Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame) is the famous prophet from the 16th
century. He is noted for having predicted the French Revolution, Napoleon,
Adolph Hitler, the atomic bomb, 9-11 atrocity, JFK and RFK Assassinations, and just about
everything else that has happened since the time of his predictions. This page
will examine some of his predictions to show just how amazing they really are.
2012 prediction
With the coming of the end of the world this December 21, 2012,
according to the Mayan calendar,
there is a lot of interest in the apocalypse will occur near the end of 2012.
Nostradamus predicted a great comet, Nibiru, or rogue planet, Planet X, would impact the
Mediterranean on December 21, 2012, causing great destruction worldwide.
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Here is that great prediction:
The year 1999, seventh month,
From the sky will 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.
You say, "but that was supposed to happen back in July, 1999." Small
details! Everybody knows that the calendar was changed from Julian to
Gregorian in the year 1582, which accounts for the difference. Never mind
that the differences in calendars was only 10 days, making it June or July,
1999. We know that Nostradamus meant it to be December 21, 2012!
Egyptians capture King of Persia
A great prediction of Nostradamus was the one in which he predicted that
the Egyptians would capture the King of Persia in October, 1727:
The third climate included under Aries
The year 1727 in October,
The King of Persia captured by those of Egypt:
Conflict, death, loss: to the cross great shame. (3:77)
It turns out that the Shah of Persia (Ashraf Hotaki) was involved in a
battle in 1727, which he won, forcing a peace treaty in September, 1727.
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However, there is speculation that a month later, the sneaky Egyptians
(who were not involved in the war) crept
over 1,000 miles into Hamadan, captured the King, and returned him before
next morning, fulfilling the prediction of Nostradamus, while keeping their
actions out of the history books. How else could the have prediction come
true? We know that Nostradamus is always right!
Most evil man
Another remarkable prediction of Nostradamus was his prediction about the
Roman clergy. He predicted that they would hold an election in 1609, issued
from Campania, Italy that would produce the most evil man of all. And of
course Nostradamus was right again, since Pope Paul V was elected in 1605
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(yes, another calendar switch problem) and proved to be even more evil than
Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung—combined! Never heard
of him? Alas, your education is lacking (see
Wikipedia article)! Here is the prediction of
Nostradamus:
In the year 1609, Roman clergy,
At the beginning of the year you will hold an election:
Of one gray and black issued from Campania,
Never was there one so wicked as he. (10:91)
Catholic Church kicks out astrologers
Another super-accurate prophecy of Nostradamus was that the Roman
Catholic Church was going to kick out the astrologers in the year 1607.
Fortunately, Nostradamus (who as an astrologer) was dead by then, so he
didn't have to worry about being kicked out of the church! Here is his
prediction:
The number of astrologers will grow so great,
that they will be driven out, banned and their books censored.
In the year 1607 by sacred assemblies
so that none will be safe from the holy ones. (8:71)
For a long time, astrology had been part of the Roman Catholic Church—or
at least tolerated by church hierarchy. However, this arrangement ended in
1781 (another calendar switch problem), when the church banned astrology
and, of course, Nostradamus' prophetic writings. The most remarkable thing
about the ban is that it took the Roman Catholic Church seventeen centuries
to figure out that the Bible was 100% against
astrology. However, Nostradamus was right again!
Carried away
Of course, I have save the best for last. Nostradamus predicted that
large numbers of people would get "carried away" in the year 1700:
Long before these happenings
the people of the East, influenced by the Moon,
in the year 1700 will cause many to be carried away,
and will almost subdue the Northern area. (1:49)
What we know is that this prophecy was definitely fulfilled within the
last few years as the tabloids and check stand magazines made lots of people
get carried away with the prophecies of Nostradamus. Although the prophecy
was fulfilled a couple hundred years late, we know that this was also due to
the calendar switch problem, so Nostradamus was right again! Amazing!
Nostradamus Quiz Results
Nostradamus predictions quiz!
Of course, we haven't discussed any of the predictions that have truly made
Nostradamus famous. That is because we want
you to figure them out
in our short quiz. The quiz lists the fulfillment and asks you to pick out the
correct quatrain that predicts it. Six questions. Piece of cake. Right? Go
for it. Take the
Nostradamus Predictions Quiz. As you can see from the results (right),
people aren't doing too well on the quiz (36% average). I wonder why that is
so?
Conclusion
This page has shown how remarkably 'accurate' the prophecies of
Nostradamus are. Aren't you glad you stopped by? Now you can go back to
reading the tabloids!
"When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the
thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has
not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be
afraid of him. (Deuteronomy 18:22)