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Got a craving for some scarin’? Then check out Armageddon Oil and Terror by John Walwood. It reads like the script of a horror movie. In essence, this book takes an unusual look at our energy crisis by looking to the bible to see what it says about the future of America, the Middle East and the end of civilization. So get out your bible folks (I did) and let’s dig in.
Predictions about the future aren’t unusual, and predications about peak oil and when the world’s oil supply is going to run out is highly contested. Probably the best known prediction of peak oil is Hubbert’s Peak. In 1982, M. King Hubbert used high-level math (okay, I should mention that math in general is out of my league) to predict that we’d have peak oil in 2005. Author Kenneth S. Deffeyes in his book Beyond Oil, used Hubbert’s method to predict that we hit world peak oil on November 24, 2005, Thanksgiving Day. Now there’s something to be thankful for!
Not a believer of science? Let’s go back to religion. Walwood makes very clear that oil is a weapon of war and wars are fought over oil. The majority of oil is found in the Middle East, and this region has been fighting over religion since biblical times. In fact, he takes you through the predications of the bible and lays out several worldwide events that were predicted thousands of years ago.
For example, you can go to www.prophecyhotline.com, click on a chapter, and it correlates passages in the bible with current events. Three major themes: continual war in the Middle East and the fight against Christians and Jews (9-11), China’s bid for power, and an increase and devastation of worldwide disasters (hurricanes, tsunamis, AIDS, etc.). All the varying events are leading up to World War III, or Armageddon, the return of Jesus and the end of the world as we know it. And woven through this tale is oil’s role in war and China’s growing need for energy (oil) – increasing the worldwide frenzy for dibs on oil.
Although Walwood doesn’t give us an exact time of when the world will end, he does say that we’re in the final stages leading up to it, but it could be years or hundreds of years when humankind will act out its last great play. Despite one’s personal beliefs, he does lay out a dramatic and compelling thesis supported by tangible evidence. It’s definitely worth exploring. And hey, Walwood might not be that far off: Nostradamus made similar predictions dating back to the 16th century, including, scholars believe, the prediction of 9-11 and event that according to Walwood helped to set up the last stage of battle before the end. But since we’ll be gone when the world ends, I guess we’ll never know who was right….
The year 1999, seventh month, [or simply "sept"]
From the skomwill come a great King of Terror.
To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols,
Before and after Mars to reign by good luck
Nostradamus, 16th Century
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