Happy New Year!
Ephrem Endale: Contributer
Yes, it’s time to say Happy New year in the loudest of vices to all humanity. We need it, and desperately, too. I mean, 2022 hasn’t come anything close to being a fairly good year let alone a happy one. And without quoting any quantum something sort of questions any man in the street with just a rough knowledge of the what’s going on would paint you a not so optimistic 2023. That’s not because this world is swarming with loonies. Yes, many of us act as if we’re destined for some mental asylum any time soon. The largely tailor-made modern predictions, the ancient prophesies have not been any nicer to 2023.
Was the nasty and fearful weather condition in North America scaring even those of us who don’t have the slightest idea of what a millimeter of ice means predicted? Search me. But one thing we’re not short of is, what else, the ‘causes!’ Look if you think everybody thought of those horrific weather conditions as ‘only a once in a generation’ happening you’ve some surprise coming your way. At least not all in this part of the world are satisfied with such an explanation. I’ll tell you why; they believe divine forces are in play; angry divine forces! How about that! Well who are we to judge anyone! I mean those people, most of them spiritually non-compromising, somewhat find some very smart line from the scripture to fit their arguments. And like it or not, they make some good work of those bit pieces; “See what we are saying! It is already in The Book!”
So, much of the ‘predictions’ and prophesies are that 2023 would be nowhere close to be a nice and dandy year!
I can tell you watching all those big-name, big-ego and big-snobbery western TV channels you get lost which was the standup comedy which is the real news. Come on; how in the world some could work of nature be so politicized! That is what some are doing! It’s as if those guys suddenly woke up to the fact that opposition to the government is not only about debating some spending bill or the border crisis but the weather condition too could be of use. “How could the guardian of the nation go on a vacation when so much of the country is carpeted by inches and inches of ice?” In some channels it was not about the mini-biblical disaster unfolding in buffalo, New York that was the issue of the day but The Man himself leaving the oval office probably for ‘warmer’ living rooms. By the way all the age-old myth of the fair, truth-seeking, no-string-attached Western media has been shattered beyond repair. At least in the part of the world that ‘breed’ is agenda-oriented (political, racial, financial etc.) and, for all practical purposes, the remote controls aren’t even in their hands.
So, since we seem to be in an age of prophecies, with almost every one of us a Nostradamus in our own rights there is nothing more interesting than looking back at what the ‘originals’ said. Just curious, are you a Nostradamus fan? You know, that Nostradamus who made all those prophesies! Yes, that’s him. So, if you are a fan of that guy from half a millennium back sorry to tell you but he has said 2023 is going to be a hell of a year in all the wrong ways.
I mean whatever we think of the Nostradamus guy many credit him for having predicted some of the most important events like the rise of Adolf Hitler, the assassination of John F Kennedy and even the 9/11 terrorist attacks. All this almost half a millennium back! Among his predictions for the year that just started today some are a little heavy on the ears. Take the one about this cannibalism thing; “So high the price of wheat, that man is stirred, his fellow man to eat in his despair.” The second half of the prophesy might sound somewhat outlandish in this modern age. But he hit it on the head or close-by speaking about the price of wheat which is ever rising.
Just for the fun of it there is this prophesy of his which rigs quite loud bells; he predicts, “Seven months great war, people dead through evil,” Well, it doesn’t have to be good old Nostradamus, anyone saying that would make sense. The Russia-Ukraine war if you really think about it is a great war in its own way. With so many countries sending arms and even boasting about it, with mercenaries of all kind all over the place, with the repercussions of that conflict being felt wide and far the bombs don’t have to fall to call it a great war!
Ever heard of Baba Vanga who lost her sight at the age of 12 and they call the Nostradamus of the Balkans! There are many who say she predicted 9/11, tensions with North Korea, Brexit, Barack Obama’s presidency, Princess Diana’s death so it’s written in the papers.
Well the woman had predicted the year 2023 to be a dark year. With all that’s brewing around the world, Politian acting weird with much talk about aggression, hostility, hate-mongering etc. if you still see a rosy year ahead well you must be one of a kind. While writing this I’m seeing on the TV screen that according to a recent public opinion polls 67 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction! What! Why do I feel the rhetoric coming from the once untouchable, rich, muscle-flexing places sound more and more like they came from what they call ‘third world countries?’
By the way she also says we might have uninvited guests…aliens! I can tell you that if it ever happens would be a big blow to the sci-fi film industry. But the aliens wouldn’t be coming holding roses. No! So, anyone thinking of placing additional dishes on the dinner table might better think twice. She also predicted there would be nuclear explosions. Hmmm! Now aren’t many of us thinking the dreaded nuke explosions are a matter of time and not of possibility!
In one of her predictions she talks about humans coming out of labs and not wombs in 2023! She believes that parents can decide the skin color and characteristics of their kids. Whoa! Does that sound familiar! Only a few days back we were hearing about human factory and about parents being able to choose what their offspring would look like. Say it a once-in-a-blue-moon coincidence or whatever that really pricks a nerve or two, doesn’t it.
One good thing is she thinks the world will cease to exist in 5079. There’s no rush. We just wish in 2023 none of all those scary things prophesized or predicted wouldn’t happen. Look it doesn’t matter whether we believe or not these prophesy things. But I can tell you they could be some good read when you have the time to waste!
Just curious, 5079 is not around the corner, is it? So, to those of us obsessed with prophesies and predictions local or whatever, how about cooling it down!
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SPECIAL EDITION 1 JANUARY 2023