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Should you take Alive After The Fall seriously?
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Should you really consider buying Alive After The Fall? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.
So I was recently asked to give some thoughts on something called Alive After The Fall. Unfortunately, the manuscript is quite expensive and I don't have the resources to purchase it, but I did look over the web site and it didn't take long to realize I was looking at the same kind of stuff behind scares like Y2K. It is by an Alexander Cain, which is supposed to be a pen name by someone with a doctorate in theology and ancient history, though one web site said archaeology instead at one of the largest universities in Arkansas. My looking has not been able to establish who this person is at this moment.
So let's start. Basically, Obama will not finish his second term. He is our last president because we will be attacked by an enemy worse than ISIS, Al Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran combined. (You can't help but wonder if he's thinking of a scenario like Independence Day at this point. Supposedly also, the church knows about this, but they don't want to say a word because they don't want to cause fear. More of this conspiracy theory cover-up nonsense taking place. So what else does Cain say?
No. We don't know that. Some could make a case for 1948, but even that one I'm suspicious of. Cain tosses this kind of statement out as if it was self-evident. It's not. It needs to be argued for, but this will be par for the course for Cain.
Cain wants to know why America isn't mentioned, and then he centers in on Babylon.
Because, you know, that's never before been done in the history of interpretation....
So Cain wants us to look at how verses are supposedly about Babylon, but how can they be when they talk about pollution?
It's hard to believe that someone with a doctorate in theology does not recognize that in a society that is concerned with ritual cleanliness that pollution would just as much refer to moral pollution. In fact, in the second case, it is God who is doing a kind of pollution. He is allowing his inheritance to be polluted as it were by Babylon for what Judah had done. Cain's reading of Scripture gets even worse.
Cain like many futurists is indeed a literalist, but this seems quite bizarre. This is really supposed to be about the space program? It's hard to believe that anyone will take this seriously. Still, many will. This language is used to refer to pride and not to a literal action that is taking place.
Yes. It's surprising that someone with a doctorate in ancient history would not know that even in those days, governments had advisors and counselors. The whole of the passage is about those people that Babylon and its rulers would listen to. It is not talking about a Democratic government.
And Babylon is set in the same area and it had a moat to protect it. The Jews in captivity were said to dwell by the waters of Babylon, so what exactly is the problem here?
Once again, citing this kind of stuff should be its own refutation. Cain assumes his own interpretation with cut and paste ignoring the larger context of what is going on in the passage. For the symbol of the lion, a lion is a common royal symbol. We might as well say that this refers to Jesus since Jesus is symbolized by the Lion of Judah.
From here we go on to other ideas such as so many billionaires in America are Jewish and thus, this is the nation that was created by the Jews and therefore, we are the ones spoken of in prophecy. This is all said to be very very precise.
Perhaps it is if you play hopscotch with Scripture...
The next area is Babylon being described as a woman. Ah, but the U.N. pretty much rules the world now (Yes. More conspiracy theory stuff) and they meet in New York and what is there but the Statue of Liberty!
ooooooooooooh.
So, does this mean any reference to liberty then is a reference to sexual freedom and a pagan goddess? It would also be nice to know where Cicero makes this connection. None of these claims have any sources. One would think a serious professor of this field would tell where these claims come from. Without being able to establish the premises, I see no reason to believe the conclusion.
We go on to more such as how we use the dollar as an act of sorcery and that we produce so much pornography in this country. Therefore, because of that, we are all obviously being spoken of as ancient Babylon. There can really be only one response to this kind of stuff after awhile.
Aslan Facepalm.jpg
He goes on to talk about Russia and how it will be involved in World War 3.
Once again, the assumption is that this is talking about end times. Well why should I believe that really?
And we could easily find many rulers that were born north of Jerusalem that do as they will. Why should I immediately jump to Putin? Why in fact should I think that north and south mean north and south relative to Jerusalem? Do they do that anywhere else in the Bible? The southern Kingdom was not called southern because it was south of Jerusalem. It had Jerusalem in it!
Even if we assumed that the manuscripts were not uncials, that is manuscripts written in only caps, it still would not follow that the gods would be Russian leaders of the past. Could it not be that gods could actually refer to, oh, I don't know, gods that other nations believed in?
So from there, we move on to the southern king.
Well geez. If that doesn't sink it in, then what will? Just take a couple of snippets devoid of a larger context, find two people you think it could refer to and presto, FULFILLMENT!
If you do think that this is clear, then please come speak to me about some oceanfront property I have for sale in Montana. I'm selling it cheap!
And from there, we go on to see that Putin is planning to use an Electro-Magnetic Pulse to attack America. While I do think America needs to do some work in case of a Carrington Event, this is just like Y2K all over again. Fortunately, we won't have to wait too long to see what a fraud this is going to be.
There isn't much after this except how you need this book to know how to survive. (Odd that Cain needs so much money when it's going to be useless soon supposedly and isn't that part of the sorcery of Babylon?) It's unknown at this point if Cain is willing to refund everyone who buys a copy of his book and everyone who goes out and buys the supplies much like the Y2K scare tactics people did. Oh wait. It's not really unknown. Even though the answer hasn't been stated publicly, I think we all know the answer to that question.
You have better usages of your time and better usages of your money than giving them to someone who plays hopscotch with the Bible and makes wild conclusions from flimsy evidence.
Of course, Cain could answer that I'm just part of the church involved in the cover-up. (Because, you know, the church secretly has conversations with Putin regularly on how he's going to use an EMP.)
But my serious advice is to please ignore people like Cain who are in my opinion ends times hucksters. We've seen it all before folks. It's always been wrong before. How many times do these people have to be wrong before we finally stop taking them seriously?
In Christ,
Nick Peters
The link can be found here.
Should you really consider buying Alive After The Fall? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.
So I was recently asked to give some thoughts on something called Alive After The Fall. Unfortunately, the manuscript is quite expensive and I don't have the resources to purchase it, but I did look over the web site and it didn't take long to realize I was looking at the same kind of stuff behind scares like Y2K. It is by an Alexander Cain, which is supposed to be a pen name by someone with a doctorate in theology and ancient history, though one web site said archaeology instead at one of the largest universities in Arkansas. My looking has not been able to establish who this person is at this moment.
So let's start. Basically, Obama will not finish his second term. He is our last president because we will be attacked by an enemy worse than ISIS, Al Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran combined. (You can't help but wonder if he's thinking of a scenario like Independence Day at this point. Supposedly also, the church knows about this, but they don't want to say a word because they don't want to cause fear. More of this conspiracy theory cover-up nonsense taking place. So what else does Cain say?
No. We don't know that. Some could make a case for 1948, but even that one I'm suspicious of. Cain tosses this kind of statement out as if it was self-evident. It's not. It needs to be argued for, but this will be par for the course for Cain.
Cain wants to know why America isn't mentioned, and then he centers in on Babylon.
Because, you know, that's never before been done in the history of interpretation....
So Cain wants us to look at how verses are supposedly about Babylon, but how can they be when they talk about pollution?
It's hard to believe that someone with a doctorate in theology does not recognize that in a society that is concerned with ritual cleanliness that pollution would just as much refer to moral pollution. In fact, in the second case, it is God who is doing a kind of pollution. He is allowing his inheritance to be polluted as it were by Babylon for what Judah had done. Cain's reading of Scripture gets even worse.
Cain like many futurists is indeed a literalist, but this seems quite bizarre. This is really supposed to be about the space program? It's hard to believe that anyone will take this seriously. Still, many will. This language is used to refer to pride and not to a literal action that is taking place.
Yes. It's surprising that someone with a doctorate in ancient history would not know that even in those days, governments had advisors and counselors. The whole of the passage is about those people that Babylon and its rulers would listen to. It is not talking about a Democratic government.
And Babylon is set in the same area and it had a moat to protect it. The Jews in captivity were said to dwell by the waters of Babylon, so what exactly is the problem here?
Once again, citing this kind of stuff should be its own refutation. Cain assumes his own interpretation with cut and paste ignoring the larger context of what is going on in the passage. For the symbol of the lion, a lion is a common royal symbol. We might as well say that this refers to Jesus since Jesus is symbolized by the Lion of Judah.
From here we go on to other ideas such as so many billionaires in America are Jewish and thus, this is the nation that was created by the Jews and therefore, we are the ones spoken of in prophecy. This is all said to be very very precise.
Perhaps it is if you play hopscotch with Scripture...
The next area is Babylon being described as a woman. Ah, but the U.N. pretty much rules the world now (Yes. More conspiracy theory stuff) and they meet in New York and what is there but the Statue of Liberty!
ooooooooooooh.
So, does this mean any reference to liberty then is a reference to sexual freedom and a pagan goddess? It would also be nice to know where Cicero makes this connection. None of these claims have any sources. One would think a serious professor of this field would tell where these claims come from. Without being able to establish the premises, I see no reason to believe the conclusion.
We go on to more such as how we use the dollar as an act of sorcery and that we produce so much pornography in this country. Therefore, because of that, we are all obviously being spoken of as ancient Babylon. There can really be only one response to this kind of stuff after awhile.
Aslan Facepalm.jpg
He goes on to talk about Russia and how it will be involved in World War 3.
In chapter 11:40, Daniel tells of the two kings who are destined to fight the greatest war in human history at the end times.
He calls these two leaders the King of the North and the King of the south.
He calls these two leaders the King of the North and the King of the south.
And we could easily find many rulers that were born north of Jerusalem that do as they will. Why should I immediately jump to Putin? Why in fact should I think that north and south mean north and south relative to Jerusalem? Do they do that anywhere else in the Bible? The southern Kingdom was not called southern because it was south of Jerusalem. It had Jerusalem in it!
Even if we assumed that the manuscripts were not uncials, that is manuscripts written in only caps, it still would not follow that the gods would be Russian leaders of the past. Could it not be that gods could actually refer to, oh, I don't know, gods that other nations believed in?
So from there, we move on to the southern king.
Well geez. If that doesn't sink it in, then what will? Just take a couple of snippets devoid of a larger context, find two people you think it could refer to and presto, FULFILLMENT!
If you do think that this is clear, then please come speak to me about some oceanfront property I have for sale in Montana. I'm selling it cheap!
And from there, we go on to see that Putin is planning to use an Electro-Magnetic Pulse to attack America. While I do think America needs to do some work in case of a Carrington Event, this is just like Y2K all over again. Fortunately, we won't have to wait too long to see what a fraud this is going to be.
There isn't much after this except how you need this book to know how to survive. (Odd that Cain needs so much money when it's going to be useless soon supposedly and isn't that part of the sorcery of Babylon?) It's unknown at this point if Cain is willing to refund everyone who buys a copy of his book and everyone who goes out and buys the supplies much like the Y2K scare tactics people did. Oh wait. It's not really unknown. Even though the answer hasn't been stated publicly, I think we all know the answer to that question.
You have better usages of your time and better usages of your money than giving them to someone who plays hopscotch with the Bible and makes wild conclusions from flimsy evidence.
Of course, Cain could answer that I'm just part of the church involved in the cover-up. (Because, you know, the church secretly has conversations with Putin regularly on how he's going to use an EMP.)
But my serious advice is to please ignore people like Cain who are in my opinion ends times hucksters. We've seen it all before folks. It's always been wrong before. How many times do these people have to be wrong before we finally stop taking them seriously?
In Christ,
Nick Peters
