The End of Days

Not an Easy Read, but Compelling

by Susaan E. Rowland- Moore

Book Review—The End of Days: Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return by Zecharia Sitchin

Zecharia Sitchin is a University of London graduate who was a journalist and editor in Israel for many years. He now lives and writes in New York and is an internationally acclaimed author and researcher whose books offer evidence that we are not alone in our own solar system. Sitchin is one of a handful of scholars capable of translating the Sumerian cuneiform tablets. He has combined archaeology, ancient texts, and the Bible with the latest scientific discoveries to retell the history and prehistory of mankind and planet Earth. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

     More than thirty years ago, Zecharia Sitchin began writing the Earth Chronicle series, which purported that a race of extraterrestrials called ‘Anunnaki’ from the planet Nibiru, had been visiting Earth every 3,600 years. Visits that began before humans could even imagine “time” or before we were even human as we understand that term today.  When the Anunnaki arrived on Earth they were searching for gold they believed necessary to preserve their atmosphere. Anunnaki workers quickly learned that mining gold on this planet was quite difficult, and eventually rebelled. It was during this time frame that the Anunnaki medical team determined that beings indigenous to this planet were very similar to the Anunnaki.  After much trial and error the Human Race was genetically engineered to replace the Anunnaki workers.

     In The End of Days: Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return Sitchin dares to offer compelling new evidence that our Past is our Future and that Earth and her inhabitants are subject to predetermined, recurring celestial events.

     Readers are guided through two hundred thousand years of history, ancient astronauts becoming human gods, and Sitchin's ability to tie it all into biblical prophecies. Sitchin proposes remarkable explanations of numerous ancient mysteries, the function of the Garden of Eden, the origin and significance of the Cross and the Fishes, as well as his adaptation of many other Bible stories.

     Sitchin focuses on the 21st century BCE in Mesopotamia, which is current day Iraq. We are introduced to two Anunnaki brothers, Enki and Enlil, who disagree over the fate of the Human Race and fight for control of Jerusalem which was their mission control and main space port. The reader is presented with a rather interesting reason for the biblical flood, and how one brother chose to protect the Human Race even after promising not to interfere. The other brother opted to wipe his hands of us in hopes that all would perish in the flood. Sitchin expresses his belief of what really happened to Sodom and Gomorrah. He also explains how Mankind felt abandoned and clung to the hope that their "gods" would return to Earth one day when the last of the Anunnaki made their final departure.

     The End of Days is all about the return of the Anunnaki; however the exact date is vague at best. Sitchin does not believe it is 2012, the common end date of the Mayan Calendar. He offers nothing of substance, pointing out that their return might be any time now or may be hundreds of years away depending on the data one uses. Sitchin does not believe it will be necessary for these beings to wait for their planet to orbit close to Earth in order for their ships to return. This elicits a few questions. What will happen when these beings return? Will there be another great flood when the planet Nibiru enters our solar system? What about Jesus and our religious beliefs? What about everything that we believe?

     This is not an easy read but Sitchin brings together the past and the present to endorse his far-reaching vision of our future. Sitchin offers hope that Time will provide more information when we need it and will eventually answer all above questions and more. What is imperative is that the Human Race begins to delve into their ancient past and see our origins, our world, and our universe with a different set of eyes.

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