Anyway, after Hurricane Katrina, the pending Ophelia mess, and 120 some Iraqis blown up by the "last throes" of the insurgency, I realized that I had not checked in with the Rapture Ready people to see how close we were to the Second Coming. As I recall, the last time I checked, some two months ago, it was at 142, just below the critical threshold of "fasten your seatbelts." As a reminder, here's what Rapture Ready Index is all about, from the site:
You could say the Rapture index is a Dow Jones Industrial Average of end time activity, but I think it would be better if you viewed it as prophetic speedometer. The higher the number, the faster we're moving towards the occurrence of pre-tribulation rapture.Imagine my shock when I saw it was sittng a full fifteen points above that threshold at a whopping 160! Jesus must be lacing up his sandals already. Another flood, a couple of plagues of locusts and a famine or two and He'll be here, sure as shootin'. Although I realize that 182 is the all-time high for the index, this delta since I last looked really shocked me.
Rapture Index of 85 and Below: Slow prophetic activity
Rapture Index of 85 to 110: Moderate prophetic activity
Rapture Index of 110 to 145: Heavy prophetic activity
Rapture Index above 145: Fasten your seat belts
So now I have a little side project for myself, to create a moving average of the index to see if it is trending in a manner that could cause me to consider some serious rethinking of my godless position. I am frequently haunted by Pascal's argument in belief in God (summarized as simply, "It can't hurt.") and although I realize that only a sincere embrace of belief is going to insulate one against the agony of eternal roasting on the spit of Satan's barbecue, if God is at least a little compassionate and not a total Old Testament bastard about retribution, He'll appreciate the gesture and cut a few aeons off of my infinite sentence.
Stay tuned.
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What is it with these spam postings in comment sections? I assume they're from bots, so I guess I'm going to have to establish one of those gizmos that requires the person posting the comment to type a displayed word so we know the poster is human rather than software.
Cripes! Anyway, that's why the previous comment was deleted.
Wow. A rapture index! Thanks for the link, man. I bookmarked that puppy immediately! Here in Voidsville the sun is shining and the only traffic is farm machinery. The dog seems fine. Hmmm. That would put our rapture index at about 4, I think.
No wait! There are high levels of mosquito activity! Everyone knows that mosquitos get highly active around the Rapture.
And the milk went bad this morning! And there's a brown spot on one of the apples! Mold on the bagel! It's the Apocalypse!!!!
This is good news! Jesus is finally gonna come down and pluck these bastards off the face of the Earth! Whew! I've been so looking forward to that.
Olaf,
You continue to add to my joy. I'm listneing to a song about socialist revolution... I wonder if the rapture or the uprising will come first.
Bumper sticker of the day:
After the rapture, can I have your car?
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