Gog & Magog at the Grocery Store

Short postings, since I need to finish a couple of articles soon, one about the office market in Calgary, the other about retail in Israel. I might not get out much, but I sure do roam around in pursuit of real estate news (well, I did make it to Calgary this year, but mainly I was looking for a good meal).

Not long ago I visited the nearest Dominick’s Finer Foods, a unit of Safeway, and when leaving, I took a look at the pamphlets available free on the wall, as I sometimes do – Get Your Associates Degree in Dental Hygiene, Buy an Second-String Encyclopaedia on Time, that kind of thing. Not the bottom-of-the-barrel in terms of printed material, but maybe the publishing equivalent of the light blue properties (Oriental, Vermont and Connecticut avenues). I’m not looking for anything in particular, just trying to notice the details around me.

LEARN THE ASTONISHING TRUTH! one pamphlet promised. I’m a sucker for astonishing truths, so I read further: “Why are the United States and the British Empire seemingly ignored in Bible prophecy while small nations are mentioned often? Learn the astounding answer to this mystery!”

By golly, that is a compelling question. Why indeed do places such as Liechtenstein and Andorra, which I understand the latest in end-of-days thinking posits as Gog and Magog, get so much attention, while the great English-speaking nations hardly rate a howdy? I could mail in the card to The Good News and receive a free subscription plus a 48-page booklet called The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy, but I’m afraid someone will eventually come asking for donations if I do that. I’ll just have to puzzle out the question myself.