[HANASHIR:1806] RE: the Millenium crazies

[Serle, Brian <BSerle...>]

Adrian, still off topic for the list, but you are right! Even the State
of Israel Tourism organization is promoting Armageddon tours for next
year in the plains of Megiddo, where the final wars between Gog and
Magog and civilization as we know it will take place.  OY VEY!

Brian

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Adrian A. Durlester [SMTP:durleste (at) home(dot)com]
        Sent:   Thursday, November 19, 1998 2:52 PM
        To:     hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
        Subject:        [HANASHIR:1805]  RE: the spelling of Millenium

        Well, yes and no...immersed as I am currently studying
apocalyptic
        literature in the Jewish tradition.....

        While there's nothing special about millennial milestones in
Judaism, there
        is certainly a substantial apocalyptic and eschatological
tradition. One the
        Xtians may have borrowed and built on, but definitely of Jewish
origin. When
        the exiles got back from Babylon and saw the promises of the
Prophets not
        fulfilled, they had two choices: decide the prophets had been
false
        prophets, or; invent apocalyptic literature and say "the
prophets were
        really talking about a future a long time away, not just a few
decades."

        And it is a Jewish problem because Xtians are using it to
justify their push
        to convert the Jews so the rapture can come.

        Also, I imagine that in there is probably some numerical and
gematriacal
        significance to 5760 and 5761 as there could be with just about
any other
        number.

        Xtians have also co-opted the whole Jubilee Year of Medinat
Israel thing and
        turned it into some crazed messianic concept.

        The crazies are coming out of the woodwork at the new millenium
approaches.

        Adrian

        -----Original Message-----
        From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org]On
        Behalf Of QuelliPG (at) aol(dot)com
        Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 11:26 AM
        To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
        Subject: [HANASHIR:1801] RE: the spelling of Millenium


        neither 5760 nor 5761 have any particular significance...this
whole
        millennium
        hype is the Christians' problem!