I really enjoyed this one, the linking of various cultural elements and the basis of our culture in Christ after his birth in comparison to how the world thought before his birth, death, and resurrection.
This is excellent. So many people are looking at the end of this age of Pisces right now and wondering what’s next? Utopia, armageddon, both or neither? The acceleration of the rate of civilizational decay is neck-snapping these days. Thanks for some long-term perspective.
The 20th century was a central bank disaster. All the wars followed the 1913 formation of the American central bank. What is taking place today is the fulfillment of what the Balfour Declaration initiated. The Iran Israel war.
Excellent read. But I have many disputes. “Everyone” is not behaving as though the end is near, that is extreme projection on your part. And most Buddhists could care less about Maitreya. Many believe Maitreya is always present or will never incarnate. The Puritanical idea that seasonal observations are Pagan past-times is laughable. But perhaps you believe that Joshua was actually born in December?
Your writing style is very pleasant and your thinking is clear. But you don’t know that you don’t know some things. Mainly that Christianity is just another lens. Christ is the Way, but Jew-Zeus is not.
"We do not live in an animistic age focused on the flow of seasons and the cyclic nature of all things. Men may have lived that way once, but we do not."
Isn't this precisely our mistake? We have abandoned the harmony of God's creation, and instead placed our faith in our own creations. We are obsessed with collapse because, deep down, we all know this to be true: we are not smart enough to replace God.
Really enjoyed this. Interesting also that, astronomically, the age of Pisces is ending and Aquarius is coming, though I gather it's ambiguous when exactly that transition occurs. And the water bearer is symbolically ambivalent, bringing destructive flood waters but also renewal.
I think a good case could be made that the cycle that's coming to a close is bigger than just post-WW2 consensus, it's something like the post-enlightenment or post-renaissance world that's ending. Bishop Barron has talked about the next thing on the horizon being a post-nominalist age, and a return to an ancient understanding of myth and symbolism as living and powerful things, rather than abstract fields of study. Which we are seeing the beginnings of in Peterson, Pageau, et al, and the return of many to the ancient Church.
why wouldn't it even be an end of something even bigger than the post-WW2 narrative?
Some state that there exists a cycle started at the "enlightenment" - I am sensible to this as it says that since that moment, some firm general lock has been set. Akin to "the end of all knowledge" - full "prison planet"
I truly enjoyed this article about people believing our civilization is coming to the end of an age and running out of “stories” to tell.
I have a very different take on the world. When I have given university speeches, some which are very dark, I always end with “We are living at the greatest time in human history and if that is not the first thing you tell yourself each morning, you’re a fool.”
I go on to say for most of human history people had a life expectancy less than half of ours. And their lives were so much uglier and more painful than ours, we should rejoice that we don’t have to live those lives.
They had to watch half their children and their brothers and sisters die by age five. They saw their parents die in their thirties, usually in great pain and suffering, knowing that was their fate. We have never had to worry about clean water, clean and abundant food, shelter with electricity, heat, sanitation, and safety. We have lived in societies so rich we could spend decades of our lives learning, allowing us to access some of mankind’s greatest thoughts.
We have more information in our hands than kings had. Most people who ever lived never went more than five miles from where they were born. It was too difficult, dangerous, and didn’t feed you today. We think nothing of hoping on a flying bus and going across continents.
We don’t worry about barbarian hordes coming through raping all the women, leaving mounds of skulls, and enslaving the brutalized survivors.
And more importantly, most of the whole world has benefited from this glorious time, not just the rulers. The average life expectancy for a billion Chinese has doubled in my lifetime, an event unprecedented in human history.
We truly are living in the greatest times in human history. That’s the “story” of our times, the best ever told. Don’t be a fool tomorrow morning.
Based on Matthew 24:23-31 and I Thessalonians 4:16-17 I tell my fellow Christians if someone appears who looks like Christ returned look at your feet. If your feet on still on the ground it’s not Christ no matter how good he looks. IMO the pope will certify the AntiChrist as the real deal ignoring those scriptures as Catholicism does other ones.
I am shocked by what appears to be a very nasty strain of antisemitism on this site. Not from Andrew, the founder and author whose writings I admire, but from some commenters who seem to hate Israel and the Jewish people, even though Jesus is a Jew and God has never revoked His covenant with the Jewish people. We can be proud of and loyal to our own heritage, whilst also being grateful to those who help us to preserve it, in this case, Israel. Iran and its terrorist spawn wish to kill Christians like us. They don't care about our heritage. The Jews are our elder brothers in the faith. If you hate them you hate the blood family of Our Lord and His apostles, His mother and all the prophets who foresaw His coming. Shame on you. I no longer wish to subscribe to this newsletter, much as I enjoy reading Andrew's posts, because of the insane and ignorant hatred that has become apparent here. Jesus will surely judge you severely for that.
Christ fulfilled the old covenant and gave us the new and final covenant, which the jews reject. They are a cursed people of their own volition and will find nothing but hellfire if they do not repent and embrace Christ.
What little understanding you seem to have of Christ’s work on the cross. In him there is “neither jew nor gentile.” The “blood family” of the Lord? Christ came to unite and save the human family. The Talmudist Jews seek world domination and REJECT Jesus Christ as Lord. You sound like a typical delusional brainwashed Christian who simply can’t see the genocidal evil of Israel.
I really enjoyed this one, the linking of various cultural elements and the basis of our culture in Christ after his birth in comparison to how the world thought before his birth, death, and resurrection.
This is excellent. So many people are looking at the end of this age of Pisces right now and wondering what’s next? Utopia, armageddon, both or neither? The acceleration of the rate of civilizational decay is neck-snapping these days. Thanks for some long-term perspective.
I love reading these whenever you post. Good work, God bless.
The World is always 'ending'...but never quite reaching 'the end'.
The World is always 'renewing'...but never quite 'finally renewed'.
The 20th century was a central bank disaster. All the wars followed the 1913 formation of the American central bank. What is taking place today is the fulfillment of what the Balfour Declaration initiated. The Iran Israel war.
Excellent read. But I have many disputes. “Everyone” is not behaving as though the end is near, that is extreme projection on your part. And most Buddhists could care less about Maitreya. Many believe Maitreya is always present or will never incarnate. The Puritanical idea that seasonal observations are Pagan past-times is laughable. But perhaps you believe that Joshua was actually born in December?
Your writing style is very pleasant and your thinking is clear. But you don’t know that you don’t know some things. Mainly that Christianity is just another lens. Christ is the Way, but Jew-Zeus is not.
"We do not live in an animistic age focused on the flow of seasons and the cyclic nature of all things. Men may have lived that way once, but we do not."
Isn't this precisely our mistake? We have abandoned the harmony of God's creation, and instead placed our faith in our own creations. We are obsessed with collapse because, deep down, we all know this to be true: we are not smart enough to replace God.
Dunno that it's our stories that need straightening so much as our hearts.
Pray. Go to confession. Divest yourself of this world's things.
That's always been the answer.
Really enjoyed this. Interesting also that, astronomically, the age of Pisces is ending and Aquarius is coming, though I gather it's ambiguous when exactly that transition occurs. And the water bearer is symbolically ambivalent, bringing destructive flood waters but also renewal.
I think a good case could be made that the cycle that's coming to a close is bigger than just post-WW2 consensus, it's something like the post-enlightenment or post-renaissance world that's ending. Bishop Barron has talked about the next thing on the horizon being a post-nominalist age, and a return to an ancient understanding of myth and symbolism as living and powerful things, rather than abstract fields of study. Which we are seeing the beginnings of in Peterson, Pageau, et al, and the return of many to the ancient Church.
The end times are coming. The Earth’s magnetic poles are shifting. By 2040 most life will be destroyed when the Great Reset happens.
why wouldn't it even be an end of something even bigger than the post-WW2 narrative?
Some state that there exists a cycle started at the "enlightenment" - I am sensible to this as it says that since that moment, some firm general lock has been set. Akin to "the end of all knowledge" - full "prison planet"
Great article! Thank you!
I truly enjoyed this article about people believing our civilization is coming to the end of an age and running out of “stories” to tell.
I have a very different take on the world. When I have given university speeches, some which are very dark, I always end with “We are living at the greatest time in human history and if that is not the first thing you tell yourself each morning, you’re a fool.”
I go on to say for most of human history people had a life expectancy less than half of ours. And their lives were so much uglier and more painful than ours, we should rejoice that we don’t have to live those lives.
They had to watch half their children and their brothers and sisters die by age five. They saw their parents die in their thirties, usually in great pain and suffering, knowing that was their fate. We have never had to worry about clean water, clean and abundant food, shelter with electricity, heat, sanitation, and safety. We have lived in societies so rich we could spend decades of our lives learning, allowing us to access some of mankind’s greatest thoughts.
We have more information in our hands than kings had. Most people who ever lived never went more than five miles from where they were born. It was too difficult, dangerous, and didn’t feed you today. We think nothing of hoping on a flying bus and going across continents.
We don’t worry about barbarian hordes coming through raping all the women, leaving mounds of skulls, and enslaving the brutalized survivors.
And more importantly, most of the whole world has benefited from this glorious time, not just the rulers. The average life expectancy for a billion Chinese has doubled in my lifetime, an event unprecedented in human history.
We truly are living in the greatest times in human history. That’s the “story” of our times, the best ever told. Don’t be a fool tomorrow morning.
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Based on Matthew 24:23-31 and I Thessalonians 4:16-17 I tell my fellow Christians if someone appears who looks like Christ returned look at your feet. If your feet on still on the ground it’s not Christ no matter how good he looks. IMO the pope will certify the AntiChrist as the real deal ignoring those scriptures as Catholicism does other ones.
Everyone, watch messiah 2030 series on YT. Awesome work here.
I am shocked by what appears to be a very nasty strain of antisemitism on this site. Not from Andrew, the founder and author whose writings I admire, but from some commenters who seem to hate Israel and the Jewish people, even though Jesus is a Jew and God has never revoked His covenant with the Jewish people. We can be proud of and loyal to our own heritage, whilst also being grateful to those who help us to preserve it, in this case, Israel. Iran and its terrorist spawn wish to kill Christians like us. They don't care about our heritage. The Jews are our elder brothers in the faith. If you hate them you hate the blood family of Our Lord and His apostles, His mother and all the prophets who foresaw His coming. Shame on you. I no longer wish to subscribe to this newsletter, much as I enjoy reading Andrew's posts, because of the insane and ignorant hatred that has become apparent here. Jesus will surely judge you severely for that.
Christ fulfilled the old covenant and gave us the new and final covenant, which the jews reject. They are a cursed people of their own volition and will find nothing but hellfire if they do not repent and embrace Christ.
What little understanding you seem to have of Christ’s work on the cross. In him there is “neither jew nor gentile.” The “blood family” of the Lord? Christ came to unite and save the human family. The Talmudist Jews seek world domination and REJECT Jesus Christ as Lord. You sound like a typical delusional brainwashed Christian who simply can’t see the genocidal evil of Israel.
TL;DR: Synagogue of Satan.