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Corthell on Sunday, December 27, 2009 7:17:29 AM
''In the end (get it?), "Apollyon Rising 2012" reads like a novel, but presents as fast-approaching reality. You can judge for yourself whether Horn's assertions are valid. But he makes it hard for the reader to scoff.''
Henry Morris, the founder of the Institute for Creation Research, once made a startling and insightful statement about the Book of Revelation: "It's really not that the book is hard to understand. The problem for most people is that it's hard to believe."
There's a lot of wisdom in that. Often, skeptics will harp on the "difficult" aspects of the Bible, as if that negates them as reality. Of course, there are many fantastic passages of Scripture in the Bible, but their sensationalistic aspects shouldn't disqualify them from being true.
Nowhere do we find this more applicable than in the apocalyptic visions and declarations from the prophets. Many of the predictions about the last days are so epic, the human mind attempts to dismiss them or worse, change them.
So it is with the assertions made in a chilling new book by Tom Horn, "Apollyon Rising 2012". The book traces occult forces that have shaped and are shaping governments. Many skeptics can stick their heads in the sand, but Horn presents the research. Wishing his claims away won't make them go away; they might be hard to believe, but they're not hard to understand.
The book also addresses an often-discussed topic: was America founded as a Christian nation?
Interestingly, Horn's book says yes … and no. If you mean by the Puritan arrival and early development of the land, then yes, the new world was Christian. There is at least compelling evidence, however, that later, during the Revolution, the fledgling country had at least influence from darker, even occult influences. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=118332