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Doomsday Clock
The overview and
timeline for the doomsday clock:
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has told the world what time it is
since 1947, when its famous clock appeared on the cover. Since then, the
clock has moved forward and back, reflecting the state of international
security.
1947: Seven minutes to midnight
The clock first appears on the Bulletin cover as a symbol of nuclear
danger.
1949: Three minutes to midnight
The Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.
1953: Two minutes to midnight
The United States and the Soviet Union test thermonuclear devices within
nine months of one another.
1960 Seven minutes to midnight
The clock moves in response to the growing public understanding that
nuclear weapons made war between the major powers irrational. International
scientific cooperation and efforts to aid poor nations are cited.
1963 Twelve minutes to midnight
The U.S. and Soviet signing of the Partial Test Ban Treaty "provides the
first tangible confirmation of what has been the Bulletin's conviction in
recent years-that a new cohesive force has entered the interplay of forces
shaping the fate of mankind."
1968 Seven minutes to midnight
China acquires nuclear weapons; wars rage in the Middle East, the Indian
subcontinent, and Vietnam; world military spending increases while
development funds shrink.
1969 Ten minutes to midnight
The U.S. Senate ratifies the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
1972 Twelve minutes to midnight
The United States and the Soviet Union sign the first Strategic Arms
Limitation Treaty (SALT I) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; progress
toward SALT II is anticipated.
1974 Nine minutes to midnight
SALT talks reach an impasse; India develops a nuclear weapon. "We find
policy-makers on both sides increasingly ensnared, frustrated, and
neutralized by domestic forces having a vested interest in the amassing of
strategic forces."
1980 Seven minutes to midnight
The deadlock in U.S.-Soviet arms talks continues; nationalistic wars and
terrorist actions increase; the gulf between rich and poor nations grows
wider.
1981 Four minutes to midnight
Both superpowers develop more weapons for fighting a nuclear war.
Terrorist actions, repression of human rights, and conflicts in Afghanistan,
Poland, and South Africa add to world tension.
1984 Three minutes to midnight
The arms race accelerates. "Arms control negotiations have been reduced
to a species of propaganda. . . . The blunt simplicities of force threaten
to displace any other form of discourse between the superpowers."
1988 Six minutes to midnight
The United States and the Soviet Union sign a treaty to eliminate
intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF); superpower relations improve; more
nations actively oppose nuclear weapons.
1990 Ten minutes to midnight
The clock, redesigned in 1989, reflects democratic movements in Eastern
Europe, which shatter the myth of monolithic communism; the Cold War ends.
1991 Seventeen minutes to midnight
The United States and the Soviet Union sign the long-stalled Strategic
Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and announce further unilateral cuts in
tactical and strategic nuclear weapons.
1995 Fourteen minutes to midnight
Further arms reductions are stalled while global military spending
continues at Cold War levels. Nuclear "leakage" from poorly guarded former
Soviet facilities is recognized as a growing risk.
1998 Nine minutes to midnight
India and Pakistan "go public" with nuclear tests. The United States and
Russia can't agree on further deep reductions in their stockpiles.
2002 Seven minutes to midnight
Little progress is made on global nuclear disarmament. The United States
rejects a series of arms control treaties and announces it will withdraw
from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Terrorists seek to acquire and use
nuclear and biological weapons.
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Armageddon Clock
The overview and
timeline for the Armageddon Clock:
The Armageddon Clock, unlike the Doomsday Clock, moves ever forward. Each
tick of its second hand --the nation Israel, and the issues and events of
Bible Prophecy-- brings the world nearer the starting point of what will be
man's most horrific war. The Armageddon Clock marks Antichrist's confirming
the false peace covenant described in Daniel 9:27. The signing of that
covenant will initiate the Tribulation era (Daniel's Seventieth Week. That
great conflict will culminate with the Second coming of Jesus Christ back to
Planet Earth. The on-going timeline of issues and events leading to that
moment are:
1800s: 30 minutes to midnight
Although Jews have been returning to the land of promise a few at a time
since their last scattering, it wasn't until the 1800s that they started
going home in significant numbers. Jews were in the majority in the area by
1880. Large portions of land were purchased, bringing about more and more
rural Jewish communities. As the Zionist movement gained backing, plans were
made to return on a widening scale.
1914: 25 minutes to midnight
The Jewish population reached 85,000 by the time World War I began in
1914. This compared to only 5,000 populating the land early in the previous
century.
1917: 20 minutes to midnight
British Foreign Secretary Arthur J. Balfour issued on behalf of England,
the Balfour Declaration on November 17, 1917. The Balfour declaration
indicated approval of the Jewish goal of bringing about a Jewish state in
Palestine.
1939: 17 minutes to midnight
Adolf Hitler and the Nazis carried out persecution against all Jews
within Hitler's sphere of influence. While Hitler, along with the Arab
enemies of the Jews in Palestine turned up the heat of persecution against
the Jewish race, the British, the controlling authority in Palestine,
developed a White Paper, severely restricting Jewish immigration.
1940-1945: 15 minutes to midnight
Adolf Hitler's Germany perpetrated genocide upon the Jewish race, during
which an alleged 6 million Jews were murdered in the holocaust. What
historians will never tell you is that Communist leaders Marx, Trotsky, and
Lenin were all Jews and killed tens-of-millions in the Russian gulags.
The Jews weren't the only victims in history. Sadly, the victims of
Japan's Unit 731 torture labs as well as victims of the Russian revolution
have been forgotten.
1947: 12 minutes to midnight
Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran, validating much of Old Testament
writings. Jewish leadership plan a return to Zion (Jerusalem) for purpose of
establishing a nation.
1948: 8 minutes to midnight
Israel reborn as a nation on May 14, 1948. Jews back in their Promise
Land, just as prophesied for the last days by all Bible prophets.
1952: 7 minutes to midnight
In November, the United States tests its first hydrogen bomb on Elugelap
island. The bast was equal to 10.4 megatons, 700 times the power of Little
Boy.
1957: 6 minutes to midnight
The Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) are signed by the Six (Belgium,
France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands) in Rome as of today they
will be referred to as the "Treaties of Rome".
1967: 5 minutes to midnight
On June 5 the six-day war begins: Israel destroys the Arab air forces;
captures land three times the area of itself; and most importantly, the
Jewish people win the right to free control the city of Jerusalem for the
first time in over 2000 years.
1999: 4 minutes to midnight
In January of 1999 eleven European Union countries begin using the euro
as their common currency.
2002: 3 minutes to midnight
European leaders hammered out an agreement to bring 10 new countries into
the European Union. Most of the new members will be former Soviet eastern
block states.
2004: 3 minutes to midnight
Years of rapid growth in the Chinese economy has caused the eastern giant
to become a major competitor for the earth's scarce resources. China's
growing dependence on oil will cause its interests to focus more on the
Middle East.
“Even So, Come, Lord Jesus!”
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