194 DATE WITH THE GODS
political figure coming up with a seven year peace plan
for the Middle East, that's the time."
"Isn't there some room for mistake? Computer fail
ure, or something? Or is this written in the stars?"
"It's written in the cosmos. There's no way this can be
changed; it's gone too far. You do remember that we
talked about the F,atima message?"
"Yes, I remember."
"If we make a comparison between Daniel, Revelations,
the twenty-fourth chapter of St. Matthew, and the
Fatima message, there isn't much difference. The words
are different, but the imagery, the meaning remains the
same. The Bible doesn't give a date for the end of this
world for many good reasons. If it did, I would certainly
tell you, and you would do whatever you had to do to
avoid the consequences. Then God would have a mas
sive flock of blind sheep following him out of plain fear.
"Belief is the ticket. The one-way ticket to catch the
144,000 boat. The scriptures are designed to inspire
faith. In discussing what is to come, let's look at a sort of
timetable of the events given in the scriptures."
"Okay, but before you go into that, I want to under
stand something. What we said is that Daniel and
Revelation are talking about these coming events. Dan
iel saw it for the 1970s and 1980s, or whenever this is
going to happen, correct?"
"For the end of times."
"Can you tell me if this is going to take place before the
year 2001 ?"
"Remember that by September 17, 2001, the planet
Wormwood, or Hercolubus is going to be at its closest
point to the Earth; by then, many cataclysms besides
war, crime and famine will have stricken your planet."
"But that's only about 27 years from now."
"That's right. It's a little far-fetched to believe, isn't
it?"