say ‘apocalypsis’. We say ‘apocalypse’. How do we use ‘apocalypse’ today? When we say ‘apocalypse’, we mean disaster. That is because the Book of Revelation, which is chock full of disaster, was written in Greek. And, the title of the book? Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰωάννου, or ‘Apocalypsis Ioannou’ Of course, we Anglicized it to: … Click here to read the rest…