The beginning of the End of Time

So, we've reached the last day of 2012, thanks to this year's millenarian prophecy failing to happen. Just like last year's. And all the ones before that. But don't worry if you missed 2012's apocalypse - there's never long to wait before the next one comes along:

The beginning of the End of Time and the appearance (arrival or advent) of the Imam Mahdi (Mehdi), most likely, will be in 2013 (1434 Hijri )

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Jesus Christ's return (or coming down) to Earth from Heaven, most likely, will be in 2022 (1444 Hijri ), in-sha-Allah.

From The End Times 2013 - 2022 : As decoded by numerical analysis of the Quran, Hadith, Arabic Words, and Historical Events.

You've got to admire these people's persistence, if nothing else. I wonder if their failure to be downhearted has something to do with the continuing popularity of history's most influential failed millenarian prophet?

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Matthew 16:28

But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

Luke 9:27

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Mark 9:1

The demonstrable failure of the Kingdom of God to arrive, as predicted, some time in the mid-1st Century AD, doesn't seem to have done the boy from Nazareth's reputation any harm. As subsequent failed prophets have found to their advantage, there are always plenty of people keen to re-interpret the obvious failure of a testable prediction as something more conveniently 'spiritual.'