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Article: The end times?
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- Catholic Insight
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- May 1, 2003
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Ever since Jesus Christ said that only the Father knows the day and the hour of the Second Coming, doomsayers have been trying to pinpoint the time...and watching the sun rise on another generation.
In recent weeks, the prophetic interpreters have been working overtime with the latest reason why they believe the end is fast approaching--the U.S-led war on Iraq, formerly Babylon, cradle of civilization.
No surprise that anxious chatter is exploding on prophecy websites, in Bible study groups and churches, where many see evidence of Iraq's significance in key events of the Book of Revelation. Indeed, Chapter 9 carries a direct reference to the Euphrates ...